Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai (I’ve Always Liked You: Confess Your Love Committee) is a little over an hour long animated movie that tells the story of a group of high school friends and their struggles with love confessions. The story is based on a light novel and music project by HoneyWorks, previously know for their...

That Wolf-Boy is Mine!, adapted from Watashi no Ookami-kun, is a four volume shoujo manga by Yoko Nogiri that ran in Aria manga magazine from August 2014 to March 2016. The series is being published in North America by Kodansha USA and the first volume came out in August 2016. The Gist: Kusonoki Komugi lives with her mother in...

Chihayafuru is a series I’ve wanted to read for a long time. I asked many years ago about it getting licensed, but I was told that it was too esoteric of a subject matter to appeal to a broad audience.  I’ve watched the anime, but that doesn’t cover the whole story. So I’ve started picking it up in Japanese....

I’ve been way behind on manga reviews, but mostly because I’m waiting on a certain amount of volumes before passing judgement on a series.  These two recent series from Shojo Beat, though, have already made the cut. I’ll show you why I’ll be buying the rest of these volumes as they are released. First series is Everyone’s Getting Married...

Coloring books for adults are very popular. I’m a huge fan of them, and as a huge fan of Japanese things, it only makes sense that I look to Japan for additional coloring sources. I’ve not been disappointed! One of my current favorites is a book called “ガールズぬりえブックメアリーとローラのかわいいくらし.” (Cute Life of Mary and Lola Coloring Book). The illustrations are...