The Shipping News, 7/15/09

This week’s shipping list resembles a picked-over salad bar: yes, there are garbanzo beans and broccoli sprouts in abundance, but some of the more basic and appealing items — peppers, carrots, tomatoes — are in short supply. Yaoi fans will make out best this week (if they’ll excuse the pun), with several new titles from BLU Manga and DMP, including Loudest Whisper: Uwasa no Futari (BLU Manga), a coming-of-age story about a pair of close friends; Ludwig II (DMP), a nineteenth century costume drama by You Higuri; and Shining Moon (DMP), a story about a male prostitute who’s obsessed with a “seemingly pure and righteous salary man.” (DMP’s words, not mine.) Other new arrivals include Angelic Runes (DMP), a fantasy-adventure about a mysterious pair of twins; It Takes a Wizard (Seven Seas Entertainment), an OEL that sounds like a mash-up of Escape from New York and Dragonsong; and the latest volumes of From Eroica With Love (CMX), InuYasha (VIZ), and Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo (Tokyopop). Full list below.

NEW SERIES/ONE-SHOTS

• Angelic Runes, Vol. 1 (DMP)
• It Takes a Wizard (Seven Seas Entertainment)
• Loudest Whisper: Uwasa no Futari, Vol. 1 (BLU Manga)
• Ludwig II, Vol. 1 (DMP)
• Millennium Prime Minister, Vol. 1 (DMP)
• Shining Moon (DMP)

CONTINUING SERIES

• Dance in the Vampire Bund, Vol. 4 (Seven Seas Entertainment)
• Divine Melody, Vol. 3 (DrMaster)
• Fate/Stay Night, Vol. 4 (Tokyopop)
• From Eroica With Love, Vol. 14 (CMX)
• Il Gatto Sul G, Vol. 3 (DMP)
• InuYasha, Vol. 38 (VIZ)
• Love Control, Vol. 2 (DMP)
• March on Earth, Vol. 2 (CMX)
• Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo, Vol. 5 (Tokyopop)
• Red River, Vol. 26 (VIZ)
• S.A. (Special A), Vol. 11 (VIZ)
• Shakugan no Shana, Vol. 4 (VIZ)
• Starcraft Frontline, Vol. 3 (Tokyopop)
• Switch, Vol. 9 (VIZ)
• Train Train, Vol. 2 (DMP/DokiDoki)
• Yakitate!! Japan, Vol. 18 (VIZ)