K (also called K Project) is a Japanese anime series created by the animation studio GoHands and GoRA, a group consisting of seven anonymous authors known as Kōhei Azano, Tatsuki Miyazawa, Yukako Kabei, Yashichiro Takahashi, Hideyuki Furuhashi, Suzu Suzuki, and Rei Rairaku. The series is directed by Shingo Suzuki, who also serves as its character designer. It began airing on MBS on October 5,…
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None is a Japanese light novel series written by Itsuki Togami and illustrated by Yuri Kisaragi. It originally began as a web novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2021. Kodansha later began publishing it in print under its Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint in September 2021; nine volumes have been released as of October 2025. A manga adaptation…
D-Frag! (Japanese: ディーふらぐ!, Hepburn: Dīfuragu!), also known as D-Fragments, is a comedic manga series by Tomoya Haruno that began serialization in Media Factory‘s Monthly Comic Alive in July 2008. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Brain’s Base aired from January 6 to March 24, 2014. Plot The story focuses on a semi-connected series of sketches as delinquent student Kenji Kazama is forced into joining his school’s…
B Gata H Kei (Japanese: B型H系, Hepburn: Bī Gata Etchi Kei; lit. “Type: B; Style: H”) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Yōko Sanri [ja]. It was published by Shueisha and ran in Weekly Young Jump from 2004 to 2011. The story focuses on the salacious wishes of a high school girl, whose perceived drawback of being a virgin leads to her lusting after and pursuing a rather average and…
Übel Blatt (ユーベルブラット, Yūberu Buratto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etorouji Shiono. It was serialized in the semi-monthly seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from December 2004 to 2009, when it was transferred to Monthly Big Gangan where it continued until its end in March 2019. Its chapters were collected in 24 tankōbon volumes by Square Enix. The story of Übel Blatt takes place in a medieval, fantasy-like landscape. It follows…
Palette of 12 Secret Colors (十二秘色のパレット, Jūni Hisoku no Paretto) is a Manga authored by Nari Kusakawa. It was published in English by CMX Manga. Plot summary The story follows Cello, a wizard-in-training, who attends a school on the tropical island of Opal, where students study to become “Palettes”, or color magicians. Each Palette learns how to borrow color from…
Nazca (時空転抄ナスカ, Jikū Tenshō Nasuka; lit. Nazca: Dimensional Transfer) is an anime series created by Yoshihiko Inamoto. It is about a group of people who are reincarnations of ancient Inca warriors who have returned to re-enact a civil war that resulted in the fall of the Inca Empire. Plot Miura Kyoji, a dedicated kendo student, discovers that his instructor, Tate Masanari, is a reincarnated Inca warrior…
Made in Abyss (Japanese: メイドインアビス, Hepburn: Meido in Abisu) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Akihito Tsukushi. It has been serialized on Takeshobo‘s Web Comic Gamma website since October 2012, and its chapters have been collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of August 2025. The story follows an orphaned girl named Riko, who finds and befriends a part-robot boy named Reg, and descends with him…
Ladies on Top (Japanese: 女の子が抱いちゃダメですか？, Hepburn: Onnanoko ga Daicha Dame desu ka?; “Is It Okay for a Girl to Hug Me?”) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Nejiganameta. It was serialized on Shogakukan‘s online platforms MangaONE and Ura Sunday from May 2020 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. Plot Mitsuki Kajitani is a 24-year-old office lady who yearns for love. However, when men…
I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, also known in its short form as Yu-Shibu, is a Japanese light novel series written by Jun Sakyou and illustrated by Masaki Inuzumi. The series was awarded Gold in the 23rd Fantasia Awards. An anime adaptation by Asread aired from October to December 2013. Plot The story revolves around…
Getter Robo Hien ~THE EARTH SUICIDE~ (ゲッターロボ飛焔 〜THE EARTH SUICIDE〜, Gettā Robo Hien ~Ji Āsu Sūsaido~) is a Japanese manga created by Naoto Tsushima. It was a monthly serialized super robot manga continuing the Getter Robo mythos by way of the titular Getter Robo Hien. A total of 15 chapters were published the 28th of every month in Magna, a low-resolution free webcomic, only to be…
Gambling Emperor Legend Zero (Japanese: 賭博覇王伝 零, Hepburn: Tobaku Haōden Zero) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, who is renowned for his works Kaiji and Akagi. Similar to Fukumoto’s other works, the story revolves around gambling with high stakes, this time with a greater focus on competition and rivalry. The first part was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 2007 to March…
