A new level is coming…

Mega Level is coming (level up) The Chosen Ones

Haguregumo (manga/anime)

Haguregumo (浮浪雲, literally “Vagrant Cloud”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Akiyama. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original from 1973 to 2017 and collected in 112 tankōbon volumes. Haguregumo received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category. It was adapted into a television series on TV Asahi in 1978, airing for 20 episodes and an anime film in 1982 by Madhouse Studios and Toei Animation. Directed…

The Eccentric Family (manga/novel/anime)

The Eccentric Family (Japanese: 有頂天家族, Hepburn: Uchōten Kazoku, lit. “The Ecstatic Family”) is a Japanese novel written by Tomihiko Morimi, originally published by Gentosha in 2007, with a sequel published in 2015. An anime television series adaptation based on the first book aired from July to September 2013 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. A second season based on the second book aired from April to June…

A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (manga/anime)

A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- is a Japanese science fiction original net animation (ONA) anime series produced by Bones. The series premiered worldwide on Netflix on March 9, 2018. A manga adaptation by Hiroaki Michiaki has run in Monthly Shōnen Sirius since November 25, 2017, and has been licensed by Kodansha USA. Plot In 2035, a biological research project to create an Artificial and Intelligent Cellular Organism (A.I.C.O.) went awry, resulting in…

7 Seeds (manga/anime)

7 Seeds (stylized as 7SEEDS) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Tamura. It is set in a post-apocalyptic future, long enough after a meteorite hits Earth that new species have evolved, and follows the struggles of five groups of young adults to survive after they are revived from cryonic preservation. The title comes from five groups of individuals in cryogenic chambers along…

Zatch Bell! (manga/anime/video game)

Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!! (Japanese: 金色のガッシュ!!, Hepburn: Konjiki no Gasshu!!, “Golden Gash!!”), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday between January 2001 and December 2007, with its chapters collected in thirty-three tankōbon volumes. The series follows the title character Zatch Bell, a mystical being called a Mamodo, who is partnered with…

Valkyria Chronicles (manga/game/anime)

Valkyria Chronicles is a series of military-themed tactical role-playing video games created by Ryutaro Nonaka and Shuntaro Tanaka, and developed by Sega. The series began with Valkyria Chronicles, which was released for the PlayStation 3 in 2008, and later for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. Two sequels have been released on the PlayStation Portable, with the latest installment, Valkyria Chronicles 4, released for the PlayStation…

Taimashin (manga)

Masatsu Note: Taimashin (Japanese: 魔殺ノート 退魔針, Hepburn: Masatsu Noto Taimashin), also known as Taimashin (退魔針) is a Japanese manga written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Misaki Saitoh. Plot It centers around special needles named after its series’ title—Taimashin—that can control the flow of qi and exorcise evil spirits. The protagonist and a possessor of the ability to control the needles is the acupuncturist Dr. Taima, a long and red-haired Japanese…

RahXephon (manga/novel/game)

RahXephon (Japanese: ラーゼフォン, Hepburn: Rāzefon) is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His life as a student and artist in Tokyo is suddenly interrupted by a mysterious stalker, strange planes invading the city and…

Queen Millennia (manga/novel)

Queen Millennia (Japanese: 新竹取物語 1000年女王, Hepburn: Shin Taketori Monogatari: Sennen Joō, lit. “The New Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Millennium Queen”) is a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Toei Dōga and broadcast on the Fuji TV network from 16 April 1981 through 25 March 1982. An anime…

Panic × Panic (manga)

Panic × Panic (Japanese: ぱにっく×ぱにっく, Hepburn: Paniku × Paniku) is a shōjo manga by Mika Kawamura, published in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi and collected into two volumes. It is licensed in English by Del Rey Manga. Reception Matthew Warner of Mania Entertainment felt the first volume was generic, feeling as if he had read the story before, and criticised the second volume for becoming “insultingly stupid”. Rachel Bentham of Active…

Ocha Nigosu (manga)

Ocha Nigosu. (お茶にごす。), also known as A Bad Boy Drinks Tea!, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2007 to July 2009, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A twelve-episode television drama adaptation premiered in Japan on Amazon Prime Video in March 2021 and premiered on TV Tokyo in October of the same year. Plot…