What product targets elementary school aged boys and has a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi?
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Beyblade: Metal Fusion Beyblade: Metal Fusion, also known as Metal Fight Beyblade (メタルファイトベイブレード , Metaru Faito Beiburēdo ) , is a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi, serialized in Shogakukan's monthly magazine "CoroCoro Comic" between September 2008 and February 2012.
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CoroCoro Comic CoroCoro Comic (コロコロコミック , KoroKoro Komikku ) is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, established on May 15, 1977. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. Several of its properties, like Doraemon and the Pokémon series of games, have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan.
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Binchō-tan (manga) Bincho-tan (びんちょうタン , Binchōtan ) (also Binchō-tan) is a mascot character, created by Japanese manga artist Takahito Ekusa (江草天仁 , "Ekusa Takahito" ) and produced by game goods company Alchemist.
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Akuma-kun Akuma-kun (悪魔くん ) is a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Several versions of the manga exist, one of which was adapted into a live-action TV show, and another into an anime television series.
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Short Program (manga) Short Program (Japanese: ショート・プログラム , Hepburn: Shōto Puroguramu ) is the title of a series of unrelated short manga collections by Mitsuru Adachi. Four volumes compile stories selected from shōjo, shōnen, josei and seinen works released from 1985 until 2009.
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Chagurin Chagurin (ちゃぐりん ) is a children's magazine published by the "Family Light Association" (家の光協会 "Ie no Hikari Kyōkai") in Japan. The magazine was formerly published under the title Children's Light (こどもの光 "Kodomo no Hikari").
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Gakuen Alice Gakuen Alice (Japanese: 学園アリス , Hepburn: Gakuen Arisu ) , also known as Alice Academy or Alice School, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Higuchi Tachibana, was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine "Hana to Yume". It was adapted into an anime series produced by Aniplex and Group TAC which originally premiered on NHK BS-2. It spanned twenty-six episodes, between October 30, 2004, and May 14, 2005. The anime was translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax and broadcast on networks throughout Asia. At Anime Expo 2008, The Right Stuf International announced that its Nozomi Entertainment division had licensed "Gakuen Alice" for the North American market.
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Disappearance Diary Disappearance Diary (Japanese: 失踪日記 , Hepburn: Shissō Nikki ) is a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life and of his alcohol dependency problems. It has received multiple awards inside and outside Japan. In addition to being published in Japan, this book has been licensed and published in English, French, Spanish, German and Polish.
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Suzuka (manga) Suzuka (Japanese: 涼風 ) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kouji Seo. The series is a character-driven romance story that uses the athletics of track and field as a subplot. The story primarily follows the life of the teenager Yamato Akitsuki, who moved to Tokyo to change himself, and his main love interest Suzuka Asahina, a talented and highly scouted high jumper who lives in Yamato's aunt's dormitory and attends his new high school.
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Shōnen Ai no Bigaku Shōnen Ai no Bigaku (少年愛の美学 ) , literally The Esthetics of Boy Love, was a bimonthly manga compilation authored by shotacon artists in Japan. The title mimics that of a philosophical work on sexuality and homosexuality by Inagaki Taruho. The first volume was published in 2003 by AV Comics, the adult product branch of Shobukan, with the intention of reviving the market for shotacon magazines. Each issue of the seventeen volume series follows a theme such as cross-dressing, omorashi, field trip, or incest. "Shōnen Ai no Bigaku" did not include straight shota.
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Panku Ponk Panku Ponk (パンク・ポンク , Panku Ponku ) is a Japanese children's comedy manga series written and illustrated by Haruko Tachiiri. It began serialization in the December 1976 issue of the Shogakukan magazine "Third Grade of Elementary School" (小学三年生 , Shougaku Sannensei ) ; as the characters aged, it moved to "Fourth Grade of Elementary School" (小学四年生 , Shougaku Yonnensei ) , "Fifth Grade of Elementary School" (小学五年生 , Shougaku Gonensei ) , and the shōjo manga magazine "Hop", before concluding in 1991. Serial numbers were very short, usually no more than four pages, and were collected in a total of 12 bound volumes under Shogakukan's Ladybird Comics imprint. It was followed by two sequel series, "Panku Ponkuserekushon" (パンク・ポンクセレクション ) , collected in two volumes, and "Panku Ponk: Color Version" (カラー版パンク・ポンク , Karaa Ban Panku Ponku ) . "Panku Ponk" received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for the children's category. It was licensed in English in North America by Studio Ironcat before they eventually went out of business.
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Silver Spoon (manga) Silver Spoon (Japanese: 銀の匙 , Hepburn: Gin no Saji ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, set in the fictional Ooezo Agricultural High School in Hokkaido. It depicts the daily life of Yuugo Hachiken, a high school student from Sapporo who enrolled at Ezo fleeing from the demands of his strict father. However, he soon learns that life on an agricultural school is not as easy as he initially believed. Unlike his new classmates, he has no intention of following an agricultural career after graduating, although he envies them for already having set goals for their lives and the pursuit of their dreams.
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Marmalade Boy Marmalade Boy (Japanese: ママレード·ボーイ , Hepburn: Mamarēdo Bōi ) is a shōjo manga by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published by Shueisha in the magazine "Ribon" from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight "tankōbon" volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 76-episode anime television series which aired on TV Asahi and Fuji TV in 1994 to 1995. This was followed by a prequel theatrical anime movie in 1995. The series was also adapted as a 30-episode live-action television series that was broadcast in Taiwan in 2002.
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Sesame Beginnings Sesame Beginnings is a line of products and a video series, spun off the children's television series "123 Sesame Street". The line is targeted towards infants and their parents, and products are designed to increase family interactivity.
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Laughing Target The Laughing Target (笑う標的 , Warau Hyōteki ) is a Japanese manga by Rumiko Takahashi and published in "Weekly Shōnen Sunday" in 1983. The manga was later compiled in Rumic World books, which are available in English from Viz Media. It was adapted into an anime OVA released in 1987. A subtitled VHS release was published in North America by US Manga Corps on April 7, 1993.
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School-Live! School-Live! (Japanese: がっこうぐらし! , Hepburn: Gakkō Gurashi! , lit. "Living at School!") is a Japanese manga series written by Nitroplus' Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series began serialization in the July 2012 issue of Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara Forward" magazine and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by Lerche aired between July and September 2015.
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School Days (visual novel) School Days (スクールデイズ , Sukūru Deizu ) is a Japanese visual novel developed by 0verflow, released on April 28, 2005 for Windows as an adult game. It was later ported as a DVD game and for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PlayStation Portable (PSP). The story, a dramatic slice-of-life, follows Makoto Ito, a high school student who becomes the ambivalent love-interest of several girls during his second term, and the effects this has on himself and his relationships with other characters. Though the game requires little interaction from users, "School Days" engages the player through a plot that they are given opportunities to change the course of during play. The game concludes with an ending specific to the outcome of the story, some of which became notorious for their graphic violence.
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Sanrio Sanrio Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンリオ , Kabushikigaisha Sanrio ) is a Japanese company that designs, licenses and produces products focusing on the "kawaii" (cute) segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts and accessories that are sold worldwide and at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's best-known character is Hello Kitty, a little anthropomorphic cat girl, one of the most successful marketing brands in the world.
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Gangan Comics Gangan (ガンガン , "Gangan" ) is a manga imprint of Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before merging into the statutory company of Square Enix. It publishes manga in several magazines aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its magazines are home to some popular manga series which were adapted into anime series, like "Fullmetal Alchemist", "", "Nabari no Ou", "Inu x Boku SS", and "Soul Eater". The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as Gangan Comics (ガンガンコミックス , Gangan Komikkusu ) , Gangan Comics Joker (ガンガンコミックスJOKER , Gangan Komikkusu Jōkā ) and Young Gangan Comics (ヤングガンガンコミックス , Yangu Gangan Komikkusu ) , which identify the magazine of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by deleting any "Gekkan" (月刊 , monthly publication) or "Shōnen" (少年 , boy) in the magazine name and inserting "Comics" (コミックス , Komikkusu ) directly after the word "Gangan".
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Miyuki (manga) Miyuki (Japanese: みゆき ) is a romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan from 1980 to 1984 in the biweekly manga magazine "Shōnen Big Comic" (precursor to the current "Weekly Young Sunday"). The series was adapted into a movie, an anime television series, and a live-action television drama. It was very popular in Japan and was one of the winners of the 1982 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen or shōjo manga, along with Adachi's "Touch".
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Sweet Blue Flowers Sweet Blue Flowers (青い花 , Aoi Hana , lit. "Blue Flower") is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. It was serialized between November 2004 and July 2013 in Ohta Publishing's "Manga Erotics F" manga magazine and is licensed in English by Viz Media. Eight volumes were published between December 2005 and September 2013. The story focuses on Fumi Manjōme, a lesbian high school girl, and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira, who tries to keep her friends happy through difficult times.
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Kiss All the Boys Kiss All the Boys (できのいいキス悪いキス , Deki no Ii Kiss Warui Kiss ) is a yaoi comedy manga by Shiuko Kano published by Ohzora Publishing and later by Futabasha. It was licensed in English by Aurora Publishing under their Deux Press imprint and released between March 2008 and October 2008. It has been published in Chinese by Tong Li Publishing. "Kiss All the Boys" is about a hentai author whose gay teenage son comes to live with him, and the author's discovery of his own homosexuality.