A 12-episode television drama adaptation, starring Radwimps's lead vocalist Yojiro Noda in his first television show, [9] started streaming on Netflix on April 7, 2017, [10] and was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 14 to June 30 of that same year. [11] [lower-alpha 1] The theme song is "Tadayō Kanjō" (漂う感情, "Drifting Emotions") by Kotringo. [13]
Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional values. The magazine is published every Monday. Circulation in 2008 averaged over 300,000 copies, but by 2015 had dropped to 168,250. In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, Monthly Big Comic Spirits.
Big Comic Original is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic does not. Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku. The dozen or so manga serials running at any given time feature a wide variety of material, from historical dramas and suspense to sports and romance, with relatively little science fiction or fantasy.
Monthly Sunday Gene-X, often abbreviated as Sunday GX (サンデーGX), is a seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Like many other manga magazines, it is an "anthology magazine", with each issue featuring new chapters of several manga series. The series are also published in tankōbon form under the Sunday GX Comics imprint.
Monthly Ikki was a monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It tended to specialize in underground or alternative manga, but it had its share of major hits as well. The magazine started in 2000 as a spin-off to Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits, titled Spirits Zōkan Ikki, published on a bimonthly basis, and became a standalone monthly magazine in 2003. In 2009, Viz Media launched an online English version of Monthly Ikki, named SigIkki, which serialized selected titles from the magazine. Ikki ceased publication after an almost 14-year-run in 2014, and was replaced by Hibana, which ran from 2015 to 2017, before ceasing its publication as well.
Monthly Shōnen Sunday, alternately known as Gessan (ゲッサン), is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since May 12, 2009. The magazine was announced in February 2009, with Hayashi Masato, at that time editor of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, editing the monthly magazine as well. Manga artists who debuted new series or stories in the magazine include Yellow Tanabe, Mitsuru Adachi, and Kiyohiko Azuma.
Monthly Big Comic Spirits is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It originally launched on August 27, 2009. It is a companion magazine to the weekly Big Comic Spirits.
Yojiro Noda, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Noda is the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the Japanese rock band Radwimps and also began a solo project, Illion, in 2012.
Princess Maison is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Aoi Ikebe. It was published on Shogakukan's web magazine Yawaraka Spirits from August 2014 to November 2018, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. An eight-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on NHK BS Premium from October to December 2016.
Birdmen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2013 to February 2020, with its chapters collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes.
Jinmen (ジンメン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takahiro Katō. It was serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry manga website from July 2016 to June 2019, with its chapters collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Uoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from September 2020 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse premiered in October 2024.
Kotaro Lives Alone is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mami Tsumura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from March 2015 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. A ten-episode television drama was broadcast on TV Asahi in 2021.
Taberu Dake is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanko Takada. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from December 2010 to November 2013.
Disu × Komi, also known as Discommunication, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from April 2013 to October 2017.
Sensei wa Koi o Oshie Rarenai is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motomi Minamoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday from June 2018 to June 2022.
Chiisai Hito: Aoba Jidō Sōdanjo Monogatari is a Japanese manga series written by Mitsuhiro Mizuno and illustrated by Jin Kyōchikutō. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from November 2010 to June 2012, and later in Shōnen Sunday S from June 2012 to October 2013, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. A sequel, Shin Chiisai Hito: Aoba Jidō Sōdanjo Monogatari, was serialized in Shōnen Sunday S from July 2016 to November 2023, with its chapters collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes.
Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend, also shortened to Ashita Kano (明日カノ) or Asukano (アスカノ), is a Japanese anthology web manga series written and illustrated by Hinao Wono. It was serialized on Cygames's online magazine Cycomi from May 2019 to November 2023, with its chapters collected and published in print by Shogakukan in 17 tankōbon volumes.
Run on Your New Legs is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Midori. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from October 2019 to November 2020, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.
Last Karte: Hōjūi Gakusha Tōma Kenshō no Kioku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wakabi Asayama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2022 to April 2024, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes.