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La La (other)
''LaLa'' is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Hakusensha on the 24th of each month. The magazine's bonus contents are usually calendars for New Year issues, drama CDs, and so on. In a 2006 survey conducted by Oricon, Japanese girls selected ''LaLa'' as their fifth favorite manga anthology, along with Shogakukan's ''Shōjo Comic'' and Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. About ''LaLa'' is the second manga magazine Hakusensha published. Manga serialized in ''LaLa'' are collected into under the label , along with manga serialized in ''Hana to Yume''. Fanbooks and illustration books for its series are published under the label . Readers of the magazine are 97% female, while the other 3% are male readers. Its age demographic consists of 4% percent for under-13 readers, 23.4% for readers aged 13–17, 20% for readers aged 18–20, 13% for readers aged 21–23, while the remaining 29.7% of the readers are aged 24 years old and up. Readers aged 24 and up are the demo ... [...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] |
Snow White With The Red Hair
is a Japanese '' shōjo'' fantasy romance manga series written and illustrated by Sorata Akiduki. It was originally serialized in Hakusensha's bi-monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' LaLa DX'' from August 2006 to August 2011, and was moved to the monthly ''LaLa'' in October 2011. Its chapters have been published and collected in 27 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of May 2025. An anime adaptation produced by Bones aired from 2015 to 2016 - the first half aired in Japan from July 6, 2015, to September 21, 2015, and the second half between January 11, 2016, and March 28, 2016. Plot Shirayuki is an herbalist in the kingdom of Tanbarun with one unique feature: her beautiful red hair, which attracts a lot of attention. Due to her hair color, Shirayuki was raised to always be careful of showing her hair in new surroundings, tying it up with a red ribbon. She grew up to be an independent young woman. The first prince of her kingdom, Prince Raj, learns of her unusual hair color and orders he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Clouds Rising
is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Natsumi Itsuki. It won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was adapted in 1997 into an OVA series. Plot summary Kuraki Fuzuchi is a handsome and quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar powers. The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains to purify his deceased grandfather's sword in a festival that only occurs every 49 years. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki's initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicitly intertwined as they encounter ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life. Seven Sacred Swords In the ancient Izumo era, the seven sacred swords were forged by the blacksmith Tsukamoto Tomohiko for the priest Manashi. For a long time, they protecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Child (manga)
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Reiko Shimizu. It was serialized in Hakusensha's magazine, ''LaLa''. It is licensed in North America by CMX Manga. The manga has been adapted into a theatrical interpretation of itself by Studio Life. The story involves a prophecy about the offspring of an alien and a human, who might either save or destroy the world. The manga plays with issues of gender and mystery. It falls into the demographic of shōjo and the genre of science fiction. Manga ''Moon Child'' is written and illustrated by Reiko Shimizu. Hakusensha released the manga's 13 '' bound volumes'' between February 1989 and April 1993. CMX Manga released the manga's 13 ''tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...'' volumes in English between December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikan Enikki
is a manga series written and illustrated by Miwa Abiko. It was featured in Hakusensha's magazine ''LaLa'' from June 1988 to January 1995. A TV anime (stylized みかん絵日記) loosely based on the manga was produced by Nippon Animation and ran from October 16, 1992 to June 18, 1993 on CBC Television, TBS and other JNN affiliates. Plot Tom, an orange cat, the protagonist of the story, had to leave his home after his owner had died due to illness. After wandering around for a while, he finally arrived at the Kusanagi family, where he was adopted and given a new name, Mikan, based on his orange fur (''mikan'' is the Japanese word for "orange fruit"), but the Kusanagis soon found out that Mikan was no ordinary cat: he could speak human, and could walk on his hind limbs like a human. Shocked at first, the family gradually adopted a more welcoming attitude, and finally accepted the fun-loving cat as one of them. From then on, Mikan got on numerous adventures in the human wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanasakeru Seishōnen
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. Set in the modern era, the story follows the path to romance of fourteen-year-old Kajika Burnsworth, daughter of powerful industrialist Harry Burnsworth, owner of the Burnsworth international conglomerate giant. Kajika agrees to participate in a "marriage game" with her father, in which she must select her future husband out of three men that her father has supposedly preselected for her. Despite its ''shōjo''-romance undertones, the story itself evolves as a power political mystery involving a small, southeast Asian country called Raginei (purportedly near Malaysia). Raginei as a country is only 1,000 years old, but became extremely wealthy within the last 50 years or so due to a change in ideals implemented by past King Machaty that allowed the international export of oil. While Kajika searches for her suitors and puzzles over the concept of love, the country is thrown into political turmoil and Kajika' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura No Sono
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized from 1985 to 1986 in Hakusensha's manga magazine LaLa. The story focuses on individuals from a drama club that are putting on Anton Chekhov's 1904 play ''The Cherry Orchard''. The manga was adapted into a film in 1990 by Shun Nakahara, and a remake was released in November 2008. Theatrical stage productions debuted at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in 1994 and at the Aoyama Round Theatre in 2007 and 2009. Plot The drama club of Oka Academy an all-girls high school put on the play ''The Cherry Orchard'' by Anton Chekhov for the anniversary of the school's founding. Each chapter follows the life of one of the club members while the preparations for the play go on. Characters ; :Atsuko is dating Shinichi Sakata, a boy on the rugby team at another high school, and worries about progressing their relationship. ; :A girl who did not want to come to an all-girls high school, Noriko become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cipher (manga)
''Cipher'' is a '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Minako Narita. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''LaLa'' magazine from the February 1985 issue to the December 1990 issue, and was collected in Japan in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes and seven '' bunkoban'' volumes. A sequel manga series titled ''Alexandrite'' was published in ''LaLa'' from 1991 to 1994, and compiled in Japan in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes and four ''bunkoban'' volumes. ''Cipher'' was also adapted into a promotional English-language OVA titled ''Cipher the Video'' in 1989, with Narita's input and involvement. Plot The story of ''Cipher'' is set in mid-1980s America, mainly New York City. It concerns the lives of former child stars twins Shiva (Jake Lang) and Cipher (Roy Lang), who mysteriously began to trade places until the two became synonymous with each other. Anise Murphy is a classmate of Shiva's, and shortly after becoming acquainted with him ends up entangled in a bet to see if she can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi Izuru Tokoro No Tenshi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryoko Yamagishi. It tells a fictionalised account of Prince Shōtoku, a political figure of sixth-century Japan who spread Buddhism, and his unrequited love for Soga no Emishi, which is very unlike the traditionally known stories of these people. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''LaLa'' from 1980 to 1984. The individual chapters were published in eleven under the ''Hana to Yume Comics'' imprint, which were released between 1981 and 1984. ''Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi'' received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the category. Publication Hakusensha released the manga's eleven between 1981 and 1984. The manga was re-released into eight , which were released between March and October 1986 by Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wata No Kunihoshi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Ōshima. It was serialized by Hakusensha in '' LaLa'' magazine from 1978 to 1987 and collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story is about an abandoned kitten called Chibi-neko (drawn as a small girl with cat ears and a tail) who is adopted by a young man named Tokio who grows up believing that she is human. The series was adapted as an anime movie directed by Shinichi Tsuji and produced by Mushi Production, it was released in theaters in February 1984. In 1979, ''Wata no Kunihoshi'' received the 3rd Kodansha Manga Award for the '' shōjo'' category. It is credited with popularizing the ''kemonomimi'' ( catgirl) character type. Synopsis A two-month-old kitten, , was abandoned by her owners. An 18-year-old young man named Tokio finds Chibi-neko and brings her home. Although his mother is allergic to cats and fears them, she agrees to let him keep the kitten for the company because she is afraid that he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechanical Marie
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aki Akimoto. It was originally a one-shot published in Hakusensha's manga magazine ''LaLa'' in March 2020, before being serialized in the same magazine from June 2020 to June 2023. Its chapters have been collected into six volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Zero-G and Liber is set to premiere in Q4 2025. Characters ; : ; : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Aki Akimoto, ''Mechanical Marie'' was initially a one-shot published in Hakusensha's ''LaLa'' magazine on March 24, 2020. It was later serialized in the same magazine from June 24, 2020, to June 23, 2023. Six volumes were released from December 2020 to September 2023. In February 2025, Yen Press announced that it licensed the series for English publication. A sequel series, titled , began serialization in ''LaLa'' on April 24, 2025. Volumes Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 5, 2024. It will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
