Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection (Japanese: 死びとの恋わずらい, Hepburn: Shibito no Koiwazurai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It was serialized in Nemuki from May to November 1996 and collected into one volume in May 1997. A live-action film adaptation, titled Love Ghost, was released in March 2001. Manga Written and illustrated by Junji Ito, the series was serialized in Nemuki from May to November…
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Himekawa, and is based on the video game of the same name. It was serialized through Shogakukan‘s MangaONE app from February 2016–January 2022, and spans 70 chapters across 11 volumes. Development After completing manga adaptations of other games from The Legend of Zelda series, the duo Akira Himekawa wanted to adapt The…
La storia della Arcana Famiglia (アルカナ・ファミリア, Arukana Famiria, Italian for “The Story of the Arcane Family”) is a Japanese visual novel series by HuneX and Comfort. The first game was released on October 27, 2011 for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). A fan disc also for the PSP titled Arcana Famiglia -Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi- (アルカナ・ファミリア -幽霊船（ヴァスチェロ・ファンタズマ）の魔術師-, lit., “Arcana Famiglia -The Phantom Ship Magician-“) was released on June 21, 2012…
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (勇者王ガオガイガー FINAL, Yūshaō Gaogaigā Fainaru) is a Japanese OVA anime series produced by Sunrise. It is the direct sequel to the 1997 anime television series The King of Braves GaoGaiGar and the first Brave metaseries officially funded by Bandai, following the acquisition of Sunrise. The series is directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani and written by both Fuyunori Gobu and Yuichiro Takeda. It was released in Japan…
Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland (Japanese: 白井カイウ×出水ぽすか短編集, Hepburn: Shirai kaiu × Demizu posuka Tanhenshū) is a Japanese anthology manga written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu and published by Shueisha. It features six one-shot stories published between 2016 and 2021. Publication Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland features six one-shot stories written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu: Poppy’s Wish (ポピィの願い, Poppy no…
H2O: Footprints in the Sand is a Japanese adult visual novel by Makura that was released on June 23, 2006 for Windows as a DVD; a version playable on the PlayStation 2 under the title H2O + followed on April 24, 2008 with adult content removed, but in its place will be additional scenarios and graphics not seen in the original release. H2O is Makura’s first game; a…
The Quintessential Quintuplets (Japanese: 五等分の花嫁, Hepburn: Go-Tōbun no Hanayome, lit. “Five Equal Brides” or “The Five-Fifths Bride(s)”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2017 to February 2020. The series follows the daily life of a high school student Futaro Uesugi, who is hired as a private tutor for a group of identical quintuplets: Ichika,…
Queen’s Blade Rebellion (Japanese: クイーンズブレイド リベリオン, Hepburn: Kuīnzu Bureido Riberion) is a series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan. The sequel to Queen’s Blade, it features an all-new cast of characters, as well as reinterpretations of characters from the original series. Like Queen’s Blade before it, Rebellion is also compatible with Flying Buffalo‘s Lost Worlds gamebooks. The first gamebook, featuring Annelotte, was released on November 29, 2008, with a…
Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring (Japanese: NARUTOナルト 外伝 〜七代目火影と緋色の花つ月〜, Hepburn: Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki) is a spin-off manga written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. Its plot, set shortly after the epilogue of the Naruto series, focuses on Sarada Uchiha, a young ninja in training from a country called Hinokuni (“Land of Fire”). Sarada is concerned about the identity of her absent father, Sasuke…
100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams is a Japanese puzzle and role-playing smartphone game published by GCrest. It was released on Android and iOS devices in 2015. An original net animation by Satelight was released in 2017. An anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 premiered from July 5 to September 20, 2018. Sentai Filmworks have licensed the anime and are streaming it on Hidive. Plot summary A normal girl is transported to another world,…
Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999スリーナイン, Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions with perfect fidelity into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality. The…
Saint Seiya (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢セイントセイヤ, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya), also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac (translated from the French title Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1990, with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes. The story follows five mystical warriors called the Saints who fight…
