Fancy Lala, known in Japan as Fancy Lala, the Magic Stage (魔法のステージ・ファンシーララ, Mahō no Sutēji Fanshī Rara), is a magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998, following an OVA released in 1988. A two-volume manga adaptation by Rurika Kasuga ran in Ribon. The original designs were created by Akemi Takada, who worked on many of the 80s’ Studio Pierrot series. The anime series was…
Tamayomi (球詠, transl. “Baseball poem recitation”) is a Japanese baseball manga series by Mountain Pukuichi, serialized in Houbunsha‘s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward since April 2016. It has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Studio A-Cat aired from April to June 2020. Synopsis Yomi Takeda just wanted to enjoy high school after her baseball match went downhill last year. Her baseball career which became the rumour,…
Saint October is a Japanese anime television series created by Konami Digital Entertainment and animated by Studio Comet. It was also adapted into a manga series by Kiira (stylized as Kiira~☆), which was serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Blade published by Mag Garden in August 2006. The anime series premiered on Chiba TV on January 4, 2007 in Japan. The series revolves around three young girls who work for…
Oishinbo (Japanese: 美味しんぼ, lit. “The Gourmet”) is a long-running Japanese cooking manga series written by Tetsu Kariya [ja] and drawn by Akira Hanasaki [ja]. The manga’s title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, oishii, and the word for someone who loves to eat, kuishinbo. The series depicts the adventures of culinary journalist Shirō Yamaoka and his partner (and later wife), Yūko Kurita. It was published by Shogakukan between 1983…
JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari (JJM 女子柔道部物語, “Women’s Judo Club Story”) is a Japanese manga series created by Makoto Kobayashi and Olympic gold medalist judoka Yuko Emoto. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Evening from August 2016 until February 2023, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series moved to the Comic Days app in April of the same year. Publication Written by Yuko Emoto, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Women’s Judo-61 kg gold medalist, with Makoto…
Umineko When They Cry (Japanese: うみねこのなく頃に, Hepburn: Umineko no Naku Koro ni, lit. “When the Seagulls Cry”) is a Japanese dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. Its first episode debuted at Comiket 72 for Windows in August 2007. The story focuses on a group of eighteen people on a secluded island for a period of two days, and the mysterious murders that befall them. Readers are challenged to discern…
Sailor Ace (Japanese: セーラーエース, Hepburn: Sērā Ēsu) is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from June 2015 to April 2017, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno, Sailor Ace was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from June 1, 2015, to April 3, 2017. Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from November 6, 2015, to May…
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (Japanese: マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝, Hepburn: Magia Rekōdo: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika Gaiden) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by f4samurai for Android and iOS, which was released by Aniplex in Japan on August 22, 2017. A North American version was available from June 2019 to October 2020. The game is a spin-off of the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and…
Yami-ma no Mamiya (闇麻のマミヤ, “Mamiya: Dark Mahjong“) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is a sequel to Fukumoto’s manga Ten, set 20 years later. It has been serialized in Takeshobo‘s Kindai Mahjong since July 2019. Yami-ma no Mamiya features a unique variant of mahjong, called “Yami Mahjong,” or “Darkness Mahjong,” in which point sticks are spent into a bank, called “dark deposits,” in…
Velvet Kiss (ベルベット・キス, Berubetto Kisu) is a Japanese manga written by Chihiro Harumi which was published by Takeshobo in the magazine Vitaman. Four volumes have been released. In January 2012, it was licensed for English print distribution by Digital Manga‘s imprint Project H.[3] Plot Shin Nitta is suddenly crushed with debt, but his loan agent tells him he can be freed of…
Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. “Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. Story Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a…
Parallel (ぱられる) is a Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi. It tells the story of two high school students, Shinnosuke Nekota and Sakura Hoshino, who are forced to live together in the same house when their parents become unofficially engaged and leave the country for their work. The manga spans four volumes, comprising a total of 19 chapters as well…
