Joker Game (Japanese: ジョーカー・ゲーム, Hepburn: Jōkā Gēmu) is a Japanese novel series written by Koji Yanagi. It has inspired a live-action film, two manga adaptations and an anime television series produced by Production I.G, which aired from April to June 2016. Characters The newly recruited agents in the D-Agency, as depicted in the anime adaptation. From left to right: Odagiri, Fukumoto, Hatano, Kaminaga, Miyoshi, Amari, Tazaki…
Bakemonogatari (化物語, “Monster Tale”, lit. ’Monstory‘) is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Oh! great, based on the Monogatari light novel series written by Nisio Isin. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 2018 to March 2023, with its chapters collected and published in 22 tankōbon volumes. The story centers around the character of Koyomi Araragi, a senior high school student who was attacked by a vampire,…
Venus Versus Virus (ヴィーナス ヴァーサス ヴァイアラス, Vīnasu Vāsasu Vaiarasu) is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Suzumi which was first serialized on June 27, 2005 in MediaWorks‘ shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao!. The manga ended serialization in Dengeki Comic Gao! on February 27, 2008 due to the magazine’s discontinuation, but the manga continued serialization in ASCII Media Works‘ manga magazine Dengeki Daioh between March 21 and July 26, 2008….
Warriors of Tao, known in Japan as Toma (トーマ, Tōma), is a Japanese manga by Shinya Kuwahara (桑原真也, Kuwahara Shin-ya). Plot “Survival of the fittest” is a universal truth, one that Toma learns the hard way outside of the classroom. Chosen to fight on behalf of the Earth in an interplanetary tournament, Toma realizes that the loser will end up as dead meat…
The Magic of Chocolate (Japanese: ショコラの魔法, Hepburn: Shokora no Mahō) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Rino Mizuho. It has been serialized in the monthly shōjo manga magazine Ciao and its sister magazine, Ciao DX , since September 2008. A 13-episode original video animation produced by SynergySP was released between 2011 and 2012, while a live-action film adaptation was released to Japanese theatres in 2021. In 2021, The Magic of…
Cantarella (Japanese: カンタレラ, Hepburn: Kantarera) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by You Higuri. Set during the Italian Renaissance, it follows the life of Cesare Borgia, whose soul is damned in a pact made with the Devil. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten‘s Princess Gold magazine from 2000 to 2010, with its chapters collected into 12 bound volumes. It was licensed for an English-language release…
Eko Eko Azarak (Japanese: エコエコアザラク, Hepburn: Eko Eko Azaraku) is a Japanese horror manga series by Shinichi Koga. It has been adapted into a live action film series with six films, two Japanese television drama series and an original video animation. Plot According to her fellow students, Misa is a star student and an idol of the classroom. However, she is also a young witch who goes from school…
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…
Gakuen Polizi (Japanese: 学園ポリーチェ, Hepburn: Gakuen Porīche, “School Police”) is a Japanese romance yuri manga series written and illustrated by Milk Morinaga and serialized in Comic High! by Futabasha. It’s published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. Plot Police officer Sasami Aoba is assigned to enter an all girls High School as an undercover cop to monitor for any suspicious activity, but when she arrives there she discovers that there…
Candy and Cigarettes (stylized as CANDY & CIGARETTES) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Magazine the 3rd from January 2017 to May 2021, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes. The series follow a middle-aged former police officer who becomes the assistant to an 11-year-old professional assassin. Publication Candy and Cigarettes, written…
