I Kissed My Girlfriend’s Little Sister?! (novel/manga)

I Kissed My Girlfriend’s Little Sister?! (Japanese: カノジョの妹とキスをした。, Hepburn: Kanojo no Imōto to Kiss o Shita) is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Saba Mizore. SB Creative published the series in four volumes from April 2020 to September 2022. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kakito Kato, began serialization on the Manga UP! website in May 2022. As of October 2022, the manga’s individual chapters…

Wandance (manga)

Wandance (Japanese: ワンダンス, Hepburn: Wandansu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coffee. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2019, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. Publication Written and illustrated by Coffee, Wandance started in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on January 25, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes….

Abu-san (manga)

Abu-san (Japanese: あぶさん) is a baseball manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It tells the story of fictional baseball player Yasutake Kageura (景浦安武, Kageura Yasutake). It started to be serialized in 1973 in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original, and ended on February 5, 2014, after 976 chapters published in the magazine. The first manga volume was released on May 15, 1974 and the last one, the 107th volume, was…

Yakyū-kyō no Uta (manga/anime/film)

Yakyū-kyō no Uta (Japanese: 野球狂の詩, lit. “Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It follows Yūki Mizuhara, a young woman who wants to do veterinary medicine at college but instead she became a baseball player. It was originally serialized in the Kodansha‘s Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1972 and 1976, and has been adapted into several spin-off manga, a live-action film,…

Lady Victorian (manga)

Lady Victorian (Japanese: レディー・ヴィクトリアン, Hepburn: Redeī Vikutorian) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Moto. It was serialized in Princess magazine from 1998 to January 2007 and published as 20 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten. Set during the Victorian era, the story follows the adventures of Bluebell Lily Everrose, nicknamed Bell, a young girl who travels to London to find a job as a governess. Synopsis When Bell comes…

The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting (manga/anime)

The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting (Japanese: 組長娘と世話係, Hepburn: Kumichō Musume to Sewagakari, transl. “The Yakuza Boss’s Daughter and her Caretaker”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukiya. It began serialization in the Comic Ride pixiv website in June 2018, and later transferred to Micro Magazine’s Comic Elmo manga service in May 2020. It has been collected in eight tankōbon volumes as of August 2022. An anime television series adaptation…

Hajime no Ippo (manga/anime)

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…

Gag Manga Biyori (manga/anime)

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…

Zeni Geba (manga/TV drama)

Zeni Geba (銭ゲバ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Akiyama. The series was originally serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1970 to 1971, with its chapters collected into two tankōbon volumes. Shōnen Sunday was once specified as “harmful” in some prefectures when the series has started, because of its violent and drastic depiction. The story was about a boy named Fūtarō Gamagōri (蒲郡風太郎) who…

Takane and Hana (manga/anime)

Takane and Hana (高嶺と花, Takane to Hana) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Shiwasu. The series has been serialized in Hana to Yume since 2014. The story follows the interactions of 16-year-old Hana Nonomura and 26-year-old Takane Saibara after Hana takes her sister’s place in an arranged marriage meeting with Takane. The series received a live-action television series and…

Aah! Harimanada (manga/anime/game)

Aah! Harimanada (ああ播磨灘) is a Japanese media franchise that began with a 1991 manga by Kei Sadayasu published in Kodansha‘s Weekly Morning. An anime television series was broadcast in 1992. The series was later adapted to a video game developed and published by Sega for the Game Gear and Mega Drive. A port was also released on the Game Boy, released by ASK. Premise On the first day of…

Taishō Baseball Girls (manga/novel/anime/game)

Taishō Baseball Girls. (Japanese: 大正野球娘。, Hepburn: Taishō Yakyū Musume.) is a Japanese light novel series written by Atsushi Kagurazaka and illustrated by Sadaji Koike. Tokuma Shoten published four novels from April 2007 to June 2010. It has been adapted into a drama CD, a manga series serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū, and an anime television series animated by J.C.Staff aired between July and September 2009. The anime had been licensed in North America…