Wandering Island (Japanese: 冒険エレキテ島, Hepburn: Bōken Erekite-tō, lit. “Adventure Electric Island”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenji Tsuruta. It is about a woman who runs an air delivery service and her quest to find a moving island. It was first published as part of Kodansha‘s manga anthology Manga Box AMASIA [ja] in July 2010 and continued serialization in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Afternoon in September 2011. Its latest chapter was released…
The Vampires (バンパイヤ, Banpaiya) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began published weekly during 1966 to 1967. Plot Toppei Tachibana, a mysterious teenager, visited Mushi Production and persuaded its president, Osamu Tezuka to let him work at his studio. But later Tezuka discovered that Toppei is more than he sees: he is a vampire, which is a species that can transform from humans to a variety…
Ultra Heaven (ウルトラヘヴン, Urutora Hevun) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Koike. It was serialized intermittently in Enterbrain‘s seinen manga magazine Comic Beam starting in its July 2001 issue and has been collected into three tankōbon. The manga is set in a future where drugs are legally sanctioned and follows the addict Kabu’s experiences as he tries a drug called “Ultra Heaven” and experiments…
Takunomi. (たくのみ。, lit. “Drinking at Home.”) is a Japanese four-panel comedy manga series written and illustrated by Haruto Hino. It was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online app MangaONE and Ura Sunday website from August 2015 to May 2018, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Production IMS aired from January to March 2018. The anime series was the final one to be produced by Production IMS…
Sagrada Reset (Japanese: サクラダリセット, Hepburn: Sakurada Risetto), also known as Sakurada Reset, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yutaka Kōno and illustrated by You Shiina. The series was published by Kadokawa Shoten between 2009 and 2012. A manga adaptation was published in Monthly Shōnen Ace in 2010. A 24-episode anime television series produced by David Production aired from 5 April to 13 September 2017. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North…
Rakka Ryūsui (落花流水) is a Japanese 4koma manga written and illustrated by Ikki Sanada. The series began its serialization in Manga Time Kirara Max in 2006. The main character is Akiho Hayama, and the story is about her comedic days at the kyūdō club at Sakuraba Girls’ High School (桜庭女子高校, Sakurabajoshikōkō), an all-girls school. The series ended on February 19, 2015 with a final 9th…
Papuwa (stylized as PAPUWA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Shibata and adapted into a 26-episode anime television series. The series follows Kotaro who is stranded on an uncharted island inhabited by strange talking animals and has no memory of his past. Papuwa is the sequel to Shibata’s 1991 series Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun (南国少年パプワくん, lit. Southern Boy Papuwa), serialized in Enix‘s…
Ohayō! Spank (おはよう!スパンク, Ohayō! Supanku, lit. Good morning! Spank) is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Shun’ichi Yukimuro and drawn by Shizue Takanashi. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, broadcast in Japan from 1981 to 1982 for 66 episodes, and a theatrical movie released in 1982. In 1981, it received the Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. Plot Spank (voiced by Noriko Tsukase), the main character and…
Nanaka 6/17 (ななか6/17, Nanaka Jūnana-bun no Roku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Yagami. The manga was published by Akita Shoten between 2000 and 2003 and the chapters collected into 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2003. In 2004, the anime series was licensed for distribution in North America by ADV Films and released on DVD…
Maesetsu!: Opening Act (まえせつ！) is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in Monthly Comic Alive. Characters Owarai geinin Tokonatsu (とこなつ) Fubuki Kitakaze (北風 ふぶき, Kitakaze Fubuki) Voiced by: Aguri Ōnishi (Japanese); Jackie Lastra (English) Mafuyu Kogarashi (凩 まふゆ, Kogarashi Mafuyu) Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora (Japanese); Madeline…
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (Japanese: 輪廻のラグランジェ Flower declaration of your heart, Hepburn: Rinne no Raguranje) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Xebec and Production I.G and directed by Tatsuo Sato and Toshimasa Suzuki, written by Shotaro Suga, original character design by Haruyuki Morisawa and music by Saeko Suzuki & TOMISIRO. Set in Kamogawa, the series revolves around Madoka Kyouno, Fin E Ld Si Laffinty (Lan)…
Kagen no Tsuki (下弦の月, lit. Waning Moon) is a Japanese three-volume shōjo manga series by Ai Yazawa. It was first published in Ribon, a manga magazine primarily read by teenage girls. In 2004 it was adapted into a live-action movie. The film was released in the United States by Geneon Entertainment, but as yet the manga has no official English translation. Plot Mizuki Mochizuki is…
