Damens Walker (Japanese: だめんず・うぉ～か～, Hepburn: Damenzu Uōkā) is a Japanese manga essay series by Mayumi Kurata. Damens Walker was serialized in the weekly magazine Weekly Spa! from June 14, 2000 to April 2013. The series has inspired two live-action television drama adaptations and a mobile anime series. Synopsis Damens Walker follows the dating life of a woman who is only interested in good-for-nothing men, known as “damens” (だめんず) (a combination of…
Canvas 2: Akane Iro no Palette (Canvas2 〜茜色のパレット〜, lit. Canvas 2 ~Red Colored Palette~), also known as just Canvas 2, is a Japanese visual novel developed by F&C FC01, a brand of F&C, released for Windows on April 23, 2004. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 by Kadokawa Shoten, on January 26, 2006. AiCherry produced a DVD Player Game version of Canvas 2 on November 28,…
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…
Addicted to Curry (Japanese: 華麗なる食卓, Hepburn: Karēnaru Shokutaku, lit. “The Great Dining Table”) is a Japanese cooking manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Funatsu. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from January 2001 to December 2012, with its chapters collected in 49 tankōbon volumes. Story Addicted to Curry is the story of Sonezaki Yui, a schoolgirl whose father is the owner of Curry House Cooking Ganesha. Yui, who…
100% Pascal-sensei (Japanese: 100％パスカル先生, Hepburn: 100% Pasukaru-sensei, lit. 100% Pascal Teacher) is a Japanese gag comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Nagai. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s CoroCoro Comic magazine from January 15, 2015, to October 15, 2018, and was compiled into seven tankōbon volumes on September 28, 2017. An anime television series adaptation by OLM, Inc. aired from April 15 to December 16, 2017. Crunchyroll later added…
Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey (ざつ旅 -That’s Journey-) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Ishizaka. It has been serialized in ASCII Media Works‘ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since March 2019, with its chapters collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of May 2023. An anime adaptation has been announced. Manga Written and illustrated by Kenta Ishizaka, Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey began serialization in ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki Maoh magazine on March…
Yasha (YASHA-夜叉-) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida and published by Shogakukan. It has 12 volumes, the first published on 11 December 1996 and the last on 23 August 2002. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series in 2000. A sequel manga series, Eve no Nemuri, has five volumes, the first published on 26 January 2004 and the last on 20 December 2005. Reception…
Warriors of Tao, known in Japan as Toma (トーマ, Tōma), is a Japanese manga by Shinya Kuwahara (桑原真也, Kuwahara Shin-ya). Plot “Survival of the fittest” is a universal truth, one that Toma learns the hard way outside of the classroom. Chosen to fight on behalf of the Earth in an interplanetary tournament, Toma realizes that the loser will end up as dead meat…
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).[1] 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…
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…
Tamon’s B-Side (Japanese: 多聞くん今どっち!?, Hepburn: Tamon-kun Ima Dotchi!?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Shiwasu. It was originally a one-shot published in Hakusensha‘s shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume in August 2021, before being serialized in the same magazine from October of the same year. Publication Written and illustrated by Yuki Shiwasu, Tamon’s B-Side was initially a one-shot published in Hakusensha‘s Hana to Yume magazine on August 5, 2021. It began its serialization in…
The Rapeman (THE レイプマン) is a Japanese satirical black comedy manga series. It is credited as being created and written by Keiko Aisaki (愛崎 けいこ, Aisaki Keiko), and illustrated by Shintaro Miyawaki (みやわき 心太郎, Miyawaki Shintarō), and ran from 1985 to 1992. The series was discontinued after 13 volumes. Pink Pineapple produced nine Rapeman live action feature films (including six sequels and two spin-off films), released between 1993…
