After War Gundam X (Japanese: 機動新世紀ガンダムX, Hepburn: Kidō Shin Seiki Gandamu Ekkusu, lit. New Mobile Century Gundam X), is a 1996 Japanese anime television series and the seventh installment in the long running Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate timeline called After War (A.W.; アフターウォー or 戦後, Sengo). The series has 39 episodes, aired in Japan from April 5, 1996, to…
Absolute Duo (Japanese: アブソリュート・デュオ, Hepburn: Abusoryūto Duo) is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015. Plot Tor Kokonoe enrolls in Koryo Academy, a high school where its students battle…
51 Ways to Save Her (彼女を守る51の方法, Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Hōhō) is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Usamaru Furuya. It was serialized in Shinchosha‘s Comic Bunch magazine between May 26, 2006 and August 17, 2007, finishing at five volumes. CMX purchased the English rights but never released it due to the imprint’s cancellation. It was released in French by Marvel Panini France (retitled as Tokyo…
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…
Zig Zag is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Yuki Nakaji. The series revolves around the lives of a group of students living in Kazami Dormitory of Seifu Private School in Japan. It mainly focuses on a boy named Takaaki Asakura (nicknamed “Taiyou” (the sun) for his sunny and cheerful disposition) and his affection for flowers. The series was…
Zombie Land Saga (Japanese: ゾンビランドサガ, Hepburn: Zonbi Rando Saga) is an anime television series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures and Cygames. The series aired in Japan between October and December 2018. A second season titled Zombie Land Saga Revenge aired between April and June 2021. An anime film project has been announced. A manga adaptation that loosely follows the events of the anime, began serialization on Cygames’ Cycomi website in…
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…
Watching Fuckin’ TV All Time Makes a Fool (テレビばかり見てると馬鹿になる, Terebi Bakari Miteruto Baka ni Naru, lit. Watching TV All the Time Makes You Stupid) is an erotic one-shot manga by Naoki Yamamoto. The story has been included in a manga volume of the same title, as well as the anthology I’ll call you tomorrow. (明日また電話するよ, Ashita mata Denwa suruyo), both of which are anthologies of short, erotic…
UFO Baby (だぁ!だぁ!だぁ!, Dā! Dā! Dā!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in Nakayoshi from February 1998 to March 2002, and the chapters were collected into 9 tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a 78-episode anime television series produced by NHK, animated by J.C.Staff, and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai, which was broadcast between March 2000 and February 2002 on NHK’s BS2 broadcast satellite network. The…
Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence (Japanese: 白聖女と黒牧師, Hepburn: Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hazano Kazutake. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Shōnen Magazine R online magazine from April 2017 to January 2023, when the magazine was disbanded, and was transferred to the Monthly Maga Kichi website in February 2023, with its chapters collected into twelve tankōbon volumes as of May 2023….
emote (Japanese: リモート, Hepburn: Rimōto) is a manga series written by Tadashi Agi and illustrated by Tetsuya Koshiba, and published in Kodansha‘s Young Magazine from 2002 to 2004. The manga follows Kurumi Ayaki, the newest member of the Unsolved Crimes Division, Special Unit B. Remote was adapted into a ten-episode Japanese television drama in October 2002. The North American version of the manga is published by Tokyopop. Plot Kurumi Ayaki has recently retired…
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…
