Earthchild (Japanese: 地球の子, Hepburn: Chikyū no Ko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideo Shinkai. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February to September 2022; as of October 2022, its chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Hideo Shinkai, the series was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February 21 to September 5, 2022. As of…
Fafner in the Azure (Japanese: 蒼穹のファフナー, Hepburn: Sōkyū no Fafunā) is a Japanese mecha anime franchise created by Xebec in collaboration with Starchild Records. The story focuses on a group of children who pilot the titular Fafners in an escalating war against giant aliens called Festum. The first series, subtitled Dead Aggressor, is directed by Nobuyoshi Habara and written by Yasuo Yamabe and Tow Ubukata with character designs from Hisashi…
Ga-Rei (喰霊), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Segawa. It has been serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in the magazine Shōnen Ace from 2005 to 2010 and collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. The English version was then released digitally on BookWalker on October 29, 2014. A prequel anime series, Ga-Rei: Zero, aired from October 5, 2008, to December 21, 2008, which details the backstory…
Hada Camera (Japanese: ハダカメラ, Hepburn: Hada Kamera; “Naked Camera”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wakō Honna. It was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online platform Sunday Webry from April 2017 to February 2019, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Wakō Honna, Hada Camera was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online platform Sunday Webry from April 5, 2017, to February 6, 2019. Shogakukan collected its chapters in nine tankōbon volumes, released from…
I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand (Japanese: ここは俺に任せて先に行けと言ってから10年がたったら伝説になっていた。, Hepburn: Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ezogingitune and illustrated by DeeCHA. It was serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from June 2018 to January 2021. It was later…
Jaja Uma Grooming Up! (じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP!, Jaja Uma Gurūmin Appu!; “Unruly Horse Grooming Improvement”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 1994 to September 2000, and compiled into 26 tankōbon volumes. Plot Jaja Uma Grooming Up! depicts the story of Shunpei Kuze, a high-school student unsure of the future until he takes a motorcycle…
K-9: Public Security Bureau, Division 9 – Special Abilities Countermeasure (K-9 警視庁公安部公安第9課異能対策係, K-9: Keishichō Kōanbu Kōan Dai 9-ka Inō Taisaku-gakari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Okuyama. It began serialization on Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket manga service in April 2025. Synopsis The series is centered around a supernatural phenomenon that manifests when a crime is committed called “Sin”. Experienced detective…
La Esperança (エスペランサ, Esuperansa; “Hope”) is a shounen-ai manga series written and illustrated by Chigusa Kawai. It has been published in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing in 2005. Original ran was from November 2000 to 2006. Plot Georges Saphir has spent his whole life trying to be the opposite of what his father was and has worked himself to the bone to become the perfect…
Maburaho (Japanese: まぶらほ) is a Japanese romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eiji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine. The light novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Miki Miyashita and later developed into a 24 episode anime series produced by J.C.Staff and broadcast by WOWOW in Japan. The series is about the story of Kazuki Shikimori, a second year student of…
Nagasarete Airantō (Japanese: ながされて藍蘭島, Hepburn: Nagasarete Airantō; lit. “Cast Away… Airan Island”) is a Japanese harem manga series by Takeshi Fujishiro. It was first serialized in Square Enix‘s Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine in January 2002, and a few years later expanded into a multimedia franchise including drama CDs, light novels, and a 26-episode anime adaptation by Studio Feel that aired in Japan between April 4 and September 26, 2007. From the same author,…
An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess (Japanese: 自称悪役令嬢な婚約者の観察記録。, Hepburn: Jishō Akuyaku Reijō na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiki and illustrated by Wan Hachipisu. The series was originally posted as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before Shiki removed it in March 2017. AlphaPolis later published it as a light novel…
Panic × Panic (Japanese: ぱにっく×ぱにっく, Hepburn: Paniku × Paniku) is a shōjo manga by Mika Kawamura, published in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi and collected into two volumes. It is licensed in English by Del Rey Manga. Reception Matthew Warner of Mania Entertainment felt the first volume was generic, feeling as if he had read the story before, and criticised the second volume for becoming “insultingly stupid”. Rachel Bentham of Active…
