X-Zone 3

by Takao Aoki

Mizuno, Marukawa dan Shibata, tiga bersahabat yang tidak terpisahkan sejak SD. Suatu kali mereka akan menghadiri acara pernikahan teman mereka di kampung halaman mereka. Ketika melewati sekolah mereka yang dulu, mereka teringat akan cerita 7 keajaiban sekolah. Kira-kira apa 7 keajaiban itu?

188 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2010

About the author

Takao Aoki (青木 たかお Aoki Takao) is a Japanese manga artist from Tochigi Prefecture.

Aoki went to Chiyoda Art school and took a special course in manga. He currently resides in Kamakura, Kanagawa. He works for Shogakukan. His new manga is called X-Zone. He has worked on character designs on several video games. He creates manga published in Shogakukan magazine. There are rumors that he made a Zoids manga known as "Tekkai!Zoids".

Aoki's best known work is Beyblade, which became a franchise around children who battle with spinning tops. He also made "Bakufu Slash;Kizna", "A War Story of Metal Walker" and "Mini-4WD Fighter V". Most of Aoki's manga revolve around video games or toys.

Bakuten Shoot Beyblade = Beigoma (a Japanese spinning top game)
Bakufu Slash! Kizna Arashi = Based on the PS2 video game. In this game, a boy named Arashi has a blue dragon as a monster partner which he controls with an item called the Demon Seal Nail. Arashi's element is wind as he has a white cloth on his arm as proof of his element. His rival is Enn, who has a dragon named Blade and has a fire element with a flame on his arm as proof of his element. His girlfriend is named Mika. This is an SCEJ game only released in Japan