The Fable (Japanese: ザ・ファブル, Hepburn: Za Faburu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhisa Minami. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled The Fable: The Second Contact, ran in Weekly Young Magazine from July 2021 to July 2023. A third series, titled The Fable: The Third Secret, began serialization in…
The Earl and the Fairy (Japanese: 伯爵と妖精, Hepburn: Hakushaku to Yōsei) is a completed series of light novels written by Mizue Tani and published in Japan by Shueisha. The story is serialized in Cobalt magazine and illustrated by Asako Takaboshi (Ayuko). Shueisha has commercially released two drama CDs and a manga adaptation began serialization in Margaret in the September issue in 2008 and ended in the May issue in 2010. An anime adaptation…
C³, also known as C Cube (Japanese: シーキューブ, Hepburn: Shīkyūbu) or Cube×Cursed×Curious, is a Japanese light novel series written by Hazuki Minase, and illustrated by Sasorigatame. C³ is about a high school student named Haruaki Yachi, who receives a mysterious black cube from his father who is overseas. That night, Haruaki is woken by a noise and is surprised to find a girl named…
B-Daman Fireblast, known in Japan as Cross Fight B-Daman eS (クロスファイト ビーダマンeS), is the second B-Daman anime series in the Crossfire saga, succeeding B-Daman Crossfire, and is based on the Emblem Charge System introduced in the toyline in September 2012. It premiered on October 7, 2012, after an airing of Beyblade: Shogun Steel at 8:45 JST on the TV Tokyo network. It was later moved…
A-Do (Japanese: 亜童, Hepburn: Adō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jaku Amano. It began serialization in Kodansha‘s Monthly Young Magazine in May 2019, and has been compiled into eleven volumes as of July 2025. Plot The series takes place in a futuristic Japan where, following immigration reforms 25 years prior, tensions are rising between the local population and immigrants. Riko Saeki…
1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō (1日外出録ハンチョウ; “One-Day Outing Foreman”) is a Japanese manga series written by Tensei Hagiwara and illustrated by Motomu Uehara and Kazuya Arai. It is a spin-off to the Kaiji manga series by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It has been published in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since December 2016. Part of the manga was adapted as segmented episodes within the Mr. Tonegawa anime series. A drama CD based on the series was included…
Waccha PriMagi! (ワッチャプリマジ!, Waccha Purimaji!) is a Japanese arcade game by Takara Tomy Arts. It is the successor to Kiratto Pri☆Chan and the fourth entry in Takara Tomy’s Pretty Series. An anime television series adaptation by Tatsunoko Production and DongWoo A&E began airing from October 3, 2021, to October 9, 2022, It was followed by Himitsu no AiPri on April 7, 2024. Plot Matsuri Hibino is a first-year junior high school student…
s-CRY-ed (Japanese: スクライド, Hepburn: Sukuraido), also known as s.CRY.ed or Scryed, is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series which first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo. The series is written by Yōsuke Kuroda, produced by Sunrise, and directed by Gorō Taniguchi, with music composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa. It is set in an alternative time in Kanagawa Prefecture where a phenomenon gave 1% of its people supernatural powers; they are known as…
Radiation House (Japanese: ラジエーションハウス, Hepburn: Rajiēshon Hausu) is a Japanese manga series written by Tomohiro Yokomaku and illustrated by Taishi Mori. It has been serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Grand Jump since October 2015. A two-season television drama adaptation, consisting of 11 episodes each, was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 2019 to December 2021. A live-action film premiered in April 2022. Manga Written by Tomohiro Yokomaku and illustrated by Taishi Mori, Radiation House started in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Grand…
Q-Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl (QコちゃんTHE地球侵略少女, Kyūko-chan: The Chikyū Shinryaku Shōjo) is a manga series by Hajime Ueda. The two-volume series has been released in the United States by Del Rey Manga. Characters Pilots Kirio Muji: The kind of guy who just drifts through life not turning his head in either direction. He doesn’t like his sister much, for unknown reasons. Kirio also two…
Pandora Hearts (stylized as PandoraHearts) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix‘s shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from May 2006 to March 2015, with its chapters collected in 24 tankōbon volumes. In North America, it was originally licensed for an English release by Broccoli Books but was later dropped. It was relicensed by Yen Press. The story follows Oz Vessalius, the…
Obake no Q-Tarō (Japanese: オバケのQ太郎, Hepburn: Obake no Kyū-Tarō) is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio about the titular obake, Q-Taro, who lives with the Ōhara family. Q-Tarō, also known as “Q-chan” or “Oba-Q”, is a mischief-maker who likes to fly around scaring people and stealing food, though he is deathly afraid of dogs. The story is usually focused on the antics of Q-Tarō and…
