Eiken (エイケン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 2001 to August 2004,with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) produced by J.C.Staff. Both the manga and the OVA were licensed for English release in North America by Media Blasters.
Cantarella 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 in North America by Go! Comi,who published 10 volumes before going out of business in 2010.
Princess is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Akita Shoten. It launched in December 1974 and is released on the sixth of each month. It has inspired several spin-off publications,including Bessatsu Viva Princess,renamed Viva Princess (1976–1990),Princess Gold (1979–2020);Bessatsu Princess (1990–1994);and Princess Gold's own spin-off,Petit Princess,launched in 2002 and published on the first of each month.
After School Nightmare is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro. It was serialized from 2004 to 2007 in the manga magazine Princess and collected in ten tankōbon volumes. It was licensed in North America by Go! Comi,with all volumes adapted by Mallory Reaves and edited by Brynne Chandler. The story is about Mashiro Ichijo,an intersex high-school student who is forced by a teacher to work out their gender identity in a collective dream,and Mashiro's romantic relationships with two classmates,one female and one male.
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru,commonly known as Otoboku (おとボク),is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Caramel Box and released on January 28,2005 playable on Windows PCs. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable (PSP) with the adult content removed. The Windows version was released in English by MangaGamer in 2012. The story follows the life of Mizuho Miyanokouji,an androgynous male high school student,who transfers into an all-girls school due to his grandfather's will.
The Kabocha Wine is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984. The Kabocha Wine received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.
Nozomu Tamaki is a Japanese manga artist. His most notable work,Dance in the Vampire Bund,was licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment and adapted into a 12-episode anime series by the studio Shaft.
Crown is a manga series written by Shinji Wada and illustrated by You Higuri. Crown was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine,Princess Gold magazine around 2005. The 14 chapters and 6 volumes were published in Japan,France,Germany and other countries. The first 2 volumes were published in the United States in 2009 by Go! Comi,which officially shut down in May 2010.
Bride of Deimos is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written by Etsuko Ikeda and illustrated by Yuuho Ashibe. It premiered in Princess magazine in December 1974,later moving to Viva Princess,where it ran until the magazine became defunct with the release of its October 1990 issue. Akita Shoten collected the chapters into 17 compiled volumes published under the Princess Comics imprint;ComicsOne licensed the series for an English-language release in North America and published seven volumes before going out of business. In August 1988,the manga inspired an original video animation (OVA) adaptation directed by Rintaro and produced by Madhouse. In May 2007,Bride of Deimos resumed serialization in Monthly Bonita magazine,with the subtitle "The Final Chapter". It was put on hiatus in April 2014,with six compiled volumes published as of May 2014.
Kantai Collection,abbreviated as KanColle,is a Japanese free-to-play web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM.com.
Bogle is a manga series written by Yuko Ichiju and illustrated by Shino Taira. The individual chapters were originally serialized in Akita Shoten's Princess magazine between February 6,2002,and April 5,2003. It was later published in three tankōbon volumes from August 22,2002 to July 10,2003. At the New York Anime Festival,Go! Comi announced the manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America. It was adapted into two drama CDs by King Records;the first was released on February 26,2003,while the second was published on October 22,2003.
Toriko Chiya is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for Clover as well as Tokyo Alice.
Requiem of the Rose King is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aya Kanno. Loosely based on the Shakespearean plays Henry VI,Part 3 and Richard III,the series follows an intersex version of Richard III during the tumultuous Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) period in English history. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's Monthly Princess magazine from October 2013 to January 2022,with its chapters collected into 17 bound volumes as of December 2021. It is licensed in English by Viz Media. It has inspired three drama CDs,two spin-off manga series,an original novel,a stage play,and an anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff,which aired from January to June 2022.
Beast Complex is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It is a compilation of short stories set in the same world as the series Beastars;its original run served as a predecessor for Beastars,and some of Beast Complex’s stories expand on characters from Beastars. The stories take place in a modern world occupied by anthropomorphized animals of various species. The animals are divided into carnivores and herbivores,and eating meat is illegal since it can only be sourced from anthropomorphic animals. Carnivores and herbivores often come into conflict due to the former's craving for meat.
The Eminence in Shadow is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai. It began serialization online in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Enterbrain,who have published the series since November 2018.
Harigane Service is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Ara. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from May 2014 to October 2018,with its chapters collected in 24 tankōbon volumes. A sequel,titled Harigane Service Ace,was serialized in the same magazine from November 2018 to July 2023. An anime television short film adaptation of Harigane Service premiered in the 15th episode of Animation x Paralympic in August 2022 to promote the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
The Summer Hikaru Died is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mokumokuren. It began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website in August 2021. As of June 2024,the series' individual chapters have been collected in five tankōbon volumes. It follows the story of Yoshiki,a teenager in rural Japan who discovers that his best friend has been replaced by an otherworldly entity,forcing him to navigate their changed relationship amid supernatural dangers.
Creature Girls:A Hands-On Field Journal in Another World is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kakeru. It began serialization on Akita Shoten's Champion Cross website in February 2017. It was later transferred to the Manga Cross website in 2018.
