This is the beginning of a very long journey… THE CHOSEN ONES – Movie 1
7thGarden (stylized as 7thGARDEN) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsu Izumi. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Jump Square from August 2014 to March 2017. It was later announced that the manga would be moved to the Jump SQ. website. However, no new chapter has been released since then. In North America, the series is licensed for English language release by Viz…
Xenon (重機甲兵ゼノン, Jūki Kōhē Zenon, lit. “Heavy Metal Warrior Xenon”; aka. Bio Diver Xenon) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Masaomi Kanzaki. The manga was published in 1986 by Shogakukan and 2000 by Kodansha. The manga was licensed by Eclipse Comics in 1987 and by Viz Communications in 1992. The manga is licensed for a French-language release in France by Génération Comics and Semic Comics, licensed for a German-language release in Germany…
The Vampire Dies in No Time (Japanese: 吸血鬼すぐ死ぬ, Hepburn: Kyūketsuki Sugu Shinu) is a Japanese manga series by Itaru Bonnoki. It has been serialized in Akita Shoten‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion since June 2015 and has been collected in twenty-one tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired from October to December 2021. A second season will premiere in January 2023. Setting The series takes place in a world where vampires are…
Terra Formars (Japanese: テラフォーマーズ, Hepburn: Tera Fōmāzu) is a Japanese manga series written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. It has been serialized in Shueisha‘s magazine Weekly Young Jump since 2011. Viz Media began publishing an English translation in 2014. Two original video animations (OVAs), abridging the Bugs 2 arc were released in 2014, and an animated television series, covering the Annex 1 arc was also shown in…
Hebi Onna (へび女, transl. “Snake Woman”), published in English under the title Reptilia, is a Japanese horror manga trilogy written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu. It is composed of three series – Scared of Mama, The Spotted Girl, and Reptilia – which were originally serialized in the shōjo manga (girls’ comics) magazine Shūkan Shōjo Friend from 1965 to 1966. The individual series were not originally conceived as an ongoing story, but were later…
Queen’s Blade (Japanese: クイーンズブレイド, Hepburn: Kuīnzu Bureido) is a Japanese series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan inspired by the licensed works from Firelight Game Company’s Lost Worlds. The overall plot of the game revolves around a tournament called the Queen’s Blade, which is held once every four years to determine a Queen. Since its original release, the series has evolved into a media…
Planet With (Japanese: プラネット・ウィズ, Hepburn: Puranetto Wizu) is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Satoshi Mizukami. Mizukami launched a manga in Young King OURs on April 28, 2018, and an anime television series by J.C.Staff premiered on July 8, 2018. Plot Sōya Kuroi lives with a large cat-like creature called Sensei and a happy maid named Ginko. One day, strange floating beasts appear in the sky above Japan, and conventional weapons are…
Najica Blitz Tactics (Japanese: ナジカ電撃作戦, Hepburn: Najika Dengeki Sakusen) is an anime television series by Studio Fantasia and Amber Film Works. It aired in Japan from October to December 2001. The series is similar to that of Agent Aika, both being directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and animated by Studio Fantasia, with much of the same content. Though Najica was later adapted into a manga by Takuya Tashiro (田代 琢也, Tashiro Takuya), the majority of the difference…
Mai, the Psychic Girl (舞, Mai) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuya Kudō and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1985 to 1986, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. The story follows Mai Kuju, a 14-year-old Japanese girl with powerful psychic abilities. She is being pursued by the Wisdom Alliance, an organization which secretly strives to…
Mad Love Chase, known in Japan as Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made (Harlem Beatは夜明けまで, Harlem Beat Until Dawn), is a manga by Kazusa Takashima. In 2001, it began serialization in Asuka and the first volume was released in July 2002. In 2009, it was licensed by TokyoPop under the name Mad Love Chase, the subtitle of the series. Plot A supernatural comedy about the Prince of Hell,…
Lagoon Engine (Japanese: ラグーンエンジン, Hepburn: Ragūn Enjin) is a manga by Yukiru Sugisaki. It was followed by Lagoon Engine Einsatz. The main protagonists are Yen and Jin Ragun. The name “Lagoon Engine” is derived from the phonetic pronunciation of the main characters’ names (Ragun Yen Jin). Volume 6 was released on December 1, 2009. Volume 7 was released in September 2010 in the US….
