Previously, it has been reported that MAO, That Summer ~1959~ (Ano Natsu -1959-), and I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level (Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi Level Max ni Natteshimatta) are among the new manga titles planned to be released by Indonesian comics publisher Elex Media Komputindo in 2021. On Sunday (23/5), the Twitter account of Elex Media’s editors of comics has released a sneak peek of the new comic books that are scheduled to be published in June 2021, which includes the three titles mentioned above. In a reply, the account also confirms that I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level will be printed on book paper.
Sore-sore ngopi sambil manyun
Berikut sebagian yg terbit di #joyjune#nabungajadulu#joyjune pic.twitter.com/EafeC22wde— Editor Komik Elex-Level Comics (@comic_lxlc) May 23, 2021
Described as “a strange romance between a boy and girl who meet by fate” set in a “land where two worlds intersect,” Rumiko Takahashi‘s MAO follows Nanoka Kiba, a middle school girl who had a near-death experience eight years before in a road cave-in that killed her parents. When she is passing through an abandoned shopping center near the location of the cave-in, she seems to be transported to place that looks like Taisho era Japan and meets a mysterious boy named Mao after she is attacked by a supernatural creature. The manga began serialization in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday in May 2019, and has been collected into eight volumes at the time of this writing.
Elex Media had confirmed that the Japanese volumes of MAO had been received to be translated in October 2020. Previously, Elex Media had also published Takahashi’s Inuyasha and Rinne.
Ashibi Fukui‘s That Summer ~1959~ tells about Houmiya High School’s ace pitcher Natsu Haigou, who gets sent back in time to 1959, the year his grandfather lead the school to win Koushien for the first time. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday in 2019 and finished in three volumes.
Elex Media had teased the manga in October 2020 and it is considered for non-book paper release.
Ada yg tau komik ini ngga😚 pic.twitter.com/9qhZQubcFn
— Editor Komik Elex-Level Comics (@comic_lxlc) October 10, 2020
I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level is a light novel series written by Kisetsu Morita and illustrated by Benio. It was first published online on web novel platform Shousetsuka ni Narou since 2016 before getting picked up to be released by SB Creative’s GA Bunko imprint in January 2017, with 16 volumes have been released at the time of this writing. The main character is Azusa, an office worker who dies young from overworking. She gets reincarnated in a fantasy world as an immortal, unaging witch and decides to live her new life leisurely unlike in her previous life. She makes a living by hunting some slimes, the weakest monsters, every day. However, after doing that same thing for 300 years, the experience points she accumulated ends up making her reach her maximum level which gives her immense powers. Can Azusa maintain her low key life with such powers?
The manga adaptation of the novels is drawn by Yusuke Shiba and is serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Online since June 2017, with eight tankoubon volumes has been released at the time of this writing. Six audio dramas have also been produced starring Aoi Yuuki as Azusa, while an anime adaptation was announced in October 2019 and has been airing since April 2021. In Indonesia, the anime adaptation can be streamed legally on VIU and Bilibili App.
Spring 2021 Anime: I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
A spin-off novel also written by Kisetsu Morita and illustrated by Benio titled Hira Yakunin Yatte 1500-nen, Maō no Chikara de Daijin ni Sarechaimashita focusing on the character Beelzebub has also been released in September 2019, with the manga version also by Yusuke Shiba released in three volumes between September 2019 to September 2020. Morita and Benio have also released additional spin-offs Red Dragon Jogakuin and Elf no Gohan on Gangan Online.
Elex Media Komputindo is a comics publisher under the Kompas-Gramedia Group. The publisher releases licensed foreign comics, including manga, and also Indonesian comics. Since 2005, Elex Media also published comics that intended for adult audiences under the Level Comics imprint.
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