Calling You (Japanese: きみにしか聞こえない, Hepburn: Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai, lit. “Nobody Can Hear Me But You”) is a Japanese fictional short story collection written by Otsuichi and published on May 31, 2001 by Kadokawa Shoten. All three stories in Calling You are stories focused on unusual friendships with a supernatural twist. In December 2003, a manga adaptation written and illustrated by Setsuri Tsuzuki was published by Kadokawa. The Calling You manga only includes the first two stories…
Bambi and Her Pink Gun (Japanese: バンビ, Hepburn: Banbi) is a manga series by Atsushi Kaneko. It centers on a sixteen-year-old girl named Bambi, who has kidnapped a young boy from a crazy vampire star and is taking him back to the ‘Old Men’. The story is extremely violent, with every new scene taking on a different look and feel (Western, Latino, the 40s, traditional…
Babylon (Japanese: バビロン, Hepburn: Babiron) is a Japanese novel series written by Mado Nozaki and illustrated by Zain. A manga adaptation by Nobuhide Takishita was published in 2019, and an anime television series adaptation by Revoroot aired from October 6, 2019 to January 27, 2020 which was streamed worldwide on Amazon Video. Plot Zen Seizaki is a public prosecutor in the newly created Shiniki district west of…
Hudson’s Adventure Island, known as Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima (高橋名人の冒険島, Master Takahashi‘s Adventure Island) in Japan and also known as Adventure Island, is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986. Adventure Island was released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987 and in the PAL region in 1992. Adventure Island is an adaptation of the arcade game Wonder…
A Channel (Aチャンネル, Ē Channeru), is a Japanese four-panel comic strip by bb Kuroda. It was serialized from 2008 to 2021 in the seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat ,published by Houbunsha. A prequel manga series, also by Kuroda, launched in Manga Time Kirara Carino from January 2012. An anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi aired in Japan between April 8, 2011, and June 24, 2011. An original video animation, A Channel +smile,…
Zombiepowder. (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. The manga ran in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump for 27 chapters from August 1999 to February 2000 before being canceled. The series was collected into four tankōbon volumes, released the following year. Zombiepowder. is distributed in North America by Viz Media, who licensed it in 2005. Although critical reception in the United…
Yowai 5000-nen no Sōshoku Dragon, Iwarenaki Jaryū Nintei (齢5000年の草食ドラゴン、いわれなき邪竜認定, “A 5000-year-old Herbivore Dragon Was Recognized as an Evil Dragon For No Reason”) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaisei Enomoto and illustrated by Shugao. It was serialized online between June 2017 and June 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa…
Xam’d: Lost Memories, known in Japan as Xam’d of the Forgotten Memories (亡念のザムド, Bōnen no Zamudo), is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony’s inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network (PSN) video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16, 2008, in Japan on September 24, 2008. Plot Sentan Island exists in a…
We Swore to Meet in the Next Life and That’s When Things Got Weird! (Japanese: 来世を誓って転生したら大変なことになった, Hepburn: Raise o Chikatte Tensei Shitara Taihen na Koto ni Natta) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hato Hachiya. It was serialized in the monthly shōjo manga magazine Zero-Sum Online [ja] since 2018. Plot A princess and her knight, Sir Harold, vow to be reunited after they reincarnate, as the…
Wanna Be the Strongest in the World! (Japanese: 世界でいちばん強くなりたい!, Hepburn: Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!) is a Japanese joshi puroresu-themed manga series written by ESE and illustrated by Kiyohito Natsuki. It was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment‘s Comic Earth Star from March 2011 to December 2013. An anime television series adaptation by Arms aired from October to December 2013. Plot Sakura Hagiwara is a pop idol and member of the…
Venus in Love (ビーナスは片想い, Bīnasu wa Kataomoi, lit. “Unrequited Venus”), also known as Love for Venus, is a shōjo manga by Yuki Nakaji (なかじ 有紀, Nakaji Yūki). The series revolves around the lives of a group of students at Koutou University in Hyōgo Prefecture and primarily around the relationships of the main characters, Suzuna Ashihara and Eichi Uozumi. The manga is published in English in Singapore by Chuang Yi as Love For…
Vixens, known in Japan as Visionary (ヴィジョナリイ, Vijonarī), is a Hentai manga by U-jin published by Cybele publishing in June 1994, the OVA series was released on August 25, 1995, to April 21,1996 It contains three episodes and contains the use of BDSM and Omorashi. Vixens ヴィジョナリイ (Vijonarī) Genre Comedy, Hentai Manga Written by U-jin Published by Cybele Publishing Imprint Cybele Comics Demographic Seinen Original run June…