Vertical is a
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
novel and
manga
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imprint
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Entertainment
* ''Imprint'' (TV series), Canadian television series
* "Imprint" (''Masters of Horror''), episode of TV show ''Masters of Horror''
* ''Imprint'' (film), a 2007 independent drama/thriller film
...
of
Kodansha USA Publishing. Founded in 2001 by Hiroki Sakai, in February 2011, the company was bought by
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...
(46.7%) and
Dai Nippon Printing (46.0%). The company was consolidated into Kodansha USA Publishing in 2020.
Titles
Vertical, Inc. publishes books from a variety of genres, including
prose
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fiction, manga, nonfiction,
crafts
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, and
cooking
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.
Novels
* ''
A Caring Man'' (
Akira Arai)
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A Rabbit's Eyes
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'' (
Kenjiro Haitani
was a Japanese author of children's literature
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)
* ''
Ashes'' (
Kenzo Kitakata
is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his hardboiled novels. He studied law at Chuo University in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 1997 to 2001.
Works in English translation
;Hardboile ...
)
* ''
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall'' (
Ryō Suzukaze
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Origins
The ''ryō'' was originally a unit of weight from China, the ''tael.'' It came into use in Jap ...
)
* ''
Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City'' (
Ryō Kawakami
The was a gold currency unit in the shakkanhō system in pre- Meiji Japan. It was eventually replaced with a system based on the ''yen''.
Origins
The ''ryō'' was originally a unit of weight from China, the ''tael.'' It came into use in Jap ...
)
* ''
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls'' (
Hiroshi Seko
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After serving as an episode screenwriter, he was put in charge of all the screenwriting for ''Seraph of the End''. Since then, he has also done screenwriting for many other series, of which notables include ''Att ...
)
* ''
The Blade of the Courtesans
''The Blade of the Courtesans'' is a historical fiction novel by Japanese author Keiichiro Ryu originally published in 1986.[Keiichiro Ryu
Ryu, Keiichiro. The Blade of the Courtesans. back cover. was a Japanese editor, acclaimed screenplay writer, and historical fiction writer.
List of novels
# '' The Blade of the Courtesans'' (, 2008, Vertical Inc
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)
* ''
Body
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In science
* Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
* Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
* Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of anima ...
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Asa Nonami
is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Nonami attended Waseda University where she studied Sociology but dropped out to take a job at an advertising agency. She became a published autho ...
)
* ''
The Cage
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'' (
Kenzo Kitakata
is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his hardboiled novels. He studied law at Chuo University in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 1997 to 2001.
Works in English translation
;Hardboile ...
)
* ''
The Cat in the Coffin
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'' (
Mariko Koike
is a Japanese novelist.
Biography
Mariko Koike is a popular detective and horror novelist. Koike was born in Tokyo and graduated from Seikei University. Her first collection of essays was ''Recommendations to Women of the World'' and it became ...
)
* ''
City of Refuge'' (
Kenzo Kitakata
is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his hardboiled novels. He studied law at Chuo University in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 1997 to 2001.
Works in English translation
;Hardboile ...
)
* ''
The Crimson Labyrinth'' (
Yusuke Kishi
is a Japanese author. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Biography
He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for seve ...
)
* ''
Edge
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* Edge device, an entry point to a computer network
* Adobe Edge, a graphical development application
* Microsoft Edge, a web browser developed by ...
''
(
Koji Suzuki
is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written ...
)
* ''
ENMA the Immortal'' (
Fumi Nakamura)
* ''
Fallout
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'' (
Tetsuo Takashima)
* ''
The Flowers of Edo'' (
Michael Dana Kennedy
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
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Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
)
* ''
Gray Men
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'' (
Tomotake Ishikawa)
* ''
Guin Saga
is a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned, but the final total stands at 147 volumes and 26 side-story novels, ...
'' (
Kaoru Kurimoto
was the pen name of , a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism and music. She was known for her record-breaking 130-volume ''Guin Saga'' series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Ru ...
)
* ''
A Guru is Born
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'' (
Takeshi Kitano
is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...
)
* ''
Innocent World
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Overview
"Innocent World" was Mr. Children's first No. 1 single on the Oricon Japanese charts, managing to sell 1,935,830 copies during its run on the chart and was th ...
'' (
Ami Sakurai)
* ''
KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale''
(
NisiOisiN)
* ''
Kubikiri Cycle'' (
NisiOisiN)
* ''
Lala Pipo
''Lala Pipo: A Lot of People'' ( ja, ララピポ) is a 2005 Japanese novel by Hideo Okuda. It was made into a movie by the same name in 2009. ''Lala Pipo'' is the directorial debut of Masayuki Miyano. The screenplay was written by Tetsuya Nakashi ...
'' (
Hideo Okuda)
* ''
May in the Valley of the Rainbow'' (
Yoichi Funado)
* ''
The Mediterranean Trilogy
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'' (
Shiono Nanami)
* ''
Naoko'' (
Keigo Higashino
is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Higashino has won major Japanese awards for his books, almost twenty of which have been turned into films an ...
)
* ''
Now You're One of Us
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* N ...
'' (
Asa Nonami
is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Nonami attended Waseda University where she studied Sociology but dropped out to take a job at an advertising agency. She became a published autho ...
)
* ''
Outlet'' (
Randy Taguchi
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)
* ''
Paradise
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'' (Koji Suzuki)
* ''
Parasite Eve Parasite Eve may refer to:
* ''Parasite Eve'' (novel), a 1995 Japanese science fiction horror novel by Hideaki Sena
* ''Parasite Eve'' (film), a 1997 Japanese science fiction film based on the novel
* ''Parasite Eve'' (video game), a 1998 action ...
'' (
Hideaki Sena
is a Japanese pharmacologist and novelist. Sena was a graduate student at Tohoku University when he wrote his prizewinning debut novel, ''Parasite Eve''.
Writing career
His most famous novel, ''Parasite Eve'', was adapted into a film directed ...
)
* ''
The Poison Ape'' (
Arimasa Osawa
is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Works in English translation
;Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)
* ''Shinjuku Shark'' (o ...
)
* ''
Pro Bono
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'' (
Seicho Matsumoto)
* ''
Promenade of the Gods
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'' (
Koji Suzuki
is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written ...
)
* ''
The Ring Trilogy''
(
Koji Suzuki
is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written ...
)
* ''
Sayonara, Gangsters'' (
Genichiro Takahashi
is a Japanese novelist.
Life and career
Takahashi was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima prefecture and attended the Economics Department of Yokohama National University without graduating. As a radical student, he was arrested and spent half a year i ...
)
* ''
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen''
(
Takaya Kagami
is a Japanese light novel and manga writer. Some of his major works include ''The Legend of the Legendary Heroes'', '' A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives'' and ''Seraph of the End'', which have been adapted into anime series.
Works
* ''The Legend of ...
)
* ''
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: World Resurrection at Nineteen'' (
Takaya Kagami
is a Japanese light novel and manga writer. Some of his major works include ''The Legend of the Legendary Heroes'', '' A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives'' and ''Seraph of the End'', which have been adapted into anime series.
Works
* ''The Legend of ...
)
* ''
Shinjuku Shark'' (
Arimasa Osawa
is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Works in English translation
;Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)
* ''Shinjuku Shark'' (o ...
)
* ''
Summer of the Ubume'' (
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; ''Mōryō no Hako'', which w ...
)
* ''
Translucent Tree'' (
Nobuko Takagi
is the professional name of , a Japanese author. She has won the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, she has been named a Person of Cultural Merit, and her work has been adapted for film.
Biography
Takagi was born Nobuko Tsuruta in Yamaguc ...
)
* ''
Twinkle Twinkle'' (
Kaori Ekuni
Kaori Ekuni (江國 香織 ''Ekuni Kaori'', born 21 March 1964) is a Japanese author. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. Her father is Japanese haiku poet and essayist, Shigeru Ekuni.
Works
In Japan, she was dubbed the female Murakami. Her numero ...
)
* ''
Winter Sleep'' (
Kenzo Kitakata
is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his hardboiled novels. He studied law at Chuo University in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 1997 to 2001.
Works in English translation
;Hardboile ...
)
* ''
Zero Over Berlin'' (
Joh Sasaki
is a Japanese writer and journalist; chiefly known for his historical fiction and mystery novels.
Biography
Joh Sasaki was born in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan. He spent his early youth in Nakashibetsu City and later ventured to Sapporo where Sasa ...
)
Short story collections
* ''
Birthday
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Many relig ...
''
(
Koji Suzuki
is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written ...
)
* ''
Boy
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Definition, etymology, and use
According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy is "a ...
'' (
Takeshi Kitano
is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...
)
* ''
Dark Water Dark Water may refer to:
Books
* '' Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil'', 1920 book by American philosopher W.E.B. Du Bois
* ''Dark Water'' (book) (仄暗い水の底から; ''Honogurai mizu no soko kara''; literally ''In the Depths of Dark ...
'' (
Koji Suzuki
is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written ...
)
* ''
Season of Infidelity
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'' (
Oniroku Dan
was a Japanese author who has been called, "the most celebrated writer of popular SM novels in Japan." Many of his stories have been filmed, most notably by Nikkatsu studio in their '' Roman Porno'' series. Dan had a close professional associa ...
)
Non-fiction and miscellaneous
* ''
A Slow Death'' (
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
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* ''
Aranzi Aranzo''
* ''
The Honda Myth'' (
Masaaki Sato)
* ''
Iron Chef Chen's Knockout Chinese'' (
Chen Kenichi
, whose name is often romanized Chin Kenichi in Japanese sources, is a chef best known for his role as the Iron Chef Chinese on the television series ''Iron Chef'' (料理の鉄人). Nicknamed The Szechuan Sage, he wears a yellow outfit and ris ...
)
* ''
J-Horror
Japanese horror is horror fiction derived from popular culture in Japan, generally noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre differing from the traditional Western representation of horror. Japanese horror tends ...
'' (
David Kalat)
* ''
Nintendo Magic'' (
Osamu Inoue)
* ''
North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter'' (
Sakie Yokota
The Yokota family, husband Shigeru (November 14, 1932 – June 5, 2020) and wife Sakie (born February 4, 1936) along with their twin sons Takuya and Tetsuya founded the Japanese National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North ...
)
* ''
Saying Yes to Japan'' (
Tim Clark,
Carl Kay)
* ''
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!'' (
Toshio Okada
is an anime producer, author, and lecturer. He is a co-founder and former president of the production company Gainax. He is portrayed by actor Gaku Hamada in the 2014 TV Drama ''Aoi Honō'' based on the autobiographical manga by his fellow Kazuh ...
)
* ''
Slow Sex Secrets'' (
Adam Tokunaga)
* ''
The Toyota Leaders
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'' (
Masaaki Sato)
* ''
Walking Your Way to a Better Life
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'' (
Kimiko)
Manga
* ''
5 Centimeters Per Second''
(
Makoto Shinkai
, known as
, is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, author, and manga artist.
Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) ' ...
, Yukiko Seike)
* ''
7 Billion Needles''
(
Nobuaki Tadano)
* ''
A School Frozen in Time'' (
Mizuki Tsujimura
is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi.
Tsujimura specializes in mystery novels. She writes both for adults and children.
She has been writing mystery novels from since she was a high school student, and she decided to go to Chiba Univ ...
,
Naoshi Arakawa)
* ''
An Older Guy's VR First Love'' (Tomoko Boryoku)
* ''
After the Rain'' (
Jun Mayuzuki
is a Japanese manga artist. Her most famous work is the series '' After the Rain'', which was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits'' magazine in June 2014, before moving to the magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' in January ...
)
* ''
Ajin: Demi-Human'' (Gamon Sakurai)
* ''
Andromeda Stories
a Japanese manga written by Ryu Mitsuse and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya.
Plot
On the planet of Astria in the Andromeda Galaxy the Cosmoralian Empire is about to marry Prince Ithaca to Ayodoya's Princess Lilia, in the process crowning him ...
'' (
Ryu Mitsuse Ryū Mitsuse ( ''Mitsuse Ryū'', March 18, 1928 - July 7, 1999) was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, alternate history writer, historical novelist, and essayist. Mitsuse is the author of ''Hyakuoku no Hiru to Sen'oku no Yoru''. Among his ...
,
Keiko Takemiya
is a Japanese manga artist and the former president of Kyoto Seika University.
Career
Keiko Takemiya (or Takemiya Keiko) is included in the Year 24 Group, a term coined by academics and critics to refer to a group of female authors in the ea ...
)
* ''
Avant-garde Yumeko
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'' (
Shūzō Oshimi
is a Japanese manga artist who publishes works primarily for Kodansha. He made his debut with ''Superfly'' in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. He is best known for his manga ''Drifting Net Cafe,'' '' The Flowers of Evil'' and ''Happiness''. ...
)
* ''
Ayako
Ayako is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Ayako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 文子, "writings, child"
* 綾子, "twill, child"
* 絢子, "kimono design, child"
* 彩子, "coloring, child"
* 順 ...
'' (
Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such ...
)
* ''
Apollo's Song
is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was originally serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen King'' in Japan in 1970 and was published in English translation in 2007.
The story follows a neglected and abused boy, Shogo, who does not ha ...
'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''
Black Jack'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''
Blame!
''Blame!'' (stylized as ''BLAME!'') is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was published by Kodansha in the Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from 1997 to 2003, ...
''
(
Tsutomu Nihei
is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his submission, ''Blame''. After working as an ...
)
* ''
Blood on the Tracks
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'' (
Shuzo Oshimi)
* ''
The Book of Human Insects
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It is about Toshiko Tomura, the "Woman of Talent", who is able to leech the abilities out of people, constantly reinventing herself. The manga was originally serialized in Ak ...
'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
According to Buddhist tradition, he was ...
'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''
Cardfight!! Vanguard
is a Japanese multimedia franchise jointly created by Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani. It currently consists of multiple anime television series, an official trading ...
'' (
Akira Itō)
* ''
Chi's Sweet Home
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kanata Konami. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Morning'' from 2004 to 2015, with its chapters collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. The ...
''
(
Kanata Konami
is a Japanese manga artist best known for her cat manga ''Chi's Sweet Home''.
Her first manga was published in the magazine Nakayoshi in 1982. Both ''Chi's Sweet Home'' and have been published in English by Vertical (company), Vertical Inc. ...
)
* ''
CITY
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'' (Keiichi Arawi)
* ''
Devil's Line'' (
Ryou Hanada Ryo may refer to:
* Ryō, a gold currency unit in pre-Meiji Japan Shakkanhō system
* Ryō (actress) (born 1973), Japanese model, actress, and singer
* Ryō (given name), a unisex Japanese given name
* Ryo, Georgia, an unincorporated community in G ...
)
* ''
Dissolving Classroom''
[ (]Junji Ito
is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include ''Tomie'', a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; ''Uzumaki'', a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and ...
)
* ''Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Nanashi, also known as 774. The web manga began running in ''Magazine Pocket'', an online and app based web manga magazine published by Kodansha, in November 2017. An anime televisio ...
'' ( Nanashi)
* ''Dororo
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka's childhood memory of his friends pronouncing as ''dororo'' inspired the title of the series. ''Dororo'' was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''W ...
'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''Dream Fossil
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'' (Satosi Kon
was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art Universi ...
)
* ''The Drops of God
is a Japanese manga series about wine. It is created and written by Tadashi Agi, a pseudonym employed by creative team of sister and brother Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, with artwork by Shu Okimoto. The story is told in two parts – the first ...
''Tadashi Agi
is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹 直) is shared with his ...
, Shu Okimoto)
* '' The Flowers of Evil'' (Shūzō Oshimi
is a Japanese manga artist who publishes works primarily for Kodansha. He made his debut with ''Superfly'' in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. He is best known for his manga ''Drifting Net Cafe,'' '' The Flowers of Evil'' and ''Happiness''. ...
)
* '' Flying Witch'' (Chihiro Ishizuka)
* '' From the New World'' (Yusuke Kishi
is a Japanese author. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Biography
He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for seve ...
)
* ''The Garden of Words
is a 2013 Japanese anime drama film written, directed and edited by Makoto Shinkai, animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho. It stars Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa, and features music by Daisuke Kashiwa instead of Tenmon, who ha ...
'' (Makoto Shinkai
, known as
, is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, author, and manga artist.
Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) ' ...
)
* ''A Girl on the Shore
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Inio Asano. It is about two junior high school students who enter into a casual sex relationship. The manga was serialized in Ohta Publishing's ''Manga Erotics F'' from 2009 to 2013 and is licens ...
'' (Inio Asano
is a Japanese manga artist. Asano created the acclaimed manga '' Solanin'', which was released as a feature film in Japan in April 2010, starring Aoi Miyazaki. He is also famous for the series ''Goodnight Punpun''.
Known for creating character- ...
)
* '' Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest'' (Aki Irie
Aki Irie (入江 亜季, ''Irie Aki'') is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist, best known for her work ''Ran and the Gray World'' (乱と灰色の世界, ''Ran to Haiiro no Sekai''). She was born in Marugame, Kagawa.
Career
Before starting her ca ...
)
* ''The Gods Lie
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Ozaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Monthly Afternoon'' from March to July 2013, with its chapters collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume. It was licensed in North America f ...
'' (Kaori Ozaki
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*Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
*, musician known as Bonni ...
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* '' The Great Cleric'' ( Broccoli Lion, Hiiro Akikaze)
* '' GTO: 14 Days in Shonan''Tooru Fujisawa
is a Japanese manga artist. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language '' Great Teacher Onizuka'' books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was ''Adesugata Junjo Boy' ...
)
* '' GTO: The Early Years''Tooru Fujisawa
is a Japanese manga artist. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language '' Great Teacher Onizuka'' books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was ''Adesugata Junjo Boy' ...
)
* '' The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi'' (Kaoru Kurimoto
was the pen name of , a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism and music. She was known for her record-breaking 130-volume ''Guin Saga'' series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Ru ...
, Kazuaki Yanagisawa)
* '' Helter Skelter''Heroman
''Heroman'' (stylized as ''HEROMAN'') is a Japanese manga and anime series created by Marvel's Stan Lee and Bones. The manga was published in Square Enix's magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from August 2009 to October 2011, with its chapters ...
'' (Stan Lee
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, BONES
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, Tamon Ohta Tamon or Tamón may refer to:
*short form of ''Tamonten,'' Japanese for Vaisravana
* Tamón, a parish of Carreño, Asturias, Spain
* Tamon (name), a Japanese given name
See also
*Taman (disambiguation)
Taman may refer to: Places
*Taman Peninsu ...
)
* ''Immortal Hounds
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryō Yasohachi. It is set in an alternate universe where humans are instantly resurrected after death, save for Vectors, who can spread "Resurrection Deficiency Syndrome". It has been ser ...
''[ ( Ryō Yasohachi)
* '']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 ...
'' (Moyoco Anno
is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work ''Sugar Sugar Rune'' won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of '' Neon Genesis Evan ...
)
* '' Insufficient Direction'' (Moyoco Anno
is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work ''Sugar Sugar Rune'' won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of '' Neon Genesis Evan ...
)
* ''Knights of Sidonia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized by Kodansha in their ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' between April 2009 and September 2015, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankō ...
'' (Tsutomu Nihei
is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his submission, ''Blame''. After working as an ...
)
* ''Limit
Limit or Limits may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Limit'' (manga), a manga by Keiko Suenobu
* ''Limit'' (film), a South Korean film
* Limit (music), a way to characterize harmony
* "Limit" (song), a 2016 single by Luna Sea
* "Limits", a 2019 ...
'' (Keiko Suenobu
is a female Japanese shōjo manga artist from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka. She graduated from the School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba with a major in sculpture. In 2006, Suenobu's manga series, ''Life'' won the Kodansha Manga Award fo ...
)
* ''Lychee Light Club
, also commonly known as ''Litchi Hikari Club'', is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Usamaru Furuya and based on a play with the same name. It was serialized in Ohta Publishing's ''Manga Erotics F'' magazine between M ...
'' (Usamaru Furuya
is a Japanese manga artist.
Biography
During elementary school, Furuya enrolled in the Osamu Tezuka Manga Correspondence Course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker, more underground style.
He graduated from Tama A ...
)
* ''Message to Adolf
, known in earlier English versions as ''Adolf'', is a manga series made by Osamu Tezuka. The story is set before, during, and after World War II and is centered on three men with the name Adolf. Adolf Kamil is an Ashkenazi Jew living in Japan. ...
''Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You
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'' (Taka Aki)
* '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin''Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga art ...
, Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the ''Gundam'' anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art. ...
, Hajime Yatate
is a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff.
Name
"Hajime Yatate" is considered to be named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's ''Oku no Hosomichi'':
Credited series
This collective entity is credited as the o ...
)
* '' Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz - Glory of the Losers'' ( Tomofumi Ogasawara, Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Katsuyuki (written: , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese table tennis player
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese film director ...
)
* ''Moteki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in ''Evening'' magazine from 2008 to 2010, with its chapters collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a Japanese televi ...
'' (Mitsuro Kubo)
* ''Mysterious Girlfriend X
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Riichi Ueshiba. It was originally published as a One-shot (comics), one-shot story in 2004 before becoming a serialized comic in Kodansha, Kodansha's ''Monthly Afternoon'' magazine in 2006. The ...
'' (Riichi Ueshiba
is a Japanese manga artist. He has written and drawn ''Yume Tsukai'' (''Dream User'') and '' Nazo no Kanojo X'' (''Mysterious Girlfriend X''), both of which were adapted into anime series. Another of his works, ''Discommunication'', had its main ...
)
* '' MW'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''My Neighbor Seki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takuma Morishige. The series follows a girl named Rumi Yokoi who is constantly distracted by her neighboring classmate, Toshinari Seki, as he indulges in elaborate hobbies and somehow ne ...
'' (Takuma Morishige)
* ''My Boy
"My Boy" is a popular song from the early 1970s. The music was composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Claude François, and the lyrics were translated from the original version "Parce que je t'aime, mon enfant" (Because I Love You My Child) into E ...
'' ( Hitomi Takano)
* ''Ninja Slayer
is a novel series created by American authors Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez. After they gave permission for Japanese translations to be published via Twitter, Enterbrain published the first translated novel in September 2012, wit ...
'' (Bradley Bond, Philip "Ninj@" Morzez)
* ''Nichijou
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine '' Shōnen Ace'', and was also serialized in ''Comptiq'' between the March 2007 ...
'' (Keiichi Arawi)
* ''No Longer Human
is a 1948 Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It is considered Dazai's masterpiece and ranks as the second-best selling novel ever in Japan, behind Natsume Sōseki's ''Kokoro''. The literal translation of the title, discussed by Donald Keene in his ...
''Usamaru Furuya
is a Japanese manga artist.
Biography
During elementary school, Furuya enrolled in the Osamu Tezuka Manga Correspondence Course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker, more underground style.
He graduated from Tama A ...
)
* ''Ode to Kirihito
is a Japanese manga series by Osamu Tezuka. It was originally serialized in ''Big Comic'' in Japan from 1970 to 1971 and was published in English translation in 2006 by Vertical Inc.
This series is about a heroic young doctor named Kirihito O ...
'' (Osamu Tezuka)
* ''Paradise Kiss
''Paradise Kiss'', also abbreviated to ''ParaKiss'', is a josei manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese fashion magazine ''Zipper''. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes. The ...
'' (Ai Yazawa
is a Japanese manga author. While most of Yazawa's manga is published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of ''Ribon'' and ''Cookie'' (''Nana'' was serialized in the latter), series like ''Paradise Kiss'' have appeared in non-Shueisha magazines su ...
)
* ''Peepo Choo
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Felipe Smith. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Monthly Morning Two'' from June 21, 2008. The individual chapters were collected into three ''tankobon, bound volumes'' by Kodansha, ...
''Princess Knight
''Princess Knight'', also known as ''Ribon no Kishi'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. This manga follows the adventures of Sapphire, a girl who was born accidentally with a blue heart of a boy and a pin ...
''Prophecy
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'' (Tetsuya Tsutsui)
* ''Sakuran
, is a Japanese manga series by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl who goes through different names throughout the story and becomes a , or high ranking (courtesan).
North American publisher Vertical Inc published it in English in July ...
''Moyoco Anno
is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work ''Sugar Sugar Rune'' won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of '' Neon Genesis Evan ...
)
* '' Sickness Unto Death'' (Takahiro Seguchi)
* ''Summer Wars
is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and ...
'' (Mamoru Hosoda
is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film '' Mirai''.
Life and career
Early life and initial work at Toei Animat ...
)
* '' To Terra...'' (Keiko Takemiya
is a Japanese manga artist and the former president of Kyoto Seika University.
Career
Keiko Takemiya (or Takemiya Keiko) is included in the Year 24 Group, a term coined by academics and critics to refer to a group of female authors in the ea ...
)
* ''Tokyo ESP
is a Japanese manga series by Hajime Segawa. It began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine on February 26, 2010, and finished on July 26, 2016. It follows a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba who lives with her fat ...
'' ( Hajime Segawa)
* ''Tropic of the Sea
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred ...
'' (Satoshi Kon)
* ''The Twin Knights
''Princess Knight'', also known as ''Ribon no Kishi'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. This manga follows the adventures of Sapphire, a girl who was born accidentally with a blue heart of a boy and a pi ...
''To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Maybe. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since June 2014. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Vertical. A 12-epi ...
'' (Maybe)
* ''Twin Spica
is a Japanese Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma. The "realistic, Slice of life story, slice-of-life science fiction series" tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students training to b ...
''Kou Yaginuma
is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist. In June 2000, his debut work, , began serialization in the ''Comic Flapper'' manga magazine.
"The Fireworks of 2015" would serve as a prequel to his later and most notable work, ''Twin Spica'', which began s ...
)
* '' Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist'' (Asumiko Nakamura
is a Japanese manga artist, born in Kanagawa Prefecture. She began her career as an author in 2000. She is best known for her Yaoi or boys' love manga and her major work is which was released in 2006–07 The manga was made into an animated ...
)
* '' Velveteen & Mandala''Jiro Matsumoto
is a Japanese manga artist most known for his work on '' Freesia''. Much of his manga is explicit in nature, frequently containing copious amounts of sex and violence.
Matsumoto's work ''Becchin & Mandara'' was released in English August 2011 a ...
)
* '' What Did You Eat Yesterday?'' (Fumi Yoshinaga
is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and boys' love works.
Life
Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She discovered amateur manga, doujinshi, in junior high school, when a friend showed her a doujinshi depicting a romant ...
)
* ''Witchcraft Works
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Good! Afternoon'' from March 2010 to February 2022, with its chapters collected into seventeen ''tankōbon'' v ...
'' (Ryu Mizunagi)
* ''Wolfsmund
is a Japanese historical fiction, historical fantasy comics, fantasy ''seinen manga, seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by . Published by Enterbrain, it's serialized on ''harta (magazine), Fellows!''/''harta (magazine), harta'' (:ja: ...
''
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