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…
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (ギルドの受付嬢ですが、残業は嫌なのでボスをソロ討伐しようと思います, Guild no Uketsukejō desu ga, Zangyō wa Iya nanode Boss wo Solo Tōbatsu Shiyō to Omoimasu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Mato Kousaka and illustrated by Gaou. It began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in August 2020….
Baby Steps (Japanese: ベイビーステップ, Hepburn: Beibī Suteppu) is a Japanese manga series by Hikaru Katsuki. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 2007 to November 2017, with its chapters collected in forty-seven tankōbon volumes. The story is centered on Eiichirō Maruo, a first year honor student who one day decides that he is lacking exercise. He then joins the Southern Tennis Club (STC) where…
Zipang (Japanese: ジパング, Hepburn: Jipangu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning from 2000 to 2009, with its chapters collected in forty-three tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of the members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force who are transported back in time more than 60 years to 1942. A twenty-six episode anime television series by Studio Deen and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi was broadcast on TBS from…
Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage (Japanese: キャプテンハーロック～次元航海～, Hepburn: Captain Harlock ~Jigen Kōkai~) is a manga series written by Leiji Matsumoto and illustrated by Kōichi Shimahoshi. The series was launched on August 2014 in the pages of Akita Shoten‘s Champion Red magazine, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Matsumoto’s debut. The series is a retelling of the original 1978 Space Pirate Captain Harlock manga, with some significative plot differences,…
