Maesetsu!: Opening Act (まえせつ！) is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in Monthly Comic Alive. Characters Owarai geinin Tokonatsu (とこなつ) Fubuki Kitakaze (北風 ふぶき, Kitakaze Fubuki) Voiced by: Aguri Ōnishi (Japanese); Jackie Lastra (English) Mafuyu Kogarashi (凩 まふゆ, Kogarashi Mafuyu) Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora (Japanese); Madeline…
I Kissed My Girlfriend’s Little Sister?! (Japanese: カノジョの妹とキスをした。, Hepburn: Kanojo no Imōto to Kiss o Shita) is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Saba Mizore. SB Creative published the series in four volumes from April 2020 to September 2022. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kakito Kato, began serialization on the Manga UP! website in May 2022. As of October 2022, the manga’s individual chapters…
Hakuba no Ōji-sama (ハクバノ王子サマ, lit. “Prince on a White Horse”, referring to Prince Charming) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukizō Saku. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series. Manga Written and illustrated by Yukizō Saku, Hakuba no Ōji-sama was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from April 25, 2005, to May 26, 2008. Shogakukan collected is chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from August 30,…
Baby Pop (ベイビーポップ, Beibii Poppu) is a shōjo manga series created by Yayoi Ogawa. It is licensed in French by Kurokawa. Plot Nagisa has lived with her mother ever since her parents divorced in her childhood. One day her mother is killed in an accident, so now she has to live with her stepfather, Ryunosuke. But he is so nuts that…
Wandance (Japanese: ワンダンス, Hepburn: Wandansu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coffee. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2019, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. Publication Written and illustrated by Coffee, Wandance started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on January 25, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes….
Ultra B (ウルトラB, Urutora Bi) is a manga series by Fujiko A. Fujio (Motoo Abiko) that first made its debut in Chuokoron-Shinsha‘s Fujiko Fujio Land series of tankōbon books in 1984 and was released in individual tankōbon until 1989. In 1987, the manga was adapted into a 120-episode anime of the same name by Shin-Ei Animation which aired on TV Asahi from 4 April 1987 to 27 March 1989. It is…
Takt Op (Japanese: タクトオーパス, Hepburn: Takuto Ōpasu, stylized as takt op. or {tákt: op.}) is a mixed-media project about classical music produced by Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA. An anime television series by MAPPA and Madhouse titled Takt Op. Destiny aired from October to December 2021. A mobile game developed by Game Studio titled Takt Op. Symphony will be released in June 2023. Plot Takt Op is set in the year 2047, a future world where music cannot be played freely because it…
Rainy Cocoa (雨色ココア, Ameiro Cocoa) is a bilingual Japanese digital manga series. An anime television series based on the manga began airing in April 2015, and a second season, titled Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color (雨色ココア Rainy colorへようこそ！, Ameiro Cocoa Rainy color e Yōkoso!), began airing in October 2015. A third season, titled Rainy Cocoa in Hawaii (雨色ココア in Hawaii, Ameiro Cocoa Rainy color Waikiki), began airing in October…
Papillon (Japanese: パピヨン―花と蝶―, Hepburn: Papiyon -Hana to Chō-) is a Japanese shōjo manga by Miwa Ueda, who is known for her work, Peach Girl. The chapters appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga anthology Bessatsu Friend and were published by Kodansha in eight tankōbon from January 2007 to December 2009. The plot focuses on an unattractive, ordinary girl’s change into a beautiful and popular one. Papillon was licensed for an English-language release…
Oh! Edo Rocket (Japanese: 大江戸ロケット, Hepburn: Ō Edo Roketto) is a 2001 stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima and directed by Hidenori Inōe, with a novelization released in August of the same year. A manga adaptation illustrated by Una Hamana was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from February 2007 to July 2009, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. A twenty-six episode anime television…
Lady!! (レディ!!, Redi!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illsutrated by Youko Hanabusa. It was published by Akita Shoten in the shōjo manga magazine Hitomi Comics from 1987 to 1993 and collected in 12 tankoubon volumes. The manga series was adapted into two anime television series, entitled, Lady Lady!! and its sequel Hello! Lady Lynn, produced by Toei Animation. The first season of the anime series, entitled Lady Lady!! (レディレディ!!, Redi Redi!!) consists of 21 episodes and was aired…
Kageki Shojo!! (かげきしょうじょ!!, Kageki Shōjo!!) is a Japanese manga series by Kumiko Saiki. It was serialized as Kageki Shojo! (かげきしょうじょ！, Kageki Shoujo!) in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Jump X from 2012 to 2014 and was collected in two tankōbon volumes. It was later re-released as Kageki Shojo!! Season Zero (かげきしょうじょ!! シーズンゼロ, Kageki Shoujo!! Shīzun Zero) in a single tankōbon volume by Hakusensha in March 2019. A sequel manga by Saiki has been serialized in Hakusensha’s josei manga magazine Melody since 2015. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. The…
