Tokyopop’s November releases

Tokyopop has posted their list of November releases. Hat tip to the folks at the AoD Forums for spotting this and providing lots of opinions! Here’s the list:

· Priest Volume 15
· Last Fantasy Volume 3
· Devil May Cry Volume 2
· Neck and Neck Volume 6
· King of Hell Volume 14
· Remote Volume 10
· BLAME! Volume 6
· Gatcha Gacha Volume 3
· Off*Beat Volume 2
· ShutterBox Volume 4
· Atomic King Daidogan Volume 1
· Strawberry Marshmallow Volume 2
· Mark of the Succubus Volume 2
· Initial D Volume 24
· Satisfaction Guaranteed Volume 2
· Trinity Blood Volume 1
· Elemental Gelade Volume 2
· Recast Volume 1
· Immortal Rain Volume 7
· Le Portrait de Petite Cossette Volume 2
· Peppermint Volume 2
· Samurai Deeper Kyo Volume 20
· DearS Volume 8
· A Midnight Opera Volume 3
· Never Give Up Volume 3
· Kindaichi Case Files, The
· GetBackers Volume 16
· Kat & Mouse Volume 2
· One Volume 10
· Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X ASTRAY Volume 1
· Dreaming, The Volume 2
· Otogi Zoshi Volume 2
· DIE TODLICHE DOLIS
· Queen’s Volume 1
· iD_eNTITY Volume 8
· Redrum 327 Volume 2
· Telepathic Wanderers Volume 4
· MY-HiME Volume 1
· 12 Days
· Boys Be … Volume 11

New volumes of Off*Beat, Shutterbox, and The Dreaming will be greeted with joy in my house, but with regard to OEL manga, I am coming around to the point of view that a year is too long between volumes, especially for suspenseful titles. I say this having spent the weekend immersed in Death Note, happy in my ability to buy the first five volumes one right after the other. In comments to a previous post, JennyN brought to my attention an article that mentions a French artist who has hired assistants so she can do a 192-page book every three months. I think we need that here.

Lots of discussion about My-HiME on the AoD forum, with translator Jeremiah Bourque providing some useful commentary.