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Negima?! Neo Volume 1

Negi Springfield is ten years old... and a powerful wizard! This boy wizard is the greatest prodigy ever to graduate from his magic school in England. After graduation, however, Negi’s given an unusual assignment: teach English at an all-girl school in Japan. Now Negi has to find a way to deal with his thirty-one totally gorgeous–and completely overaffectionate–students... without using magic!

Based on the Negima! anime, this is a fresh take on Negi's magical classroom mayhem.

• Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Content Rating: OT – Older Teen, Age 16+

Gakuen Prince (gakuen means "school" in Japanese) is a bishonen (beautiful boys) romantic comedy like another Del Rey Manga title, The Wallflower. The series was originally featured in Bessatsu Friend, a shojo manga anthology magazine aimed at teen girls, and true to form, it gives girls what they want... hot bishies.

Joshi High is an elite school that most girls in Japan only dream of attending. Then one day everything changes–the all-girl school goes coed. There’s just one catch: The girls outnumber the boys. So begins a wild, no-holds-barred competition for the boys of the school. Which smart and independent-minded girl will rise above the fray?

• Release Date: March 24, 2009
  

Threatened by plundering cyborg bandits, an innocent village defies its inhuman enemies with the help of mortal men born to do battle, and bound to die for honor: humanity’s champions, the seven samurai. This thrilling manga is based on the classic film by Akira Kurosawa.
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Content Rating: OT – Older Teens, Age 16+

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Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking is set in early 20th Century Japan, where the characters wear kimono and hakama (traditional flowing pleated pants for men). "It's a beautiful book, and a great story," said Del Rey Manga Licensing and Acquisitions Director Mutsumi Miyazaki when she introduced this manga at New York Comic-Con 2008.

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it’s a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?

• Release Date: February 24, 2009
• Content Rating: M – Mature, Age 18+