Planetary Robot Danguard Ace (惑星ロボ ダンガードAエース, Wakusei Robo Dangādo Ēsu) is a Japanese science fiction anime series created by Leiji Matsumoto with Dan Kobayashi. Danguard Ace is Matsumoto’s only contribution to the mecha genre. Synopsis Danguard Ace takes place on a future Earth in which natural resources have been depleted. People have begun looking toward other planets to survive, in particular to the fictional tenth planet, Promete. Although people…
Uchuu Eiyuu Monogatari (宇宙英雄物語, lit. “Space Hero Story”), called Space Hero Tales by some English sources, is a Japanese manga series by Takehiko Itō. It was Ito’s first serialized manga work, and second published work after his one-shot manga Good Morning Althea. Many of its themes and concepts would be reused by Ito in his later work Outlaw Star, which takes place…
Vamos Lá! (ばもら！, Bamora!), from Portuguese Let’s Go! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshimi Osada. It has been published in France by Bamboo Édition, under their manga imprint Doki Doki. Plot Yu Kamazaki is a schoolgirl who lacks confidence in herself and fears the gaze of others. Rather aggressive, this does not let anyone near her. However, she becomes…
Uchu Enban Daisenso (宇宙円盤大戦争, Uchū Enban Daisensō, “Battlefield of The Space Saucers”) is a 1975 Japanese animated short film created by Go Nagai and produced by Toei Doga. It was originally shown along with the short film Great Mazinger tai Getter Robot G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu, also from Toei and Nagai. The film is considered the prototype for the future anime television series UFO Robot Grendizer, which…
Taishō Baseball Girls. (Japanese: 大正野球娘。, Hepburn: Taishō Yakyū Musume.) is a Japanese light novel series written by Atsushi Kagurazaka and illustrated by Sadaji Koike. Tokuma Shoten published four novels from April 2007 to June 2010. It has been adapted into a drama CD, a manga series serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū, and an anime television series animated by J.C.Staff aired between July and September 2009. The anime had been licensed in North America…
Sabikui Bisco (Japanese: 錆喰いビスコ), also known as Rust-Eater Bisco, is a Japanese light novel series written by Shinji Cobkubo and illustrated by K Akagishi, with world-building art by mocha. ASCII Media Works have released eight volumes since March 2018 under their Dengeki Bunko label. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press. A manga adaptation with art by Rokudo Takahashi was serialized online between April…
Rail Wars! (Japanese: RAIL WARS! -日本國有鉄道公安隊-, Hepburn: Rēruu~ōzu! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai, lit. Rail Wars! Japanese National Railways Security Force) is a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi Toyoda with illustrations by Vania 600. 13 volumes have been published by Sohgeisha under their Sohgeisha Clear Bunko imprint; the series moved to Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha starting with the 14th volume; the 20th and last volume of…
Qwan (怪·力·乱·神 クワン, Kai·Riki·Ran·Shin Kuwan, literally Confused Spirit With Mysterious Powers Kuwan) is a Japanese seinen manga by Aki Shimizu, published in by Media Factory. It was also published in the United States by Tokyopop, in France by Soleil Productions, in Hong Kong by Jade Dynasty and in Taiwan by TongLi Comics. Story Qwan, a strange boy who can eat demons, travels through Eastern Han Dynasty China with his winged companion…
Panku Ponk (パンク・ポンク, Panku Ponku) is a Japanese children’s comedy manga series written and illustrated by Haruko Tachiiri. It began serialization in the December 1976 issue of the Shogakukan magazine Third Grade of Elementary School (小学三年生, Shougaku Sannensei); as the characters aged, it moved to Fourth Grade of Elementary School (小学四年生, Shougaku Yonnensei), Fifth Grade of Elementary School (小学五年生, Shougaku Gonensei), and the shōjo manga magazine Hop, before concluding in 1991. Serial numbers were very…
Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga (織田シナモン信長, Oda Shinamon Nobunaga) is a Japanese manga series by Una Megurogawa. It has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Zenon, as well as the webmagazine Web Comic Zenyon, since June 2014 and has been collected in tenth tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Signpost premiered from January 10 to March 27, 2020. Characters Oda “Cinnamon” Nobunaga (織田シナモン信長) Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi The former…
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea, known in Japan as Nagi no Asukara (凪のあすから, lit. From The Calm Tomorrow), is a 2013 Japanese anime television series animated by P.A. Works. The series centers on a group of seven friends: Hikari Sakishima, Manaka Mukaido, Chisaki Hiradaira, and Kaname Isaki, children from the sea; and Tsumugu Kihara, Miuna Shiodome, and Sayu Hisanuma, their…
Macross 7 (マクロス7, Makurosu Sebun) is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show The Super Dimension Fortress Macross that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994, to September 24, 1995, at 11:00 a.m., and 49 episodes were aired. Although it has…
