7 Seeds (stylized as 7SEEDS) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Tamura. It is set in a post-apocalyptic future, long enough after a meteorite hits Earth that new species have evolved, and follows the struggles of five groups of young adults to survive after they are revived from cryonic preservation. The title comes from five groups of individuals in cryogenic chambers along…
Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!! (Japanese: 金色のガッシュ!!, Hepburn: Konjiki no Gasshu!!, “Golden Gash!!”), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday between January 2001 and December 2007, with its chapters collected in thirty-three tankōbon volumes. The series follows the title character Zatch Bell, a mystical being called a Mamodo, who is partnered with…
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Japanese: 来世は他人がいい, Hepburn: Raise wa Tanin ga Ī, “An Outsider is Better in the Afterlife”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Monthly Afternoon since August 2017. Plot Yoshino Somei is a high school girl who was born and raised in a yakuza family. Although her family environment is unique,…
Wakakozake (ワカコ酒, lit. “Wakako Sake“) is a Japanese manga series by Chie Shinkyu. It has been serialized by Tokuma Shoten in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Zenon since the September 2011 issue; it is also available on Web Comic Zenyon. The series has thirteen volumes so far; the first volume was released in May 2013, and the latest upcoming release in August 2019. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama by…
Valkyria Chronicles is a series of military-themed tactical role-playing video games created by Ryutaro Nonaka and Shuntaro Tanaka, and developed by Sega. The series began with Valkyria Chronicles, which was released for the PlayStation 3 in 2008, and later for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. Two sequels have been released on the PlayStation Portable, with the latest installment, Valkyria Chronicles 4, released for the PlayStation…
Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!- (さばげぶっ!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hidekichi Matsumoto, began serialization in Kodansha‘s Nakayoshi magazine from December 2010. The final chapter was published in the magazine’s January 2017 issue. An anime adaptation by Pierrot+ aired in Japan between July and September 2014. Plot Taking place at Aogiri Academy, the series follows a group of female high school students…
RahXephon (Japanese: ラーゼフォン, Hepburn: Rāzefon) is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His life as a student and artist in Tokyo is suddenly interrupted by a mysterious stalker, strange planes invading the city and…
Queen Millennia (Japanese: 新竹取物語 1000年女王, Hepburn: Shin Taketori Monogatari: Sennen Joō, lit. “The New Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Millennium Queen”) is a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Toei Dōga and broadcast on the Fuji TV network from 16 April 1981 through 25 March 1982. An anime…
Panic × Panic (Japanese: ぱにっく×ぱにっく, Hepburn: Paniku × Paniku) is a shōjo manga by Mika Kawamura, published in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi and collected into two volumes. It is licensed in English by Del Rey Manga. Reception Matthew Warner of Mania Entertainment felt the first volume was generic, feeling as if he had read the story before, and criticised the second volume for becoming “insultingly stupid”. Rachel Bentham of Active…
Ocha Nigosu. (お茶にごす。), also known as A Bad Boy Drinks Tea!, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2007 to July 2009, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A twelve-episode television drama adaptation premiered in Japan on Amazon Prime Video in March 2021 and premiered on TV Tokyo in October of the same year. Plot…
La Satanica (ラ・サタニカ, Ra・Satanika, Italian for “The Satanic”) is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Momoko Tenzen. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its June imprint, on 9 September 2009. Reception Rachel Bentham liked the role reversal between the characters in that Mashita, the pursuer, becomes submissive in sexual matters. Danielle Leigh enjoyed the…
Jarinko Chie (Japanese: じゃりン子チエ, lit. “Chie the Brat”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in Manga Action between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. Jarinko Chie received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. Jarinko Chie was adapted twice, first as an anime theatrical film produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho and directed by Isao Takahata, which premiered in…
