Kabu no Isaki (カブのイサキ), literally Isaki of the Cub, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. It first appeared in the August 2007 issue as a one-shot and subsequently became a semi-regular feature in Kodansha‘a Monthly Afternoon manga magazine. The series ended in the January 2013 issue, and the final volume was released in January 2013 as well. Kabu no Isaki shares many…
I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup (stylized as I (♂) Cross-Dressed for the IRL (♀) Meetup), known in Japan as Josou-shite Off-Kai ni Sanka Shite Mita, is a romantic comedy manga series created by Kurano, and published since January 12, 2020. The story follows Cocoa, a young man who dresses up like a woman to join a monthly meetup; he finds himself…
Haganai (はがない), short for Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (僕は友達が少ない, loosely “I Don’t Have Many Friends”), is a Japanese light novel series written by Yomi Hirasaka, illustrated by Buriki, and published by Media Factory. It has been given several manga adaptations; the first incarnation, its title and basic plot unchanged, began serialization in 2010; it was written and illustrated by Itachi and published in Monthly…
Gaba Kawa (ガバ·カワ) is a Japanese manga by Rie Takada, originally serialized in Japan from July to November 2007 by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic and collected in a single bound volume. It tells the story of a demon girl named Rara who comes to the human world to cause mischief, only to find herself falling in love with a human boy. To help him, she…
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells (Japanese: ハズレ枠の【状態異常スキル】で最強になった俺がすべてを蹂躙するまで, Hepburn: Hazure Waku no “Jōtai Ijō Sukiru” de Saikyō ni Natta Ore ga Subete o Jūrin Suru made) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaoru Shinozaki. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2017, before Overlap acquired and published it in print with illustrations…
Ebiten: Kōritsu Ebisugawa Kōkō Tenmonbu (えびてん 公立海老栖川高校天悶部, lit. “Ebisugawa Public High School Astronomy Club”) is a Japanese comedy manga series by Kira Inugami and SCA-ji, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten‘s Comp Ace magazine. Three volumes have been released as of June 2012. A 10-episode original net animation adaptation by AIC ran on niconico between July and September, 2012. Following the ONA series, an OVA episode was bundled with the fourth volume of the manga, released…
D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ) is a Japanese music media franchise created by Bushiroad, with original story by Kō Nakamura. Takaaki Kidani is credited as executive producer. It consists primarily of live disc jockey performances, a rhythm game for smartphones titled D4DJ Groovy Mix and a 13-episode anime television series titled D4DJ First Mix, which aired from October 2020 to January 2021. A spin-off anime series titled D4DJ…
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (Japanese: 女神のカフェテラス, Hepburn: Megami no Kafe Terasu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It began serialization in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in February 2021, and has been compiled into eight volumes as of November 2022. An anime television series adaptation by Tezuka Productions is set to premiere in April 2023. Plot The series is set in Miura, Kanagawa, and follows Hayato…
B.B. Explosion (Japanese: はじけてB.B., Hepburn: Hajikete Bī Bī) is a manga by Yasue Imai licensed in the U.S. by VIZ Media. The story revolves around little Airi from Okinawa who enters the Actors school dreaming of appearing in the TV show called Boom Boom (hence the B.B. in the title). Plot Airi is a talented young girl who dreams about making a big splash in show business one day. Unfortunately, she lives in…
A.I. Revolution (Japanese: A・Iレボリューション, Hepburn: A.I. Reboryūshon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Asami. It was serialized in Princess magazine from 1994 to June 2003. The individual chapters were collected and published in 17 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten, with the first volume released in July 1995; the last volume was released in October 2003. The series was licensed for an English-language release by Go! Comi and…
7 Billion Needles (Japanese: 70億の針, Hepburn: 70 Oku no Hari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by Vertical. It was inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel Needle by Hal Clement. Plot The story revolves around Hikaru Takabe, a reclusive teenage girl who is secretly host to a being known as Horizon, in search of an intergalactic murderer…
Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo (Japanese: 薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿, lit. “Ryōko Yakushiji’s Strange Case Files”), known in English as Ryoko’s Case File, is a Japanese light novel written by Yoshiki Tanaka and illustrated by Narumi Kakinouchi. It was adapted into manga and an anime television series, two Drama CDs had also been released prior to the anime adaptation with different voice actors. Plot The series is centered on an elite police…
