The Mario media franchise extends out of video games into non-game media. Mario and themes related to the franchise have appeared in television shows, anime, films, comics and manga, merchandise, and musical performance. Television Saturday Supercade is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran for two seasons on CBS, beginning in 1983. Each episode comprised several shorter segments featuring video…
Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (Japanese: ママはぽよぽよザウルスがお好き, Hepburn: Mama wa Poyopoyo-Zaurusu ga Osuki) is a yonkoma manga series by Takako Aonuma which ran in the Fujinseikatsusha child-raising magazine Petit Enfant. The manga was adapted to a 52-episode anime television series which ran on the MBS and TBS networks (except for TV Yamaguchi) from September 2, 1995 through August 31, 1996. The series is sometimes called Mama Poyo. The series follows the “adventures” of a young…
JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World (Japanese: JKハルは異世界で娼婦になった, Hepburn: JK Haru wa Isekai de Shōfu ni Natta) is a Japanese novel by Kō Hiratori, first published in Japan as a web novel from October 2016 to August 2017 on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Hayakawa Publishing, who published it in December 2017 with cover…
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability is a Japanese light novel series written by Kenkyo na Circle and illustrated by Meru. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since October 2019. It was later acquired by Kodansha, who has released four volumes since…
I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying (旦那が何を言っているかわからない件, Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken) is a Japanese 4-panel manga series by Coolkyousinnjya. The chapters are released online and then published in print by Ichijinsha. The first volume was released on December 29, 2011 and the fifth volume was released on August 4, 2015. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on…
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (Japanese: 異世界迷宮でハーレムを, Hepburn: Isekai Meikyū de Harem o, lit. “Building a Harem in Alternate World Dungeon”) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shachi Sogano and illustrated by Shikidouji. It was serialized online between 2011 and 2019 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Shufunotomo, who have published twelve volumes…
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (八犬伝 ―東方八犬異聞―, Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun) is a Japanese manga series by Miyuki Abe based on the epic novel series Nansō Satomi Hakkenden. An anime adaptation of the manga, produced by Studio Deen, premiered on January 5, 2013. A second season premiered in summer of 2013. Plot Five years prior to the start of the story the residents of Ōtsuka village…
Golden Boy (stylized as GOLDEN BOY) is a Japanese sex comedy manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Super Jump from 1992 to 1997, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of Kintaro Oe, a 25-year-old freeter, pervert “travelling student”, who despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Kintaro is living…
Great Teacher Onizuka, officially abbreviated as GTO, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 1997 to February 2002, with its chapters compiled into twenty-five tankōbon volumes. The story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. It…
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Japanese: 食戟のソーマ, Hepburn: Shokugeki no Sōma, lit. “Sōma of the Shokugeki”) is a Japanese manga and anime series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. The series follows a restaurant chef who enrolls in an elite culinary school with a low graduation percentage. Yuki Morisaki also works as a contributor, providing the recipes for the series. It was serialized…
Farewell, My Dear Cramer (さよなら私のクラマー, Sayonara Watashi no Kuramā) is a Japanese manga series by Naoshi Arakawa about women’s association football. The manga serves as a sequel to Arakawa’s 2009 work, Sayonara, Football. The series has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Monthly Shōnen Magazine since May 2016 and has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes. The series is published in print and in digital in North America by Kodansha Comics. An anime television…
Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President (Japanese: イーグル, Hepburn: Īguru) is a political manga by Kaiji Kawaguchi serialized in Big Comic, a seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Its plot, following a Japanese American senator as he runs for president of the United States, was thoroughly researched by Kawaguchi, including during several weeks of travel in the U.S. during the campaigns for the 2000 election. Plot Eagle takes place during the 2000 presidential election. Some of…
