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In the July issue of Monthly ASUKA, Yukiru Sugisaki, the mangaka who wrote and illustrated D.N.Angel, announced a new manga series entitled 1001 (Knights), that will begin its serialization on the August issue of Monthly ASUKA to be released on June 23, 2012.

Key Visual (July issue of Monthly ASUKA)

The story begins with two twin brothers, who arrive in Dubai in search of their missing father. "One Thousand and One Nights" (also known as "Arabian Nights") was mentioned in the announcement, hinting towards the atmosphere of the manga.

Source: Comic Natalie (Japanese)

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for May 14th - 20th.

Ranks/ This week's sales by copies/ Cumulative sales/ Titles
Manga
*1, 315,709 *,788,873 Kimi ni Todoke vol.16
*2, 149,907 *,149,907 Mahou Sensei Negima! vol.38
*3, 131,725 2,821,277 One Piece vol.66
*4, 120,558 *,207,690 Otoyomegatari vol.4
*5, 114,108 *,114,108 Ace of Diamond vol.31
*6, 113,198 *,113,198 Hayate no Gotoku! vol.32 plus vol.0
*7, *82,538 *,237,239 Gantz vol.34
*8, *72,234 *,*72,234 Kingdom vol.26
*9, *60,842 *,*60,842 Capeta vol.28
10, *53,294 1,045,584 Naruto vol.60

11, *44,857 *,*44,857 Bloody Monday Last Season vol.4
12, *39,723 *,*61,158 Zetsuen no Tempest vol.6
13, *37,788 *,*37,788 Eden no Ori vol.17
14, *37,196 *,*37,196 Rozen Maiden vol.7
15, *36,113 *,*36,113 Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei vol.29
16, *35,973 *,202,772 Worst vol.29
17, *35,716 *,*35,716 Hayate no Gotoku! vol.32
18, *34,826 *,108,418 Ane no Kekkon vol.3
19, *32,271 *,104,123 Shaman King Zero vol.1
20, *31,829 *,*31,829 Godhand Teru vol.62

21, *30,457 *,455,203 Bakuman vol.18
22, *30,044 *,*30,044 AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei vol.8
23, *29,745 *,*58,938 Q and A vol.6
24, *29,523 *,*29,523 Gekkou Joureiu vol.18
25, *28,721 *,*28,721 Tobaku Haouden Zero Gyanki-Hen vol.4
26, *28,691 *,*28,691 AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei vol.8 Special Edition
27, *27,924 *,*27,924 Zettai Karen Children vol.30
28, *27,583 *,*27,583 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso vol.3
29, *26,424 *,*26,424 Zettai Karen Children vol.30 Limited Edition
30, *25,584 *,*25,584 Kyoukai no RINNE vol.12

Light Novels
*1, 25,285 *85,214 Durarara!! vol.11
*2, 14,811 *14,811 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? vol.10
*3, 13,159 149,719 Kotenbu series vol.1 Hyouka
*4, 12,730 *12,730 Seitokai no Ichizon fanbook
*5, 11,680 *11,680 Everyday Magic
*6, 10,126 *82,464 Kotenbu series vol.2
*7, *9,906 **9,906 Tokyo Ravens vol.7
*8, *9,389 *32,312 Megu to Seron vol.7
*9, *8,665 **8,665 Ikinari Rapunzel
10, *8,450 *70,843 Kotenbu series vol.3
11, *8,372 755,541 Biblia Koshoten no Jikentecho vol.1
12, *7,909 *91,016 Kotenbu series vol.4

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

According to the cover of Monthly Dessert magazine July issue, manga "Sukitte Ii na yo" and "Tonari no Kaibutsukun" was announced to get anime adaptations. The cast and the staff will be revealed in the issue to be released on May 24th.

Source: Cover of Dessert magazine

According to the cover of Monthly Dessert magazine July issue, manga "Sukitte Ii na yo" and "Tonari no Kaibutsukun" were announced to get anime adaptations. The cast and staff will be revealed in the issue to be released on May 24th.

Source: Cover of Dessert magazine

According to the cover of Monthly Dessert magazine July issue, manga "Sukitte Iinayo." and "Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun" were announced to get anime adaptations. The cast and staff will be revealed in the issue to be released on May 24th.

Source: Cover of Dessert magazine


Update May 24

Cast for Sukitte Iinayo.
Mei Tachibana - Ai Kayano
Yamato Kurosawa - Takahiro Sakurai
Asami Oikawa - Risa Taneda
Kenji Nakanishi - Nobunaga Shimazaki
Aiko Mutou - Yumi Uchiyama

Staff
Director/Series Composition - Takuya Satou
Series Director - Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (art director for Kimi ni Todoke)
Character Design - Yoshiko Okuda (art director for Black Lagoon)
Animation - ZEXCS

Cast for Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Shizuku Mizutani - Haruka Tomatsu
Haru Yoshida - Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Asako Natsume - Atsumi Tanezaki (in games such as Da Capo and Tayutama)
Souhei Sasahara - Ohsaka Ryouta
Kenji Yamaguchi - Takuma Terashima
Chizuru Ooshima - Kana Hanazawa
Yuuzan Yoshida - Yuuichi Nakamura
Mitsuyoshi Misawa - Tomoyuki Higuchi

Staff
Director - Hiro Kaburaki
Series Composition - Noboru Takagi
Character Design - Tomohiro Kishi (art director for Nodame Cantabile)
Animation - Brains Base

Source: Comic Natalie (Japanese)