Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s (遊☆戯☆王5D’s, Yūgiō Faibu Dīzu) is the second main spin-off of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, succeeding Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump and the 15th anniversary of V Jump. The series aired in Japan from April 2, 2008 to March 30, 2011. The story focuses around characters playing a card game called Duel Monsters. This series introduces Synchro Monsters to…
Yagami-kun’s Family Affairs (Japanese: 八神くんの家庭の事情, Hepburn: Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō) is a Japanese manga series by Kei Kusunoki which was originally serialized in Shogakukan‘s Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from March 1986 to May 1990. The manga was later adapted into a three–episode original video animation (OVA) in 1990, and an eleven–episode television drama. Plot The story follows Yūji Yagami, a high school student with a problem: his mother, Nomi, looks…
X-Kai- is a Japanese shōjo manga by Asami Tohjoh. It was serialized in the magazine Eyes Comics, published by Homesha, and the chapters were collected into two tankōbon. Story Plot summary During the day, Kaito works as a florist in a rundown flower shop, but he is actually an assassin trying to make enough money to care for his comatose older brother, who was badly burned in an…
Wasteful Days of High School Girls (女子高生の無駄づかい, Joshi Kōsei no Mudazukai) is a Japanese manga series by Bino, serialized online via Niconico Seiga, Comic Newtype, and pixiv Comic websites since 2014. It has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten as of June 2021. An anime television series adaptation by Passione aired from July to September 2019. A live-action series aired on TV Asahi from January to March 2020. On June 9,…
Voices of a Distant Star (Japanese: ほしのこえ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Koe, lit. “Voices of a Star”) is a Japanese science fiction original video animation (OVA) short film created and animated by Makoto Shinkai. It follows the lives of two close childhood friends, a boy and a girl, who get separated once the girl is sent into space to fight in a war against aliens. As the…
Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Japanese: 電波教師, Hepburn: Denpa Kyōshi, lit. “Electromagnetic-wave Teacher”), subtitled He Is a Ultimate Teacher, is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from November 2011 to March 2017, with its chapters compiled in twenty-six tankōbon volumes. A-1 Pictures produced two short anime clips, serving as promotion for the manga, and a 24-episode anime television series…
Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー) is a Japanese action seinen manga series written and illustrated by Shinjirō. It was serialized by Media Factory in its Monthly Comic Alive magazine between November 2009 and June 2017. The series was compiled into thirteen volumes between 2010 and 2017. The series is published in French by Bamboo Édition‘s Doki-Doki imprint. An anime adaptation was greenlit and aired from July 2016 to September 2016. The manga has…
Saber Marionette J (Japanese: セイバーマリオネットJ, Hepburn: Seibā Marionetto Jei) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Junio. aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996 to March 25, 1997. It is the first installment of the Saber Marionette franchise. The show was localized in North America by Ocean Productions and into six other languages by various companies. In between production, Saber Marionette J spun off into other media. A manga…
Cyclone! was an Australian superhero anthology comic book originally published in 1985. The title featured four ongoing stories: The Dark Nebula, a cosmic superhero title by Tad Pietrzykowski The Golden Age Southern Cross a superhero title by Tad Pietrzykowski and Glenn Lumsden The Jackaroo (known as Harry and the New Heroes in the first issue) by Gary Chaloner The Southern Squadron, a superhero team created by David de Vries with art by…
Bárbara is the title of an Argentine science fiction comic book series written by Ricardo Barreiro and drawn by Juan Zanotto, and the name of its protagonist. It was first published in the magazine Skorpio in 1979 and ended in 1982. Synopsis The series is set on Earth after an invasion by an alien humanoid race called the Adri. After an attack that reduces Earth to a primitive state, they…
Generation Tesla (Serbian: Generacija Tesla) was a Serbian comic book about a superhero team of the same name, created by writer Milan Konjević and artists Siniša Radović and Zdravko Zupan. The series was started in 1995, and a total of eight issues were published before the comic was cancelled. History Generation Tesla was started in 1995, by the publisher Luxor Strip. The comic represented one of…
Pokémon Adventures (Japanese: ポケットモンスター SPECIAL, Hepburn: Poketto Monsutā Supesharu, lit. “Pocket Monsters Special”, commonly Pokespe (ポケスペ / ポケSP) for short) is a Japanese manga series based on the Pokémon media franchise created by video game designer Satoshi Tajiri and managed by The Pokémon Company. Tajiri once stated that the series is closest to how he imagined the universe of Pokémon to be. The series is written by Hidenori Kusaka. Mato was the illustrator for the first nine…
