Magical Emi, the Magic Star (魔法のスターマジカルエミ, Mahō no Sutā Majikaru Emi) is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a manga by Kiyoko Arai. The third magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, Magical Emi also appears in two feature-length OVAs, as well as the Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume and Majokko Club Yoningumi A-Kukan Kara no Alien X OVAs. Plot Mai Kazuki is from a…
Jormungand (Japanese: ヨルムンガンド, Hepburn: Yorumungando) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keitaro Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from April 2006 to January 2012, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series produced by White Fox was broadcast between April and June 2012. A second season titled Jormungand: Perfect Order aired from October to December 2012. The manga was licensed for English language…
I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (Japanese: 青野くんに触りたいから死にたい, Hepburn: Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Umi Shiina. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Monthly Afternoon since December 2016. A live-action television series adaptation aired from March to May 2022 on Wowow. Plot Yūri Kariya is a female high-school student who starts a relationship with…
Ganba! Fly High (Japanese: ガンバ! Fly High, Hepburn: Ganba Furai Hai) is a Japanese sports manga series written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue’s experiences as an Olympic champion. The series was published in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June…
Fate/hollow ataraxia (Japanese: フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア, Hepburn: Feito/horō atarakushia) is a 2005 PC visual novel video game developed by Type-Moon, and the sequel to Fate/stay night. The word “ataraxia” in the title is a Greek term for “tranquility“, giving the title the combined meaning of “empty (or false) tranquility”. The game also was ported to PlayStation Vita, adding full-voice acting, among other enhancements. This version was released in Japan on November…
Elementalors (精霊使い, Seirei Tsukai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Okazaki. The manga was adapted into an animated movie, which was released by AIC in Japan and Dybex in France on April 1, 1995. The movie was licensed by Dybex but the license is now discontinued. Plot Elementalors are humans with the power to control the forces of nature. They are also needed…
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School is a mystery horror anime television series produced by Lerche, directed by Daiki Fukuoka, and supervised by Seiji Kishi. The anime is the second animated series based on Spike Chunsoft‘s Danganronpa video game franchise, and serves as a conclusion to the “Hope’s Peak Academy” arc established in the previously released games Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. The…
Carnival Phantasm (Japanese: カーニバル・ファンタズム, Hepburn: Kānibaru Fantazumu) is a comedy OVA series based on Eri Takenashi’s Type-Moon gag manga, Take-Moon (テイク・ムーン, Teiku Mūn). It focuses on absurd situations happening to each characters of Fate/stay night, Melty Blood and Tsukihime. It is followed by a spiritual sequel known as Fate/Grand Carnival. Plot Main article: List of Carnival Phantasm characters The Ahnenerbe is a pub temporarily appearing among parallel worlds. Once every ten years, an event called…
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…
Tanken Driland (探検ドリランド, Tanken Dorirando, lit. “Exploration Driland”) is a Japanese mobile game developed by GREE, Inc. A manga adaptation began serialization in Jump Square in 2012. An anime series by Toei Animation and TV Tokyo began airing on 7 July 2012. Gameplay Tanken Driland is a card-battling quest-based RPG. The player assumes the role of a hunter, and acquires hero cards which are used to defeat dire monsters…
Saint Young Men (Japanese: 聖セイント☆おにいさん, Hepburn: Seinto Oniisan) is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. Its plot involves Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, who are living as roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the monthly seinen manga magazine Morning Two since September 2006, with chapters collected in twenty-one tankōbon volumes as of March 2024. Kodansha USA has been publishing the series in English in…
