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Manga Monthly: Legendary Conclusions and New Beginnings This Fall

Welcome back to Manga Monthly! The weather may be getting cooler but we've got some hot-blooded storylines to keep you warm all autumn long. We've got a little bit of romance, a little bit of action, and even some stuff for the kids this month!

Have a read through what's heading your way and be sure to pre-order your favorites today at your local comic book shop!

Article Image f3cfDark Horse is bringing Drug and Drop (SEP140116) to the United States! This series by the acclaimed manga studio Clamp was first known as Legal Drug when it first started in 2000. It went on hiatus in 2003 while Clamp focused on other projects, and resumed as Drug and Drop in 2011!

The story of Drug & Drop picks up right where Legal Drug left off. Kazahaya awakens from a disturbing dream of the sister he had to part from, Kei-covered in blood and clutching him close to her. If it's a case of seeing spirits, there's one young (?) man Kazahaya and Rikuo can go to for advice-a special guest character CLAMP fans know from xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle-Kimihiro Watanuki!
Dark Horse has plenty of other Clamp offerings, including Chobits and Angelic Layer, so be sure to order these favorite shoujo and fantasy series today!

Attack on Titan continues its incredible popularity in the United States, and we’ve got two new titanic volumes headed your way, thanks to Kodansha!

Article Image a284Attack on Titan volume 14 (SEP141478) continues the main story, and we’ve also got the second volume of the Junior High spinoff!

In Junior High (SEP141479), the holy Mr. Erwin makes his debut, and it seems Eren's the only one not in love with their new teacher. Then, an odd set of circumstances pit Armin and Levi against one another! Over 300 more pages of ridiculous Titan comedy!

Kodansha has also been bringing over the Seven Deadly Sins (SEP141485) manga to the States! This manga series is the latest blockbuster series from the Weekly Shonen Magazine, and is about to be turned into an anime as well!

When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth — the Sins were framed by the king's guard, the Holy Knights — too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn't even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins' strength been exaggerated?

Little Battlers eXperience just started airing on Nicktoons last month, so now’s the best time to start reading the manga! Viz’s Perfect Square imprint brings us this hot new kids’ series, and we’ll have the first two volumes (SEP141548, SEP141549) heading your way! LBX started as a series of role-playing games by Level-5 and has spawned a media franchise that encompasses an anime, movies and manga! Van Yamano loves Little Battlers eXperience, also known as LBXs, the hot toy of the future in present day 2050. And it's kind of cool that his dad invented them! But when the plane his dad is on goes down, everything goes wrong for Van. Until he starts getting hints that his dad may be still alive...and that a secret organization is coming after Van to procure the secrets that might be hidden inside his own LBX robot, Achilles!

Article Image 6827Perfect Square has also made three Pokemon Adventures box sets available! Go back to the beginnings in Kanto in the Red and Blue Box Set (MAY121348), journey to Johto in the Gold and Silver Box Set (JUN121351), and venture into Hoenn in the Ruby and Sapphire Box Set (JUL141384).

With the re-makes of the classic Ruby and Sapphire games hitting the Nintendo 3DS this fall, there’s never been a better time to catch up on the continuing story of Pokemon Adventures!

Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order (SEP141613) comes out later this fall thanks to Seven Seas Entertainment!

Article Image 3268After millennia in hiding, Mina Tepes, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line, she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan and in so doing, gained the authority to create a special district off the coast of Japan that is to become the haven to vampires the world over!

Seven Seas Entertainment is bringing an all-new prequel to the battle school sensation Girls Und Panzer with Little Army Volume 1 (SEP141614)! This series juxatoposes cute girls and their high school antics with dynamic tank battles and military tactics. This is the story of Miho Nishizumi in her elementary school days, six years prior to the events in Girls und Panzer. Having been raised in a prestigious household that adheres strictly to the values of tankery, life isn't easy for young Miho. With an older sister who has already risen to great heights, Miho has some very large shoes to fill!

Vertical will also be adding to its expansive manga collection with Prophecy (SEP141720), out in November! The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has developed a Cyber Crime Division to take on the increasing threat of high-tech crime. One day a man wearing a bag over his head releases a video notice of crime that will be committed. The crime occurs and the pattern is repeated. And repeated; again and again. Now the TMPD must investigate this serious threat before like many things on the Internet it is replicated and exploited.

Article Image 2de6In the mecha genre, there’s everything before Evangelion, and everything after Evangelion. Hideaki Anno’s massively influential Neon Genesis Evangelion continues to impact anime today, and you can read the epic conclusion of the manga series based off of his masterpiece when Viz releases the 14th volume (SEP141723) this fall! The Third Impact has come, and as the unbelievably massive form of Ayanami towers over the Earth, the Instrumentality Project enters its last stages. While the world shudders in terror as it is engulfed in a sea of LCL, Shinji's consciousness merges with Lilith's, and he searches his memories for a final understanding of himself and the fate of humanity.

Article Image 966aYou may have seen the film Edge of Tomorrow earlier this year. Now you can explore the story that inspired the science-fiction movie with All You Need is Kill (SEP141737), out by Viz later this year! All You Need is Kill started off as a light novel and was turned into this manga, illustrated by Takeshi Obata of Death Note fame.

When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his fifth iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally - the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?

Good news, One Piece fans – Viz is releasing a massive box set of your favorite series this fall!

This particular set (SEP141754) includes volumes 24-46, which means you get the entire Skypeia and Water Seven arcs in one good-looking box set collection! This set also includes a Strong World mini-comic and a full-color two-sided poster! Cartoon Network's Toonami block is in the process of wrapping up the Water Seven arc right now - so if you missed anything, catch up with this set! Set sail with One Piece this fall!

A new romantic shoujo series, Kiss of the Rose Princess (SEP141761), debuts courtesy of Viz this fall! Anise Yamamoto’s father gave her a rose choker when she was young and told her that it was a protective amulet – that if she took it off, a terrible misfortune would befall her! But after a bat-like being called Ninufa knocks the choker from her neck, she’s given four cards representing four handsome men called the Rose Rhode Knights, who tell her she’s the Rose Princess! She’s tasked with recovering the mysterious Arcana cards, but can she and her knights get the job done? Find out with Kiss of the Rose Princess releases this fall!

Article Image 2d5dVideo games can be manga too! Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire (SEP141769) will prove this when it’s released by Viz later this fall! This book comes on the heels of the announcement of a new Resident Evil game – Revelations 2 – so get ready to get scared with this story!

At the prestigious and elite Marhawa High School in Singapore, a female student suffers a horrifying transformation. Called in to investigate, Professor Doug Wright and his nephew Ricky find themselves caught up in a deadly and growing tragedy.

As things get rapidly out of hand, Chris Redfield and his team from the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance arrive on the scene, while behind it all a mysterious figure looms.

Article Image 9ac0Fans of Pandora Hearts, rejoice – a gorgeous hardbound book is coming your way! The Pandora Hearts: Odds and Ends GN (SEP141792) showcases a number of never-before-seen pieces of art, plus sketches, and is out this fall thanks to the folks at Yen Press!

The dark whimsy of Jun Mochizuki's world comes to vivid life in this art book that features over 120 color and black-andwhite illustrations from the New York Times-bestselling Pandora Hearts series, as well as her first work, Crimson-Shell, among others.

Favorite characters from the series take center stage in elaborate, breathtaking, full-color tableaus that fans of Mochizuki's work will instantly recognize.

Sword Art Online has been one of the most massively popular anime series of the last several years, and now you can catch up with the manga’s story in Fairy Dance, Volume 2 (SEP141795)!

Head to the virtual word one more time with Yen Press later this fall. Kirito jumps into a new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online (ALO) in search of Asuna, who still hasn't regained consciousness. On his quest to find the World Tree and reach Asuna, he meets a sylph girl named Leafa.

Article Image f101A veteran player experienced with the sword, Leafa recognizes that Kirito is motivated by serious circumstances and decides to help him. But Leafa's identity in the real world is Suguha Kirigaya - Kirito's sister.

And it's the glimmer of her beloved brother she sees in Kirito that prompts her to lend him a hand. Now, despite the conflicting interests guiding them on, the pair set off on a journey to the World Tree!

That about wraps it up for this month's edition of Manga Monthly - but don't forget, this is just a small slice of the entire manga selection that PREVIEWS has to offer this month. We've got Air Gear, Fairy Tail, Vampire Knight, Terra Formars, Ranma 1/2 and much more! Head to your local comic book shop to pre-order today and check back with us for more manga next month!

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