Getter Robo Hien ~THE EARTH SUICIDE~ (ゲッターロボ飛焔 〜THE EARTH SUICIDE〜, Gettā Robo Hien ~Ji Āsu Sūsaido~) is a Japanese manga created by Naoto Tsushima. It was a monthly serialized super robot manga continuing the Getter Robo mythos by way of the titular Getter Robo Hien. A total of 15 chapters were published the 28th of every month in Magna, a low-resolution free webcomic, only to be…
Gambling Emperor Legend Zero (Japanese: 賭博覇王伝 零, Hepburn: Tobaku Haōden Zero) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, who is renowned for his works Kaiji and Akagi. Similar to Fukumoto’s other works, the story revolves around gambling with high stakes, this time with a greater focus on competition and rivalry. The first part was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 2007 to March…
Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato(四代目・大和辰之) is Boys’ love manga/comic book written and illustrated by a Japanese manga artist Scarlet Beriko(スカーレット・ベリ子). It is Beriko’s third published comic, and also the sequel to her popular comic Give Me a Hand (みのりの手) and prequel to her latest comic Jealousy (ジェラシー）). Plot Tatsuyuki Oyamato, a son of the Yakuza boss Akitora Oyamato and an heir to Oyamato Family in Tokyo,…
Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M (Japanese: め組の大吾, Hepburn: Megumi no Daigo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1995 to June 1999. The manga has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. An anime film produced by Sunrise was released in July 1999. A Japanese television drama was broadcast on Fuji Television in 2004. A manga sequel, titled Megumi no…
Fallen Words (劇画寄席 芝浜, Gekiga Yose: Shibahama) is a collection of rakugo short stories by manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. The manga was published on July 3, 2009, by Basilico, with Drawn & Quarterly publishing it in North America on May 8, 2012. Plot “The Innkeeper’s Fortune” (宿屋の富, Yadoya no Tomi) A scammer stays at a poor innkeeper’s inn, boasting of his wealth. The innkeeper talks him into buying…
Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World (えの素) is a manga written and drawn by Shunji Enomoto. It appeared in Kodansha‘s Weekly Morning from 1997 to 2003 and has been gathered into nine book collections. It is filled with extreme scatological and sexual humor on a gargantuan scale. The series centers on the exploits of the shameless and irresponsible salaryman Gosuke Maeda, his equally unhinged preadolescent son Michiro, and…
Enchanting Apple (魅惑ノリンゴ, Miwaku no Ringo) is a yaoi manga illustrated by Kazuhiko Mishima. It follows the love-hate relationship between the wealthy boy Kei Ichijou and his teacher Satoru Hayashi. It adapted into Drama CDs. Plot Kei Ichijou is the son of a famous and powerful family. He’s disgusted by everyone always sucking up to him, even teachers. But the new…
The Dawn of the Witch (魔法使い黎明期, Mahōtsukai Reimeiki) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Takashi Iwasaki, with partial character designs by Yoshinori Shizuma, and a spinoff sequel of Kobashiri’s earlier series Grimoire of Zero. Kodansha have published five volumes since August 2018 under their Kodansha Ranobe Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Tatsuwo has been serialized in Kodansha’s shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen…
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (Japanese: 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい, Hepburn: Sanjūsai made Dōtei Da to Mahōtsukai ni Nareru rashii) is a Japanese boys’ love (BL) manga series by Yuu Toyota. A live-action television drama adaptation began airing on October 9, 2020, as part of TV Tokyo‘s MokuDra 25 programming block, which enjoyed high ratings during its broadcast. A sequel to the television…
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…
