Zetman (stylized as ZETMAN) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. The series started as a 49-page one-shot in the 1994 Autumn Special of Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. A more mature and full-fledged series ran in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 2002 to 2014. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment was broadcast in Japan from April to June 2012. In North America, the…
Yama Onna Kabe Onna (山おんな壁おんな, roughly meaning “mountain woman, wall woman”) is a Japanese manga series by Atsuko Takakura serialized in the seinen manga magazine Evening, published by Kodansha. A Japanese television drama adaptation aired on Fuji Television channels. The manga did not sell well until the television series began. Working at a department store, Megumi Aoyagi (wall woman) is a career woman who is popular at…
Wandance (Japanese: ワンダンス, Hepburn: Wandansu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coffee. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2019, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. Publication Written and illustrated by Coffee, Wandance started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on January 25, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes….
Vampire’s Portrait (吸血鬼の肖像, Kyūketsuki no Shōzō) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hiroki Kusumoto. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga’s first tankōbon volume through its imprint, Juné, on October 7, 2008. The second volume is due to be released on December 2, 2009. Oakla Publishing released the manga’s two tankōbon volume between March 13, 2007, and January 12, 2008….
Ultra B (ウルトラB, Urutora Bi) is a manga series by Fujiko A. Fujio (Motoo Abiko) that first made its debut in Chuokoron-Shinsha‘s Fujiko Fujio Land series of tankōbon books in 1984 and was released in individual tankōbon until 1989. In 1987, the manga was adapted into a 120-episode anime of the same name by Shin-Ei Animation which aired on TV Asahi from 4 April 1987 to 27 March 1989. It is…
Takt Op (Japanese: タクトオーパス, Hepburn: Takuto Ōpasu, stylized as takt op. or {tákt: op.}) is a mixed-media project about classical music produced by Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA. An anime television series by MAPPA and Madhouse titled Takt Op. Destiny aired from October to December 2021. A mobile game developed by Game Studio titled Takt Op. Symphony will be released in June 2023. Plot Takt Op is set in the year 2047, a future world where music cannot be played freely because it…
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, known in Japan as Yōjo Senki (幼女戦記, lit. “The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl”), is a Japanese light novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki. It began serialization online in 2010, on the user-generated novel publishing website Arcadia. Enterbrain acquired the series in October 2013 and has published twelve volumes by February 2020. A manga adaptation…
Rainy Cocoa (雨色ココア, Ameiro Cocoa) is a bilingual Japanese digital manga series. An anime television series based on the manga began airing in April 2015, and a second season, titled Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color (雨色ココア Rainy colorへようこそ！, Ameiro Cocoa Rainy color e Yōkoso!), began airing in October 2015. A third season, titled Rainy Cocoa in Hawaii (雨色ココア in Hawaii, Ameiro Cocoa Rainy color Waikiki), began airing in October…
Papillon (Japanese: パピヨン―花と蝶―, Hepburn: Papiyon -Hana to Chō-) is a Japanese shōjo manga by Miwa Ueda, who is known for her work, Peach Girl. The chapters appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga anthology Bessatsu Friend and were published by Kodansha in eight tankōbon from January 2007 to December 2009. The plot focuses on an unattractive, ordinary girl’s change into a beautiful and popular one. Papillon was licensed for an English-language release…
Oh! Edo Rocket (Japanese: 大江戸ロケット, Hepburn: Ō Edo Roketto) is a 2001 stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima and directed by Hidenori Inōe, with a novelization released in August of the same year. A manga adaptation illustrated by Una Hamana was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from February 2007 to July 2009, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. A twenty-six episode anime television…
Nana Maru San Batsu (ナナマル サンバツ, lit. “7 Right, 3 Wrong”, also known as 7O3X), called Fastest Finger First in English, is a Japanese manga series by Iqura Sugimoto. An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017. Plot The daily life of Shiki Koshiyama, as he joins the Quiz Bowl Circle club with his classmate Mari Fukami…
Märchen Mädchen (メルヘン・メドヘン, Meruhen Medohen, German for “Fairy Tale Girls”) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tomohiro Matsu and StoryWorks, with illustrations by Kantoku. The series was being worked on by Matsu before his death in May 2016, and he is still credited as the writer.[2] Shueisha have published four volumes since February 24, 2017 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by…
