Baka and Test (Japanese: バカとテストと召喚獣, Hepburn: Baka to Test to Shōkanjū, lit. “Idiots, Tests, and Summoned Beasts”), also known as Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts, is a Japanese light novel series written by Kenji Inoue with illustrations by Yui Haga. The series revolves around Akihisa Yoshii, the titular baka (idiot) and his friends at Fumizuki Academy, a school where students are sorted into classes…
100 Nichi Go ni Shinu Wani (100日後に死ぬワニ, “A Crocodile Who Will Die in 100 Days”) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Yuuki Kikuchi. The series, which depicts a crocodile’s last 100 days before his death, was self-published on Twitter between December 2019, and March 2020. A single tankōbon volume was published by Shougakukan on April 2020. An anime film adaptation produced by TIA,…
Yarichin Bitch Club (Japanese: ヤリチン☆ビッチ部, Hepburn: Yarichin Bitchi-bu, lit. “Playboy Slut Club”) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Ogeretsu Tanaka. Yarichin Bitch Club has been self-published on Pixiv since 2012, and in 2016 it received a print publication by Gentosha. In 2018, the webcomic also received two original animated videos by Grizzly, released direct-to-DVD. Plot Takashi Tōno is a freshman student who is transferred from Tokyo to Morimori Academy, a private college prep boarding high…
Warlords of Sigrdrifa (Japanese: 戦翼のシグルドリーヴァ, Hepburn: Sen’yoku no Shigurudorīva, “Battle Wing Sigrdrifa“) is an anime television series produced by Aniplex and A-1 Pictures. It aired from October to December 2020. Two light novel series, titled Warlords of Sigrdrifa Rusalka and Senyoku no Sigrdrifa Sakura, were published by Kadokawa Shoten under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. Additionally, two manga series, titled Senyoku no Sigrdrifa Non-Scramble and Senyoku no Sigrdrifa Kurū no Eiyū, are serialized by Kadokawa Shoten. Premise When humanity…
Unbreakable Machine-Doll (機巧少女マシンドールは傷つかない, Mashin-Dōru wa Kizutsukanai) is a Japanese light novel series written by Reiji Kaitō and illustrated by Ruroo. Media Factory has published seventeen volumes under their MF Bunko J imprint from November 2009 to July 2017. A manga adaptation by Hakaru Takagi began serialization in Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine in 2010. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation aired in Japan between October 7 and December 23, 2013…
Tamayura (たまゆら) is a Japanese anime series written and directed by Junichi Sato. The initial four-episode original video animation (OVA) series was produced by Hal Film Maker and released over two Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes in November and December 2010. A 12-episode anime television series produced by TYO Animations, titled Tamayura: Hitotose, aired in Japan between October and December 2011. A second TV anime season, Tamayura: More Aggressive, aired between…
Saint Seiya Omega (聖闘士星矢セイントセイヤΩオメガ, Seinto Seiya Omega, stylized as Saint Seiya Ω) is an anime series produced by Toei Animation. It is a spin-off of the Saint Seiya anime series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada, produced in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the franchise. The series began broadcasting in Japan on TV Asahi on April 1, 2012. The series follows a young teenager known as Koga…
Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves around a teenager named Ranma Saotome who has trained in martial arts since early childhood. As a result of an accident during a training journey, he is cursed to…
Parasol Henbē (Japanese: パラソルヘンべえ, Hepburn: Parasoru Henbē) is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Fujiko Fujio A (the pen name for Motoo Abiko). A manga series was published in Kodansha‘s Hero Magazine from the October 1989 to the January 1991 issues, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. A 200-episode anime television series, produced by Studio C&D, was broadcast on NHK from October 2, 1989, to January 12, 1991. Synopsis While playing in his…
Ojamajo Doremi (おジャ魔女どれみ, lit. “Bothersome Witch Doremi”), alternatively titled Magical DoReMi in English, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of elementary school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze, who become witch apprentices. The series aired in Japan on TV Asahi between February 1999 and January 2003, spanning four seasons and 201 episodes, and was followed…
Magic Knight Rayearth (魔法騎士マジックナイトレイアース, Majikku Naito Reiāsu) is a Japanese manga series created by CLAMP. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of Magic Knight Rayearth were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha, and were published from July 1994 to March 1995. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March…
Lapis Re:Lights (Japanese: ラピスリライツ ～この世界のアイドルは魔法が使える～, Hepburn: Rapisu Riraitsu: Kono Sekai no Idol wa Mahō ga Tsukaeru, lit. “Lapis Re:Lights: Idols in This World Can Use Magic”) stylized as Lapis Re:LiGHTs is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by KLab and Kadokawa Corporation. It features a scenario written by Hajime Asano and character designs by U35. It includes a smartphone game for Android and iOS devices, a manga adaptation by Hirochi and…
