2020 Manga Taisho / Cartoon Grand Prize
These titles were nominated for the Manga Taisho, known in English as the Cartoon Grand Prize. The award is limited to series with less than 8 volumes at the time of the award, and winners are voted on by a committee of bookstore...
2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho: Comic Division Award Winners
These titles were announced as the winners of the 2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho awards, which has been run since 2014 by Da Vinci and Nico Nico. The Comics Division includes titles that are published in major magazines, such as...
2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho: Web Manga Division Award Winners
These titles were announced as the winners of the 2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho awards, which has been run since 2014 by Da Vinci and Nico Nico. The Web Manga Division includes titles that are published mainly online, whether...
Based on a Blog (Manga)
These manga were originally blog posts either posted by the author on a social media platform such as Twitter or Instagram, or on a blog. Published volumes often have the original posts shuffled or reordered, and may contain some...
Bitches Be Kinky (Manga)
Japan is known for some really weird shit. This list compiles some of the strangely deviant ones I've come across. From ridiculous interspecies relationships, to shoehorned fetishes in otherwise normal stories, these ones make...
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Anime)
These historical anime feature or make mention of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which took place on August 6th and 9th, 1945. Characters are shaped by the terrible event, either suffering the lingering health...
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Manga)
These historical manga feature or make mention of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which took place on August 6th and 9th, 1945. Characters are shaped by the terrible event, either suffering the lingering health...
Changing Worlds, Not Jobs
In these manga, the protagonists are transported or reincarnated into another world - but instead of being content with immersing themselves in a fantasy role, they take on virtually the same job they had on Earth. They might...
Chuukafu Fantasy (Anime)
These Japanese Fantasy manga have a distinctly classical Chinese aesthetic, often taking place in China or China-adjacent settings that are steeped in the country's culture, folklore and traditional costume. (Point of reference...
Chuukafu Fantasy (Manga and Light Novels)
These Japanese Fantasy manga and light novels have a distinctly classical Chinese aesthetic, often taking place in China or China-adjacent settings that are steeped in the country's culture, folklore and traditional costume...