Re:Monster is a Japanese light novel series written by Kogitsune Kanekiru and illustrated by Yamaada. It was serialized online between May 2011 and 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published nine main volumes, a side story volume and an extra volume between August 2012 and August 2017. A manga adaptation…
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…
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…
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…
Re:Creators (stylized as Re:CREATORS) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Troyca. The series is about a high school student who becomes involved in a battle between several characters from manga, anime, and video games who somehow manifest in the real world. It aired from April to September 2017, and was exclusively streamed on Prime Video. A manga adaptation by Daiki Kase…
Peace Maker Kurogane (Japanese: PEACE MAKER鐵, Hepburn: Pīsu Meikā Kurogane) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nanae Chrono. It is unrelated to the Peace Maker manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan’s political and social structure while the seeds of the revolution are being planted. The story…
Kakashi (Japanese: 案山子, lit. Scarecrow) is a 2001 horror film based on the Junji Ito manga of the same name. The film follows Kaoru Yoshikawa, whose search for her missing brother Tsuyoshi leads her to Kozukata, an isolated village that seems to harbor dark secrets. Plot The opening text narrates the tradition of “Kakashi”, where humans would burn animal and human hairs to…
Elemental Gelade (Japanese: エレメンタルジェレイド, Hepburn: Erementaru Jereido, also translated as “Erementar Gerad”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as “living weapons”. The manga series has been adapted into…
Fate/Apocrypha is a Japanese light novel series in Type-Moon‘s Fate franchise, written by Yūichirō Higashide and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe. Type-Moon published five volumes from December 2012 to December 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Akira Ishida is serialized in Kadokawa Shoten‘s Comp Ace magazine. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from July to December 2017. Plot See also: List of Fate/Apocrypha characters Fate/Apocrypha takes place in an alternate…
Element Hunters (エレメントハンター, Eremento Hantā, Korean: 엘리먼트 헌터; RR: Elimeonteu Heonteo) is a 2009 Japanese-Korean anime series that began airing in Japan and South Korea as a science-fiction adventure to generate more awareness in chemistry and other sciences. The series is set in the year 2029. A manga series began at the same time, and has continued even after the anime ended in 2010, and the manga still continues until August 2010. Bandai Namco has…
Bakumatsu Rock (Japanese: 幕末Rock) is a Japanese video game developed and published by Marvelous AQL. It was adapted into a manga series, Bakumatsu Rock -howling soul-, that began in May 2014 and into an anime television series, Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock-, that aired on July 2, 2014 to September 17, 2014. The anime was streamed on Crunchyroll. Another game, Bakumatsu Rock: Ultra Soul, was released on September 25, 2014. Story The…
Kajika (カジカ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1998, with the twelve chapters collected into a single tankōbon volume by Shueisha. Although it has not been licensed for an English-language release, Kajika has been translated and published in several European territories. Plot Kajika is the story of the title protagonist and his quest to return…
