A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- is a Japanese science fiction original net animation (ONA) anime series produced by Bones. The series premiered worldwide on Netflix on March 9, 2018. A manga adaptation by Hiroaki Michiaki has run in Monthly Shōnen Sirius since November 25, 2017, and has been licensed by Kodansha USA. Plot In 2035, a biological research project to create an Artificial and Intelligent Cellular Organism (A.I.C.O.) went awry, resulting in…
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…
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…
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…
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells (Japanese: ハズレ枠の【状態異常スキル】で最強になった俺がすべてを蹂躙するまで, Hepburn: Hazure Waku no “Jōtai Ijō Sukiru” de Saikyō ni Natta Ore ga Subete o Jūrin Suru made) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaoru Shinozaki. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2017, before Overlap acquired and published it in print with illustrations…
A.I. Revolution (Japanese: A・Iレボリューション, Hepburn: A.I. Reboryūshon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Asami. It was serialized in Princess magazine from 1994 to June 2003. The individual chapters were collected and published in 17 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten, with the first volume released in July 1995; the last volume was released in October 2003. The series was licensed for an English-language release by Go! Comi and…
7 Billion Needles (Japanese: 70億の針, Hepburn: 70 Oku no Hari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by Vertical. It was inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel Needle by Hal Clement. Plot The story revolves around Hikaru Takabe, a reclusive teenage girl who is secretly host to a being known as Horizon, in search of an intergalactic murderer…
Valkyr’ (ワルキューレ, Warukyūre) is an erotic thriller manga by Senno Knife about a doctor who creates an android in his daughter’s image that becomes uncontrollable. Alternative title: Yoshiwara Night ワルキューレ (Japanese) Genres: action, erotica, science fiction find similar manga based on genres Objectionable content: Intense Number of tankoubon: 2 Number of pages: 196 Vintage: 1985-08-01 to 1988-12-01 (serialized in Lemon People) 1989 Japanese staff Assistant: Hideyuki Watanabe Hiromi…
Eat-Man (stylized as EAT-MAN) is a Japanese manga series created by Akihito Yoshitomi in 1996 which was serialized by MediaWorks monthly in 19 volumes until 2003 in Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine. In 1997, Studio Deen adapted the manga into a 12-episode anime television series which was broadcast in Japan from January 9 to March 27, 1997 on TV Tokyo. A sequel, Eat-Man ’98, was also animated by Studio Deen and ran from October 8…
D4 Princess (D4プリンセス, D4 Purinsesu) is a manga series created by Shotaro Harada (原田将太郎, Harada Shōtarō). The story was adapted into an anime series. The anime is composed of 24 thirteen-minute episodes and is part of the anime program Anime Complex II; it ran from April 6 to September 28, 1999. Summary A panzer is a powerful costumed fighter who uses a “tool” (ツール, it can…
