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…
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…
La Satanica (ラ・サタニカ, Ra・Satanika, Italian for “The Satanic”) is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Momoko Tenzen. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its June imprint, on 9 September 2009. Reception Rachel Bentham liked the role reversal between the characters in that Mashita, the pursuer, becomes submissive in sexual matters. Danielle Leigh enjoyed the…
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells (Japanese: ハズレ枠の【状態異常スキル】で最強になった俺がすべてを蹂躙するまで, Hepburn: Hazure Waku no “Jōtai Ijō Sukiru” de Saikyō ni Natta Ore ga Subete o Jūrin Suru made) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaoru Shinozaki. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2017, before Overlap acquired and published it in print with illustrations…
7 Billion Needles (Japanese: 70億の針, Hepburn: 70 Oku no Hari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by Vertical. It was inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel Needle by Hal Clement. Plot The story revolves around Hikaru Takabe, a reclusive teenage girl who is secretly host to a being known as Horizon, in search of an intergalactic murderer…
Tail of the Moon (月のしっぽ, Tsuki no Shippo) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rinko Ueda. The series began serialization in Margaret magazine in 2002 and ran until 2007. The individual chapters have been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha; the first on March 25, 2003 and the last on August 24, 2007. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English-language North American…
Ragna Crimson (Japanese: ラグナクリムゾン, Hepburn: Raguna Kurimuzon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daiki Kobayashi. It has been serialized in Square Enix‘s Monthly Gangan Joker since March 2017, with its chapters collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of August 2022. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link is set to premiere in 2023. Characters Ragna (ラグナ, Raguna)Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi Crimson (クリムゾン, Kurimuzon)Voiced by: Ayumu Murase Leonica (レオニカ, Reonika)Voiced by: Inori Minase Manga Ragna Crimson is written…
Queen Emeraldas (Japanese: クィーン・エメラルダス, Hepburn: Kuīn Emerarudasu) is a manga written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a four-episode anime OVA of the same name. Queen Emeraldas is the story of the pirate spaceship, Queen Emeraldas, which is captained by the mysterious and beautiful Emeraldas, a strong and powerful privateer. Sometimes, the character Emeraldas is referred to as Pirate Queen Emeraldas. Plot The storyline follows…
Occultic;Nine (Japanese: オカルティック・ナイン, Hepburn: Okarutikku Nain) is a Japanese light novel series written by Chiyomaru Shikura, and is a part of the Science Adventure franchise. It was later adapted into a visual novel and published by Mages in November 2017. The light novel series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. A manga, illustrated by Ganjii, was serialized in Kodansha‘s good! Afternoon from October 2015 to May 2017. An anime television series adaptation…
Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko (町でうわさの天狗の子, “Tengu Child of Town Rumors”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nao Iwamoto. It was published by Shogakukan in Flowers. The first volume was published on 21 December 2007, with the final published on 10 January 2014. Characters Akihime Shun Takeru Reception It won the 55th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga, and was nominated for the 18th Tezuka…
Japan (ジャパン) is a Japanese manga written by Buronson and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. It was published in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal in 1992. In North America, it was licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics. Plot A yakuza, in love with a TV reporter, comes to Barcelona, Spain, where she is making a report on foreigners’ idea of the Japanese people, and how Japanese people see themselves; during…
D4 Princess (D4プリンセス, D4 Purinsesu) is a manga series created by Shotaro Harada (原田将太郎, Harada Shōtarō). The story was adapted into an anime series. The anime is composed of 24 thirteen-minute episodes and is part of the anime program Anime Complex II; it ran from April 6 to September 28, 1999. Summary A panzer is a powerful costumed fighter who uses a “tool” (ツール, it can…
