2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team (Japanese: 2.43 清陰高校男子バレー部, Hepburn: Nī Ten Yonsan Seiin Kōkō Danshi Barē-bu) is a Japanese volleyball light novel series written by Yukako Kabei and illustrated by Aiji Yamakawa. Shueisha have published five volumes in three seasons since March 2015 under their Shueisha Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Yamakawa has been serialized in Shueisha’s josei manga magazine Cocohana from July to September 2018. An anime television series…
Z/X (ゼクス, Zekusu), also known as Z/X Zillions of enemy X, is a collectible card game produced by Nippon Ichi Software and Broccoli. It is marketed as the first “free” collectible card game, with a free deck offered to players at card shops and events in Japan. A PlayStation 3 game titled Z/X Zillions of enemy X: Zekkai no Crusade, developed by Nippon Ichi Software and…
Yaiba (stylized as Y∀IBA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1988 to December 1993, with its chapters collected in twenty-four tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into an anime television series titled Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba, aired on TV Tokyo from April 1993 to April 1994. In 1993, Yaiba received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. Story Yaiba Kurogane is…
xxxHolic (stylized as ×××HOLiC; pronounced “Holic”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. The series, which crosses over with another Clamp work, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, revolves around Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student who is disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, and Yūko Ichihara, a powerful witch who owns a wish-granting shop. When Watanuki asks Ichihara to…
Waccha PriMagi! (ワッチャプリマジ!, Waccha PuriMaji!) is a Japanese arcade game by Takara Tomy Arts. It is the successor to Pretty Rhythm, PriPara, Idol Time PriPara, Kiratto Pri☆Chan and the fourth entry in Takara Tomy’s Pretty Series. Plot “PriMagi”, is a form of entertainment that is created through song, dance, and fashion, where aspiring, up-and-coming idols can performs as a “Primagista”! There is a secret to the magical,…
Vagabond (Japanese: バガボンド, Hepburn: Bagabondo) is a Japanese epic martial arts manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It portrays a fictionalized account of the life of Japanese swordsman Musashi Miyamoto, based on Eiji Yoshikawa‘s novel Musashi. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning since September 1998, with its chapters collected into thirty-seven tankōbon volumes as of July 2014. Viz Media licensed the series for English release in North America and has published…
Ubunchu! (うぶんちゅ！) is a comedy manga serialized in ASCII Media Works’ Weekly ASCII and Ubuntu Magazine Japan between May 2008 and June 2013. Its name is a play on words combining the Linux distribution Ubuntu and a Japanese onomatopoeia for a kiss, chu (ちゅ). Plot The story follows the activities of the three members of the Ichinomiya Prefectural High School’s system administration club (part of the wider IT club)….
Tachibanakan To Lie Angle (立花館To Lieあんぐる, Tachibana-kan To Rai Anguru), also known as Tachibanakan Triangle or Love to Lie Angle, is a Japanese yuri manga series by Merryhachi. It was serialized in Ichijinsha‘s Comic Yuri Hime magazine from November 2014 to April 2020. The manga is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing. An anime television series adaptation by Creators in Pack and Studio Lings premiered on April 4, 2018….
Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout (異世界ファンタジー美少女受肉おじさんと, Fantajī Bishōjo Juniku Ojisan to, “With a Fogie Reincarnated as a Pretty Fantasy Girl”), abbreviated as Fabiniku (ファ美肉) is a Japanese manga series written by Yū Tsurusaki and illustrated by Shin Ikezawa. It has been serialized online via Cygames‘ Cycomi manga app and website since November 2019 and has been collected in…
s-CRY-ed (Japanese: スクライド, Hepburn: Sukuraido), also known as s.CRY.ed or Scryed, is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series which first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo. The series is written by Yōsuke Kuroda, produced by Sunrise, and directed by Gorō Taniguchi, with music composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa. It is set in an alternative time in Kanagawa Prefecture where a phenomenon gave 1% of its people supernatural powers; they are known as…
Radiant is a French comics book series written and illustrated by Tony Valente. It has been published by Ankama since 2013 and has 16 volumes released in French as of April 2022. It was later published by the Japanese publisher Asukashinsha in 2015, making it the first manfra to be published in Japan. The series has been licensed by Viz…
Q-Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl (QコちゃんTHE地球侵略少女, Kyūko-chan: The Chikyū Shinryaku Shōjo) is a manga series by Hajime Ueda. The two-volume series has been released in the United States by Del Rey Manga. Characters Pilots Kirio Muji: The kind of guy who just drifts through life not turning his head in either direction. He doesn’t like his sister much, due to unknown reasons. Kirio also…
