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Young Animal (magazine)
is a semimonthly Japanese manga magazine that features photos of gravure idols. It has been published by Hakusensha on the second and fourth Friday of each month since 1992. History and profile ''Young Animal'' was launched in May 1992. The magazine is a successor to , Hakusensha's previous manga magazine that ran from 1989 to 1992. ''Young Animal'' is issued on the second and fourth Friday of each month in saddle-stapled B5 format. Its headquarters is in Tokyo. A typical issue consists of about 300 black-and-white pulp pages of manga wrapped in about 20 slick pages of color pinup photos of teenage girls in bikinis (generally pop stars and gravure idols). Advertising (other than house ads for Hakusensha) appears only in the form of a few ads in the back pages and on the inside and back covers. As of 2015, circulation is approximately 119,000 copies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinen Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Manga Times'' and ''Weekly Manga Goraku'' which cater specifically to men's interests, and are marketed towards a demographic of young adult men between the ages of 18 and 40. ''Seinen'' manga are distinguished from ''shōnen'' manga which are for young teen boys, although some ''seinen'' manga like '' xxxHolic'' share similarities with ''shōnen'' manga. ''Seinen'' manga can focus on action, politics, science fiction, fantasy, relationships, sports, or comedy. The female equivalent to ''seinen'' manga is ''josei'' manga. ''Seinen'' manga have a wide variety of art styles and variation in subject matter. Examples of ''seinen'' series include: '' Berserk'', '' AKIRA'', '' 20th Century Boys'', ''One Punch Man'', ''Golden Kamuy'', ''Ghost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana To Kaoru
is a Japanese erotic romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Ryuta Amazume. It was serialized on Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young Animal Arashi'' (2008–2009) and ''Young Animal'' (2009–2016), with its chapters collected in eighteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. Three other manga series have also been released, as well as an original video animation and two live action films. Plot Kaoru Sugimura is a 17-year-old virgin who has an S&M fetish. He has always dreamt about an SM relationship with his childhood friend and next-door neighbor Nana Chigusa, who is looked upon as perfect and is always the target of boys' eyes. Their relationship has somewhat deteriorated through the years, due to them hanging out with different people and because Kaoru is not taking his education too seriously. Nana has become very stressed at school, that a teacher suggests she find a way to relax. One day though, Kaoru's mother gives some of his S&M toys to Nana for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giganto Maxia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal'' from November 2013 to March 2014, with its chapters collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume. Plot The story is set 100 million years in the future after an event called the Great Destruction. Colossal bug-like monsters roam the wastelands, used by the Empire of Olympus in their epic war against Alcyoneus and his nether-forces. The gladiator Delos, the mystic Prome, and the titan Gohra are tasked to end the bloodshed and heal the planet. Publication Written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura, ''Giganto Maxia'' was Miura's first completely original work in 24 years since '' Berserk''. It was serialized for six chapters in Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal'' from November 22, 2013, to February 14, 2014. A bonus chapter was published on March 14, 2014. Hakusensha collected its chapters in a single ''tankōbon'' v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentaro Miura
was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for his acclaimed dark fantasy series '' Berserk'', which began serialization in 1989 and continued until his death. As of 2021, ''Berserk'' had more than 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2002, Miura received the Award for Excellence at the 6th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes. Early life and education Miura was born on July 11, 1966, in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In 1976, at the age of 10, he created his first manga, entitled ''Miuranger'', which was published for his classmates in a school publication; the series ended up spanning 40 volumes. In 1977, Miura created his second manga, , in which he used India ink for the first time. When he was in middle school in 1979, his drawing techniques improved greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques. While in high school in 1982, Miura enrolled in an artistic curriculum, where he and his classmates starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoru Akahori
is a Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is best known for the ''Saber Marionette'', ''Sakura Wars'' and ''Sorcerer Hunters'' series, which comes in anime, novel and manga forms. Works *''Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge'': Series Composition, Script (episodes 1–2, 7, 12–13), Original creator *''Combustible Campus Guardress'' (with Kazushi Hagiwara): Series Composition, Screenplay, Original creator *''Kami to Sengoku Seitokai'' (manga with Ryosuke Takada) *'' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'' (with Yukimaru Katsura) *''Lime-iro Senkitan'': Scenario, Script (episodes 1, 3, 5–6, 8, 11, 13), Original creator *''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'': Series Composition, Script (episodes 2–3, 5, 11), Novel Serialization (Kadokawa Shoten The Sneaker) *'' Master of Mosquiton'' (manga version with Hiroshi Negishi) *'' Maze: Bakunetsu Jikuu'' (manga version with Rei Omishi) *''Mon Colle Knights'': Script, Original creator *''Mouse'' (with Hiroshi Itaba) *''NG Knight Ramune & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouse (manga)
''Mouse'' (stylized as "MØUSE") is a Japanese manga series written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Hiroshi Itaba. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''Young Animal'' between 1999 and 2004. ''Mouse'' was adapted into a twelve-episode anime television series written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki, directed by Yorifusa Yamaguchi, and produced by Media Factory and Studio Deen. In 2005, Hakusensha published a one-volume manga prequel titled . Plot For 400 years, there was a family of thieves stealing money and priceless property, particularly those items that were originally illegally stolen. The main motivation is that anything and everything can be stolen, no matter how much they protect that item. And in those years, that thief was only known by one name, Mouse. In the latest version, a young college art teacher named Muon Sorata is the latest to take up the name of Mouse. He is surrounded by three highly devoted and attractive assistants who help him pull off heists of art museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sora Inoue (artist)
Sora Inoue may refer to: * The artist of the manga '' Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School'' and ''Mai Ball! Mai, or MAI, may refer to: Names * Mai (Chinese surname) * Mai (Vietnamese surname) * Mai (name) * Mai (singer), J-Pop singer * Iris Mai (born 1962), German chess master Places * Chiang Mai, largest city in northern Thailand * Ma-i, a pre-Hi ...'' * Sora Inoue, a fictional character of ''Bleach'' {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuria 100 Shiki
is a Japanese manga series written by Shigemitsu Harada and illustrated by Nobuto Hagio. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal'' from 2006 to January 22, 2010. Its chapters were collected twelve in ''tankōbon'' volumes. In December 2006, the Kanagawa Prefecture classified the book as harmful to minors per the prefectural youth protection laws. A drama CD was released in 2008. A live-action adaptation was announced starring Shelly Fujii which was released in 2009. Plot Dr. Akiba, a perverted scientist, has developed a series of gynoid Dutch wives (aka sex dolls). Yuria Type 100 is his newest creation: she has highly advanced artificial intelligence and vast sexual knowledge, and the first doll which can imprint to her master for life upon having actual sex. However, she refuses to imprint onto Akiba, and escapes from his lab. She ends up living with college student Shunsuke Kubo, where she tries to seduce him with the hopes that he ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boku To Rune To Aoarashi
Boku may refer to: * Bōku, a board game * Boku (juice), a juice carton drink * Boku, Inc., a San Francisco, California-based mobile payments company * University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (''Universität für Bodenkultur Wien''; BOKU) * Shō Boku (1739–1794), king of Ryukyu * Boku, the former codename of Kodu, a child-oriented programming environment from Microsoft * A first-person Japanese pronoun Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspo ..., with an implication of boyishness See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umi No Misaki
is a Japanese manga artist. Fumizuki's most famous work to date is ''Ai Yori Aoshi'', a 17-volume work which has been turned into an anime series. This series was followed by ''Umi no Misaki'', serialized in ''Young Animal'' Magazine starting in the fifth issue of 2007 and concluding with its 127th and final chapter in the fifth issue of 2014. Both of these ''seinen'' manga series are harem Harem ( Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِيمٌ ''ḥarīm'', "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family") refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A har ...-type romance comedies in which a naive young man finds himself surrounded by pretty girls vying for his attention. Since 2011 he has also been serializing ''Itadaki!'', a light comedy about a girls' mountain climbing club, which appears intermittently in the magazine ''Young Animal Island''. Starting October 9, 2015 in ''Young Animal'' he la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Yori Aoshi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's ''Young Animal (magazine), Young Animal'' magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is a love story between two characters who have not seen each other in years, but were once childhood friends. An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Masami Shimoda, with Kenichi Kanemaki handling series composition, Kazunori Iwakura designing the characters and Toshio Masuda (composer), Toshio Masuda composing the music. The anime was broadcast on Fuji TV in 2002. A second season titled was set two years later and aired in 2003. There are 37 episodes total, counting an alternate-continuity Christmas special. The anime was released in North America by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Geneon and the manga was released in English by Tokyopop. Four visual novels were also released for the PlayStat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kou Fumizuki
is a Japanese manga artist. Fumizuki's most famous work to date is ''Ai Yori Aoshi'', a 17-volume work which has been turned into an anime series. This series was followed by ''Umi no Misaki'', serialized in ''Young Animal'' Magazine starting in the fifth issue of 2007 and concluding with its 127th and final chapter in the fifth issue of 2014. Both of these ''seinen'' manga series are harem Harem ( Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِيمٌ ''ḥarīm'', "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family") refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A har ...-type romance comedies in which a naive young man finds himself surrounded by pretty girls vying for his attention. Since 2011 he has also been serializing ''Itadaki!'', a light comedy about a girls' mountain climbing club, which appears intermittently in the magazine ''Young Animal Island''. Starting October 9, 2015 in ''Young Animal'' he la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |