Ray is a science fiction manga by Akihito Yoshitomi that ran in Champion Red magazine from 2002 to 2006 and was compiled in seven volumes. An anime television series adaptation titled Ray the Animation was broadcast in Japan from April 6, 2006, through June 29, 2006. The anime series was produced by Tezuka Productions and animated by OLM. Plot The story takes place in the near future, and describes a…
Natsu no Kumo: Spinning Web (ナツノクモ Spinning Web, “Summer Spider: Spinning Web”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rokuro Shinofusa. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Ikki from September 2003 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. Publication Natsu no Kumo is written and illustrated by Rokuro Shinofusa. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Ikki from September 25, 2003 to March…
Last Inning (ラストイニング, Rasutoiningu) is a baseball manga written by Ryu Kamio, supervised by Kiyosi Kato and illustrated by Yu Nakahara. Plot Saitama High School went to the first round of the Koshien 36 years ago. However, after that they did not manage to win any. Keisuke Hatogaya one of the members of the team 23 years after going to the Koshien punched the Umpire for making…
Kajiba no Baka IQ (火事場のバカIQ, “The Fierceness of an Idiot’s IQ“) is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Shunji Enomoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from January 2013 to September 2014, when the magazine ceased its publication, and continued its publication directly in tankōbon format. Shogakukan released three volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Shunji Enomoto, Kajiba no Baka IQ was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from January…
Jōkyō Monogatari (上京ものがたり, “Going to Tokyo Story”) is a Japanese autobiographical manga written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2003 to 2004, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. A live-action film adaptation premiered in 2013. In 2005, the manga, along with Mainichi Kaasan, won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize‘s Short story Award. Cast Kii Kitano as Natsumi Takahara Fumino Kimura…
Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku (花よりも花の如く, ‘More Flower-like Than Flowers’) is a manga series written and illustrated by Minako Narita. Plot The story follows Norito Sakakibara, a young man who apprentices as a Noh performer with the aim of eventually becoming a Noh master. Reception Sales Volume 6 has sold 84,443 copies (as of November 17, 2008) Volume 7 has…
Farming Life in Another World (Japanese: 異世界のんびり農家, Hepburn: Isekai Nonbiri Nōka) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kinosuke Naito and illustrated by Yasumo. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since December 2016. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who has released sixteen volumes since October 2017. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi has been serialized in Fujimi…
Danchi Tomoo (団地ともお, “Apartment Complex Tomoo”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tobira Oda. An anime adaptation was announced in January 2013 and ran between April 2013 and February 2015. Plot Danchi Tomoo stars elementary school student Tomoo Kinoshita who lives in the mammoth Edajima Apartment Complex in Building #29 with his mother Tetsuko and sister Kimiko, while his…
Bakugyaku Familia (莫逆家族, Bakugyaku Kazoku, “Cordial Family”) is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Tanaka. It was adapted into a live action film in 2012. Cast Yoshimi Tokui as Tetsu Kento Hayashi as Shuhei Sadao Abe Tetsuji Tamayama Nao Ōmori Kazuki Kitamura Arata Iura Mitsuko Baisho Kento Ayashi Hirofumi Arai Jun Murakami Bakugyaku Familia 莫逆家族 (Bakugyaku Kazoku) Manga Written by Hiroshi Tanaka Published by Kodansha…
After School Dice Club (Japanese: 放課後さいころ倶楽部, Hepburn: Hōkago Saikoro Kurabu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirō Nakamichi. It focuses on a group of teenage girls and their efforts to set up a board game café. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday from March 2013 to June 2021, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from October…
750 Rider (Japanese: 750ライダー, Hepburn: Nanahan Raidā) is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Isami Ishii. It was published from 1975 to 1985 in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion, owned by Akita Shoten, with a total of 50 volumes. This manga was preceded by another work of the same author named 750 Rock, which was published between 1973 and 1974 in the magazine Weekly Shōnen…
Vermeil in Gold: The Failing Student and the Strongest Scourge Plunge Into the World of Magic is a Japanese manga series written by Kōta Amana [ja] and illustrated by Yōko Umezu about a young magician who accidentally makes a contract with a legendary and powerful female demon, eventually becoming her master and lover and the trials and challenges they face so…
