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New Tokyopop Manga Release Details

.hack//Legend of the Twilight (Sci-Fi / Action / Fantasy, Volume 1: September 9, 2003)

This highly anticipated manga is part of a multimedia phenomenon in Japan where it simultaneously released as a series of Rei Izumi, .hack is the exciting story of two 14-year-old twins who enter and win a contest to portray legendary avatars in an ultra-advanced online game called "The World." What starts as a game turns out to be a quest to save the world!

BABY BIRTH (Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure, Volume 1: September 16, 2003)

Comics pro Sukehiro Tomita. In Baby Birth's futuristic world, an ancient seal has been broken, sending a flood of demons into the mortal realm. The only hope of saving Earth from their horrid wrath lies in the hands of two individuals-both descendants of the great savior who banished these demons in the first place.

FORBIDDEN DANCE (Romance, Volume 1: August 5, 2003)

Sure to challenge the boundaries between men and women, this manga by Homemade Home) provides a clever commentary on love and the lengths that some will go to find it. Its story follows a young aspiring female dancer who attempts to an all-male dance troupe in order to improve her skill and hopefully snag a guy in the process. So what if she's missing a Y-chromosome? She's got spunk, skill, and ion-and, in the end, she hopes that love will conquer all.

FLCL (Sci-Fi / Comedy, Volume 1: September 16, 2003)

Known to its legions of fans worldwide as Vespa and wields a mean bass guitar ... who could ask for anything more?

X-DAY (Action / Adventure, Volume 1: August 12, 2003)

Written in response to the Columbine tragedy, X-Day is the gripping and controversial two-volume manga from author Setona Mizushiro (Mr. Mermaid). The story follows a group of teens whose mounting stress during senior year finals culminates in a plan to blow up their high school when nobody else is around.