Wandering Island (Japanese: 冒険エレキテ島, Hepburn: Bōken Erekite-tō, lit. “Adventure Electric Island”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenji Tsuruta. It is about a woman who runs an air delivery service and her quest to find a moving island. It was first published as part of Kodansha‘s manga anthology Manga Box AMASIA [ja] in July 2010 and continued serialization in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Afternoon in September 2011. Its latest chapter was released…
Takunomi. (たくのみ。, lit. “Drinking at Home.”) is a Japanese four-panel comedy manga series written and illustrated by Haruto Hino. It was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online app MangaONE and Ura Sunday website from August 2015 to May 2018, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Production IMS aired from January to March 2018. The anime series was the final one to be produced by Production IMS…
Papuwa (stylized as PAPUWA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Shibata and adapted into a 26-episode anime television series. The series follows Kotaro who is stranded on an uncharted island inhabited by strange talking animals and has no memory of his past. Papuwa is the sequel to Shibata’s 1991 series Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun (南国少年パプワくん, lit. Southern Boy Papuwa), serialized in Enix‘s…
Nanaka 6/17 (ななか6/17, Nanaka Jūnana-bun no Roku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Yagami. The manga was published by Akita Shoten between 2000 and 2003 and the chapters collected into 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2003. In 2004, the anime series was licensed for distribution in North America by ADV Films and released on DVD…
Maesetsu!: Opening Act (まえせつ！) is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in Monthly Comic Alive. Characters Owarai geinin Tokonatsu (とこなつ) Fubuki Kitakaze (北風 ふぶき, Kitakaze Fubuki) Voiced by: Aguri Ōnishi (Japanese); Jackie Lastra (English) Mafuyu Kogarashi (凩 まふゆ, Kogarashi Mafuyu) Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora (Japanese); Madeline…
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (Japanese: 輪廻のラグランジェ Flower declaration of your heart, Hepburn: Rinne no Raguranje) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Xebec and Production I.G and directed by Tatsuo Sato and Toshimasa Suzuki, written by Shotaro Suga, original character design by Haruyuki Morisawa and music by Saeko Suzuki & TOMISIRO. Set in Kamogawa, the series revolves around Madoka Kyouno, Fin E Ld Si Laffinty (Lan)…
Gaku Ou: The Royal Seven Stars (学☆王 -THE ROYAL SEVEN STARS-, lit. “School King”) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Lump of Sugar. The game first released on January 27, 2012, it was then later ported to PlayStation Portable, entitled Gaku Ou: The Royal Seven Stars + Meteor (学☆王 -THE ROYAL SEVEN STARS- ＋METEOR), and released on March 28, 2013 by Alchemist. The PSP…
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest is a Japanese manga series written and storyboarded by Hiro Mashima, and illustrated by Atsuo Ueda. It is a sequel to Mashima’s Fairy Tail series, focusing on Natsu Dragneel and his team from the titular wizard guild as they aim to complete an unfinished, century-old mission. The manga was launched in Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket manga app in July 2018, and is licensed by Kodansha USA for an…
Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two is a Japanese two-part adult visual novel series by Minori for Windows PCs. The first game in the series, Ef: The First Tale, was released on December 22, 2006, and the second game, Ef: The Latter Tale, was released on May 30, 2008. The opening video for the game was animated by Makoto Shinkai, and a majority of the music…
Canaan is a 13-episode anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Wii visual novel 428: Shibuya Scramble, which is noted for being one of the few games to have been awarded a perfect score by games publication Famitsu. The series spawned manga and light novel adaptations. Taking place two years after the events of 428:…
Zetman (stylized as ZETMAN) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. The series started as a 49-page one-shot in the 1994 Autumn Special of Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. A more mature and full-fledged series ran in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 2002 to 2014. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment was broadcast in Japan from April to June 2012. In North America, the…
Wandance (Japanese: ワンダンス, Hepburn: Wandansu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coffee. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2019, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. Publication Written and illustrated by Coffee, Wandance started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on January 25, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes….
