Absolute Duo (Japanese: アブソリュート・デュオ, Hepburn: Abusoryūto Duo) is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015. Plot Tor Kokonoe enrolls in Koryo Academy, a high school where its students battle…
51 Ways to Save Her (彼女を守る51の方法, Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Hōhō) is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Usamaru Furuya. It was serialized in Shinchosha‘s Comic Bunch magazine between May 26, 2006 and August 17, 2007, finishing at five volumes. CMX purchased the English rights but never released it due to the imprint’s cancellation. It was released in French by Marvel Panini France (retitled as Tokyo…
This is the beginning of a very long journey… THE CHOSEN ONES – Movie 1
7thGarden (stylized as 7thGARDEN) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsu Izumi. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Jump Square from August 2014 to March 2017. It was later announced that the manga would be moved to the Jump SQ. website. However, no new chapter has been released since then. In North America, the series is licensed for English language release by Viz…
Zig Zag is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Yuki Nakaji. The series revolves around the lives of a group of students living in Kazami Dormitory of Seifu Private School in Japan. It mainly focuses on a boy named Takaaki Asakura (nicknamed “Taiyou” (the sun) for his sunny and cheerful disposition) and his affection for flowers. The series was…
Zombie Land Saga (Japanese: ゾンビランドサガ, Hepburn: Zonbi Rando Saga) is an anime television series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures and Cygames. The series aired in Japan between October and December 2018. A second season titled Zombie Land Saga Revenge aired between April and June 2021. An anime film project has been announced. A manga adaptation that loosely follows the events of the anime, began serialization on Cygames’ Cycomi website in…
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by ELF Corporation. It was originally released in 1996 as an eroge for the NEC PC-98 Japanese home computer and later ported to the Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows platforms without the sexual content. The story follows the protagonist travelling between parallel worlds to solve the mystery of his…
Xenon (重機甲兵ゼノン, Jūki Kōhē Zenon, lit. “Heavy Metal Warrior Xenon”; aka. Bio Diver Xenon) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Masaomi Kanzaki. The manga was published in 1986 by Shogakukan and 2000 by Kodansha. The manga was licensed by Eclipse Comics in 1987 and by Viz Communications in 1992. The manga is licensed for a French-language release in France by Génération Comics and Semic Comics, licensed for a German-language release in Germany…
Watching Fuckin’ TV All Time Makes a Fool (テレビばかり見てると馬鹿になる, Terebi Bakari Miteruto Baka ni Naru, lit. Watching TV All the Time Makes You Stupid) is an erotic one-shot manga by Naoki Yamamoto. The story has been included in a manga volume of the same title, as well as the anthology I’ll call you tomorrow. (明日また電話するよ, Ashita mata Denwa suruyo), both of which are anthologies of short, erotic…
Waiting for Spring (Japanese: 春待つ僕ら, Hepburn: Haru Matsu Bokura), released as We Hope For Blooming in Southeast Asia, is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Anashin. Waiting for Spring is serialized in the monthly manga magazine Dessert since April 2014. During the series’ run, a drama CD was released on June 24, 2017. A live-action film adaptation was released on December 14, 2018. Plot Mitsuki is a shy first-year student at Seiryo High…
The Vampire Dies in No Time (Japanese: 吸血鬼すぐ死ぬ, Hepburn: Kyūketsuki Sugu Shinu) is a Japanese manga series by Itaru Bonnoki. It has been serialized in Akita Shoten‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion since June 2015 and has been collected in twenty-one tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired from October to December 2021. A second season will premiere in January 2023. Setting The series takes place in a world where vampires are…
UFO Baby (だぁ!だぁ!だぁ!, Dā! Dā! Dā!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in Nakayoshi from February 1998 to March 2002, and the chapters were collected into 9 tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a 78-episode anime television series produced by NHK, animated by J.C.Staff, and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai, which was broadcast between March 2000 and February 2002 on NHK’s BS2 broadcast satellite network. The…
