Fairy Tail is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2006 to July 2017,with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes. The story follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel,a member of the popular wizard guild Fairy Tail,as he searches the fictional world of Earth-land for the dragon Igneel.
Rosario + Vampire is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda. The story revolves around Tsukune Aono,a boy who inadvertently enrolls in a boarding school for monsters. He quickly befriends Moka Akashiya,a vampire who soon develops an obsession with his blood,and later meets other monster girls who soon take a romantic liking to him. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shonen Jump from April 2004 to June 2007,when the magazine ceased its publication. An extra chapter was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in September 2007. The chapters were collected in ten tankōbon volumes.
Ikigami:The Ultimate Limit is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday (2005–2008) and Weekly Big Comic Spirits (2008–2012). A national prosperity law has been passed in a dystopian nation resulting in citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 being randomly selected to die for the good of the nation. These citizens are given 24-hour notification of their impending death. These notifications are known as "ikigami"—the ostensible reason for this system being to help demonstrate the value of life. The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled Ikigami in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.
Saint Young Men is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. Its plot involves Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha,who are living as roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the monthly seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two since September 2006,with chapters collected in twenty tankōbon volumes as of July 2022. Kodansha USA has been publishing the series in English in an omnibus edition since December 2019. A-1 Pictures adapted the manga series into two original animation DVDs (OADs) and an anime film which was released on May 10,2013. It also inspired a ten-episode live-action web series in 2018.
Shin'ya Shokudō,is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by YarōAbe. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original Zōkan from October 2006 to August 2007,before being transferred to Big Comic Original in August 2007. Its chapters have been collected in 26 wide-ban volumes as of February 2023. It is about a late-night diner,open from midnight to dawn,and its eccentric patrons.
A Chef of Nobunaga is a Japanese manga series written by Mitsuru Nishimura and illustrated by Takuro Kajikawa. It was noted to be adapted into a Japanese television drama series in January 2013.
Atsushi Kaneko is Japanese manga artist from Sakata,Yamagata Prefecture.
Missions of Love is a shōjo manga series by Ema Tōyama. The plot centers around a junior high student named Yukina Himuro. While she is cold and withdrawn,she finds a big secret about Shigure,a guy who is hugely popular with the girls. In order to keep the secret hidden,Yukina orders him to do "missions" with her that involve romance. Yukina feels that the missions will help her novels,but as time passes she begins to question if it is really love developing. Missions of Love appeared as a serial in the monthly manga magazine Nakayoshi from June 10,2009 to June 3,2015. Kodansha published the chapters in nineteen bound volumes,from October 6,2009 to June 12,2015. In addition to the manga,a drama CD was also released in Japan in 2012. In 2018,a live action film adaptation was released,following a mini manga sequel in Nakayoshi to help promote it.
Hajime Isayama is a Japanese manga artist. His first series,Attack on Titan (2009–2021),became one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023. He received a special award at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2023.
Takemitsuzamurai or Takemitsu Zamurai is a Japanese historical samurai manga series written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated by TaiyōMatsumoto. It was published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spiritsseinen manga magazine,with its chapters collected in eight wideban volumes.
Sunny is a Japanese slice of life manga series written and illustrated by TaiyōMatsumoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 2010 to September 2014,when the magazine ceased publication. It was later transferred to Monthly Big Comic Spirits,being serialized from January to July 2015. Its chapters were collected in six wide-ban volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.
House of the Sun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ta'amo. It was serialized by Kodansha in Dessert magazine. The series has completed with 13 volumes. The first volume was released on September 13,2010 and the final volume was released on June 24,2015. It won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo in 2014. The story revolves around the life and difficulties of Mao Motomiya and the Nakamuras. The series received a drama CD adaptation bundled with limited edition pressings of the fifth and sixth volumes. The manga has been licensed for an English digital release by Kodansha USA.
Erased,known in Japan as Boku dake ga Inai Machi,is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from June 2012 to March 2016,and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from January to March 2016,and a live action film was released in March 2016. A live-action drama series was released by Netflix in December 2017. A spin-off manga was published from June to November 2016 and the spin-off novel series by Hajime Ninomae was released in Kadokawa's Bungei Kadokawa magazine from November 2015 to March 2016.
In Clothes Called Fat is a Japanese drama josei manga written and illustrated by Moyoco Anno and serialized on Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha's Weekly Josei magazine. A compilation volume was released on November 15,1997. It was published in English by Vertical and in French by Kana.
Tokyo Alice is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from October 25,2005,to August 25,2015. Its chapters were collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. A live-action drama premiered in Japan from August 25,2017,and ran for 12 episodes;it was later released internationally on Amazon Prime Video in 2019.
Orange is a Japanese romance manga series written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano,aimed at the shōjo and seinen demographics. The series follows high schoolgirl Naho Takamiya,who receives a letter written by herself ten years in the future. She is tasked with keeping an eye on Kakeru Naruse,a transfer student whose mother committed suicide on his first day of school. It was first serialized in 2012 in Bessatsu Margaret manga magazine and later in Monthly Action. It has been compiled into 7 volumes as of April,2022. Its chapters are published online in English by Crunchyroll and in print by Seven Seas Entertainment. It is also published in France by Akata,in Poland by Waneko,and in Spain by Ediciones Tomodomo. A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on December 12,2015. An anime television adaptation started to air in July 2016. A spin-off to the manga began serialization on March 25,2016,in the Monthly Action magazine published by Futabasha. An anime theatrical film,titled Orange:Future,premiered in Japan on November 18,2016.
Otoko no Isshō is a slice of life romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Nishi. It was published by Shogakukan on Flowers magazine and in four volumes compiling the chapters. A live action romantic drama film adaptation was released on February 14,2015. It's directed by Ryūichi Hiroki and written by Hiroshi Saitō. It stars Nana Eikura and Etsushi Toyokawa.
Yukibana no Tora is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It is the story of Uesugi Kenshin,and tackles a theory that the historical figure was a woman. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Hibana from March 2015 to August 2017,when the manga ceased its publication,and it was then serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits from January 2018 to October 2020. Its chapters were collected in ten tankōbon volumes.
Tokyo Alien Bros. is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keigo Shinzō. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits from June 2015 to January 2017,with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a 10-episode Japanese television drama which was broadcast on Nippon TV from July to September 2018.
A Journal of My Father is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. It was serialized in Big Comic and published in one volume by Shogakukan in November 1994.
