Magic Kaito (Japanese: まじっく快斗, Hepburn: Majikku Kaito) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It premiered in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday in June 1987, and was Aoyama’s first serialized manga. The story depicts the adventures of Kaito Kuroba, a teenage magician who secretly operates as the internationally-wanted phantom thief Kaito Kid. Though the series was popular in its initial run, Aoyama placed it on hiatus in late…
Kaguyahime (輝夜姫) is a manga series by Reiko Shimizu. This 27-volume series was serialized in LaLa from 1993 to 2005. The story is based on the Japanese legend of Kaguya-hime (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter). In 2002, the series received the 47th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. A Drama CD was released in 2003. Story Based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, this manga takes place around…
I Shall Never Return (Japanese: ぼくはこのまま帰らない, Hepburn: Boku wa Konomama Kaeranai) is a yaoi manga series by Kazuna Uchida. The first volume was published in Japan in October 1992 by Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha. It spanned six volumes until its conclusion in September 1996. Ohzora Publishing reprinted the volumes from April 1997 through October 1997. Aurora Publishing licensed the series for an English language release in North America in 2007. I Shall…
Hana ni Arashi (はなにあらし) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ruka Kobachi. It has been serialized on Shogakukan‘s online platform Sunday Webry since November 2017. Publication Written and illustrated by Ruka Kobachi, Hana ni Arashi started on Shogakukan‘s online platform Sunday Webry on November 24, 2017. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 12, 2018. As of March 10,…
Gal-sen (Japanese: ギャルせん, Hepburn: Gyaru sen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Meguru Ueno. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since September 2021. Premise Sora Nezu is shocked to find that his childhood neighbor and crush Suzune Nekogami has become a sexy, tanned gal teacher at his high school. While she is serious and strict with him during class time, she…
Fancy Dance (ファンシィダンス) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Reiko Okano. It won the 34th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. It was adapted into a 1989 live action film directed by Masayuki Suo. References ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2010-01-08. Fancy Dance ファンシィダンス Manga Written by Reiko Okano Published by Shogakukan Magazine Petit Flower Demographic Shōjo Original run 1984 – 1990 Live-action film Directed by Masayuki…
Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai (ダメな私に恋してください, lit. “Please Love the Useless Me”) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aya Nakahara. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s josei manga magazine You from April 2013 to August 2016, with its chapters collected into ten tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R, was serialized in the same magazine from October 2016 to October 2018,…
Bad Company (バッドカンパニー, Baddo Kanpanī) is a one volume prequel manga to the series Shonan Junai Gumi. It was written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa shortly before starting work on Great Teacher Onizuka. The manga was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June to July 1996 and the collected volume was published in 1997 by Kodansha. Synopsis Bad Company is made up of two parts, each dedicated in…
A Zoo in Winter (冬の動物園, Fuyu no Dōbutsuen) is a Japanese one-shot manga written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. It was serialized in the Shogakukan seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original between 2005 and 2007. The manga’s seven chapters were compiled into a single tankōbon and released on 28 March 2008. A Zoo in Winter was translated into English and released by Fanfare/Ponent Mon on 23 June 2011. It was nominated for the…
Yancha Gal no Anjō-san (Japanese: やんちゃギャルの安城さん, Hepburn: Yancha Gyaru no Anjō-san, transl.: “Naughty Gyaru Anjō-san”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūichi Katō. It has been serialized since August 2017 in Shōnen Gahōsha‘s Young King magazine and its chapters have been collected into twelve tankōbon volumes. In May 2019, Katō started two Anjō-san manga spinoffs: Anjō-san no Gakkō no Hokenshitsu no Komaki-sensei (安城さんの学校の保健室の小牧先生, “Ms. Komaki, Anjō-san’s School Infirmary Nurse”), illustrated by…
Umineko When They Cry (Japanese: うみねこのなく頃に, Hepburn: Umineko no Naku Koro ni, lit. “When the Seagulls Cry”) is a Japanese dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. Its first episode debuted at Comiket 72 for Windows in August 2007. The story focuses on a group of eighteen people on a secluded island for a period of two days, and the mysterious murders that befall them. Readers are challenged to discern…
Parallel Paradise (Japanese: パラレルパラダイス, Hepburn: Parareru Paradaisu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Young Magazine magazine since March 2017. In North America, the manga has been licensed for an English language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in August 2019. Plot Youta Tada is an ordinary high school student who holds deep feelings for his childhood friend….
