Vampire Knight (Japanese: ヴァンパイア騎士ナイト, Hepburn: Vanpaia Naito) is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha‘s shōjo manga magazine LaLa from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. The manga series is licensed in English by Viz Media, who has released all nineteen volumes. The English adaptation premiered in the July 2006 issue of Viz’s Shojo Beat magazine, with the collected volumes being published on…
Ultimate Teacher (Japanese: 最終教師, Hepburn: Saishuu Kyoushi) is a 1981 Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsuji Yamamoto. A 1988 OVA directed by Toyoo Ashida was produced by J.C.Staff. It was released on February 6, 1988, and was released in English by Manga Entertainment and Central Park Media. Plot Emperor High School seems to not care anymore about education, letting their students have free rein over nearly everything. The president…
Takkoku!!! (タッコク!!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Shōnen Sunday Super from March 2009 to January 2011. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes. Manga Takkoku!!! is written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. The series started as a one-shot in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday on February 27, 2008, before being serialized as a series in Shōnen Sunday Super from March 25,…
Sadamitsu the Destroyer (破壊魔定光, Hakaima Sadamitsu) is a manga series by Masahiko Nakahira. It was adapted into a 10 episode anime series. The series was licensed in North America by Media Blasters in 2003. Plot The story stars Tsubaki Sadamitsu, a young delinquent and leader of the Corpse Gang, who has a chance encounter with an alien robot working to capture banished intergalactic criminals who…
Rainbow Sentai Robin (Japanese: レインボー戦隊ロビン, Hepburn: Reinbō Sentai Robin, lit. “Rainbow Squadron Robin”) is an anime and manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It is the first anime to feature a 5-unit superhero team. While the animation was produced by Toei Animation (Toei Douga at the time), it was also technically produced by Ishinomori’s studio, Studio Zero, that he founded with Fujiko F….
Papa Datte, Shitai (Japanese: パパだって、したい, lit. “I’m a Father, But I Want to Do it”) is a Japanese yaoi manga series by Celina Seo. An anime adaptation by ComicFesta was broadcast in January 2019 in two versions. Plot Fourth-year college student Kōya Asumi takes a part-time job as a housekeeper and is hired by Keiichi Naruse, a single father. Kōya becomes attracted to Keiichi, and the two…
Ogenki Clinic (お元気クリニック, Ogenki Kurinikku) is a 1987 Seinen manga series by Haruka Inui which was originally published in Play Comic. The manga was adapted into an anime OVA series. There was also a live-action version, Welcome to Ogenki Clinic. The plotline revolves around the quirky (and perpetually horny) Doctor Sawaru Ogenki and his beautiful nurse, the busty Ruko Tatase, who help patients through their…
Nana (stylized as NANA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in the monthly shōjo manga magazine Cookie from May 2000 to May 2009 before going on hiatus. The series centers on Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, two women who move to Tokyo at the age of 20, with the story focused on Nana O.’s pursuit for fame and…
Made in Heaven is a 2-volume manga by Ami Sakurai, published by Gentosha in 2007. It is licensed in North America by Tokyopop (who released it in two parts) and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. Story The manga follows the story of a young man named Kazemichi who is given prosthetics after a horrendous accident almost takes his life….
Lady Snowblood (Japanese: 修羅雪姫, Hepburn: Shurayuki-hime) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Playboy magazine from February 1972 to March 1973. The series revolves around the title character, a female assassin who seeks vengeance against the bandits who raped her mother and murdered both her father and older brother. Lady Snowblood was translated into English and…
Kage Gari (影狩り, lit. Shadow Hunters) is a 1969 jidaigeki manga series by Takao Saito. It follows the adventures of three ronin – Jubei (十兵衛), Sunlight (日光), and Moonlight (月光) – who dedicate their lives to hunt down “shadows”, the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate. Films The series was later adapted into two live-action films in 1972 Kage Gari and Kage Gari Hoero taiho directed by Toshio Masuda and…
Jihai (JIHAI〜磁海〜, lit. “Magnetic Sea”) is a SF Manga series by Toshimi Nigoshi that was serialized in Comic B’s-LOG magazine (an Enterbrain publication) from April 2006 until January 2008. The series was collected in three tankōbon volumes. The English-language release was licensed by CMX Manga. It was published in English in 2009. Plot In the future, mankind has installed a ring around the Earth to prevent the disasters that…
