Kaiketsu Zorori (Japanese: かいけつゾロリ, “Incredible Zorori”) is a Japanese children’s book series created by Yutaka Hara and published by Poplar Publishing. The original books were also made into an OVA, animated feature-length films, anime, and comics. Synopsis See also: List of Kaiketsu Zorori characters Set in a parallel world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals (in their Earth’s version of Japan), the story follows the protagonist, a fox named…
BakéGyamon (妖逆門, Bakegyamon) is a Japanese manga and anime series, with its concept created by Kazuhiro Fujita. The manga series, written and illustrated by Mitsuhisa Tamura, was published in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 2006 to April 2007, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media published it in English in 2009. The 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast…
Uncle and His Elephant (ゾウとおじさん) is a short story in the manga and anime series Doraemon, the anime episodes were translated as The Elephant and the Uncle. It tells the story of Nobita Nobi and Doraemon traveling back in time to Japan during World War II to rescue an elephant destined for slaughter. The story is based on actual historical events, as the Japanese…
Damekko Dōbutsu (Japanese: だめっこどうぶつ, lit. “Useless Animals”) is a Japanese manga series by Noriko Kuwata serialized in Manga Life since the November 2001 issue. It was later adapted into a comedy anime series on Kids Station, a Japanese broadcast satellite station. It features characters that wear kigurumi costumes. Each character in the anime does not live up to the standards of their species, making them outcasts who must live in the “Useless” Forest….
Parasol Henbē (Japanese: パラソルヘンべえ, Hepburn: Parasoru Henbē) is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Fujiko Fujio A (the pen name for Motoo Abiko). A manga series was published in Kodansha‘s Hero Magazine from the October 1989 to the January 1991 issues, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. A 200-episode anime television series, produced by Studio C&D, was broadcast on NHK from October 2, 1989, to January 12, 1991. Synopsis While playing in his…
Hamtaro, known in Japan as Trotting Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎, Tottoko Hamutarō), is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan‘s “Second Grade” magazine in April 1997; more Hamtaro stories would later be added into the other grade-level magazines, as well as in Ciao. The series focuses on a hamster named Hamtaro, who has a variety of adventures…
Uma Musume Pretty Derby (Japanese: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー, Hepburn: Uma Musume Puritī Dābī, lit. “Horse Girl Pretty Derby”) is a multimedia franchise created by Cygames. A mobile game for iOS and Android was scheduled to debut in late 2018 and then delayed to February 2021. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by P.A. Works aired from April to June 2018, followed by a second season by Studio Kai which aired from January to March…
21 Emon (Japanese: 21エモン, Hepburn: Nijūichi Emon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio (Fujimoto alone) published from 1968 to 1969 in the Shogakukan magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Set in the same universe as Doraemon, and predating that work by only one year. The manga was then made in a TV anime series by the animation studio Shin-Ei Animation in 1991. From the manga also two…
The Tale of the Outcasts (Japanese: ノケモノたちの夜, Hepburn: Nokemono-tachi no Yoru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Hoshino. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2019 to April 2021, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Ashi Productions aired from January to April 2023….
Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (Japanese: 伊藤潤二の猫日記 よん&むー, Hepburn: Itō Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mū) is an autobiographical seinen manga written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z from the January 2008 issue to the February 2009 issue, it follows the adventures of J-kun, a horror manga artist as he adjusts to life with cats: Yon, whom…
