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Bessatsu Friend
, formerly known as , is a Japanese manga magazine published by Kodansha. It was originally conceived as a , or companion magazine, to '' Shōjo Friend'', which is no longer published. ''Bessatsu Friend'' is commonly known by the abbreviated name and is published on the 13th of each month. The magazine originally featured manga focused on romance, but with the start of publications by manga artists like Keiko Suenobu, it began publishing such that moved away from that main focus. publishes manga by many well known manga artists, such as Miwa Ueda, Satomi Ikezawa, Ayu Watanabe, Fuyumi Soryo, Nanba Atsuko, and Keiko Suenobu. In October 2005, a manga serialized in ''Bessatsu Friend'' titled '' Flower of Eden'' was pulled from publication and recalled by both Kodansha and North American publisher Tokyopop, after it was revealed that the manga artist, Yuki Suetsugu, had copied art directly from ''Slam Dunk'' and '' Real'' by Takehiko Inoue. After that, official imports of ''Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
A Girl & Her Guard Dog
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hatsuharu. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Bessatsu Friend'' since December 2018, with its chapters collected into nine volumes as of September 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Project No.9 aired from September to December 2023. A live-action film adaptation is set to premiere in March 2025. Synopsis Isaku Senagaki has been feared by those around her because her grandfather Tasuke is the third Senagaki boss. She gives up on her unrequited crush on Keiya Utō and enrolls in high school to have a normal love life, but Keiya fakes his age and enrolls in the same school. Characters ; : : :Because she is the granddaughter of a boss, she doesn't have any friends and is bad at socializing. She has a serious but shy personality. She has a crush on Keiya. ; : : :Young leading subordinate in the Senagaki and responsible for taking care of Isaku. He is overprotective and sometimes g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Life (manga)
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Suenobu. ''Life'' was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Bessatsu Friend''. In 2006, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. A live-action drama series, produced by Fuji TV aired in Japan from June 30 to September 15, 2007. A single-volume drama novelization was also created. Like the manga, it was published by Bessatsu Friend and written by Keiko Suenobu; unlike the manga, however, it saw a limited run and is now out of print. Characters ; :Played by: Kie Kitano :A high school student (First Year, Class 2). She studies at Nishidate High School, or Nishikō ('Nishi High'), who consistently struggles on tests despite being very intelligent. She lives with her single middle-class mother and younger sister, Akane, in a company house but her father is never present (in the television drama, Ayumu has a younger brother named Makoto, their mother's name is Fumiko and her father "is alw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
My Heavenly Hockey Club
is a manga series written and illustrated by AI Morinaga. Published by Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ... in Japan and Del Rey Manga in America. The series ran for 14 volumes, ending in 2005. The first eight volumes were released in North America. Series overview Hana Suzuki only loves two things in life: eating and sleeping. So, when her handsome classmate Izumi Oda talks her into joining the school hockey club, How will she survive getting up early, working hard, and playing well with others? True, the Grand Hockey Club is full of boys; super cute boys, so it won't be so bad after all. Characters ;Hana Suzuki :Hana Suzuki (the female lead character) is an average 16-year-old high school girl; her hobbies include sleeping and eating. She usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Othello (Satomi Ikezawa Manga)
is a ''shōjo'' manga series by Satomi Ikezawa. It was originally serialized by Kodansha in ''Bessatsu Friend'' and collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is distributed by Del Rey Manga in North America. The story is about a shy, naive Japanese teenager with a split personality. The manga is titled after the board game Othello, and not the Shakespearian play. The game involves a lot of switching back and forth between black and white pieces, representing Yaya and Nana's constant flip-flop. Plot Yaya is a shy, quiet teen with a passion for singing, Japanese rock music, Gothic Lolita, cosplay and music in general. But she has a secret: When she looks in a mirror or hits her head, Yaya's second personality, aptly named Nana, takes over her body and puts the wrong-doers in their places, shouting her catchphrase "Heavenly Punishment!" and once the damage is dealt, "Justice is done!" The series chronicles Yaya and Nana's somewhat episodic adventures against bullies, per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Perfect Day For Love Letters
is a Japanese manga short story series written and illustrated by George Asakura. Each story depicts a relationship that revolves around the use of love letters. The stories were originally published by Kodansha in the '' shōjo'' (aimed at teenage girls) manga magazine '' Bessatsu Friend'', and collected in two bound volumes. ''A Perfect Day for Love Letters'' received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga along with '' Oi Piitan!!'' by Risa Itou in 2005. A live action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 4, 2004. It was also adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2014. Manga In Japan, Kodansha published both ''tankōbon'' volumes in March 2001 ( and ). The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga. The first published in June 2005 () and the second in November 2005 (). Reception Anime News Network Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Wallflower (manga)
is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since 2000, and in 36 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha. The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga and in Singapore by Chuang Yi, under the name ''My Fair Lady''. The series ended in January 2015 after 36 volumes. Nippon Animation adapted part of the manga series into a twenty-five episode anime series which aired on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi from October 3, 2006 through March 27, 2007. The anime adaptation has been licensed for Region 1 release by A.D. Vision, who paid $500,000. In 2008, ''The WallFlower'' became one of over 30 ADV titles whose North American rights were transferred to Funimation Entertainment. Plot ''The Wallflower'' is about a girl named Sunako who was called ugly by the first and only person to whom she confessed her love. This incident sparks a life change, and as a result Sunako shuns all fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Girl Got Game
''Girl Got Game'', originally published in Japan as ''Power!!'', is a manga series written and illustrated by Shizuru Seino. Originally serialized in '' Bessatsu Friend'' from 1999 until 2002, the individual chapters have been collected and published in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The series focuses on Kyo Aizawa, a girl forced by her father to live as a boy so she can be on her new school's boys' top-ranked basketball team. It is licensed for an English language release in North America by Tokyopop, which completed releasing the series in August 2005. Characters * – a high school girl who wants a cute boyfriend and to wear the lovely Seisyu High School girl's uniform. Unfortunately, ever since her father tore his Achilles tendon, he hoped and planned for her to fulfill his dream of being a basketball star. Grudgingly, she attends Seisyu as a boy and proves to be an invaluable member of the boys' basketball team though she is also the shortest member. She is very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Guru Guru Pon-chan
is a Japanese manga series by Satomi Ikezawa about a Labrador puppy, named Ponta, who turns into a human and falls in love with Mirai Iwaki, who's very popular in his school. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was published in the United States by Del Rey Manga. Plot Ponta, the Koizumi family's labrador retriever puppy one day eats the 'talking bone' that the grandfather invented to allow an animal who licks it the power of speech. Instead of just being able to talk however, she transforms into a human girl. When she rushes out into traffic as a girl, she is saved by the most popular boy at school and falls in love with him. To be near him she enrolls in school and tries to learn how to live as a human. Characters * Ponta Koizumi — The lead character of the series. Grandpa Koizumi's invention transformed her from a puppy A puppy is a Juvenile (organism), juvenile dog, generally one less than 12-18 months old. Puppies are markedly underdev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peach Girl
is a Japanese manga series by Miwa Ueda. A high school drama centered on character Momo Adachi, her love life, friendships and rivalries, it was published in Japan by Kodansha in '' Bessatsu Friend'' from 1998 to 2003 and collected in 18 volumes. The series was adapted as a Taiwanese drama in 2002 and a Japanese animated television series in 2005. A manga sequel set 10 years after the original manga, titled ''Peach Girl Next'', began its serialization on ''Be Love'' on August 12, 2016. It ended with a total of eight volumes, the last of which was released in January 2020. On mid-March 2016, the live-action film adaptation was announced. The film was released in Japan on May 20, 2017. The North American version of the manga is published by Kodansha USA, with all 18 volumes under the same title. It was previously published in two parts by Tokyopop: ''Peach Girl'', covering the first eight volumes of the Japanese release; and ''Peach Girl: Change of Heart'', comprising the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mars (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. Initially serialized in ''Bessatsu Friend'' from 1996 to 2000, the series spans 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It follows the teenage romance between Kira Aso, an introverted artist, and Rei Kashino, a troubled playboy who is a professional motorcycle racer. A single volume prequel, ''Mars: A Horse With No Name'' was released in 1999. The manga is licensed for an English language release by Tokyopop, which has published all 15 volumes plus the prequel. The series was adapted into a 21 episode Taiwanese television drama in 2004. A Japanese television drama series adaptation titled was broadcast on Nippon TV from January 24 to March 27, 2016 and a live action film adaptation of the same name was released in Japan on June 18, 2016. The main series was very well received by critics, who praised its sensitive coverage of a wide range of intense topics, and its excellent romance. A prequel series was released, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Akogare
is a Japanese slice of life romance '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Chieko Hosokawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Friend'' manga magazine and a total of five volumes were published. A 24-episode live action television drama series adaptation, , was broadcast on Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ... from April 23 to October 15, 1986. Volumes *1 (May 12, 1970) *2 (May 25, 1970) *3 (July 12, 1970) *4 (August 8, 1970) *5 (August 8, 1970) References 1970 manga 1970 comics endings 1986 Japanese television series debuts 1986 Japanese television series endings Fuji Television dramas Kodansha manga Manga adapted into television series Romance anime and manga Shōjo manga Slice of life anime and manga {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
