Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine from June 1994 to February 2006, with a concluding postscript episode in July 2006, and collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. Parts of the story were adapted as two original video animation (OVA) anime series of two episodes each, where the latter one is titled Quiet Country Cafe.
Tramps Like Us is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet.
Codename: Sailor V is a manga created by Naoko Takeuchi. The series revolves around the character Minako Aino, a cheerful schoolgirl who finds out that she has magical powers that she must use to protect the people of the Earth. Codename: Sailor V is the basis for its sequel, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.
Mia Ikumi was a Japanese manga artist best known for being the illustrator of Tokyo Mew Mew, a manga series she created with Reiko Yoshida. Her first manga story The Sleeping Princess of Berry Forest was written when she was just 18 years old.
Daisuke Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist. Active since the 1990s, he is known for his detailed depictions of nature in combination with spiritual or surreal themes. Manga series like Witches and Children of the Sea have been critically acclaimed and translated into several languages.
Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, known in English as Ryoko's Case File, is a Japanese novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka and illustrated by Narumi Kakinouchi. It was adapted into manga and an anime television series, two drama CDs had also been released prior to the anime adaptation with different voice actors.
Zaregoto is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series was published in Japan between February 2002 and November 2005 by Kodansha Books in nine volumes. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Nisio's debut in 2022, the tenth volume of the series was released on February 8, 2023. It was then followed by a seven-volume spin-off series also published by Kodansha Books, the Ningen series, focusing on the Zerozaki clan. A second spin-off series focused on Jun Aikawa titled Saikyō series was serialized in the Mephisto magazine, and was collected by Kodansha in five volumes. First two volumes of Zaregoto were initially released in North America by Del Rey Manga, but have since been republished by Vertical, who also released the third volume. An eight-episode original video animation series adaptation of the first volume by Shaft was released between October 2016 and September 2017.
Minetarō Mochizuki is a Japanese manga artist.
Otouto Catcher Ore Pitcher De! is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Tonaka. It has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Rival since May 2008. Tankōbon volumes containing four chapters are published by Kodansha. The first tankōbon of the series was released in August 2008 and the latest in December 2012.
Manga Box is a manga magazine mobile app developed by DeNA. It was launched on December 4, 2013, as a free app for iOS and Android devices and as a website platform. The app hosts manga by Kodansha, Shogakukan, and other manga publishers. Manga artist Shin Kibayashi serves as editor-in-chief of the app and pens several of the app's titles under his numerous pseudonyms. In addition to the original manga series run on Manga Box, several of the titles on the app are based on existing works, including Ghost in the Shell, Kindaichi Case Files, Attack on Titan, The Knight in the Area, Space Dandy, Fatal Frame, and Ultraman.
Aho-Girl is a Japanese four-panel slice-of-life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on November 28, 2012. and then moved to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine where it was serialized between July 2015 and December 2017. Twelve compilation volumes by Kodansha have been released. An anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa aired between July and September 2017.
Kounodori: Dr. Stork is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yū Suzunoki. It was published by Kodansha in Weekly Morning magazine from July 26, 2012 to May 7, 2020 and collected in 32 volumes. The manga won Best General Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards. Kodansha USA has licensed the manga for a North American digital release as Kounodori: Dr. Stork.
My Wife is Wagatsuma-san, is a Japanese manga series written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Keishi Nishikida. It was serialised in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 2011 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. It was released weekly on Crunchyroll Manga in English, with digital releases in volumes on Amazon Kindle and ComiXology.
Love and Lies is a Japanese manga by Musawo. The series follows a teenage boy who confesses to his long-time crush, despite the fact that he has been assigned a fiancée by the government in an alternate version of modern Japan. It is published by Kodansha, and was serialized in DeNA's Manga Box app in multiple languages from August 2014 to January 2022. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from July to September 2017. A live-action film adaptation was released in October 2017.
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Nanashi, also known as 774. The web manga began running in Magazine Pocket, an online and app-based web manga magazine published by Kodansha, in November 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Telecom Animation Film aired from April to June 2021. A second season produced by OLM aired from January to March 2023.
Tomoko Yamashita is a Japanese manga artist.
Space Family Carlvinson is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoh Asari. It was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Captain between 1985 and 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. A reboot was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from 1999 to 2000. Portions of the manga was adapted into a 45-minute original video animation directed by Kimio Yabuki which aired in 1988.
Jirō Tsunoda is a Japanese manga artist. He is known in Japan for his horror manga series such as Kyōfu Shinbun and Ushiro no Hyakutarō as well as illustrator of the karate series Karate Master.
Kouji Miura is a Japanese manga artist best known for the I Love You, My Teacher and Blue Box manga series. She won a special honorable mention for new artists at the 90th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards in 2013, and a second honorable mention at the 91st Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards that same year. In 2017, her one-shot of I Love You, My Teacher won the Magazine Pocket One-Shot award. Her one-shot Parasol Alliance won the Garyokin Pro Drawing King Award in 2019, and Blue Box won the Global Prize at the 2021 Next Manga Awards.
