Manga

Who loves Marmalade Boy? This story from Wataru Yoshizumi was well-admired by manga readers from past to present, and has been considered as a classic. This story follows Miki Koishikawa’s life as it is turned upside down when her parents announced of their divorce, in order to swap partners with a couple who came from Hawaii. This shocking change led her into many transformations, especially in how she sees her family and friends. Keep Reading

We know her as the maker of the Sakura Hime Kaiden, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, Neko to Watashi no Kinyoubi, and other shoujo stories released with a tinge of a magical plot. Now, Arina Tanemura will be launching a new title under her pen, as revealed by the April issue of the Hakunsensha’s Melody magazine. The magazine has announced on Thursday that Tanemura will release her new 31 Ai Dream (can be written as 31 I Dream or 31 Eye Dream) manga series in the next issue, arriving on April 27. Keep Reading

Heads up, Shogakukan readers! Its Gessan magazine, known as Monthly Shonen, will be releasing prime new series just for you. Of course, this is if you have studied your kanji and read good Japanese. However, if you’re still on the way to learn, you wouldn’t want to miss this update, for who knows, maybe one of these new mangas will become your next favorite!

Using his Twitter account, the manga creator Taishi Mori has revealed of his new soon-to-be-launched series in April, to be featured in the issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Magazine on March 12. Keep Reading

Termed as “inevitable,” Japan’s WOWOW premium television channel had began streaming a promotional video for the upcoming launch of the CLAMP live action television adaptation, xxxHOLiC. As announced, the international station will release this series, inspired by the popular manga creators’ concept. Model and actress Anne will take the lead role of Yuuko Ichihara, and she introduces the series by discussing the manga, the fidelity to the story, and lastly, to encourage the people to watch the show. Keep Reading

We all love eating food in secret, don’t we? Other than we have no one to share it with, we are able to dig in while no one’s watching. There’s no one to look at us as we fill ourselves with our edible favorites, no one to mind us as we squirm through each taste with happiness. Especially, when this involves top notch cuisines and desserts! It’s one of our guilty pleasures which, hopefully, do not turn into full gluttony. Keep Reading