Ad Astra per Aspera (Japanese: アド アストラ ペル アスペラ, Hepburn: Ado Asutora peru Asupera) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It has been serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday since September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a “first season” of 7 chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a “second season”, but…
81diver (Japanese: ハチワンダイバー, Hepburn: Hachi Wan Daibā) is a Japanese shogi-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yokusaru Shibata. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from September 2006 to July 2014, with its chapters collected in 35 tankōbon volumes. An 11-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from May to July 2008. It starred Junpei Mizobata as Kentarō Sugata and Riisa Naka as Soyo Nakashizu. The title refers to the main character’s shogi…
Zombie-Loan (stylized as ZOMBIE-LOAN) is a Japanese manga series created by Peach-Pit: Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara. It is published by Square Enix and is serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine GFantasy. The series is licensed in the United States by Yen Press. An anime adaptation produced by Xebec M2 was announced and started broadcast on the Japanese network TV Asahi on July 3, 2007. It contained a total of eleven episodes, with…
Yami-ma no Mamiya (闇麻のマミヤ, “Mamiya: Dark Mahjong“) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is a sequel to Fukumoto’s manga Ten, set 20 years later. It has been serialized in Takeshobo‘s Kindai Mahjong since July 2019. Yami-ma no Mamiya features a unique variant of mahjong, called “Yami Mahjong,” or “Darkness Mahjong,” in which point sticks are spent into a bank, called “dark deposits,” in…
Wanted is a single-volume Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Matsuri Hino, author of Vampire Knight. The three-chapter work was published by Hakusensha on January 5, 2005. Viz Media released an English language edition in North America on September 2, 2008. It is licensed for regional language releases in Italy by J POP, in Germany by Carlsen Verlag and in Singapore by Chuang Yi. Plot Armelia is an…
Velvet Kiss (ベルベット・キス, Berubetto Kisu) is a Japanese manga written by Chihiro Harumi which was published by Takeshobo in the magazine Vitaman. Four volumes have been released. In January 2012, it was licensed for English print distribution by Digital Manga‘s imprint Project H.[3] Plot Shin Nitta is suddenly crushed with debt, but his loan agent tells him he can be freed of…
Umimachi Diary (Japanese: 海街diary, lit. “Seaside Town Diary”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s josei manga magazine Monthly Flowers from the August 2006 issue to the August 2018 issue (both sold on June 28 of their respective years). A film adaptation titled Our Little Sister, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and starring Suzu Hirose, was first announced in the June 2014 issue…
Tamagotchi! (たまごっち!) is a 2009 Japanese fantasy slice of life anime series produced by OLM‘s Team Kamei division, officially based on the Tamagotchi digital pet jointly created by Bandai and WiZ. It is directed by Jōji Shimura (Pokémon) and written by Aya Matsui (Boys Over Flowers), with character designs done by Sayuri Ichiishi, Shouji Yasukazu and Miwa Sakai. It officially aired on TV Tokyo and other affiliate stations in Japan from 12…
Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. “Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. Story Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a…
Ral Ω Grad (Japanese: BLUE DRAGON ラルΩグラド, Hepburn: Burū Doragon Raru Gurado) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsuneo Takano and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It is loosely based on the Blue Dragon video game. The story revolves around the journey of a young man named Ral from the kingdom of Sphaelite. Ral has a symbiotic relationship with Grad, a legendary shadow with the form of…
Parallel (ぱられる) is a Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi. It tells the story of two high school students, Shinnosuke Nekota and Sakura Hoshino, who are forced to live together in the same house when their parents become unofficially engaged and leave the country for their work. The manga spans four volumes, comprising a total of 19 chapters as well…
Oi! Tonbo (オーイ! とんぼ, “Hey! Tonbo”) is a Japanese manga series written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa. It has been serialized in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest since August 2014. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2024. Manga Written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa, Oi! Tonbo started in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest on August 4, 2014. Golf Digest has…
