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Weekly Shōjo Comic
, formerly published under its full name until December 2007, is a ''shōjo'' manga magazine published semimonthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. The magazine has gained a reputation for being a "love bible for maidens in love" or a "romance manga bible". The manga featured in ''Sho-Comi'' are later compiled and published in book form (''tankōbon'') under the Flower Comics imprint. History ''Shōjo Comic'' started in April 1968 as a monthly magazine, before its frequency increased to semimonthly in 1969. The frequency further increased to a weekly magazine in 1970, renaming itself to . The magazine reverted back to the semimonthly ''Shōjo Comic'' in 1978. Beginning with the January 2008 issue published in December 2007, the magazine was renamed ''Sho-Comi''. Serializations Current * ''Jingi Naki Mukotori'' (2020–present) * ''Seishun Heavy Rotation'' (2020–present) * '' Isekai Maō wa Fujoshi o Zettai Nigasanai'' (2020–present) * ''Tsugi wa Ii yo ne, Senpai'' (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie!
is a manga series, written by Mann Izawa and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi. It was serialized from 1982 to 1984 in the '' Shōjo Comic'' manga magazine. The series was adapted in 1983 into an anime television series, , by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, which originally premiered across TV Asahi and spanned 45 episodes. . Unfortunately the animated series is unreleased in the United States , But the comic was published in English . Story Georgie is a charming, lively girl who grew up in Australia. She is very much loved by her father and adored by her two brothers, Abel and Arthur. Her mother, on the other hand, seems to harbor resentment over Georgie especially after the death of her father, for which she is blamed. Growing up, Georgie noticed her hair color is different from those of her family. While everyone else had brunette hair, hers is blonde. Eventually, the mother broke the news to her that she was not part of the family and was actually adopted. A gold bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imadoki!
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. The manga is five volumes long. It has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. Plot Yamazaki Tanpopo moves from Hokkaidō to Tokyo in order to begin high school in an entirely new environment. When she goes to see her new school, Meio Academy, she meets a young man who is replanting a Tanpopo (dandelion) flower. At school the next day, Tanpopo is not only amazed by the modern facilities but also that she is in the same class as the young man she met the day before: Kugyou Kouki, the son of the owner of Meio. When she greets him, Kouki pretends not to know her and she is shocked that he would act so differently from their previous meeting. Meanwhile, the students at the school discover Tanpopo is a commoner from the country side and begin to bully her. In an effort to change the social hierarchy of the school and also find some new friends, Tanpopo cheerfully starts the "Planting Club". Soon, she attracts the atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binetsu Shōjo
is a shōjo manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ... series by Kaho Miyasaka. The title can be translated in English as ''Feverish Girl''. Plot ''Binetsu Shōjo'' is about a girl named Rina, 15 years of age, who had a crush on a boy she usually sees in the train station every morning. Rina gather the courage to ask for the boy's name. It was so unfortunate, however, that her mother picked that time to shout her name and wave the flute she forgot at home. Embarrassed, she decided to hide from her mother and was saved by a boy with black hair, who turned out to be a friend of her crush! Later, she received VIP tickets from her crush, with a name on it 'Hiro Usami' for a live band concert. She was so happy that she has finally learned the boy's name. At the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appare Jipangu!
is a manga by Yuu Watase. Set in Japan during the Edo period, it follows the life of Yusura, who as a baby, was found under a cherry tree with the "Kongoumaru" (a staff that turns blue when people are sad) by her side. Now fifteen years later, Yusura has become the "hikeshiya" (or "extinguisher of sorrow") and uses the Kongoumaru to 'absorb' people's sadness and hit it back at the people that caused it. Characters ; :As a child was abandoned by her birth parents and found under a cherry tree. Now the "hikeshiya", she goes around healing people's sadness with her Kongoumaru (金剛丸). Although she loves her adoptive parents, Yusura is still trying to find her birth parents. :Hot-headed and tomboy-ish, she dresses like a boy, and the inability of new characters to identify her gender serves as a running joke through the series. Later she falls in love with Samon. She is 15 years old. Kongomaru was her staff. ; :A member of the royal family, he is the son of the ''daimyō''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Act
''Wild Act'' is a ten-volume romantic comedy manga series, written and illustrated by Rie Takada, and was the first of her series to be translated in English. It was translated by Tokyopop, who opted not to renew the license once it expired. Plot The story starts with a girl named Yuniko trying to steal an award because it was held by actor Akira Nanae. The actor who would receive it, Ryu Eba, finds out about her stealing it and tells her that she must steal it from him again. Then they start to fall in love. She continues to steal Akira's things, and she finds a tape of a conversation between her parents that states she has a brother named Ryu. They then travel to America and attend acting school in Los Angeles. She meets another Ryu, Ryu Gilliams. He says that his parents were Nanae's friends, and that they were told to marry. They star in the school play, and are successful. They find out Ryu Eba isn't her brother, and they end up as successful actors. At the end, Kamui an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensual Phrase
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayu Shinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in ''Shōjo Comic'' between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari, and as a series of novels. The series tells the story of Aine Yukimura, a high school student who becomes the lyricist for a Japanese rock band, and her relationship with the band's lead singer, Sakuya Ookochi. To promote the anime, a real-life band was formed: Λucifer, the band the story focuses on. The rival band, e.MU, seems to have been active before the manga was created. Both bands continued after the anime ended before disbanding. In the series, Λucifer's original name is Lucifer, changed to Λucifer (using the Greek letter lambda) when the band decides to go international. For the purposes of the article this second name, Λucifer, is used. Japanese names are given in Western order, with family name last. Plot Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceres, Celestial Legend
''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine '' Shōjo Comic'' from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters collected in 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The series follows a high school girl, who learns on her sixteenth birthday that she is the reincarnation of an ancient and supremely powerful celestial maiden or angel ('' tennyo'') named Ceres, and her twin brother Aki the reincarnation of Ceres' former husband, Mikagi, is the progenitor of the Mikage family, who had stolen Ceres' robe. Ceres' spirit begins manifesting in Aya, and to save her brother she must find Ceres' long-lost celestial robe, while fighting against her family members who want to use Ceres's supreme celestial abilities for their own personal gain. Pierrot adapted the series into a 24-episode anime television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Juliet (manga)
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Kitagawa. It was serialized in Shōjo Comic. Manga Shogakukan published the manga's 13 '' bound volumes'' between 25 March 1996 and 22 July 1999. Shogakukan re-released the manga in 6 bunkobons between 26 June 2002 and 26 November 2002. The series is licensed in Spain by Editorial Ivrea. Live-action drama The manga was adapted into a 17 episode Taiwanese drama titled () starring Ariel Lin, Wu Chun of Fahrenheit and Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He is best known for his performances in films such as '' PTU'' (2003), ''Election'' (2005), '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'' (2005), ''Triangle'' (2007), '' Sparrow'' (2008), ' .... It was produced by Comic Productions ( 可米製作股份有限公司) Fahrenciti.coWu Chun filmography profile infoRetrieved 2010-11-11 and directed by Mingtai Wang ( 王明台). It was broadcast on cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red River (manga)
, also known as ''Anatolia Story'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chie Shinohara. It was published by Shōgakukan in their '' Sho-Comi'' magazine from January 1995 to June 2002. It was collected in 28 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is published in English in North America by Viz Media. As of March 2019, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2001, ''Red River'' won the Shogakukan Manga Award for the '' shōjo'' category. Synopsis Setting The story takes place during the reign of King Suppiluliuma I, at a time when the Hittite Empire was near its peak in power, rivaled only by Egypt, which was then ruled by the young Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Many of the people and events in the story are drawn from actual history, from Princes Kail Mursili, Sari Arnuwanda, and Zannanza, to battles with the neighboring Mitanni kingdom around the town of Kizzuwatna. Plot ''Red River'' is about a fifteen-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fushigi Yûgi
, also known as ''Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play'' or ''Curious Play'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. It tells the story of two teenaged girls, Miaka and Yui, who are pulled into ''The Universe of the Four Gods'', a mysterious book at the National Diet Library. It is based on the four mythological creatures of China. Shogakukan serialized ''Fushigi Yûgi'' in '' Shōjo Comic'' from December 1991 to May 1996 and later compiled the manga into eighteen volumes. Studio Pierrot adapted it into a fifty-two episode anime series that aired from April 1995 to March 1996 on TV Tokyo. The anime spawned three original video animation (OVA) releases, with the first having three episodes, the second having six, and the final OVA, ''Fushigi Yûgi: Eikoden'', spanning four episodes. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga series for an English-language release in 1999. The anime series was first licensed by Geneon Entertainment and re-lic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ao No Fūin
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series by Chie Shinohara which was serialized in the manga magazine ''Shōjo Comic'' from issue 22 in 1991 until 1994. The story is about a beautiful high school girl, Sōko Kiryū, who finds out she is the latest reincarnation of Sōryū (usually called "Seiryū"), the demon queen who once ruled the earth with her demon armies. Unfortunately, she has fallen in love with a boy named Akira who is the reincarnation of Byakko, the legendary white tiger who is destined to kill her. The story is loosely based on the tale of Four Gods in oriental cultures, namely the Azure Dragon (east), the White Tiger (west), the Black Turtle (north) and the Red Phoenix (south). ''Ao no Fūin'' was adapted into a CD drama in 1993 and three novels by Natsumi Yamamoto in 1998. Plot The story is set in modern Japan. Sōko Kiryū is a beautiful first year transfer student in high school, having just moved into the area. Due to her uneasiness over the move, she has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
