It's a new year, and Christ there's a lot of manga to start it off... or is there?

BANDAI:
Gundam-00 Vol. 2. Shonen. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Kerokero Ace since 2008.

BLU:
Love Hurts Aishiatteru Futari. Yaoi. Biblos, serialization unknown, 2004.

DC/CMX:
The World I Create Vol. 1. Softbank/Flex title.
Teru Teru x Shonen Vol. 6. Shoujo. Hakusensha, serialized in Hana to Yume since 2001.

DEL REY:
Only One Wish. Shoujo. Kodansha, serialized in Nakayoshi since 2004.
Ninja Girls Vol. 2. Shonen. Kodansha, serialized in Shonen Sirius since 2005.
Negima Neo Vol. 4. Shonen. Kodansha, serialized in Magazine Special since 2007.
Fairy Tail Vol. 9. Shonen. Kodansha, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2006.

LAST GASP:
Town Of Evening Calm Country Of Cherry Blossoms. Seinen. Futabasha, serialized in Manga Action since 2004.

TOKYOPOP:
V.B. Rose Vol. 7. Shoujo. Hakusensha, serialized in Hana to Yume since 2004.
Tactics Vol. 8. Shonen. Mag Garden, serialized in Comic Blade since 2002.
Sgt. Frog Vol. 18. Shonen. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Shonen Ace since 1999.
Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Vol. 3. Shonen. Akita Shoten, serialized in Monthly Shonen Champion since 2006.
Momogumi Plus Senki Vol. 2. Shoujo. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Asuka since 2005.
Maid-sama! Vol. 3. Shoujo. Hakusensha, serialized in LaLa since 2005.
Mad Love Chase Vol. 2. Shoujo. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Asuka since 2001.
Kyo Kara Maoh Vol. 5. Shoujo. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Asuka since 2005.
KimiKiss Vol. 3. Seinen. Hakusensha, serialized in Young Animal since 2007.
Happy Cafe Vol. 1. Shoujo. Hakusensha, serialized in Hana to Yume since 2005.
Gravitation Collection Vols. 7 & 8. Yaoi. Gentosha, serialized in Kimi to Boku since 1996.
Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition Vol. 4. Shoujo. Hakusensha, serialized in Hana to Yume since 1998.
Fate/Stay Night Vol. 6. Shonen. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Shonen Ace since 2005.

VIZ:
Shonen Jump.
Leave It To PET! Vol. 4 (Final Volume). Kodomo. Poplar, serialized in Comic BunBun since 2005.
ChocoMimi Vol. 3. Shoujo. Shueisha, serialized in Ribon since 2005.

YEN PRESS:
Yen Plus.


Yes, that is a pretty hefty week, but what's missing? Midtown Comics shows almost no Viz releases. Suspicious. So if you get an extra 30 volumes, don't be surprised. On the other hand, it could just be Diamond being Diamond. Balancing this out, Tokyopop have a huge week, for the first time in what seems like forever.

Recs? Lots of shoujo. V.B. Rose, of course. Love me some Banri. Happy Cafe is a new cheerful Hana to Yume title. Maid-sama! is a cute romance. Teru Teru x Shonen is highly underrated. In non-shoujo, Last Gasp's long titled book is supposed to be fantastic. Sgt. Frog is always fun comedy. And Fairy Tail may rip off One Piece, but it's still fun.

I'm starting a manga review blog over on blogspot, so that I can try to be more coherent about all the stuff I'm reading

You can find it here: http://suitablefortreatment.blogspot.com/ I have a review of Dogs, Volume 2 up there now.

I'll likely still posts the weekly shopping lists and Hakusensha contents lists on LJ, mostly as they tend to get very boring except to geeks like me. :)

End-of-year figures are out. It's a bad time to be a magazine, really.

1) Weekly Shonen Jump, 2.8 million (Shueisha)
2) Weekly Shonen Magazine, 1.7 million (Kodansha)
3) Monthly Comic Korokoro, 912,000 (Shogakukan)
4) Monthly Shonen Magazine, 904,000 (Kodansha)
5) Young Magazine, 857,000 (Kodansha)
6) Weekly Young Jump, 852,000 (Shueisha)
7) Ciao, 815,000 (Shogakukan)
8) Big Comic Original, 792,000 (Shogakukan)
9) Shonen Sunday, 773,000 (Shogakukan)
10) Weekly Shonen Champion, 500,000 (Akita Shoten)

Top shojo/josei magazines after Ciao: Nakayoshi (307,000), Bessatsu Margaret (276,000), Ribon (274,000) and Hana To Yume (227,000).

Note that Shonen Sunday is not only dead last among the big 3 in shonen, by a huge margin, but it also loses to its own companies' titles for little kids, for older men, and for girls. Ow.

What was in Hana to Yume 9 years ago?

Cover goes to Shanimuni GO.

Color pages for Hana Kimi (2), Never Give Up!, Dear Mine, and Tokyo Crazy Paradise.

Breakdown:
Hana Kimi 80. This was about 2/3 through the series, which has been released here by Viz. The author is currently sort of on hiatus, though she drawns the occasional Hana Kimi side story.
Ame Nochi Hare. This was a short 4-page manga. The author is currently drawing a different one for Betsuhana.
Never Give Up! 38. About halfway through this series, which was one of the Tokyopop culls, sadly. Hopefully it may finish one day. The artist is currently drawing Tteiuka Koi ja ne? for Akita Shoten's Princess.
Shanimuni GO 48. About 1/4 through this sports manga. Viz is releasing the earlier Baby & Me. Author has been on break since finishing the series earlier in 2009.
Dear Mine 14. This short shoujo series is from the author of CMX's Teru Teru x Shonen. She's currently doing Isshi Ni Neyou No for HtY.
Descendants of Darkness 58. If Hakusensha makes good on their promise for this series to return in 2010, this may actually be collected as a Volume 12 chapter.
Hello From The End Of The Universe. Another short 4-page gag series.
Tokyo Crazy Paradise 91. Only a few volumes away from the end of this still unlicensed series. Likely unlicensed as it's darker than her current series, Skip Beat!.
W Juliet 41. A little over halfway through this romance, which was licensed by Viz. The author currently draws Kyou Mo Ashita Mo for Hana To Yume.
Tea Prince 79. Still unlicensed, because of size most likely, we're about 3/5 through this series. Author is currently drawing Orange Chocolate for Betsuhana.
Satisfaction Guaranteed File 16 (Part 2). Why yes, another Tokyopop cull. This is about halfway through the series. Author has been inactive lately.
Cosmo Na Bokura! 27. This series was almost complete, it would finish the following month. The artist is better known for Please Save My Earth, and is drawing the sequel to that atm in Betsuhana.
Angel High School. Another quick 4-page gag series. Artist does short series currently for Silky and The Hana.
Nadeshiko Club 5. This series has just begun, and was recently licensed by CMX. Author just started Youth Patisserie this month for Betsuhana.
Odoriba Hotel 2. A quick 1-volume series, the author has a ton of unlicensed series. Currently drawing Innocent Dragon for Melody.
さかな島日記. Short gag comic, which the artist is still doing for The Hana.

I Hate You More Than Anyone! and Ohoshisama ni Onegai! are on break. Fruits Basket was on hiatus due to injury.

Not bad, huh? A lot of licensed series, though some are in recession limbo.

Let's see what's coming in from Diamond this week!

...nothing. Diamond is taking the week off.

OK, does Midtown Comics in NYC have anything coming in from alternate sources?

VIZ:
Inu Yasha Vol. 44. Shonen. Shogakukan, serialized in Shonen Sunday since 1996.


That's it, kids. Comic store shoppers will likely see that volume in 2 weeks.

Recs? Hrm, I'm going with Inu Yasha.

Let's celebrate Xmas eve with LaLa! Cover goes to Ouran High School Host Club.

Color pages for Natsume's Book Of Friends (2), Vampire Knight, Babysitters' School, and Mishonen Produce.

Breakdown:
Natsume's Book of Friends 38
Maid-sama! 45
Vampire Knight 57
Ouran High School Host Club 77
Babysitters' School 4
Library Wars: Love & War 24
La Corda D'Oro Special Chapter (half size)
Mishonen Produce 8
嫁姑教室 (gag comic)
Junai Labyrinth 9
Ookami-heika no Hanayome 7
百年恋慕 2 (translation, anyone?)
極彩ハイスクール (a new gag comic that has moved from DX to the main magazine)
おいらんガール (one-shot)

Cover goes to Monochrome Kids.

Color pages for Love So Life (2), Hana To Akuma, おーまがとき!, and Kyou Mo Ashita Mo.

Breakdown:
Love So Life 20
Skip Beat! 150
Hana To Akuma 42
月刊なかとば (gag comic)
The Prince, the Witch, the Heiress, and... 2
Monochrome Kids 17
おーまがとき! (one shot/new series?) (from the author of Yuujou Survival)
Shine!! Vitamin school dormitory boys☆ (gag comic)
Hoshi Wa Utau 46
Akatsuki No Yona 9
Kyou Mo Ashita Mo 33
Kaizoku to Ningyo 10
Flowers Blooming in the Shadows (one-shot)
鎌田ギュウ乳販売店

Berry Berry, Oresama Teacher, Gakuen Alice, Seiyuu Kaa!, Nice TO Meat You Kamisama and Isshi Ni Neyou No are ALL on break.

Here's what's hitting comic shops next week. It's pretty teeny weeny.

DARK HORSE:
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Vol. 3. Shonen. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Shonen Ace since 2005.
Gantz Vol. 8. Seinen. Shueisha, serialized in Weekly Young Jump since 2000.

DEL REY:
Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol. 35/36. Shonen. Kodansha, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 1999.

DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING:
Our Kingdom: Arabian Nights. Yaoi. Libre Shuppan, serialization unknown, 2007.
Electric Hands. Yaoi. Shinshokan, serialization unknown, 1998.

ICARUS:
Read Me. Hentai. Akaneshinsha, serialization unknown, 2007.
Their porn anthology.


And that's it. Merry Xmas to manga readers.

As we get closer to Xmas, the releases get much smaller...

BANDAI:
Eureka Seven Collecttion Vol. 1. Shonen. Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in Shonen Ace since 2005.

CMX:
Go West Vol. 4 (Final Volume). Shonen. Mediaworks, serialized in Dengeki GAO! since 2003.

DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING:
Vampire Hunter D Vol. 4. Seinen. Media Factory, serialization unknown, 2007.

SEVEN SEAS:
Kashimashi Omnibus Vol. 2 (Final Volume). Seinen. Mediaworks, serialized in Dengeki Daioh since 2005.
Hayate x Blade Vol. 5. Seinen. Mediaworks, serialized in Dengeki Daioh since 2004.


That's it. Recs? Hayate x Blade, which apparently features one of the best fights of the series. Kashimashi if you didn't buy it the first time.

It's a new year for Hana to Yume!

Cover goes to The Prince, the Witch, the Heiress, and..., a new series by the creator of Happy Cafe!.

Color pages for The Prince, the Witch, the Heiress, and... (2), Seiyuu Kaa!, Vampire Hunter Maira, and Hoshi Wa Utau.

Breakdown:
The Prince, the Witch, the Heiress, and... 1
Gakuen Alice 124
Seiyuu Kaa! 11
Love So Life 19
Skip Beat! 149
Maira the Vampire Hunter (one-shot by a newbie)
黒いサンタクロース (gag-manga)
Nice To Meet You, Kamisama 35
月刊なかとば (gag manga)
Kaizoku to Ningyo 9
Hoshi Wa Utau 45
Akatsuki no Yona 8
Isshi Ni Neyou No 15

Berry Berry, Monochrome Kids, Oresama Teacher, Hana To Akuma, and Kyou Mo Ashita Mo are all on break.