Bad Boys (stylized as BADBOYS) is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Tanaka. It was adapted into an OVA and a live action film and it was adapted into a Japanese television drama series. As for 2021, the manga has sold 55 million copies. Characters Tsukasa Kiriki (Kento Nakajima, TV series) Jouji Kawanaka (Kenyu Horiuchi, TV series) References ^ “Manga-based Live-Action Bad Boys J Show…
81diver (Japanese: ハチワンダイバー, Hepburn: Hachi Wan Daibā) is a Japanese shogi-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yokusaru Shibata. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from September 2006 to July 2014, with its chapters collected in 35 tankōbon volumes. An 11-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from May to July 2008. It starred Junpei Mizobata as Kentarō Sugata and Riisa Naka as Soyo Nakashizu. The title refers to the main character’s shogi…
Zombie-Loan (stylized as ZOMBIE-LOAN) is a Japanese manga series created by Peach-Pit: Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara. It is published by Square Enix and is serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine GFantasy. The series is licensed in the United States by Yen Press. An anime adaptation produced by Xebec M2 was announced and started broadcast on the Japanese network TV Asahi on July 3, 2007. It contained a total of eleven episodes, with…
Velvet Kiss (ベルベット・キス, Berubetto Kisu) is a Japanese manga written by Chihiro Harumi which was published by Takeshobo in the magazine Vitaman. Four volumes have been released. In January 2012, it was licensed for English print distribution by Digital Manga‘s imprint Project H.[3] Plot Shin Nitta is suddenly crushed with debt, but his loan agent tells him he can be freed of…
Umimachi Diary (Japanese: 海街diary, lit. “Seaside Town Diary”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s josei manga magazine Monthly Flowers from the August 2006 issue to the August 2018 issue (both sold on June 28 of their respective years). A film adaptation titled Our Little Sister, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and starring Suzu Hirose, was first announced in the June 2014 issue…
Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. “Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. Story Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a…
Parallel (ぱられる) is a Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi. It tells the story of two high school students, Shinnosuke Nekota and Sakura Hoshino, who are forced to live together in the same house when their parents become unofficially engaged and leave the country for their work. The manga spans four volumes, comprising a total of 19 chapters as well…
Oi! Tonbo (オーイ! とんぼ, “Hey! Tonbo”) is a Japanese manga series written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa. It has been serialized in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest since August 2014. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2024. Manga Written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa, Oi! Tonbo started in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest on August 4, 2014. Golf Digest has…
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (マギ, Magi) is a Japanese fantasy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2009 to October 2017, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. Taking place in a fantasy world that borrows elements from One Thousand and One Nights,…
Velveteen & Mandala (Japanese: べっちんとまんだら, Hepburn: Becchin to Mandara) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Jiro Matsumoto. Originally published as a Japanese-language series starting in 2007, this manga was later compiled into a Japanese-language Tankōbon, and subsequently was published in 2011 as an English-language paperback graphic novel. Plot Velveteen & Mandala takes place in a dystopian Tokyo that is in the midst of a war. The…
Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toshiki Yui. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 1999 to June 2001, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Toshiki Yui, Kagome Kagome was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 20, 1999, to June 19, 2001.[c] Shueisha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 18, 2002, to September 19, 2001….
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse (俺がヒロインを助けすぎて世界がリトル黙示録!?, Ore ga Hiroin o Tasukesugite Sekai ga Ritoru Apokaripusu!?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Namekojirushi and illustrated by Nao Watanuki, which has been published by Hobby Japan under their HJ Bunko imprint since June 2011. A manga adaptation drawn by Kouji Hasegawa was serialized in Comic Dangan. J-Novel Club has licensed the novels in North…
