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…
Ultraman (stylized as ULTRAMAN) is a Japanese manga series written by Eiichi Shimizu and drawn by Tomohiro Shimoguchi of Linebarrels of Iron fame. Published in Monthly Hero’s since the magazine’s inaugural issue. It is part of the Ultraman franchise and a manga sequel of the 1966 television series. The series has been collected in 19 tankōbon volumes as of May 2023. A 3DCG original net animation (ONA) anime adaptation co-produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts was released…
Candy and Cigarettes (stylized as CANDY & CIGARETTES) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Magazine the 3rd from January 2017 to May 2021, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes. The series follow a middle-aged former police officer who becomes the assistant to an 11-year-old professional assassin. Publication Candy and Cigarettes, written…
Zipang (Japanese: ジパング, Hepburn: Jipangu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning from 2000 to 2009, with its chapters collected in forty-three tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of the members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force who are transported back in time more than 60 years to 1942. A twenty-six episode anime television series by Studio Deen and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi was broadcast on TBS from…
Fake (フェイク, Feiku) is a seven-volume BL manga by Sanami Matoh. The story focuses in a romance between Randy “Ryo” Maclean and Dee Laytner, two New York City detectives from the fictitious 27th precinct. An anime version of the fifth act (or chapter) from the second manga is also available, in the form of an OVA. Fake was first published as seven volumes by Biblos, but after the company went…
Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings (よみがえる空 – Rescue Wings-) is a Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff which aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2006. The main character is 2nd Lieutenant Uchida Kazuhiro, a helicopter pilot in a search and rescue wing of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The anime is a part of the Rescue Wings media franchise produced by Bandai Visual which also includes a live-action…
