Battle Royale TPB (2003-2006 Tokyopop Digest) comic books 2004

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. Shinji Mimura's attempt to hack the government's computer that monitors The Program's progress is a big success. His plan to end The Program suffers a major setback, however, when he discovers that the collars are bugged and that the men in charge have been listening in from the start. Unwilling to give up, Shinji drafts a new plan, one that involves the use of the explosives his late uncle left him. Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 5 - 2nd or later printings. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. Shinji Mimura's attempt to hack the government's computer that monitors The Program's progress is a big success. His plan to end The Program suffers a major setback, however, when he discovers that the collars are bugged and that the men in charge have been listening in from the start. Unwilling to give up, Shinji drafts a new plan, one that involves the use of the explosives his late uncle left him. Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. While most of the participants in the game are trying their best to kill each other, there are a few individuals willing to band together in order to defeat the system. Star athelete Shinji, hot-blooded musician Shuuya, and kind-hearted kung fu master Hiroki work together to bring an end to the death game but can their dream of unity become reality or will it crumble into the abyss? Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 6 - 2nd or later printings. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. While most of the participants in the game are trying their best to kill each other, there are a few individuals willing to band together in order to defeat the system. Star athelete Shinji, hot-blooded musician Shuuya, and kind-hearted kung fu master Hiroki work together to bring an end to the death game but can their dream of unity become reality or will it crumble into the abyss? Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. Unwilling to bow down to the oppressive confines of The Game, Shinji develops a plan to deliver his hand-made bombs directly to enemy HQ. All that's left is to put that plan into action. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done since he is suffering from wounds sustained from a previous accident! Softcover, 224 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 7 - 2nd or later printings. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. Unwilling to bow down to the oppressive confines of The Game, Shinji develops a plan to deliver his hand-made bombs directly to enemy HQ. All that's left is to put that plan into action. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done since he is suffering from wounds sustained from a previous accident! Softcover, 224 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. Within the first day of The Program, more than half of the 42 students in Class B have been lost. Most of them were victims of their classmates, who were willing to put aside their humanity and play the game to survive. One of those killers, Mitsuko Souma, fools her victims into believing she's too beautiful and delicate to kill anyone. Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 8 - 2nd or later printings. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. Within the first day of The Program, more than half of the 42 students in Class B have been lost. Most of them were victims of their classmates, who were willing to put aside their humanity and play the game to survive. One of those killers, Mitsuko Souma, fools her victims into believing she's too beautiful and delicate to kill anyone. Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. After Shuuya is nurtured back to health, he discovers his savior is a group of girls with plans to defeat The Program and escape the island. But hope turns to despair when Yuko's paranoia makes her believe that Shuuya is the devil ... and she will stop at nothing to cast him into darkness! Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 9 - 2nd or later printings. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. After Shuuya is nurtured back to health, he discovers his savior is a group of girls with plans to defeat The Program and escape the island. But hope turns to despair when Yuko's paranoia makes her believe that Shuuya is the devil ... and she will stop at nothing to cast him into darkness! Softcover, 192 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. As Shuuya comes to grips with the fact that he was unable to save the girls that rescued him; Yuko is pushed over the edge by the tragic deaths of her friends. Realizing she was wrong about Shuuya, in a final act of atonement, Yuko may have to pay the ultimate penance. Softcover, 200 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 10 - 2nd or later printings. Written and drawn by Koshun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. English adaptation by Keith Giffen. As Shuuya comes to grips with the fact that he was unable to save the girls that rescued him; Yuko is pushed over the edge by the tragic deaths of her friends. Realizing she was wrong about Shuuya, in a final act of atonement, Yuko may have to pay the ultimate penance. Softcover, 200 pages, 5-in x 7-in, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.