Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Japanese: ゾン100 ～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～, Hepburn: Zon 100 ~ Zonbi ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto ~, “Zom 100: 100 Things I Want to do Before I Become a Zombie”) is a Japanese manga series written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata. It has been serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X since October 2018, with its chapters collected…
O-Parts Hunter, known as 666 Satan (Japanese: 666 ～サタン～, Hepburn: Roku-Roku-Roku Satan) in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seishi Kishimoto. It was originally published by Enix, who later became Square Enix, in their Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from 2001 and 2007, with the chapters collected into 19 tankōbon volumes. The series draws heavily from Kabbalistic traditions and Judeo-Christian demonology for its plot, and less so on Japanese folklore. 666 Satan has been released…
Kamen Teacher (Japanese: 仮面ティーチャー, Hepburn: Kamen Tīchā, “Masked Teacher”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Young Jump magazine from 2006 to 2007. A sequel manga, titled Kamen Teacher Black was published in the same magazine from 2013 to 2014. It was adapted into a live action television series in 2013 and was adapted into a live action film in 2014. The special for…
The Demon Girl Next Door (Japanese: まちカドまぞく, Hepburn: Machikado Mazoku, lit. “Street Corner Demon”) is a Japanese four-panel manga parody series by Izumo Itō, serialized in Houbunsha‘s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat since 2014. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between July and September 2019. A second season will premiere in April 2022. Plot One day, Yuko Yoshida wakes up with horns and a tail…
Dead End (Japanese: ジ・エンド, Hepburn: Ji Endo) is a manga by Shohei Manabe. Although the original name was actually a transliteration from the English The End, Tokyopop changed the name to Dead End for the US market. Story Shirou is a construction worker, tired of the usual daily routine of his job; he hopes that something will come to awake him from the monotony of…
Dark Metro (Japanese: ダークメトロ, Hepburn: Dāku Metoro) is a horror manga written by Tokyo Calen and illustrated by Yoshiken. Release Tokyopop published two volumes of Dark Metro in North America from February 12, 2008, to August 12, 2008. It is also published in Russia by Comix-ART, and in Brazil by NewPOP Editora. Reception Writing for PopCultureShock, Katherine Dacey stated: “In less capable hands, this material…
Kakashi (Japanese: 案山子, lit. Scarecrow), is a 2001 horror film based on the manga of the same name. The film follows Kaoru Yoshikawa, whose search for her missing brother Tsuyoshi leads her to Kozukata, an isolated village that seems to harbor dark secrets. Plot The opening text narrates the tradition of “Kakashi”, where humans would burn animal and human hairs to…
Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999スリーナイン, Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions with perfect fidelity into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality. The…
Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy (Japanese: BASTARD!! -暗黒の破壊神-, Hepburn: Basutādo!! Ankoku no Hakaishin, lit. “Bastard!! The Dark God of Destruction”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara. It began its serialization in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1988, and has continued irregularly in Ultra Jump since 2000, with its latest chapter released in 2010. Twenty-seven collected tankōbon volumes have been released as of 2012. The manga was formerly…
Devilman (Japanese: デビルマン, Hepburn: Debiruman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called “Amon” with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to battle creatures hidden in human society, thus calling himself the “Devilman” in the process. The series was originally ordered…
Gantz (stylized as GANTZ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected in thirty-seven tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, both of whom died in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous “game” in which they…
YuYu Hakusho (Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書, Hepburn: Yū Yū Hakusho) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child’s life. After a number of tests presented to him by Koenma, the son of the ruler of the afterlife Underworld, Yusuke is revived…
