New Manga Series for the Year 2006
All new manga series reported for this year can be found here. You can sort them by the date they were reported to us, the rating, or based on how active the series was over the past month.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
The hit Nickelodeon cartoon craze goes TOKYOPOP, as you relive every exciting episode...now in the easy-to-follow cine-manga form!
In a timeless quest that brings all elements (pun!) of Asian history and culture together, Avatar: the Last Airbender has the perfect blend of action, comedy, and adventure! And where martial arts translates to "levitate-rocks-and-chuck-them-at-your-enemy's-face," you just want to jump right up and join the local karate school!
There's no doubt Avatar: the Last Airbender has struck it rich with fans across the board, and this editor is just one of them! ATLA quenches my thirst for Asian cultures not usually seen in the world of animation, while drawing me in further with magic and action! And with a fresh blend of characters, anywhere from a sarcastic older brother to a legion of butt-kicking girls, I keep coming back! At only two seasons completed, and a full four to be expected, ATLA will be sure to have much more to offer its loyal fans.
Rating: 7.12 (31 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2291 
(+1143)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural
Official English: INKR
From TokyoPop:
RE: play follows the life of Cree, the lead singer for a punk band. When her bassist bails, she's in a tough spot—until she meets Izsak, bass player extraordinaire. He's the answer to all her prayers! But when a pair of mysterious figures begins to—stalk the band, her world quickly spins from a dream to a nightmare. Between a dark past and a shadowy future, can the light of this romance survive?
Rating: 7.03 (13 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2329 (+1156)
Genre: Mature, Psychological, Romance, Tragedy, Yuri
When Jackie's ex-lover Noah dies, she decides the best and quickest way to get over the love of her life is to hold a personal ritual with Noah's ashes. Jackie consumes the ashes for 12 days, hoping the pain will subside with her profound reaction to Noah's death. While she and her partner-in-crime Nick, Noah’s brother, spend the time in the closed space her apartment, they slowly become consumed by Noah's tragedy.
Original Comic (Tokyopop)
Original Comic (INKR)
Rating: 6.91 (23 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2278 (+1116)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shoujo
Official English: INKR
"With rare exception, girls are fatally drawn to jerks."—Upon discovering this sore truth, Penny takes it upon herself to form her own underground club to identify said jerks, and to cure girls of their addiction to them. When the club identifies a guy who falls under the jerk category, they label him a "Pyrite," create a voodoo-ish, pirate-looking doll to represent him, and throw darts at the doll while reciting an oath that they will never go out with him again. Suddenly, Penny discovers that she has unintentionally changed the social structure of the school, and that she's at the top of the pyramid! But will it last?
Rating: 6.85 (19 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2327 (+1155)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Supernatural
Official English: INKR
From the author/artist's website (StudioNJ.com):
Original title was "Grace" - it was renamed by the publisher against my wishes.
Description modified from the publisher's website (now offline):
Grace Miller is a bedridden girl with no reason to live until one night, when she's visited by a shy ghost named Andy who invites her to leave the walls of her bedroom. Grace reluctantly accepts the offer and feels alive for the first time in years... but the world outside her bedroom is stranger than she thought, and the price of her visits may cost more than she realizes.
Rating: 6.79 (5 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2336 (+1161)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Historical, Shounen
A pirate ship that cannot be sunk led by a dying Captain who will not give up. His final wish before he dies is to find the legendary Devil's Eye. And who does he appoint to lead his fearless crew in search of the lost treasure, but Olivia Soldana, a brash 16-year-old girl who can outdo any man.
Rating: 6.79 (11 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2329 (+1162)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
The Goblin King has kept a watchful eye on Toby: His minions secretly guiding and protecting the child... Legions of goblins work behind the scenes to ensure that Toby has whatever his heart desires... Preparing him for the day when he will return to the Labyrinth and take his rightful place beside Jareth as the heir to the Goblin Kingdom...
That day has come...
But no one has told Toby.
Cover art by Chris Lie.
Rating: 6.69 (23 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2325 (+1148)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Sports
Official English: INKR
From Tokyopop:
Anya, the new girl at Lucrece High, just isn't fitting in. Her dream is to join one of the school's elite sports teams, but when she tries out, she's instantly rejected! Anya doesn't get mad, though--she gets even. When she meets other "misfits" who've been similarly written off, they form their own soccer team, complete with cool, edgy uniforms. They may not be the most experienced, but they've got something no other team has: style. Say hello to the world's first gothic-lolita soccer team!
Rating: 6.67 (47 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2308 (+1155)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
From Tokyopop:
Josh Kim is a hopeless flirt fresh out of high school, working as a bookseller who wants nothing more than to earn the love of his crush, Nicole Hayes. Nicole Hayes is a business student who works part-time as a receptionist at a graphic design firm, and who wants nothing more than to write her fantasy story. Josh vows to help Nicole attain her goal by helping her get her short story published in a fantasy lit magazine, and they work together to get it in before submissions are closed. In the meantime their friends and the world around them seem to continuously get in the way of the completion of their masterpiece, and of them finding each other.
Interwoven with the story is Nicole's own fantasy, which is a direct reflection of her inner turmoil in finding her identity and her true calling in life. As they deal with the social stresses of daily living, Josh and Nicole find that love is more than just a game of flirting, and there's a struggle to have the courage to embrace their feelings honestly.
Rating: 6.64 (8 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2345 (+1169)
Genre: Drama, Shoujo, Shounen Ai
Official English: INKR
From TokyoPop (based on volume 1):
As a child, Ameya had always considered his cat more a sibling than a pet. As the years went by, their bond grew ever tighter. But the day his feline "brother" died was the day Ameya withdrew from the world...
Several years later, Ameya encounters a drenched stray cat in the park. Little does he know what fate has in store for him...
Beautifully rendered and hauntingly crafted, Bettina Kurkoski's heart-warming story will touch everyone who's grown up with a furry friend.
Rating: 6.6 (5 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2344 (+1168)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
The small border town of Santa Anna, Mexico is no stranger to violence. The gruesome death of a local gang member on the outskirts of town further heightens tensions. So when a mysterious stranger arrives in town shortly thereafter, the locals become leery - who is this man and what is his background?
Rating: 6.53 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2332 (+1162)
Genre: Action, Drama, Psychological, Supernatural
Purgatory Kabuki is DrMaster first original manga. But instead of hiring a western artist for "OEL manga", DGN productions turned toward Japan and strategically signed Yasushi Suziki, a Japanese conceptual designer and graphic artist who is best known for his work with Treasure (a Japanese video game developer).
Purgatory Kabuki is a samurai action story set in the underworld or afterlife. For reasons unknown, former samurai – Imanoturugi is obsessed with leaving the afterlife. To die in battle is a samurai’s greatest honor. Yet, now Imanoturugi must claim 1000 swords from the fallen warriors who now share residence in the dark underworld. By these and these means alone, this highly skilled blades master will be allowed admittance back into the living world. But to what end? Upon what stone purpose does he sharpen his edge? The story borrows heavily from various Japanese legends and myths.
Rating: 6.48 (3 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2339 (+1166)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-fi
From Tokyopop:
Gigantic and imposing, the Warmongers are the most feared force in the galaxy. Their dark, metallic exteriors reflect absolute terror. And with their latest creation - The Ghost of Destruction - the most wicked of weapons has been unleashed! In a whirlwind of annihilation, The Ghost levels entire planets. One by one, worlds are crumbling... except the remote planet Hub.
Enter Snow, a young refugee with a scarred face. Arriving on the desolate Hub, Snow tries to forget his painful past... but soon discovers Hub has its own dangers...
Note: A finalist in Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition, Morgan Luthi has crafted a Sci-Fi epic filled with love, destruction, space pirates... and really, really big robots!
Rating: 6.44 (11 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2340 (+1170)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
From Seven Seas:
A young woman named Willow awakens to find herself on a mystical world with no memories of her former life. She soon discovers that not only are the residents of this world fantastical creatures of ancient lore, but the planet itself is alive and conscious... and in grave danger! Caught in the middle of a terrible struggle, Willow must come to terms with a harsh reality not of her choosing.
Available online as a webcomic and in print.
Rating: 6.43 (5 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2344 (+1166)
Genre: Action, Mature, Smut, Yaoi
Adder, a smooth and professional male escort, encounters the chance of a lifetime when one of his clients offers him 2 million dollars to turn her spoiled, anime obsessed brother, Jin, into a proper gentleman.
Sounds too good to be true? It usually is. Jin will not abandon his bad habits without a fight and Adder decides to call everything off but is soon to find out his contract does not leave any room for failure.
Will Adder be able to win against his fate and transform Jin into a social butterfly or will he lose and be forced to work Night and Day for Jin’s demonic sister?
Rating: 6.42 (1 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2341 (+1161)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life, Smut, Yaoi
Shimazu Sho, a Japanese medicine student currently living in London, has an interesting secret: he is the owner of a zoomorphic creature, a boy with dog like features called Kin.
How could this happen? In a world where magic is not fantasy, anything is possible. Thanks to a misshaped magical spell Sho used to cure the agonizing Golden Retriever dog, he must now deal with his zoomorphic Kin, while he searches for a way to return the poor creature to his original form. But nothing goes to plan for Sho, when he begins to develop a special "relationship" with his most unusual of pets.
Rating: 6.41 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2336 (+1161)
Genre: Action, Sci-fi
Official English: INKR
From TokyoPop (based on volume 1):
When his ship is attacked by pirates, Archer is left floating adrift in a violent sea. But the young urchin is nothing if not resilient. He soon finds himself sailing with the infamous Cannonball Joe aboard "La Revancha," the fastest ship on the East Coast, in search of a legendary cache of hidden treasures. Their dangerous quest will lead directly to a showdown with the "Hoboken," one of the most feared pirate vessels ever to sail the Jersey shores, and its reckless captain, Lee. But there are far worse things than pirates that call these waters home...
Rating: 6.38 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2348 (+1172)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Yaoi
Gin is falsely accused of murder and gets sacrificed to a demon. However, when the demon realizes his innocence, he takes pity on him and flies Gin to Aluria, a land of mystical creatures. Gin seduced and horribly betrayed by one of the cruelest vampires named Kakale. And if things weren't bad enough, Kakale casts a spell so that Gin looks like Kakale and Kakale looks like Gin. This is very bad for Gin considering Kakale is a wanted criminal. Gin goes on a mission to find Kakale to get the spell reversed. He runs into Kakale's sexy vampire boy friend, Rakioul, who mistakes Gin for Kakale. Now Gin must pretend to be an evil vampire to trick Rakioul into leading him to the real Kakale. Of course, when you're pretending to be someone's lover there are certain duties involved...
Rating: 6.38 (20 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2348 (+1167)
Genre: Horror, Mature, Seinen, Yuri
From Amazon.com
Big-hearted volunteer worker by day, unruly rocker by night, Rylie is one of the most-liked residents in the small island-town of Buffalora. When she sets her sights on Naomi, the new girl in town, love is definitely in the air. Unfortunately for Rylie, so is a storm, the kind in which nothing good ever happens... Suddenly everyone aged 23 and older dies and quickly rises from the dead! These flesh-craving zombies seek out the last remnants of youth and hope for society. With death in the air and love on their minds, Rylie and Naomi must make their way through the vast swamplands to salvation...
Rating: 6.37 (5 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2327 (+1150)
Genre: Action, Adult, Drama, Romance, Smut, Yaoi
Global-Yaoi magazine/anthology book that was published quarterly by DramaQueen.
Rating: 6.37 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2342 (+1156)
Genre: Action, Mature, Seinen
Official English: INKR
- Doyle and Abby are sloppy assassins but always finish the job no matter what!
- Forced to make up for their mistakes, Doyle and Abby have to pay fines from the assassins guild
- In a place full of life-threatening danger, any mistake can cost their entire life
Rating: 6.35 (4 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2342 (+1162)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-fi
From Seven Seas:
The year is 1893. Under the iron grip of Napoleon IV, France has extended its tyrannical rule throughout the world, forging a vast Empire that rivals that of ancient Rome.
Only one man stands in defiance against the Empire, roaming at will beneath the surface of the oceans: Young Captain Nemo and his ragtag crew aboard the Nautilus II.
Rating: 6.33 (1 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2334 (+1164)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Official English: INKR
From Tokyo Pop (based on volume 1):
When a rival theme park engineers a plot to steal a week's worth of revenue from HappyPlace, the plot seems to go all the way to the top, and it may even involve...murder! In the ensuing frenzy, Dogby--a man in a dog suit--learns of the death of his beloved queen and embarks on an adventurous trek to find the murderer and bring him to justice. To expose corruption in the HappyPlace theme park, Dogby will have his day!
NOTE: According to Wikipedia, 3 volumes were written, though only 2 was ever published.
Rating: 6.28 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2341 (+1166)
Official English: INKR
From TokyoPop (based on volume 1):
The year: 2068. The place: Earthlight Lunar Colony, an international melting pot of scientific discovery and global tensions. Population: 228 adults -- and 42 kids. Fifteen-year-old Damon Cole, who's just arrived on the moon, is one of the first students at the new Earthlight Academy. It's tough being the new kid -- but it's even worse when your mother is your teacher. And when your father is Chief Administrator of the entire colony, that's really asking for it. Damon just wants to kick back and fit in. But soon he's drawn into the life of a pretty girl named Lise, and her abusive boyfriend. Can he avoid being drawn into a deadly fistfight at the top of the lunar dome? And if so, will he be ready for the terror that's coming -- from the adult world?
Rating: 6.26 (1 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2349 (+1170)
Genre: Mystery, School Life, Shoujo
Based on volume 1 from TokyoPop:
Trouble seems to follow aspiring detective Jasmine Callihan. Or maybe it's that Jas (who apparently never learned what Curiosity did to the Cat) follows trouble.
All Jas wanted to do today was hang out with her pals (and her superfantastico boyfriend, but, shh, don't tell The Thwarter, aka, her dad, who's trying to keep her under permanent lockdown). Simple. Straight forward. But catastrophe was lurking. First Jas stumbles upon a school mate's lost purse. Then there's the jewelry store heist, the wrongly accused man, the clueless cops, the seven words that destroy her relationship and…well, before she knows it, Jas has got a lot more than brunch on her plate.
Now it's up to her, and her mega-cool crew, Roxy, Polly and Tom, to catch the thief. It won't be easy—not with Jas' cousin Alyson and her Evil Hench Twin Veronique tagging along for the ride and having to elude the Thwarter with his All-Seeing Eye. Oh, and her heart breaking into a million tiny pieces.
Trying to right wrongs and have brunch with a hot guy shouldn't be this taxing, should it?
Rating: 6.25 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2350 (+1161)
