Ohayō! Spank (おはよう!スパンク, Ohayō! Supanku, lit. Good morning! Spank) is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Shun’ichi Yukimuro and drawn by Shizue Takanashi. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, broadcast in Japan from 1981 to 1982 for 66 episodes, and a theatrical movie released in 1982. In 1981, it received the Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. Plot Spank (voiced by Noriko Tsukase), the main character and…
Nanaka 6/17 (ななか6/17, Nanaka Jūnana-bun no Roku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Yagami. The manga was published by Akita Shoten between 2000 and 2003 and the chapters collected into 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2003. In 2004, the anime series was licensed for distribution in North America by ADV Films and released on DVD…
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…
