New Manga Shout Out: 8/30/10 - 9/5/10

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. With the no-raws/scans rule on MH, you have to work a bit to find these mangas. Short shout out this week due to real life. Remember, if you like any of the series, favorite them. Don't forget to also thank the various people who feed your manga addiction. ^_^ Translators and Scanlators, please check out these series and see if you can spread some more manga love~

We're still looking for people who know Japanese and want to help write summaries for our manga database and for the shout out. Please PM me if you want to help out. Now onto the series~


Demographics: Shounen
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In 52 B.C., the Chieftain of the Arveni tribe, Vercingetorix, united the Gauls in a major revolt against the power of the Romans. This is his story, beginning with his rise to power. In one of the tribes, he rescues the 11 year old Taranis, the only son of a Gallic hero who was executed by the Romans. Taranis follows Vercingetorix as he raises his army to fight for the freedom of Gaul.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Alford Basiliskos, of the galactic Basiliskos Empire, has been sent by his father to conquer the earth with a giant robot. To his father's disappointment, Alford is more interested in passing his days eating doughnuts from the cute, kind Hoshigawa Yumi at her doughnut shop. Will Alford be able to find his motivation to conquer the earth? And will he ever find a way to get closer to Hoshigawa?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 6 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

20-year-old Aihara Minoru has come to Tokyo to make his dreams of becoming an action manga artist come true. To his amazement, he lands a job as a live-in assistant of his favorite mangaka, Takakura Kenji, who writes a popular fighting manga called "Ultimate Banchou."

Upon arriving at his new workplace, however, he discovers that his idol is not the tough guy he'd always imagined. The truth is, Takakura Kenji is the pen name of Sekai Ichiko, a girl his age who is basically a moe character (she looks and acts like a little kid). After Aihara's obvious disappointment starts them off on the wrong foot, it's going to be tough for him to prove to her that he has what it takes to be a manga artist!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Mao lives with his three sisters in a village full of the presence of gods. On the day of the village festival in his first year of high school, he was given a divine destiny: to become a girl. While Mao is happy and accepting of his new womanhood, the other people in his life have more trouble coping. His aggressive twin sister Akoya (nicknamed Ako), who used to tease him for being a feminine crybaby, seems to blame herself for his transformation. Both Mao's twin sister and his closest male friend from school are going to have a hard time adjusting the way they think of this new female Mao!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

1) Kunoichi Kokihei:
In the year leading up to the battle of Sekigahara (1599), the western Uesugi retainers encounter a beautiful, mysterious young woman who calls herself "Kagerou" in the red light district. After they witness her combat skills first hand, she reveals herself as the beautiful young man "Oshima Sanjuro"! He then joins the side of the Uesugi clan, against the Tokugawa. However, is this beautiful stranger really a man or a woman?

2) Kenkiramabutsu :
After the legendary duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the small island of Funajima (a.k.a. Ganryūjima) in 1612, Yogorou of the Hosokawa clan became obsessed with fighting Musashi. On the path to this goal, he meets a skilled young woman fighter by the name of Tose.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
Agrippa was pretty neat, its not all that often that there's a manga about French history. Comic Studio was pretty funny, though the 20-year-old love interest totally looks like she's 8.

My opinion:
Sorry for the extremely short shout out. When real life calls, you gotta answer. Anyway, next week should have more mangas. ^^ As for this week, all of them seem pretty interesting although I'm a sucker for gender benders so I'd be most interested in seeing Mao Marimo scanlated. :p Oh, and Happy Labor Day for the US folks~



Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
xdeathcat - Cloth Weaver: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
mikeythebest - Baki Scarface: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
sonsofloki - Young Shima Kousaku: Chapter 1



If you haven't done so already, check out the scanlations of the mangas from previous shout outs which have been recently scanlated: psychological action manga Meteor (MH link), action adventure Dragon Nest: Shungeki no Sedo (MH link).