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Kang Zeng Bang Out of Stock

The Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang volume reprints are becoming very rare in Japan right now.

At online retailer, bk1, several volumes are currently out of stock. These are volumes 1, 25, and 26. Volume 27 at time of article is on sale and not yet out of stock.

At worldwide online retailer, Amazon.co.jp, even more books are out of stock. Volume 24 is on order from the publisher, volumes 1, 4, 25, and 26. Volume 27 when it first went onto Amazon.co.jp it reached within the top 25 book sales for the day (not just manga, but all books in general). Right now, Amazon.co.jp has stopped accepting pre-orders as they have reached their cap that they will receive from Shueisha.

The Ultimate Kang Zeng Bang Guide will be updated with more information as it becomes discovered. Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang volume 27 is currently on sale in Japan now, but these preliminary sales figures show that this will be a very successful volume in terms of sales.

Kang Zeng Bang Volume 27 Preview

On April 4th, the final Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang (reprint) volume will be released in Japan. This volume contains all new chapters, and will be the only volume released this month. All prior months had two volumes released at the same time. New chapters were found in volumes 24 and 26. In volume 27, the final volume, it will contain nothing but new chapters, besides possibly chapter 295. Chapter 295 shares the same title as the chapter 285 from the original print “After the Dream” which had not been reprinted up until this point. This chapter may be expanded or altered from it’s original print.

The current titles announced for the volume are as followed (Chapter Number, Japanese title, English title by Dit)

292: ど根性豆の木 “The Gutsy Beanstalk”

293: 風の真価 “The Real Value of Wind”

294: LAST TEST SHAMAN FIGHT “Last Test Shaman Fight”

295: 夢のあと “After the Dream”

296: パッチとの遭遇 “Encounter With the Patch”

297: シャーマンキング　GOD　END　PART　Ⅰ “Shaman King God End Part I”

298: シャーマンキング　GOD　END　PART　ⅠⅠ “Shaman King God End Part II”

Earlier in the month, a promotional ad was released in Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump. This ad also announces that on April 1st, Chapter 292 will be released online for free on the official Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang website in Japanese. Last month, chapter 287 was released in this same method.

Finally, the cover art, which is shown above in higher detail was released via a flyer.

On April 4th, Ultimo chapter 3 will be released in Japan as well with the new JumpSQ issue.

(Higher Quality cover scan by bleach91)

March 2009 Releases

March has a bunch of releases all over the world, from Japan, to the USA, and the UK. So, let’s start where it all comes from, Japan.

On March 4th, Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang ( シャーマンキング　完全版 ) volumes 25 and 26 will be released. Each volume will sell for 932yen (plus tax). Volume 25 contains reprints of chapters 267-277, Visionz 4, and Funbari No Uta 4. Chapters 269-277 were originally chapters 267-275 printed in Volume 31. Chapters 278-279 were originally chapters 276-277 printed in Volume 32. The ISBN is 978-4-08-874227-4 and contains 260 pages.

Volume 26 contains chapter 280-286 was originally Chapters 278-284, from Volume 32. Chapter 287 was originally chapter 285, only released in Volume 32, however, this chapter for the Kang Zeng Bang has been rewritten and the original should be discarded as an alternate story. Finally, chapters 287-291 are new chapters only printed in this KZB release. A preview for chapter 288 was released online for free on Feb 28th, 2009 which can be found here. The ISBN is 978-4-08-874228-1 and contains 248 pages.

The final Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang volume, 27, will be released on April 4th and contain all new chapters and the final conclusion to the Shaman King manga.

Also in Japan, Ultimo chapter 2 will be released Jump SQ on March 4th as well.

On March 2nd, Shaman King volume 20 will be released in the UK in Enlgish. This is the same release as Viz’s English USA release. Volume 21 will be released May 5th and volume 22 on July 6th in the UK.

On the following day, March 3rd, Shaman King volume 21 will be released in English in the United States by Viz. Volume 22 wil be released on May 5th, volume 23 on July 7th, and volume 24 on September 1st.

Kang Zeng Bang Round-up (21-24)

Back on January 5th, the first two Kang Zeng Bang of 2009 were released. These volumes were 21 and 22. Volume 21 contained chapters 224-234, while volume 22 had 235-245.

シャーマンキング　完全版 21 & 22

Price: 1000yen
ISBN:
Volume 21: 978-4-08-874223-6
Volume 22: 978-4-08-874224-3

In volume 22, there were some extra additions as well. First, is the “Visionz” section. This is a page with an image of a character along with a small paragraph about the character. The character is aged several years, and should be in the year 2007, when Funbari Not Uta chapters take place. Visionz 01, was Horohoro. Starting with volume 22, Funbari No Uta chapter 1 was also included. The remaining Funbari No Uta chapters will be republished in volumes 23-26.

The sales for these volumes were the highest recorded yet, with 35,174 and 34,827 sales each. This is 10,000 more sales this past month than previous months. The pins connected with these volumes are Gororo and Marco.

シャーマンキング　完全版 23& 24

Price: 1000yen
ISBN:
Volume 23: 978-4-08-874225-0
Volume 24: 978-4-08-874226-7

Volume 23 contains chapter 246-256, relax, Visionz 02, and Funbari No Uta Chapter 2. This Visionz contains Lyserg. Relax is a reprint of the special from the Shaman King Fanbook. Volume 24 contains chapters 257-268, Visionz 03, and Funbari No Uta chapter 3. Visionz 03 is Chocolove. However, in this volume, Chapters 264 and 265 are new chapters created for the KZB only. These chapters contain the Marco and Luchist fight. More information will come in the future about these two chapters when our review copy of volume 24 arrives. The pins connected to these volumes are Ohachiyo and Zelel.

The next volumes to be released are volumes 25 and 26, which will be released on March 4th, 2009 in Japan. These volumes will concluded the original published Shaman King chapters, and volume 26 should contain at least one new chapter of the conclusion of Shaman King. This may include a modified version of the originally published chapter 285.

All of the information in this post can be referenced in the newly updated Ultimate Kang Zeng Bang Guide. Several older volumes now contain additional information since the last version, as listed in the history section of the page. Go check out the page if you haven’t lately!

Weekly Shonen Jump ad for Vol. reprints

In the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan, this ad for Shaman King Volume reprints (Kang Zeng Bang) was printed. The top of the ad contained the same information that was previously reported. The body of the ad contains the following translations:

- There will be 380 pages for the new ending (more than two normal volumes!)
- There will be more than 200 color images in total, includying new information profiles for the characters
- There will be 27 new “oversoul covers”, all of them with shaman + spirit overlay

Yoh is saying, “Sorry for the wait, but I had to keep it a secret.”

Under that is explaining about how it’s been 10 years since Shaman King was first printed and that the volumes will be reprinted starting on March 4th, 2008.

Finally, at the bottom right we can see the final version of Volume 1 and Volume 2. The was some changes made to Volume 1 compared to the original image of it. Nothing major, and the cover looks about the same, unless you look for the changes.

Shaman King manga volume reprints will be on sale starting March 4th in Japan. Shaman King Nation will have a complete review of both volumes on March 10th.

(News Story tip by Dit)
(Image scan from http://anime3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/rcomic/1203612597/ )