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…
Zombiepowder. (stylized as ZOMBIEPOWDER.) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. The manga ran in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump for 27 chapters from August 1999 to February 2000 before being canceled. The series was collected into four tankōbon volumes, released the following year. Zombiepowder. is distributed in North America by Viz Media, who licensed it in 2005. Although critical reception in the United States…
The Vision of Escaflowne (Japanese: 天空のエスカフローネ, Hepburn: Tenkū no Esukafurōne, lit. Escaflowne of the Heavens) is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created by Shōji Kawamori and Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 on TV Tokyo, and the final episode aired on September 24, 1996. Sony’s anime satellite channel, Animax also aired the series, both in Japan and on its various worldwide networks, including Hong Kong, Taiwan,…
Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes (奥さまは魔法少女 Bewitched Agnes, literally My Wife is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes) is a magical girl anime comedy created by J.C.Staff, director and scriptwriter Hiroshi Nishikiori and producer Kazuhiko Ikeguchi. It was broadcast on several television channels in Japan between July and September 2005. The series is about a housewife and magical girl who has been assigned a replacement…
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ, Hepburn: Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki. It tells the story of Nausicaä, a princess of a small kingdom on a post-apocalyptic Earth with a toxic ecosystem, who becomes involved in a war between kingdoms while an environmental disaster threatens humankind. Prior to creating Nausicaä, Miyazaki had worked as an animator for Toei…
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability is a Japanese light novel series written by Kenkyo na Circle and illustrated by Meru. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since October 2019. It was later acquired by Kodansha, who has released four volumes since…
H2O: Footprints in the Sand is a Japanese adult visual novel by Makura that was released on June 23, 2006 for Windows as a DVD; a version playable on the PlayStation 2 under the title H2O + followed on April 24, 2008 with adult content removed, but in its place will be additional scenarios and graphics not seen in the original release. H2O is Makura’s first game; a…
A Certain Scientific Railgun: Astral Buddy (Japanese: とある科学の超電磁砲レールガン アストラル・バディ, Hepburn: Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan: Asutoraru Badi), often shortened to Astral Buddy, is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Yasuhito Nogi, which was serialized by ASCII Media Works through their monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh from April 2017 to July 2020. The manga is a spin-off of A Certain Scientific Railgun series, focusing on a Tokiwadai Middle School student named Junko Hokaze and…
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (Japanese: この勇者が俺TUEEEくせに慎重すぎる, Hepburn: Kono Yūsha ga Ore Tsuē Kuse ni Shinchō Sugiru) is a Japanese light novel series written by Light Tuchihi and illustrated by Saori Toyota. It began serialization online in June 2016 on the Kadokawa‘s novel publishing website Kakuyomu. It was then acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who published the first light novel volume…
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,…
The Candidate for Goddess (Japanese: 女神候補生, Hepburn: Megami Kōhosei, lit. “Goddess Cadet”) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The series takes place in the distant future, where human beings live among space colonies and a single, inhabitable planet called Zion. The plot follows Zero Enna and his fellow candidates as they try to prove themselves worthy of piloting the “Ingrids”, also called “Goddesses”. These gigantic,…
Cagaster of an Insect Cage (Japanese: 虫籠のカガステル, Hepburn: Mushikago no Kagasuteru) is a Japanese manga series by Kachō Hashimoto released from 2015 to 2016 in the serialized magazine Monthly Comic Ryū. Prior to becoming a manga series, Cagaster of an Insect Cage was first a dōjinshi series posted on Hashimoto’s website, which was published from 2005 to 2013. The series was adapted into an original net anime series produced by Studio…
