NANA 20

January 12th, 2010

Is already available.

The series is still on hold here.

Hoshin Engi 16

December 17th, 2009

Is available as well.

At Omotesando

December 13th, 2009

Christmas lights yesterday. It was SO crowded, and the pedestrian bridge was closed off.

The Dior building looked like a giant gift box:

Pandora Hearts 1

December 8th, 2009

Is available.

Pandora Hearts 10

December 2nd, 2009

Also came out last Friday. Here’s the Animate-only illustration sheet omake:

illustration

As an ex-software engineer, I had to mutter “punch cards” when I saw those sheet music for music boxes.

Black Butler 8

November 30th, 2009

Came out last Friday. This time I got my copy at Animate, so it came with an Animate-only illustration sheet:

illustration

The text says “Thank you for buying Vol. 8! This is the end of the Circus arc. And the two who didn’t appear in the arc is working part-time at Animate.”

The obi says the second season of the anime will have anime-only character(s?) designed by Toboso-sensei. It also says, “And NEW CAST”.

Crimson Shell

November 18th, 2009

Is available .

I’m glad I got to work on this series before Pandora Hearts. I was able to familiarize myself with Mochizuki-sensei’s visual and prose style, so I could dive right in when I started work on Pandora Hearts.

I was listening to a lot of Nightmare’s lulu and The Gazette’s 紅蓮 while working on this tankobon. lulu for the general dark atmosphere of the song, and 紅蓮 because I thought some of the lyrics synchronized with Claudia’s situation. I still listen to the two songs while working on Pandora Hearts.

GA 2

November 9th, 2009

And this one too.

Vampire Knight 8

November 5th, 2009

Is out too.

No news yet about when the next volume will be out here.

NANA 19

November 4th, 2009

Is out.