“OSHI NO KO” began as a manga series in 2020, with an animation released in 2023. A live-action film adaptation is scheduled to be released in winter 2024. Since the TV animation started, related words have been trending on Twitter every week, and the music video for the theme song “Idol” by YOASOBI has had more than 100 million views in about a month...
“Hikaru no Go” is an anime based on a Japanese shōnen manga about Go by Yumi Hotta and Ken Obata, which was broadcast for 75 episodes from 2001 to 2003. Yukari Yoshihara, a female Go player affiliated with The Nihon Ki-in, supervised the manga, which was serialised from 1999 to 2003. Various forms of media mixing have also taken place, including an animated TV...
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist is an anime based on the manga by Toro Aho and aired in 2021. The series consists of 12 episodes, produced by Platinum Vision and directed by Hideaki Ooba. The story revolves around Ramune, an eccentric doctor who specializes in treating “mysterious diseases” that manifest from people’s inner emotional turmoil and stress. Alongside his assistant Kuro, Ramune tackles bizarre...
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” is a Japanese light novel series written by Fuse. It was first published as a web novel on the site “Shosetsuka ni Naro” in 2013 and later published as a light novel by Micro Magazine starting in 2014. The anime adaptation, produced by 8-Bit, aired in 2018 and captivated many fans for bringing a fresh take...
ARIA is an anime adapted from a manga by Kozue Amano, first aired in 2005. Set on a future water planet, “Aqua,” the story follows the daily lives of people who immigrate from Earth to live on this new world. The original manga series began serialization in 2001 and concluded in 2008. The anime consists of three seasons, with the first, ARIA The Animation,...
A Certain Magical Index” is an anime based on the light novel by Kazuma Kamachi, which began airing in Japan in October 2008. The original light novel has been serialized since 2004, and sequels and spin-offs have been produced since then as a very popular series. The anime was produced by the production company J.C. STAFF, and the series was directed by Shin Onuma....
The “DanMachi” series (English: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) is an anime based on a Japanese light novel written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. The series began serialization in 2013 under the GA Bunko label, and the anime premiered in 2015. The anime, produced by J.C.STAFF, gained widespread popularity from the first season and...
“SWORD ART ONLINE” is a popular Japanese light novel that began in 2009 and was later adapted into an anime. The original story was written by Reki Kawahara and the anime was produced by A-1 Pictures. The story takes place in the fictional future world of “Sword Art Online,” a virtual reality MMORPG (virtual reality online game). The main character Kirito (real name: Kazuto...
