Gakuen Polizi (Japanese: 学園ポリーチェ, Hepburn: Gakuen Porīche, “School Police”) is a Japanese romance yuri manga series written and illustrated by Milk Morinaga and serialized in Comic High! by Futabasha. It’s published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. Plot Police officer Sasami Aoba is assigned to enter an all girls High School as an undercover cop to monitor for any suspicious activity, but when she arrives there she discovers that there…
The Familiar of Zero (Japanese: ゼロの使い魔, Hepburn: Zero no Tsukaima) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Noboru Yamaguchi, with illustrations by Eiji Usatsuka. Media Factory published 20 volumes between June 2004 and February 2011. The series was left unfinished due to the author’s death in 2013, but was later concluded in two volumes released in February 2016 and February 2017 with a different…
22/7 (Japanese: ナナブンノニジュウニ, Hepburn: Nanabun no Nijūni) is a Japanese anime series created as part of the multimedia project between Yasushi Akimoto, Aniplex, and Sony Music Records. The series features the idol girl group of the same name as their characters. A short series on the official YouTube channel of the group, titled The Diary of Our Days, was animated by CloverWorks and aired on March 28, 2018. A TV series is animated by A-1 Pictures and…
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (Japanese: 魔女の旅々, Hepburn: Majo no Tabitabi, lit. “The Witch’s Journey”) is a Japanese light novel series written by Jōgi Shiraishi and illustrated by Azure. SB Creative have released twenty volumes since April 2016 under their GA Novel label. A manga adaptation with art by Itsuki Nanao has been serialized online since November 2018 via Square Enix‘s online manga magazine Manga UP!. It has been…
Uma Musume Pretty Derby (Japanese: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー, Hepburn: Uma Musume Puritī Dābī, lit. “Horse Girl Pretty Derby”) is a multimedia franchise created by Cygames. A mobile game for iOS and Android was scheduled to debut in late 2018 and then delayed to February 2021. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by P.A. Works aired from April to June 2018, followed by a second season by Studio Kai which aired from January to March…
Talentless Nana (Japanese: 無能なナナ, Hepburn: Munō na Nana) is a Japanese manga series written by Looseboy and illustrated by Iori Furuya. It has been serialized in Square Enix‘s shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan since May 2016 and has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in North America by Crunchyroll. An anime television series adaptation by Bridge aired from October to December 2020. Plot In the near future, mysterious monsters…
Gakuen Heaven (Japanese: 学園ヘヴン, Hepburn: Gakuen Hevun, lit. “Academy Heaven”) is a Japanese media franchise originating from the Windows game Gakuen Heaven: Boy’s Love Scramble, originally released by the company SPRAY. The franchise gradually expanded to include more games, drama CDs, manga, and anime. Plot Keita Itō, an average high school boy, is surprised to find out that he’s been accepted into the elite and prestigious boarding school,…
Eiken (エイケン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama. It was serialized in Akita Shoten‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 2001 to August 2004, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) produced by J.C.Staff. Both…
Ace Attorney, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban: Sono “Shinjitsu”, Igiari! (Japanese: 逆転裁判 ～その「真実」、異議あり！～, lit. “Turnabout Trial: I Object to That ‘Truth’!”), is an anime series produced by A-1 Pictures, based on Capcom‘s video game series of the same name. It is directed by Ayumu Watanabe and written by Atsuhiro Tomioka, with Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi serving as a script supervisor. The first season—which adapts the first two games of…
21 Emon (Japanese: 21エモン, Hepburn: Nijūichi Emon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio (Fujimoto alone) published from 1968 to 1969 in the Shogakukan magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Set in the same universe as Doraemon, and predating that work by only one year. The manga was then made in a TV anime series by the animation studio Shin-Ei Animation in 1991. From the manga also two…
Zodiac P.I. (Japanese: 十二宮でつかまえて, Hepburn: Jūnikyū de Tsukamaete) is a mystery manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Ando. Appearing as a serial in the monthly shōjo (targeted towards girls) manga magazine Nakayoshi from the April 2001 issue to the January 2003 issue, the chapters were compiled into four bound volumes by Kodansha and published from November 2001 to March 2003. Set in present-day Japan, the series focuses on Lili Hoshizawa, a teenage detective who…
Yamaguchi-kun Isn’t So Bad (Japanese: 山口くんはワルくない, Hepburn: Yamaguchi-kun wa Warukunai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Saiki. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Friend since September 2019. Publication Written and illustrated by Yuu Saiki, Yamaguchi-kun Isn’t So Bad started in Kodansha‘s shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Friend on September 13, 2019. The manga went on hiatus in June 2022 due to Saiki’s childbirth, and is set to resume on July 13,…
