Tensai Okamura created and directed the Japanese anime television series Darker than Black, which was animated by studio Bones. From April to September 2007, twenty-five episodes aired on MBS, TBS, and their affiliate stations. The series is set in a world where “Heaven’s Gate” appeared in South America and was followed by “Hell’s Gate” in … Read more
Cowboy Bebop is a Japanese neo-noir science fiction anime television series created and animated by Sunrise, led by the Hajime Yatate production team of director Shinichiro Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno. The series, which aired for twenty-six episodes (in six “sessions” of four to … Read more
Norihiro Yagi is the author and illustrator of the Japanese dark fantasy manga series Claymore. It debuted in Shueisha’s shnen manga magazine Monthly Shonen Jump in June 2001 and ran until the magazine’s closure in June 2007. Following a four-chapter monthly publication in Weekly Shonen Jump, the series was serialised in the newly launched Jump … Read more
Shgo Kinugasa’s Classroom of the Elite is a Japanese light novel series illustrated by Shunsaku Tomose. On January 27, 2016, Yuyu Ichino’s manga adaptation began serialisation in Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive. Lerche’s anime television series adaptation aired from July to September 2017. Classroom Of The Elite Anime Synopsis Koudo Ikusei Senior High School appears … Read more
The Clannad animated television series is based on the Japanese visual novel Clannad by the visual novel brand Key. The episodes are directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and feature character design by Kazumi Ikeda, who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue’s original concept. The plot revolves around the main character, Tomoya Okazaki, … Read more
Yuki Suetsugu is the author and illustrator of the Japanese josei manga series Chihayafuru. Since December 2007, it has been serialised in Kodansha’s Be Love magazine. Chihaya Ayase, a high school student, is inspired by a new classmate to compete in Hyakunin Isshu karuta. From October 2011 to March 2012, an anime television series adaptation … Read more
Charlotte is a 2015 Japanese anime television series directed by Yoshiyuki Asai and produced by P.A.Works and Aniplex. Between July 5 and September 27, 2015, 13 episodes of the anime were broadcast in Japan. In March 2016, an original video animation episode was released. ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki G’s Comic serialised two manga series. The … Read more
CCS (Cardcaptor Sakura) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. From May 1996 to June 2000, it was serialised monthly in the shjo manga magazine Nakayoshi, and it was also published in 12 tankbon volumes by Kodansha between November 1996 and July 2000. Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student, … Read more
Bungou Stray Dogs is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kafka Asagiri and serialised in Kadokawa Shoten’s seinen manga magazine Young Ace since 2012. The series follows the members of the “Armed Detective Agency” as they attempt to protect the city of Yokohama. The show primarily focuses on the weretiger Atsushi Nakajima, who … Read more
Btooom! is an anime series based on Jun’ya Inoue’s manga of the same name. The storey begins after the release of the massively multiplayer online game Btooom! Players in the game must use stealth and strategy to eliminate each other using the only weapons available to them—a sonar ability to detect nearby players and bombs. … Read more