Tail of the Moon (月のしっぽ, Tsuki no Shippo) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rinko Ueda. The series began serialization in Margaret magazine in 2002 and ran until 2007. The individual chapters have been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha; the first on March 25, 2003 and the last on August 24, 2007. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English-language North American…
S.S. Astro (教艦ASTRO, Kyōkan ASTRO, lit. Teach-Warship Astro) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Negi Banno about the lives of female teachers within a school at which they teach. The “Astro” in the title is actually an acronym abbreviating “Asahio Sogo Teacher’s ROom”, alluding to the school’s name Asahio Sogo. The original title, Kyōkan Astro, plays on the fact that kyōkan (教官) is ‘instructor’ in Japanese, but the…
Queen Emeraldas (Japanese: クィーン・エメラルダス, Hepburn: Kuīn Emerarudasu) is a manga written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a four-episode anime OVA of the same name. Queen Emeraldas is the story of the pirate spaceship, Queen Emeraldas, which is captained by the mysterious and beautiful Emeraldas, a strong and powerful privateer. Sometimes, the character Emeraldas is referred to as Pirate Queen Emeraldas. Plot The storyline follows…
Pani Poni (Japanese: ぱにぽに), also known by the title of its anime adaptation, Pani Poni Dash! (ぱにぽにだっしゅ!, Pani Poni Dasshu!), is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It features several first year students and their teachers in a school in Japan, though the main focus is on class 1-C. The manga was serialized…
Occultic;Nine (Japanese: オカルティック・ナイン, Hepburn: Okarutikku Nain) is a Japanese light novel series written by Chiyomaru Shikura, and is a part of the Science Adventure franchise. It was later adapted into a visual novel and published by Mages in November 2017. The light novel series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. A manga, illustrated by Ganjii, was serialized in Kodansha‘s good! Afternoon from October 2015 to May 2017. An anime television series adaptation…
Nagasarete Airantō (Japanese: ながされて藍蘭島, Hepburn: Nagasarete Airantō, lit. “Cast Away… Airan Island”) is a Japanese harem manga series by Takeshi Fujishiro. It was first serialized in Square Enix‘s Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine in January 2002, and a few years later expanded into a multimedia franchise including drama CDs, light novels, and a 26-episode anime adaptation by Studio Feel that aired in Japan between April 4 and September 26, 2007. From the same author,…
The Kabocha Wine (Theかぼちゃワイン, The Kabocha Wain, trans. The Pumpkin Wine) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984. The Kabocha Wine received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. The sequel to the manga, The Kabocha Wine – Sequel (The かぼちゃワイン sequel, lit. “The Pumpkin Wine – Sequel”) is a one-shot manga published by Seirindo on…
Japan (ジャパン) is a Japanese manga written by Buronson and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. It was published in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal in 1992. In North America, it was licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics. Plot A yakuza, in love with a TV reporter, comes to Barcelona, Spain, where she is making a report on foreigners’ idea of the Japanese people, and how Japanese people see themselves; during…
I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. (勇者になれなかった俺はしぶしぶ就職を決意しました。, Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shimashita.), 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…
Hades Project Zeorymer, known in Japan as Project Zeorymer (冥王計画ゼオライマー, Purojekuto Zeoraimā), is a Japanese manga series by Yoshiki Takaya, written under the pen name Chimi Moriwo, and published in the adult manga magazine Lemon People from October 1983 to November 1984. A three-part finale was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū in 2007. A four-episode OVA adaptation by AIC tones down the explicit sexual content and deviates entirely from the manga…
Failed Princesses (Japanese: できそこないの姫君たち, Hepburn: Dekisokonai no Himegimi-tachi) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Ajiichi. It was serialized on Takeshobo‘s Manga Life Storia Dash website between 2018 and 2021, and collected into six bound volumes. The series was licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2019. Plot Fujishiro Nanaki concentrates on being pretty, and is annoyed by others like Kurokawa Kanade who she considers…
Eat-Man (stylized as EAT-MAN) is a Japanese manga series created by Akihito Yoshitomi in 1996 which was serialized by MediaWorks monthly in 19 volumes until 2003 in Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine. In 1997, Studio Deen adapted the manga into a 12-episode anime television series which was broadcast in Japan from January 9 to March 27, 1997 on TV Tokyo. A sequel, Eat-Man ’98, was also animated by Studio Deen and ran from October 8…
