Tari Tari is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works, written and directed by Masakazu Hashimoto. The series aired in Japan between July 1 and September 23, 2012, on TV Kanagawa, and was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomiyaki Kagisora was serialized in Square Enix‘s Gangan Joker in…
Unmet: Aru Nōgekai no Nikki (アンメット ーある脳外科医の日記ー, Anmetto: Aru Nōgekai no Nikki, “Unmet: A Brain Surgeon’s Journal”) is a Japanese manga series written by Yuzuru Kojika and illustrated by Kanto Ōtsuki. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Morning magazine from December 2020 to July 2024. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from April to June 2024. Media Manga Written by Yuzuru Kojika and illustrated by Kanto…
Saiyuki (Japanese: 最遊記, Hepburn: Saiyūki) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuya Minekura. It was originally serialized in Square Enix‘s Shōnen magazine Monthly GFantasy between February 1997 and November 2001, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes; later republished by Ichijinsha, released the nine volumes with new covers from October 2002 to June 2003; and a five-volume bunkoban edition which was released from April to August 2015. The story,…
R.O.D: Read or Die (Japanese: リード・オア・ダイ, Hepburn: Rīdo Oa Dai) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha‘s Super Dash Bunko imprint. Read or Die follows Yomiko Readman, codename “The Paper”, an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division of the British Library. There are currently 11 Read or Die novels. In volume 11, a note stated that the series would end with the upcoming volume 12….
Peach Girl (Japanese: ピーチガール, Hepburn: Pīchi Gāru) is a Japanese manga series by Miwa Ueda. A high school drama centered on character Momo Adachi, her love life, friendships and rivalries, it was published in Japan by Kodansha in Bessatsu Friend from 1998 to 2003 and collected in 18 volumes. The series was adapted as a Taiwanese drama in 2002 and a Japanese animated television series in 2005. A manga sequel set 10 years after the original…
Natsuyuki Rendezvous (Japanese: 夏雪ランデブー, Hepburn: Natsuyuki Randebū, “A Summer Snow Rendezvous”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruka Kawachi. It was serialized in Shodensha‘s josei manga magazine Feel Young from June 2009 to December 2011. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina block between July and September 2012. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America. Plot A young man named Ryosuke Hazuki (Yuichi Nakamura) decides…
Again!! (Japanese: アゲイン!!, Hepburn: Agein!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in 2011 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine published by Kodansha until reaching its conclusion in 2014. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series in the summer of 2014. Synopsis Kin’ichirō Imamura, a high school senior, prepares to graduate with no friends and having never participated in extracurricular activities. An accident…
Yani Neko (ヤニねこ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since February 2023. Publication Written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory, Yani Neko started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 20, 2023. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on August 4, 2023. As of August 6, 2024, five volumes have been released….
Yellow is a four-volume yaoi manga by Makoto Tateno, published in English by Digital Manga Publishing. It tells the story of two elite drug “snatchers” (couriers), Taki and Goh, mainly about the love and adventures they share together. This manga does not involve a seme-uke relationship that is commonly present in and/or attributed to the genre of yaoi. Instead, both males are represented as equals in…
Watashi no Kyūseishu-sama (私の救世主さま, “My Messiah”) is a Japanese manga series by Suu Minazuki, serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan. It ran from 2002 to 2007, with 26 chapters. The sequel, Watashi no Kyūseishu-sama ~lacrima~, was serialized in Monthly GFantasy, with 35 chapters. The whole series has 13 volumes. External links Watashi no Messiah-sama (anime) at Anime News Network‘s encyclopedia Watashi no Messiah-sama ~lacrima~ (anime) at Anime News…
Video Girl Ai, known in Japan as simply Video Girl (電影少女, Den’ei Shōjo), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 1989 to April 1992. It was followed by a short sequel entitled Video Girl Len, published between April and July 1992. The manga was compiled into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha and published…
Unlimited Fafnir, originally titled Jūō Mujin no Fafnir (銃皇無尽のファフニール, Jūō Mujin no Fafunīru) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa and illustrated by Riko Korie. Kodansha has published fifteen volumes from July 2013 to November 2017 under their Kodansha Ranobe Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Saburouta began serialization in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine good! Afternoon from March 2014 to December 2015 and is being published digitally…
