Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves around a teenager named Ranma Saotome who has trained in martial arts since early childhood. As a result of an accident during a training journey, he is cursed to…
Lapis Re:Lights (Japanese: ラピスリライツ ～この世界のアイドルは魔法が使える～, Hepburn: Rapisu Riraitsu: Kono Sekai no Idol wa Mahō ga Tsukaeru, lit. “Lapis Re:Lights: Idols in This World Can Use Magic”) stylized as Lapis Re:LiGHTs is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by KLab and Kadokawa Corporation. It features a scenario written by Hajime Asano and character designs by U35. It includes a smartphone game for Android and iOS devices, a manga adaptation by Hirochi and…
Adachi and Shimamura (安達としまむら, Adachi to Shimamura) is a Japanese yuri light novel series written by Hitoma Iruma and illustrated by Non, which began serialization in October 2012 in ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki Bunko Magazine and is published under the Dengeki Bunko imprint. The light novels are licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. The series has been adapted into two manga series, and an anime television series adaptation by Tezuka…
Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan (ヤンキーJKクズハナちゃん, “Yankee High School Girl Kuzuhana-chan”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toshinori Sogabe. It has been serialized in Akita Shoten‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion since March 2020. Publication Written and illustrated by Toshinori Sogabe, a one-shot chapters of Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan was first published in Akita Shoten‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion on October 31, 2019; it began publication as a serialized manga in the same magazine on March…
Tamayomi (球詠, transl. “Baseball poem recitation”) is a Japanese baseball manga series by Mountain Pukuichi, serialized in Houbunsha‘s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward since April 2016. It has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Studio A-Cat aired from April to June 2020. Synopsis Yomi Takeda just wanted to enjoy high school after her baseball match went downhill last year. Her baseball career which became the rumour,…
JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari (JJM 女子柔道部物語, “Women’s Judo Club Story”) is a Japanese manga series created by Makoto Kobayashi and Olympic gold medalist judoka Yuko Emoto. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Evening from August 2016 until February 2023, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series moved to the Comic Days app in April of the same year. Publication Written by Yuko Emoto, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Women’s Judo-61 kg gold medalist, with Makoto…
Gal-sen (Japanese: ギャルせん, Hepburn: Gyaru sen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Meguru Ueno. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since September 2021. Premise Sora Nezu is shocked to find that his childhood neighbor and crush Suzune Nekogami has become a sexy, tanned gal teacher at his high school. While she is serious and strict with him during class time, she…
Fancy Dance (ファンシィダンス) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Reiko Okano. It won the 34th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. It was adapted into a 1989 live action film directed by Masayuki Suo. References ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2010-01-08. Fancy Dance ファンシィダンス Manga Written by Reiko Okano Published by Shogakukan Magazine Petit Flower Demographic Shōjo Original run 1984 – 1990 Live-action film Directed by Masayuki…
Bad Company (バッドカンパニー, Baddo Kanpanī) is a one volume prequel manga to the series Shonan Junai Gumi. It was written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa shortly before starting work on Great Teacher Onizuka. The manga was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June to July 1996 and the collected volume was published in 1997 by Kodansha. Synopsis Bad Company is made up of two parts, each dedicated in…
Sailor Ace (Japanese: セーラーエース, Hepburn: Sērā Ēsu) is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from June 2015 to April 2017, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno, Sailor Ace was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from June 1, 2015, to April 3, 2017. Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from November 6, 2015, to May…
Gal Gohan (Japanese: ギャルごはん, Hepburn: Gyaru Gohan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marii Taiyou. It was serialized in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal from December 2016 to March 2020, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment. Premise Home Economics teacher Shinji Yabe is asked to teach Miku Okazaki, the flashiest “gal”…
Family! (Japanese: ファミリー!, Hepburn: Famirī!) is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Watanabe, the author of Kaze Hikaru. The story follows the lives of the Andersons, a conventionally dysfunctional family in which the parents are as childish as the children are mature; nevertheless, they manage to live happily together. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine from the July 1981 issue to the…
