Fairy Navigator Runa (妖界ナビ・ルナ, Youkai Navi Runa) is a children’s novel series by Miyoko Ikeda published by Iwasaki Shoten. It was later adapted into a manga series by Michiyo Kikuta published in Nakayoshi by Kodansha and licensed by Del Rey. Publication was taken over by Kodansha after the second volume of the manga was released by Del Rey. Characters Runa Rindo Runa is a fourth grade ten-year-old…
Dagashi Kashi (だがしかし) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2014 to April 2018 and has been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes. A light novel adaptation titled Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsu Yasumi, written and illustrated by Manta Aisora, was published in a single volume by Shogakukan in December 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint….
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Japanese: とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ, Hepburn: Tondemo Sukiru de Isekai Hōrō Meshi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ren Eguchi. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2016, before being published in print with illustrations by Masa by Overlap beginning in November 2016 under their Overlap Novels imprint. As of December 2022,…
Baby & Me (Japanese: 赤ちゃんと僕, Hepburn: Aka-chan to Boku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marimo Ragawa. It was published in Hakusensha‘s magazine Hana to Yume from 1991 to 1997. In North America, it was published by Viz Media. The series was adapted into an anime television series in 1996. As of November 2021, the manga had over 17.7 million copies in circulation. In 1995, Baby &…
Abashiri Ikka (あばしり一家, known in the United States as The Abashiri Family) is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai that originally ran in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion. Some of its characters returned with different names as part of other series, such as Cutie Honey, UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinger Angels Z among others. Some of the first stories were adapted into an original video animation by Studio Pierrot in 1991,…
Ogami-san Can’t Keep It In (Japanese: 大上さん、だだ漏れです。, Hepburn: Ōgami-san, Dadamore desu.) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Yoshidamaru. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from October 2016 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Yu Yoshidamaru, Ogami-san Can’t Keep It In was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from October 25, 2016, to November 25, 2019. Kodansha collected its chapters in seven tankōbon volumes,…
Nameless Asterism (Japanese: ななしのアステリズム, Hepburn: Nanashi no Asterism) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Kina Kobayashi. It was serialized online via Square Enix‘s Gangan Online website from 2015 to 2017, and is licensed for English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment. Synopsis Tsukasa, Nadeshiko, and Mikage have been best friends since they began junior high, however Tsukasa she’s been keeping secret for almost a year;…
Kagaku na Yatsura (カガクなヤツら, “Scientific Guys”) is a manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Yoshikawa. There was an OVA adaptation released along with the fourth volume, animated by Hoods Entertainment and directed by Hiraku Kaneko. Characters Haruki Komaba (駒場 遥希, Haruki Komaba) Voiced by: Junji Majima Haruki is high school boy with two eccentric girl friends. He gets involved in ecchi troubles caused by the…
I Had That Same Dream Again (Japanese: また、同じ夢を見ていた, Hepburn: Mata, Onaji Yume o Mite Ita) is a Japanese novel written by Yoru Sumino and illustrated by loundraw. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Idumi Kirihara, was serialized in Futabasha‘s Monthly Action from September 2017 to August 2018. Novel The novel is written by Yoru Sumino and illustrated by loundraw. Futabasha published the volume on February 19, 2016. On October 23, 2019, Seven Seas Entertainment announced they licensed…
Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩, lit. “The First Step”) is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 1989 and collected into 137 tankōbon volumes as of March 2023. It follows the story of high school student Ippo Makunouchi, as he begins his career in boxing and over time obtains many titles and defeats…
Masuda Kōsuke Gekijō: Gag Manga Biyori (Japanese: 増田こうすけ劇場 ギャグマンガ日和, Hepburn: Masuda Kōsuke Gekijō Gyagu Manga Biyori, “Kosuke Masuda Theater: Good Day for Gag Manga”), or simply known as Gag Manga Biyori, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kosuke Masuda. It started in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump in the January 2000 issue. The magazine ceased publication in June 2007, and the series was…
Call of the Night (Japanese: よふかしのうた, Hepburn: Yofukashi no Uta) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday since August 2019. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films aired from July to September 2022 on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina programming block. In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan…
