Magical Emi, the Magic Star (anime/manga)

Magical Emi, the Magic Star (魔法のスターマジカルエミ, Mahō no Sutā Majikaru Emi) is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a manga by Kiyoko Arai. The third magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, Magical Emi also appears in two feature-length OVAs, as well as the Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume and Majokko Club Yoningumi A-Kukan Kara no Alien X OVAs. Plot Mai Kazuki is from a…

Last Samurai Standing (manga)

Last Samurai Standing (Japanese: イクサガミ, Hepburn: Ikusagami, “God of War”) is a Japanese manga series adapted from the novel of the same name written by Shogo Imamura and illustrated by Katsumi Tatsuzawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning since December 2022, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes as of May 2024. Publication Originally written by Shogo Imamura based on his Ikusagami novel and illustrated by Katsumi Tatsuzawa, Last Samurai Standing started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning on December 8,…

Jormungand (manga/anime)

Jormungand (Japanese: ヨルムンガンド, Hepburn: Yorumungando) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keitaro Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from April 2006 to January 2012, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series produced by White Fox was broadcast between April and June 2012. A second season titled Jormungand: Perfect Order aired from October to December 2012. The manga was licensed for English language…

I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (manga/TV drama)

I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (Japanese: 青野くんに触りたいから死にたい, Hepburn: Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Umi Shiina. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Monthly Afternoon since December 2016. A live-action television series adaptation aired from March to May 2022 on Wowow. Plot Yūri Kariya is a female high-school student who starts a relationship with…

Ganba! Fly High (manga/anime)

Ganba! Fly High (Japanese: ガンバ! Fly High, Hepburn: Ganba Furai Hai) is a Japanese sports manga series written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue’s experiences as an Olympic champion. The series was published in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June…

Fate/hollow ataraxia (video game/manga)

Fate/hollow ataraxia (Japanese: フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア, Hepburn: Feito/horō atarakushia) is a 2005 PC visual novel video game developed by Type-Moon, and the sequel to Fate/stay night. The word “ataraxia” in the title is a Greek term for “tranquility“, giving the title the combined meaning of “empty (or false) tranquility”. The game also was ported to PlayStation Vita, adding full-voice acting, among other enhancements. This version was released in Japan on November…

Elementalors (manga/anime film)

Elementalors (精霊使い, Seirei Tsukai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Okazaki. The manga was adapted into an animated movie, which was released by AIC in Japan and Dybex in France on April 1, 1995. The movie was licensed by Dybex but the license is now discontinued. Plot Elementalors are humans with the power to control the forces of nature. They are also needed…

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School (anime)

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School is a mystery horror anime television series produced by Lerche, directed by Daiki Fukuoka, and supervised by Seiji Kishi. The anime is the second animated series based on Spike Chunsoft‘s Danganronpa video game franchise, and serves as a conclusion to the “Hope’s Peak Academy” arc established in the previously released games Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. The…

Carnival Phantasm (manga/anime)

Carnival Phantasm (Japanese: カーニバル・ファンタズム, Hepburn: Kānibaru Fantazumu) is a comedy OVA series based on Eri Takenashi’s Type-Moon gag manga, Take-Moon (テイク・ムーン, Teiku Mūn). It focuses on absurd situations happening to each characters of Fate/stay night, Melty Blood and Tsukihime. It is followed by a spiritual sequel known as Fate/Grand Carnival. Plot Main article: List of Carnival Phantasm characters The Ahnenerbe is a pub temporarily appearing among parallel worlds. Once every ten years, an event called…

Again!! (manga/TV drama)

Again!! (Japanese: アゲイン!!, Hepburn: Agein!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in 2011 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine published by Kodansha until reaching its conclusion in 2014. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series in the summer of 2014. Synopsis Kin’ichirō Imamura, a high school senior, prepares to graduate with no friends and having never participated in extracurricular activities. An accident…

Yani Neko (manga)

Yani Neko (ヤニねこ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since February 2023. Publication Written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory, Yani Neko started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 20, 2023. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on August 4, 2023. As of August 6, 2024, five volumes have been released….

Yellow (manga)

Yellow is a four-volume yaoi manga by Makoto Tateno, published in English by Digital Manga Publishing. It tells the story of two elite drug “snatchers” (couriers), Taki and Goh, mainly about the love and adventures they share together. This manga does not involve a seme-uke relationship that is commonly present in and/or attributed to the genre of yaoi. Instead, both males are represented as equals in…