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STYLE SCHOOL<br />

Learn the techniques of Japan’s top<br />

manga and anime artists in Style<br />

School, showing step-by-step methods<br />

to help today’s up-and-coming<br />

illustrators master the use of pen,<br />

brush, paint, marker, screen tones,<br />

computer modeling, and other tricks of<br />

the trade. Gain insight into the weapons<br />

of choice of today’s top creators.<br />

Vol. 1<br />

16+ • #DHGN1593076258 • 144 pgs • $11.21<br />

Vol. 2<br />

16+ • #9781593078348 • 160 pgs • $12.71<br />

Vol. 3<br />

16+ • #9781593078355 • 176 pgs • $12.71<br />

Vol. 4<br />

16+ • #9781595821973 • 176 pgs • $12.71<br />

NOVELS<br />

AI NO KUSABI: THE<br />

SPACE BETWEEN<br />

In the future, a new society lives on<br />

a distant star. Ruled by a computer<br />

system named Jupiter, men are divided<br />

into classes based on their hair color.<br />

The Blondies, genetically altered by<br />

Jupiter, are the highest class and<br />

occupy the capital city of Tanagura.<br />

Those with black hair, Mongrels, are<br />

forced to live in the slums, Ceres. Iason,<br />

the leader of the Blondies, encounters<br />

Riki, a mongrel, in the streets of Ceres<br />

one night and sets out to own him...<br />

Vol. 2: Destiny<br />

16+ • #9781569707838 • 250 pgs • $8.95<br />

Vol. 3: Nightmare<br />

16+ • #9781569707845 • 250 pgs • $8.95<br />

Ghost Talker’s Daydream<br />

Vol. 4: Suggestion<br />

16+ • #9781569707852 • 250 pgs • $8.95<br />

Vol. 5: Darkness<br />

16+ • #9781569707869 • 250 pgs • $8.95<br />

Vol. 6 Released 7/22/09<br />

16+ • #9781569701232 • 200 pgs • $8.95<br />

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL<br />

When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya<br />

is just one of many raw recruits shoved<br />

into a suit of battle armor and sent out<br />

to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefi eld, only<br />

to fi nd himself reborn each morning<br />

to fi ght and die again and again. On<br />

the 158th iteration though, he sees<br />

something different, something out of<br />

place: a special female soldier. Is she<br />

the key to Keiji’s escape, or to his fi nal<br />

death?<br />

Released 7/31/09<br />

N/R • #9781421527611 • 230 pgs • $10.49<br />

ARISTOCRAT AND THE<br />

DESERT PRINCE<br />

In the luxurious Middle Eastern<br />

kingdom of Kassina, Takeyuki, “The<br />

Desert Hawk,” is kidnapped by bandits<br />

for his beauty, then in turn kidnaps<br />

Said, the young man with the blue<br />

eyes. With eyes that no one’s heart can<br />

escape from and a voice that sends<br />

chills down spines, it must have been<br />

him Said spoke so rudely to on the<br />

plane to Kassina. Has Takeyuki been<br />

chasing him ever since?<br />

Released 8/19/09<br />

16+ • #9781569700723 • 240 pgs • $8.95<br />

BLOOD+<br />

Suffering from extreme amnesia,<br />

high school student Saya Otonoshi<br />

can’t remember anything from her life<br />

beyond the last year. Her attempts to<br />

live a normal life are shattered when<br />

a Chiropteran, a horrifi c vampire-like<br />

monster, attacks her. Saved at the last<br />

minute, Saya is presented with a sword<br />

that awakens in her a warrior’s skills<br />

and bloodlust and sets her on a course<br />

that will lead her to the answers of her<br />

missing memories - and into battle.<br />

Vol. 1: First Kiss<br />

14+ • #9781593078980 • 224 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 2: Chevalier<br />

14+ • #9781593079314 • 256 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 3: Boy Meets Girl<br />

14+ • #9781593079321 • 288 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 4: Nankurunaisa<br />

14+ • #9781593079338 • 320 pgs • $6.71<br />

CODE GEASS: LELOUCH<br />

OF THE REBELLION<br />

In the year 2010, the Holy Empire<br />

of Brittania declared war on Japan,<br />

renaming it “Area 11.” As a boy Lelouch<br />

vowed to crush his own government, but<br />

seven years later he’s accepted that he<br />

can’t change anything. That is, until he<br />

meets a mysterious girl who gives him<br />

the power to change the world!<br />

Vol. 1: Stage 0<br />

13+ • #9781594099816 • 200 pgs • $8.99<br />

Vol. 2: Stage 1<br />

13+ • #9781594099823 • 200 pgs • $8.99<br />

DESIRE:<br />

DANGEROUS FEELINGS<br />

Toru is a shy and quiet student with<br />

a crush on his close friend Ryoji, the<br />

most popular member of the high<br />

school swim team. In front of Ryoji, Toru<br />

hides his feelings and acts as if he is<br />

just one of Ryoji’s good friends, but his<br />

world is turned upside-down when Ryoji<br />

confesses a secret desire for Toru!<br />

16+ • #9781569705735 • 250 pgs • $8.95<br />

DRAGON BALL<br />

>ORIGINAL SERIES<br />

CHAPTER BOOKS<br />

Meet naive young monkey-tailed boy<br />

Goku, whose quiet life changes when he<br />

meets Bulma, a girl on a quest to collect<br />

seven “Dragon Balls.” If she gathers<br />

them all, an incredibly powerful dragon<br />

will appear and grant her one wish. But<br />

the precious orbs are scattered all over<br />

the world, and Bulma needs Goku’s<br />

help (and his super-strength)! With a<br />

magic staff for a weapon and a fl ying<br />

cloud for a ride, Goku sets out on the<br />

adventure of a lifetime...<br />

Vol. 1 Released 8/4/09<br />

ALL • #9781421529455 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 2 Released 8/4/09<br />

ALL • #9781421529462 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

>THE MOVIE CHAPTER BOOKS<br />

Goku thought he was just a normal kid<br />

until his whole world got turned upside<br />

down. It was bad enough that his<br />

grandpa just died. But now he’s got to<br />

save the whole world from a madman<br />

who is looking for the seven Dragon<br />

Balls. Whoever fi nds them all can have<br />

any wish come true! Can a regular guy<br />

like Goku become the strongest fi ghter of<br />

all in time to stop the end of the world?<br />

Vol. 1: The Discovery<br />

ALL • #9781421526614 • 64 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 2: The Search<br />

ALL • #9781421526621 • 64 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 3: The Battle<br />

ALL • #9781421526638 • 64 pgs • $3.74<br />

>THE MOVIE JUNIOR NOVEL<br />

The junior novelization of the movie!<br />

ALL • #9781421526645 • 152 pgs • $4.49<br />

EAT OR BE EATEN<br />

Successful restauranteur Yaginuma<br />

decides it will be best to get outside<br />

help from a management consultant<br />

in order to fi nd a new chef for his<br />

French-concept restaurant. After a<br />

few recommendations, Ashizawa pays<br />

a visit to Shuichiro Tsubaki, who is<br />

currently executive chef at a French<br />

restaurant. Ashizawa loves the fl avor<br />

of the chef’s food and in order to pry<br />

away the chef from his current work,<br />

Ashizawa decides to begin working for<br />

Tsubaki. Will he successfully exercise<br />

his powers of persuasion?<br />

Released 5/6/09<br />

16+ • #9781569706176 • 250 pgs • $8.95<br />

FAUST<br />

Faust is a collection of fi ction inspired<br />

by the fantastic world of manga and<br />

featuring artwork by some of the best in<br />

the business. Also included are columns,<br />

interviews, and other bonus features!<br />

Vol. 1<br />

N/R • #9780345502063 • 432 pgs • $12.71<br />

Vol. 2 Released 6/23/09<br />

N/R • #9780345503572 • 432 pgs • $12.71<br />

KIELI<br />

Kieli, a lonely girl with the power to<br />

see ghosts, encounters a man named<br />

Harvey, who happens to be one of the<br />

legendary Undying. The Undying were<br />

soldiers made from recycled corpses<br />

that were trained to be immortal killing<br />

machines in a violent war 80 years<br />

ago. She follows Harvey on his journey<br />

to return the ghost of a soldier, who<br />

died in that war and has since been<br />

possessing a radio, to his grave.<br />

Vol. 1 Released 6/30/09<br />

16+ • #9780759529298 • 240 pgs • $8.24<br />

LORD OF THE SANDS<br />

OF TIME<br />

Sixty-two years after human life on Earth<br />

was annihilated by rampaging alien<br />

invaders, the enigmatic Messenger O<br />

is sent back in time with a mission to<br />

unite humanity of past eras - during the<br />

Second World War and ancient Japan,<br />

and even back to the dawn of the<br />

species itself - to defeat the invasion<br />

before it begins. However, in a future<br />

shredded by war and genocide, love<br />

waits for O. Will O save humanity only<br />

to doom himself?<br />

Released 7/31/09<br />

N/R • #9781421527628 • 260 pgs • $11.24<br />

MISSIN’<br />

A young woman estranged from the<br />

modern world longs for the feminine<br />

ideals and companionship depicted in<br />

the tales of a bygone era. When she<br />

fi nds her mentor in a rebellious punk<br />

rock singer named Missin, how far<br />

will her infatuation take her? Then, In<br />

Little Shop at the End of the World,<br />

the designs of the legendary Vivienne<br />

Westwood keep a young woman with a<br />

secret from losing her mind. But how<br />

long can any obsession last before it<br />

tears you apart?<br />

Box Set (Vols 1-2) Released 8/18/09<br />

N/R • #9781421529325 • 300 pgs • $12.74<br />

NARUTO<br />

>CHAPTER BOOKS<br />

Naruto’s training to be a ninja, but he’s<br />

having trouble keeping his jokester<br />

ways under control. He’s causing all<br />

kinds of trouble at the Ninja Academy.<br />

His teachers think he’s annoying, and<br />

Naruto himself thinks he’s going to be<br />

the best ninja that ever lived. Only he’ll<br />

have to prove to everyone that he’s<br />

more than just the class clown fi rst!<br />

Vol. 1: The Boy Ninja<br />

ALL • #9781421520568 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 2: The Tests of a Ninja<br />

ALL • #9781421522135 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 3: The Worst Client<br />

ALL • #9781421522142 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 4: The Secret Plan<br />

ALL • #9781421523149 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 5: Bridge of Courage<br />

ALL • #9781421523156 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 6: Speed<br />

ALL • #9781421523163 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 7 Released 5/5/09<br />

ALL • #9781421523170 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

Vol. 8 Released 7/7/09<br />

ALL • #9781421523187 • 80 pgs • $3.74<br />

STATIONMASTER<br />

An aging railway man facing the closure<br />

of his station and the sorrows of his<br />

past meets a mysterious young girl who<br />

brings an unexpected warmth to the old<br />

man’s cold and empty days. A man who<br />

has seen the rough side of life fi nds<br />

comfort in the memory of a wife he<br />

never knew. In these eight short stories,<br />

fl awed characters haunted by loss fi nd<br />

love, reconciliation and redemption in<br />

the most unexpected places.<br />

Released 4/21/09<br />

N/R • #9781421527635 • 300 pgs • $17.24<br />

USURPER OF THE SUN<br />

Aki Shiraishi is a high school student<br />

working in the astronomy club and one<br />

of the few witnesses to an amazing<br />

event - someone is building a tower on<br />

the planet Mercury. Soon, the Builders<br />

have constructed a ring around the<br />

sun, threatening the ecology of Earth<br />

with an immense shadow. Aki must<br />

determine the purpose of the ring and<br />

the plans of its creators, as the survival<br />

of both species - humanity and the<br />

alien Builders - hangs in the balance.<br />

Released 9/30/09<br />

N/R • #9781421527710 • 320 pgs • $11.99<br />

VAMPIRE HUNTER D<br />

12,090 A.D. It is a dark time for<br />

the world. Humanity is crawling out<br />

from under three hundred years of<br />

domination by the race of vampires<br />

known as the Nobility. The war against<br />

the vampires has taken its toll:<br />

cities lie in ruin and the countryside<br />

is fragmented into small villages<br />

struggling against nightly raids. Every<br />

village wants a Hunter - warriors who<br />

When a young girl sets off to discover<br />

the truth behind a mysterious bead,<br />

it launches a bloodthirsty battle for<br />

possession. With her dying breath,<br />

she begs D to take it to her sister<br />

in a remote village. But with so<br />

many dangerous individuals willing<br />

do anything to have it, even D’s<br />

remarkable dhampir powers may not<br />

be enough to complete his mission.<br />

Beautifully illustrated by Yoshitaka<br />

Amano, this seventh volume of the<br />

intriguing vampire saga continues to<br />

explore D’s murky past.<br />

Vol. 7<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595821074 • 280 pgs • $6.71<br />

have pledged their guns and swords to<br />

the eradication of the Nobility. But some<br />

Hunters are better than others, and<br />

some bring their own kind of danger...<br />

Vol. 1<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595820124 • 300 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 2<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595820140 • 300 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 3<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595820310 • 300 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 4<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595820930 • 300 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 5<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595820949 • 280 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 6<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595821066 • 280 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 7<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595821074 • 280 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 8<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595821082 • 224 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 9<br />

17+ • #DHGN1595821090 • 208 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 10<br />

17+ • #9781595821324 • 224 pgs • $6.71<br />

Vol. 11<br />

17+ • #9781595821300 • 480 pgs • $11.21<br />

Vol. 12<br />

17+ • #9781595821317 • 480 pgs • $11.21<br />

ZOO<br />

Ten stories of horror and science fi ction<br />

from Japan’s hottest young author.<br />

In one story, the last man on Earth<br />

turns out to be a robot. In another, a<br />

man builds a house from the bodies of<br />

his murder victims. And in the <strong>book</strong>’s<br />

eponymous story, a man sees his<br />

girlfriend’s corpse decompose... one<br />

Polaroid snapshot at a time!<br />

Released 9/30/09<br />

N/R • #9781421525877 • 300 pgs • $10.46<br />

JAPANESE<br />

MANGA<br />

07-GHOST<br />

Teito Klein is a top-grade military<br />

academy student with unsurpassed<br />

skill in the magic of Zaiphon. But when<br />

word reaches him that the offi cials at<br />

his school were behind the murder<br />

of his father, he fl ees to fi nd a way to<br />

make things right again... and fi nds help<br />

in the most unlikely place: the Church.<br />

There may be the answer he needs to<br />

learning secrets about himself and the<br />

“...if there is a problem, [<strong>Right</strong> <strong>Stuf</strong>] take[s]<br />

care of it immediately and very professionally.”<br />

-Marcrea C.<br />

truth behind the legendary protectors<br />

of the state: the Seven Ghosts.<br />

Vol. 1<br />

16+ • #9781605100326 • 200 pgs • $10.99<br />

Vol. 2<br />

16+ • #9781605100333 • 200 pgs • $10.99<br />

Vol. 3 Released 5/31/09<br />

16+ • #9781605100340 • 200 pgs • $10.99<br />

1520<br />

A royal maid named Ana and a nearby<br />

kingdom’s young prince, Zelos, have<br />

been accidentally bound together by<br />

a magical curse. The two 15-year-olds<br />

are now each only 10 years of age!<br />

They both retain the ability to transform<br />

back to their original age, but at the<br />

cost of knocking the other down to a<br />

mere 5 years old! Now the age-shifting<br />

pair must search for a way to break<br />

the curse while also trying to avert the<br />

disaster facing their two kingdoms!<br />

Vol. 1<br />

N/R • #9781897376058 • 200 pgs • $11.95<br />

Vol. 2<br />

N/R • #9781897376065 • 200 pgs • $11.95<br />

20TH CENTURY BOYS<br />

Humanity, having faced extinction at<br />

the end of the 20th century, would not<br />

have entered the new millennium if it<br />

weren’t for them. In 1969, during their<br />

youth, they created a symbol. In 1997,<br />

as the coming disaster slowly starts to<br />

unfold, that symbol returns. This is the<br />

story of a gang of boys who try to save<br />

the world.<br />

Vol. 1<br />

17+ • #9781591169222 • 216 pgs • $9.74<br />

Vol. 2 Released 4/21/09<br />

17+ • #9781591169260 • 216 pgs • $9.74<br />

Vol. 3 Released 6/16/09<br />

17+ • #9781421519227 • 200 pgs • $9.74<br />

Vol. 4 Released 8/18/09<br />

17+ • #9781421519234 • 200 pgs • $9.74<br />

AFRO SAMURAI<br />

In the bleak world of the swordsman, it<br />

is said that he who becomes the No. 1<br />

samurai shall rule the world, and only<br />

No. 2 is allowed to challenge No. 1. Afro<br />

Samurai has assumed the mantle of<br />

No. 2, seeking vengeance against No.<br />

1, a gunman who killed his father years<br />

ago. But assassins lurk at every corner,<br />

seeking to rob Afro Samurai of the title<br />

of No. 2. Can Afro survive long enough<br />

to exact his revenge?<br />

Vol. 1<br />

16+ • #9780765321237 • 160 pgs • $12.99<br />

Vol. 2<br />

16+ • #9780765322395 • 176 pgs • $12.99<br />

AIR GEAR<br />

Itsuki Minami is the toughest kid at<br />

Higashi Junior High - easy on the<br />

eyes, but dangerously rough when he<br />

needs to be. Plus, Itsuki lives with the<br />

mysterious and sexy Noyamano sisters,<br />

so life’s never dull. But it gets downright<br />

dangerous when Itsuki leads his school<br />

to victory over some vindictive Westside<br />

punks with gangster connections.<br />

Now he stands to lose his school, his<br />

friends, and everything he cares about.<br />

Vol. 1<br />

16+ • #0345492781 • 224 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 2<br />

16+ • #034549279X • 192 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 3<br />

16+ • #0345492803 • 192 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 4<br />

16+ • #0345492811 • 192 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 5<br />

16+ • #034549282X • 192 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 6<br />

16+ • #0345492838 • 192 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 7<br />

16+ • #9780345499097 • 192 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 8<br />

16+ • #9780345499103 • 224 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 9<br />

16+ • #9780345501950 • 224 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 10<br />

16+ • #9780345508133 • 208 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 11<br />

16+ • #9780345508140 • 208 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 12 Released 4/28/09<br />

16+ • #9780345508157 • 224 pgs • $8.21<br />

Vol. 13 Released 7/28/09<br />

16+ • #9780345508164 • 208 pgs • $8.21<br />

AKIHABARA@DEEP<br />

Akihabara@DEEP. It is an enterprise<br />

that is small but elite and organized<br />

by the legendary otaku of Akihabara.<br />

Soon, they’ll be dragged into the<br />

struggle for supremacy in a world of<br />

information technology. A battle is<br />

about to begin in the Akihabara district<br />

for the future of the industry.<br />

Vol. 1<br />

16+ • #AWNOV0856 • 200 pgs • $8.99<br />

Vol. 2<br />

16+ • #AWNOV0903 • 204 pgs • $8.99<br />

Vol. 3<br />

16+ • #AWNOV0905 • 204 pgs • $8.99<br />

AMEFURASHI: THE RAIN<br />

GODDESS<br />

From the creator of Haridama: Magic<br />

Cram School comes this new series<br />

combining Suzumi’s trademark cool<br />

character designs and sweet storytelling,<br />

a magical confection about a<br />

temperamental but adorable young<br />

rain goddess.<br />

Vol. 1 Released 6/23/09<br />

N/R • #9780345512482 • 240 pgs • $8.24<br />

ANGELIC RUNES<br />

A traveler in search of his father<br />

chances upon a pair of twins about to<br />

be buried by their village. The villagers<br />

claim the two are cursed but he rescues<br />

them. He soon fi nds out what makes<br />

the villagers fear them: the siblings<br />

have the power of angels and demons.<br />

But he has his own secrets as well...<br />

Released 7/22/09<br />

16+ • #9781569701225 • 200 pgs • $12.95<br />

ANIMAL ACADEMY:<br />

HAKOBUNE HAKUSHO<br />

The only thing special about 15-yearold<br />

Neko is her peculiar name that<br />

means cat. After being rejected from<br />

every high school she tried to enroll<br />

in due to her bad grades, Neko is<br />

fi nally accepted to a mysterious school<br />

called Morimori. Neko immediately<br />

senses that something is off about this<br />

school... and it turns out that all the<br />

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