I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (manga/TV drama)

I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (Japanese: 青野くんに触りたいから死にたい, Hepburn: Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Umi Shiina. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Monthly Afternoon since December 2016. A live-action television series adaptation aired from March to May 2022 on Wowow. Plot Yūri Kariya is a female high-school student who starts a relationship with…

Carnival Phantasm (manga/anime)

Carnival Phantasm (Japanese: カーニバル・ファンタズム, Hepburn: Kānibaru Fantazumu) is a comedy OVA series based on Eri Takenashi’s Type-Moon gag manga, Take-Moon (テイク・ムーン, Teiku Mūn). It focuses on absurd situations happening to each characters of Fate/stay night, Melty Blood and Tsukihime. It is followed by a spiritual sequel known as Fate/Grand Carnival. Plot Main article: List of Carnival Phantasm characters The Ahnenerbe is a pub temporarily appearing among parallel worlds. Once every ten years, an event called…

Bakusō Kyōdai Let’s & Go!! (manga/anime/film/game)

Bakusō Kyōdai Let’s & Go!! (Japanese: 爆走兄弟レッツ&ゴー!!, Hepburn: Bakusō Kyōdai Rettsu Endo Gō!!, lit. “The Racing Brothers Let’s & Go!!”) is a manga series created by Tetsuhiro Koshita, first serialized in Shogakukan‘s CoroCoro Comic magazine from July 1994 to October 1999. The manga centers on Retsu and Go Seiba, brothers who focus on the world of miniature car racing known as Mini 4WD. It is created…

Again!! (manga/TV drama)

Again!! (Japanese: アゲイン!!, Hepburn: Agein!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in 2011 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine published by Kodansha until reaching its conclusion in 2014. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series in the summer of 2014. Synopsis Kin’ichirō Imamura, a high school senior, prepares to graduate with no friends and having never participated in extracurricular activities. An accident…

1518! (manga)

1518! (1518! イチゴーイチハチ!, Ichi Go Ichi Hachi!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Aida. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 2014 to March 2019. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Yu Aida, 1518! started in Weekly Big Comic Spirits on August 11, 2014. After various hiatuses that began in October 2015, the series continued in the magazine on a monthly basis starting…

Yani Neko (manga)

Yani Neko (ヤニねこ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since February 2023. Publication Written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory, Yani Neko started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 20, 2023. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on August 4, 2023. As of August 6, 2024, five volumes have been released….

Video Girl Ai (novel/manga/anime/film/TV drama)

Video Girl Ai, known in Japan as simply Video Girl (電影少女, Den’ei Shōjo), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 1989 to April 1992. It was followed by a short sequel entitled Video Girl Len, published between April and July 1992. The manga was compiled into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha and published…

Saint Young Men (manga/anime/film)

Saint Young Men (Japanese: 聖セイント☆おにいさん, Hepburn: Seinto Oniisan) is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. Its plot involves Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, who are living as roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the monthly seinen manga magazine Morning Two since September 2006, with chapters collected in twenty-one tankōbon volumes as of March 2024. Kodansha USA has been publishing the series in English in…

Re:Creators (manga/anime)

Re:Creators (stylized as Re:CREATORS) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Troyca. The series is about a high school student who becomes involved in a battle between several characters from manga, anime, and video games who somehow manifest in the real world. It aired from April to September 2017, and was exclusively streamed on Prime Video. A manga adaptation by Daiki Kase…

Peacemaker Kurogane (manga/anime/film)

Peace Maker Kurogane (Japanese: PEACE MAKER鐵, Hepburn: Pīsu Meikā Kurogane) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nanae Chrono. It is unrelated to the Peace Maker manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan’s political and social structure while the seeds of the revolution are being planted. The story…

Natsume Arata no Kekkon (manga/live action)

Natsume Arata no Kekkon (夏目アラタの結婚, lit. ‘Arata Natsume’s Marriage‘) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tarō Nogizaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from June 2019 to January 2024, with its chapters collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. A live-action film adaptation premiered in September 2024. Plot Arata Natsume, who works at a child protection center, receives a request from Takuto Yamashita, the orphan…

Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! (novel/manga)

Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! (雑用付与術師が自分の最強に気付くまで~迷惑をかけないようにしてきましたが、追放されたので好きに生きることにしました~, Zatsuyō Fuyojutsu-shi ga Jibun no Saikyō ni Kizuku made: Meiwaku o Kakenai Yō ni Shite Kimashitaga, Tsuihō Sareta node Suki ni Ikiru Koto ni Shimashita) is a Japanese light novel series written by Haka Tokura and illustrated by Eiri Shirai. It began serialization as a web novel published on…