Gachiakuta (manga)

Gachiakuta (ガチアクタ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Urana. It began serialization in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in February 2022. As of February 2023, the series’ individual chapters have been collected into five volumes. Plot Living in the slums of a wealthy society are a population of “tribefolk,” who are descended from criminals exiled from society. Living amongst…

Fairy Cube (manga)

Fairy Cube (Japanese: 妖精標本, Hepburn: Yōsei Hyōhon) is a shōjo (targeted towards girls) fantasy manga written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. Appearing as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Hana to Yume from February 2005 to 2006, the Fairy Cube chapters were collected into three bound volumes by Hakusensha and published from October 2005 to July 2006. A related short story, “Psycho Knocker”, appeared in the October 2004 issues of the same magazine….

Da Capo III (manga/anime/game)

Da Capo III (〜ダ・カーポ III〜, Da Kāpo III, abbreviated as D.C. III) is a Japanese visual novel developed by Circus that was released in limited and regular editions on April 27, 2012 as a DVD for Windows and is rated for ages 15 and up. It is the third main installment of the Da Capo visual novel franchise, after Da Capo and Da Capo II. The story takes place 20…

7th Time Loop (manga/novel)

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Japanese: ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は、元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する, Hepburn: Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijō wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyū Kimamana Hanayome Seikatsu o Mankitsu Suru) is a Japanese light novel series written by Touko Amekawa. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2020, before being published in print with illustrations by Wan…

Vampire Doll: Guilt-Na-Zan (manga)

Vampire Doll: Guilt-Na-Zan (Japanese: バンパイアドール・ギルナザン, Hepburn: Vanpaia Dōru Girunazan) is a manga by Erika Kari which takes place in modern time but holds a medieval, Gothic theme. The story starts out with Kyoji, an exorcist who revives the spirit of Guilt-Na-Zan, whom his ancestor entrapped in a cross. Guilt-Na-Zan, who was the greatest vampire a hundred years ago, is now forced to…

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (manga/anime)

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (円盤皇女ワるきゅーレ, Yūfō Purinsesu Warukyūre) is a Japanese manga series created by Kaishaku. The series was adapted into a 32-episode anime series and one specially released OVA episode by TNK. Seasons 1 and 2 were broadcast in Japan on Kids Station between 2002 and 2004. The anime series was released on DVD in Japan between 2002 and 2006. All episodes and the OVA special were dubbed…

The Qwaser of Stigmata (manga/anime)

The Qwaser of Stigmata (Japanese: 聖痕のクェイサー, Hepburn: Seikon no Kueisā) is a Japanese manga series authored by Hiroyuki Yoshino featuring art by Kenetsu Satō. The series is notable for its violence, fan service, and the use of vital energy coming from women’s breasts (referred to as Soma) as a central plot device. The manga series was published in Japan in the manga magazine Champion Red from 2006 to 2016, and the…

Panorama of Hell (manga)

Panorama of Hell (Japanese: 地獄変, Hepburn: Jigokuhen) is a 1984 one shot Japanese horror manga by Hideshi Hino. It was published in the United States by Blast Books and in France as Panorama de l’enfer by Éditions IMHO in 2004. Synopsis An artist describes his work, consisting of hellish views he paints using his own blood. He then introduces the reader to his unconventional family, and tells stories about…

Odd Taxi (manga/novel/anime)

Odd Taxi (Japanese: オッドタクシー, Hepburn: Oddo Takushī) (stylized as ODDTAXI) is a Japanese anime television series. Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, it tells the story of walrus taxi driver Odokawa, who converses with his customers and learns about various mysteries and oddities occurring in Tokyo, including a schoolgirl’s strange disappearance that leads to him being followed by both the police and the yakuza. The series, produced by OLM and P.I.C.S,…

Macross Frontier (manga/novel/anime/game)

Macross Frontier (マクロスFフロンティア, Makurosu Furontia) is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008. Macross Frontier is the story of a human space colony fleet trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way. The story focuses on three young…

Ladies versus Butlers! (manga/novel/anime)

Ladies versus Butlers! (れでぃ×ばと!, Redi×Bato!) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Kōzuki, with accompanying illustrations by Munyū. The series includes 13 novels released between September 2006 and March 2012, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by the illustrator group Nekoyashiki-Nekomaru was serialized in ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Moeoh magazine between the June 2008 and December 2008 issues. A drama…

Kabukibu! (manga/novel/anime)

Kabukibu! (カブキブ!, lit. “Kabuki Club!”) is a light novel series written by Yūri Eda, with illustrations by Ishinoya. The series began on August 24, 2013 and finished with seven volumes, published by Kadokawa Shoten on November 25, 2017. The series is about Kurogo Kurusu, a boy who is obsessed with kabuki and decides to form a kabuki club at his high school….