QQ Sweeper (QQ スイーパーキューキュースイーパー, Kyūkyū Suīpā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyousuke Motomi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōjo manga magazine Betsucomi from March 2014 to May 2015. A sequel, titled Queen’s Quality (クイーンズ・クオリティ, Kuīnzu Kuoriti), was serialized in the same magazine from July 2015 to April 2025. Both series are published in North America by Viz Media. Plot Sixteen-year-old Fumi Nishioka is a homeless high school…
A, A Prime is a Japanese manga anthology of short stories written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. Originally spelled A, A′, it was first published in November 1984 by Shogakukan and brings together three science fiction stories published between 1981 and 1984. In addition to the titular short story which appeared in Akita Shoten‘s Princess, the anthology includes “4/4 [Quatre-Quarts]” and “X+Y”—both of which were serialized…
Earthchild (Japanese: 地球の子, Hepburn: Chikyū no Ko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideo Shinkai. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February to September 2022; as of October 2022, its chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Hideo Shinkai, the series was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February 21 to September 5, 2022. As of…
Hada Camera (Japanese: ハダカメラ, Hepburn: Hada Kamera; “Naked Camera”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wakō Honna. It was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online platform Sunday Webry from April 2017 to February 2019, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Wakō Honna, Hada Camera was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online platform Sunday Webry from April 5, 2017, to February 6, 2019. Shogakukan collected its chapters in nine tankōbon volumes, released from…
Maburaho (Japanese: まぶらほ) is a Japanese romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eiji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine. The light novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Miki Miyashita and later developed into a 24 episode anime series produced by J.C.Staff and broadcast by WOWOW in Japan. The series is about the story of Kazuki Shikimori, a second year student of…
Nagasarete Airantō (Japanese: ながされて藍蘭島, Hepburn: Nagasarete Airantō; lit. “Cast Away… Airan Island”) is a Japanese harem manga series by Takeshi Fujishiro. It was first serialized in Square Enix‘s Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine in January 2002, and a few years later expanded into a multimedia franchise including drama CDs, light novels, and a 26-episode anime adaptation by Studio Feel that aired in Japan between April 4 and September 26, 2007. From the same author,…
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…
Qualia the Purple (紫色のクオリア, Murasakiiro no Qualia) is a yuri science fiction light novel written by Hisamitsu Ueo and illustrated by Shirou Tsunashima. It was first published in Japan by ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki Bunko imprint on July 10, 2009. A manga adaptation, drawn by Tsunashima, was serialized in Dengeki Daioh starting on January 27, 2011, and published in Japan in a total of three tankōbon volumes. Both the novel and…
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…
Saber Marionette J (Japanese: セイバーマリオネットJ, Hepburn: Seibā Marionetto Jei) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Junio. aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996, to March 25, 1997. It is the first installment of the Saber Marionette franchise. The show was localized in North America by Ocean Productions and into six other languages by various companies. In between production, Saber Marionette J spun off into other media. A manga…
Uchi no Otōto-domo ga Sumimasen (うちの弟どもがすみません; lit. ‘Sorry About My Younger Brothers!‘) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Ozaki. It began serialization in Shueisha‘s shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret in January 2020. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japanese theaters in December 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lay-duce is set to premiere in 2026. Plot After attending high school for a year, Ito Narita has to…
Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty (Japanese: おはよう、いばら姫, Hepburn: Ohayou, Ibarahime; lit. “Good Morning, Thorn Princess”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s shōjo manga magazine Dessert from November 2014 to May 2017. It was published in six tankōbon volumes. Publication The series is written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Dessert from November 22, 2014, to May 24, 2017. Its chapters were…
