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…
Tanken Driland (探検ドリランド, Tanken Dorirando, lit. “Exploration Driland”) is a Japanese mobile game developed by GREE, Inc. A manga adaptation began serialization in Jump Square in 2012. An anime series by Toei Animation and TV Tokyo began airing on 7 July 2012. Gameplay Tanken Driland is a card-battling quest-based RPG. The player assumes the role of a hunter, and acquires hero cards which are used to defeat dire monsters…
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…
Bakuon!! (ばくおん！！, lit. “Roar!”) is a Japanese manga series by Mimana Orimoto. The series began serialization in Akita Shoten‘s seinen manga magazine Young Champion Retsu from February 2011 and has been collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes as of 20 January 2022. An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment/8Pan aired between April and June 2016. Plot The series takes place at Okanoue Girls’ High School (丘乃上女子高等学校, Okanoue Joshikōtōgakkō), where girls are permitted to ride…
Tank Chair (戦車椅子－ＴＡＮＫ ＣＨＡＩＲ－, Sensha Isu -Tanku Cheā-) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Manabu Yashiro. It began serialization on Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket website and app in November 2022. Publication Written and illustrated by Manabu Yashiro, Tank Chair began serialization on Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket website and app on November 5, 2022. Its chapters have been collected into six tankōbon volumes as of May 2024. During their panel at New…
Saint Tail (怪盗セイント・テール, Kaitō Seinto Tēru, Mysterious Thief Saint Tail) is a manga and anime series. Based on a seven-volume manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was adapted into an anime television series by producer TMS-Kyokuichi, broadcast by ABC. Tokyopop translated the manga series, and subtitled and partially dubbed the anime series. The Tokyopop book summary states that it is “Robin Hood meets Sailor Moon!” Plot Main article: List of Saint Tail characters…
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…
Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God (超獣機神ダンクーガ, Chōjū Kishin Dankūga) is a Super Robot anime television series produced by Ashi Productions, directed by Seiji Okuda and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It ran on TBS for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985. The TV anime was licensed by Central Park Media under their Software Sculptors label in 1995, and was released on subtitled…
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – The Myth of Hades (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢セイントセイヤ The Lost Canvas 冥王神話, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya Za Rosuto Kyanbasu – Meiō Shinwa), also known as simply The Lost Canvas, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi. It is a spin-off based on the manga series Saint Seiya, which was created, written and illustrated by Japanese author Masami Kurumada. The Lost Canvas was…
801 T.T.S. Airbats, known in Japan as Aozora Shōjotai (青空少女隊, lit. “The Blue Sky Girls Squad”), is a manga by Shimizu Toshimitsu which was later adapted into a seven episode anime series, produced by Studio Fantasia and Victor Entertainment. The series was released in Japan on LaserDisc as a series of OVA episodes between 1994 and 1996, and was licensed for English language distribution by ADV Films. The title…
Undercover Cops (アンダーカバーコップス, Andākabākoppusu) is an arcade-style beat ’em up video game developed and published by Irem, originally for the arcades in 1992. It is Irem’s first attempt in the modern beat ’em up genre that was founded by Kung-Fu Master. Players control “city sweepers”, a police agent-like group who fight crime by taking down thugs in New York City in the year 2043. Gameplay…
Ray is a science fiction manga by Akihito Yoshitomi that ran in Champion Red magazine from 2002 to 2006 and was compiled in seven volumes. An anime television series adaptation titled Ray the Animation was broadcast in Japan from April 6, 2006, through June 29, 2006. The anime series was produced by Tezuka Productions and animated by OLM. Plot The story takes place in the near future, and describes a…
