Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (Japanese: マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝, Hepburn: Magia Rekōdo: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika Gaiden) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by f4samurai for Android and iOS, which was released by Aniplex in Japan on August 22, 2017. A North American version was available from June 2019 to October 2020. The game is a spin-off of the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and…
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Japanese: かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～, Hepburn: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren’ai Zunōsen, lit. “Lady Kaguya Wants to Make Him Confess: The Geniuses’ War of Hearts and Minds”) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aka Akasaka. It was first serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Miracle Jump from May 2015 to January 2016, and later transferred to Weekly Young Jump, where it ran from March 2016…
Jiu Jiu (JIUJIU -獣従-, lit. “Beast Servants”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Touya Tobina which first began in December 2009. The series follows Takamichi Hachioji, a girl from a family of hunters who track down and kill demons, and her two “Jiu Jiu”, a pair of shapeshifting wolves named Snow and Night who work with her. Plot Takamichi Hachioji, is a…
I Saw It: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: A Survivor’s True Story, titled Ore wa Mita (おれは見た) in Japanese, is a one-shot manga by Keiji Nakazawa that first appeared in 1972 as a 48-page feature in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump. The story was later published in a collection of Nakazawa’s short stories by Holp Shuppan. I Saw It is an autobiographical piece following the life of Nakazawa from…
Ad Astra per Aspera (Japanese: アド アストラ ペル アスペラ, Hepburn: Ado Asutora peru Asupera) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It has been serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday since September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a “first season” of 7 chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a “second season”, but…
81diver (Japanese: ハチワンダイバー, Hepburn: Hachi Wan Daibā) is a Japanese shogi-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yokusaru Shibata. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from September 2006 to July 2014, with its chapters collected in 35 tankōbon volumes. An 11-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from May to July 2008. It starred Junpei Mizobata as Kentarō Sugata and Riisa Naka as Soyo Nakashizu. The title refers to the main character’s shogi…
Zombie-Loan (stylized as ZOMBIE-LOAN) is a Japanese manga series created by Peach-Pit: Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara. It is published by Square Enix and is serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine GFantasy. The series is licensed in the United States by Yen Press. An anime adaptation produced by Xebec M2 was announced and started broadcast on the Japanese network TV Asahi on July 3, 2007. It contained a total of eleven episodes, with…
Ral Ω Grad (Japanese: BLUE DRAGON ラルΩグラド, Hepburn: Burū Doragon Raru Gurado) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsuneo Takano and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It is loosely based on the Blue Dragon video game. The story revolves around the journey of a young man named Ral from the kingdom of Sphaelite. Ral has a symbiotic relationship with Grad, a legendary shadow with the form of…
Nanbaka (ナンバカ), also known as Nanbaka – The Numbers, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shō Futamata. An anime television series adaptation by Satelight aired between 5 October 2016 and 22 March 2017. The title is a play on words, combining the name of the prison, which is the Japanese transcription of the word “number”, and the Japanese word “baka”…
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (マギ, Magi) is a Japanese fantasy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2009 to October 2017, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. Taking place in a fantasy world that borrows elements from One Thousand and One Nights,…
Lance N’ Masques (Japanese: ランス・アンド・マスクス, Hepburn: Ransu Ando Masukusu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideaki Koyasu with illustrations by Shino. Pony Canyon has published the series in nine volumes from 2013 to 2018 under their Poni Can imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Gokumi aired from October 1 to December 17, 2015. Plot The protagonist of the story is Yōtarō Hanabusa, a member…
isen Flügel (アイゼンフリューゲル, Aizenfuryūgeru) is a Japanese light novel series written by Gen Urobuchi and illustrated by Higashiguchi Chūō. The series was published in two volumes under Shogakukan‘s Gagaga Bunko light novel imprint from July to December 2009. The series was also adapted into a manga series illustrated by Anno Nanakamado, which was serialized from May 2016 to September 2018. An anime film adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures has been announced….
