The frosty weather is well upon us and so is the Holiday Shopping Spectacular, so stay warm and away from other people’s mania with a good manga and a hot chocolate in your favorite reading spot. As an extra present to expand your reading horizons, small-publisher Vertical’s manga titles are debuting on the list. Here’s the list of US/Canada manga releases for December 2012!
Arrangement:
1. Demographic Group (Boys’, Girls’, Kids’, General, Matured Reader)
2. Series Title (Alphabetical), volume # – release date – MM/DD of release – publisher – age rating – notes
*Age Rating: A (All), T (teen), T+ (Older Teen), M (Mature/Adult)
*Publisher guide: DH: Darkhorse Comics; DMP: Digital Manga Publishing; KC: Kodansha Comics; Vt: Vertical; Viz: Viz Media, includes SB: Shojo Beat, Sig: Viz Signature, SJA: Shonen Jump Advanced, SJ: Shonen Jump, SS: Shonen Sunday, and VK: Viz Kids; Yen: Yen Press
*New Series marked by an asterisk (*)
KIDS’ manga (~10 and under)
Voltron Force, vol. 5: Dragon Dawn – 12/04 – VK – A
SHONEN (“Boys’” manga; typically heavy in action, adventure, and camaraderie)
Arata: The Legend, vol. 12 – 12/04 – SS – T
Bakuman, vol. 17 – 12/04 – SJ – T
*Blood Lad, vol. 1 – 12/11 – Yen – T+
Bleach, vols. 52, 53 – 12/04 – SJ – T
Cage of Eden, vol. 8 - 12/11 – KC – T+
D. Gray-Man, vol. 23 – 12/04 – SJA – T+
*Heroman, vol. 2 – 12/18 – Vt – 10+ – By Stan Lee, Tamon Ohta, and studio BONES
Higurashi: When They Cry (Massacre Arc vol.2), vol. 20 – 12/11 – Yen – T+
Isuwaribito, vol. 7 – 12/11 – SS – T+
Kekkaishi, vol. 35 – 12/11 – SS – T
Natsume’s Book of Friends, vol. 13 – 12/04 – SB – T
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, vol. 12 – 12/05 – DH – T+
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, vol. 12 – 12/04 – SJ – T
Pandora Hearts, vol. 13 – 12/11 – Yen – T+
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, vol. 3 – 12/11 – Yen – T
Raiders, vol. 9 – 12/11 – Yen – T+ – Korean Manwha
Slam Dunk, vol. 25 – 12/04 – SJ – T
Toriko, vol. 13 – 12/04 – SJ – T
*Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, vol. 2 – 12/04 – SJ – T
SHOJO (“Girls’” manga; typically deals heavily with relationships and romances)
*Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit, vol.1 – 12/11 – Yen – T
Black Bird, vol. 15 – 12/04 – SB – T+
Dawn of the Arcana, vol. 7 – 12/04 – SB – T
*Demon Love Spell, vol. 1 – 12/04 – SB – T+
Earl and The Fairy, The; vol. 4 – 12/04 – SB – T
*Kaoru Mori: Anything and Something – 12/11 – Yen – T – Short Story Collection, single volume
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The; vol. 14 – 12/11 – Yen – T+
Oh My Goddess!, vol. 43 – 12/19 – DH – T
Paradise Kiss, vol. 2 – 12/04 – Vt – T
Sakurahime: The Legend of Princess Sakura, vol. 9 – 12/04 – SB – T
Wallflower, The, vol. 29 – 12/04 – KC – T
GENERAL
Attack on Titan, vol. 3 – 12/04 – KC – T+
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, vol. 16 – 12/04 – KC – T+
*Danza – 12/04 – KC – T+ – Collection of short stories
Gen Manga anthology- late month – T to M – Anthology; genmanga.com
*Message to Adolf, part 2 – 12/18 – Vt – T – hardcover; by Osamu Tezuka
ADULT (Matured Reader Recommended)
Dogs, vol. 7 – 12/18 – Sig – M
Dorohedoro, vol. 8 – 12/18 – Sig – M
Tenjo Tenge, vol. 10 – 12/18 – Sig – M
OTHER
James Patterson’s Maximum Ride, vol. 7 – 12/11 – Yen – T
Spice and Wolf (Novel), vol. 7 – 12/11 – Yen
