Recommendations based on "Revolutionary Girl Utena, Vol. 2 To Plant"

• Will be previewed & promoted in Shojo Beat magazine’s December 2007 issue.• An ongoing manga series—seven volumes released to date in Japan• Vols. 1-7 all ranked high on Tohan Top 50 ranking• Translated into Korean and ItalianCan a junior high jock turn high school sweetheart overnight? When Haruna hits ninth grade suddenly boys seem much more interesting than softball! Will Haruna’s high school debut end up in heartbreak hotel? Haruna jumps to the conclusion that Yoh is interested in her friend Mami when she sees the two of them together. Instead of confronting him about it, she runs away! Will Haruna's insecurities end her relationship with Yoh?

The all-time classic hit series of gender-swapping, species-bending, madcap martial arts mayhem!Pantyhose Taro's back, and so is his thirst for vengeance! Hoping to get his name changed to something less embarrassing, he plans to dunk Happosai in some water from the "Spring of the Drowned Pious Man." Unfortunately, that water isn't the water he thinks it is, it's worse…twice as worse! One Happosai is bad enough—is the world ready for two?! Later, Ranma meets his next nemesis: Herb of the legendary Musk Dynasty, a Chinese warrior tribe with the powers of animals. Herb and his companions, Lime and Mint, have come to Japan in search of a particular treasure—but they have to go through Ranma, Ryoga and Mousse first!Pantyhose Taro's back, and so is his thirst for vengeance! Hoping to get his name changed to something less embarrassing, he plans to dunk Happosai in some water from the "Spring of the Drowned Pious Man." Unfortunately, that water isn't the water he thinks it is, it's worse…twice as worse! One Happosa

The all-time classic hit series of gender-swapping, species-bending, madcap martial arts mayhem!One day, teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome went on a training mission with his father and ended up taking a dive into some cursed springs at a legendary training ground in China. Now, every time he’s splashed with cold water, he changes into a girl. His father, Genma, changes into a panda! What’s a half-guy, half-girl to do? Find out what fueled the worldwide manga boom in beloved creator Rumiko Takahashi’s (InuYasha, Urusei Yatsura, RIN-NE) smash hit of martial arts mayhem, presented remastered and unflipped for the first time.Ryoga + new disciple Akari + Akane + a magical umbrella = a complicated equation of dueling love. Next there’s a swimming contest between Akane and Miss Hinako that leaves one of them taking a dive. Then, a legendary dôgi—armor said to endow its wearer with ultimate power—is given to Ranma, Genma and Soun. But when the dôgi picks Akane to be its wearer, it soon comes between her and Ranma! It’s now or never for Ranma to confess his true feelings for Akane, but will he?

A 2-in-1 edition of the romantic-comedy series where a student council president secretly works at a maid café!As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!Misaki gets involved in her friend Sakura’s love life when she’s invited along to meet Sakura’s favorite band. But when Sakura’s crush is more interested in Misaki, it’s up to Usui to intervene! And when the heir to a restaurant conglomerate makes an offer to buy the maid café, how far will Misaki go to save it?

A 2-in-1 edition of the romantic-comedy series where a student council president secretly works at a maid café!As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!Misaki undergoes strict training on how to become a lady before visiting Usui in England! Later, she decides to apply to a highly selective university… With everyone heading down different paths toward the future, will Misaki and Usui be able to find happiness together?

Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima--at anything. He always comes out on top no matter what he does, and Hikari is determined to do whatever it takes to beat this guy...somehow!At age 6 Hikari lost to Kei in an impromptu wrestling match. Now, at 15, Hikari joins ""Special A,"" a group of the top seven students at a private academy, for the opportunity to trounce the guy who made her suffer her first defeat.Kei's grandfather, determined to keep the boy under his control, traps him in London and makes plans to publicly announce Kei's appointment to president of a company, along with his engagement to the company chairman's daughter. Hikari and the SA gang try to get to London to save him--but with Aoi determined to stop them at all costs, will they make it in time?

Yuri, a teen of the 21st century, has been transported to ancient Anatolia as part of a scheme by the evil Nakia, Queen of the Hittites. Only the intervention of Nakia's stepson, Prince Kail, saved Yuri from the Queen's bloodthirsty intentions. As an unintended consequence, the people of the kingdoms of Anatolia have embraced Yuri as the incarnation of the great war-goddess Ishtar.Queen Nakia schemes to frame Yuri for the king's murder, expecting that the Senate will order her execution. Her plan seems to be foiled when Nakia's own son comes forth to claim that Yuri cannot be the assassin! In a last desperate attempt to do away with Yuri, Nakia uses her dark magic to take control of the situation. The Senate seems poised to do the queen's dirty work, but as usual, Kail has other plans…

Yuri, a teen of the 21st century, has been transported to ancient Anatolia as part of a scheme by the evil Nakia, Queen of the Hittites. Only the intervention of Nakia's stepson, Prince Kail, saved Yuri from the Queen's bloodthirsty intentions. As an unintended consequence, the people of the kingdoms of Anatolia have embraced Yuri as the incarnation of the great war-goddess Ishtar.Unrest is stirring in Egypt, where Yuri is being prepared to become the bride of General Ramses. When she sees the downtrodden state of the people, she takes action that results in an unexpected reunion with four of her friends from Kail's court, who have been sent to Egypt to gather evidence of Nakia's treasonous activities. The Hittites enlist Ramses' help, only to have their new ally fall into the clutches of Nakia's collaborator, Queen Nefertiti. Unwilling to leave Ramses to his fate, Yuri hatches a plan that might well lead to full-scale political upheaval in the Land of the Pharoahs!

Twins Shion and Mion have Keiichi seeing double. But as he grows closer to Shion, their flirty friendship has Mion seeing red. When Shion and Keiichi trespass on sacred ground the night of the Cotton Drifting, a string of gruesome murders and disappearances follow. Are the legends of Oyashiro-sama's curse true? Is there a demon in Hinamizawa?

Kobato's mission to fill up her magic bottle might just be on the backburner. It seems that the members of Yomogi Kindergarten's staff are no strangers to wounds of the heart, but despite Kobato's efforts, she's no closer to healing either Sayaka-sensei or the ever-solemn Fujimoto-kun! Moreover, the center is still on the verge of being shut down by unscrupulous gangster types! Leaving Kobato to her own devices, Ioryogi-san meets (read: clashes) with some odd characters from his past and uses his otherworldly connections to investigate Yomogi. Who is Ioryogi-san really?! And will Kobato's sheer determination to help those around her be enough to unravel the kindergarten's secrets and save the hearts of its staff from despair?!