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Manga with Anime & Live-Action Adaptations

Hot Anime Adaptations of 2024

Volume 7 Out on Feb. 21!

A Sign of Affection

Yubisaki To Renren

[author]suu Morishita

Anime 2024

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Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts to widen. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language isn't one of them. Can the two learn to communicate the budding feelings between them?

Volume 13 Out on Feb. 21!

A Condition Called Love

Hananoikun to Koi no Yamai

[author]Megumi Morino

Anime 2024 (scheduled)

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Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can't help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way ...

Showcasing Japanese Traditional Culture

Volume 17 Out on Feb. 26!

Chihayafuru

Chihayafuru

[author]Yuki Suetsugu

Anime 2011-2020

Live-Action (Movie) 2016

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Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss the first volume in this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways.

Descending Stories

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

[author]Haruko Kumota

Anime 2016

Live-Action (Series) 2018

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hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from one of Japan's greatest masters, Yakumo Yurakutei VIII, during his time in jail, he will settle for nothing less than to become apprentice to the best. Yakumo, notorious for taking no students, is persuaded to take him on, and nicknames him Yotaro-the fool. Yotaro has no formal training or elegance, but something about his charisma reminds Yakumo of someone from his past.

Award-Winning Titles

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Kinou Nani Tabeta?

[author]Fumi Yoshinaga

Anime 2019

Live-Action (Movie) 2021

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From award-winning author Fumi Yoshinaga comes a casual romance between two middle-aged men and the many meals they share together. A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, hash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals!

The Full-Time Wife Escapist

Nigeruha Hajidaga Yakunitatsu (Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, Nigehaji)

[author]Tsunami Umino

Live-Action (Series) 2016, 2021

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What's a girl to do when there are no jobs? Once Mikuri Moriyama got out of grad school, all she could find was a temp job, and they just laid her off! Worried about his daughter, her dad helps her get a job doing housekeeping for this guy he used to work with named Tsuzaki. Just when things are starting to go well, though, Mikuri's parents decide it's time to move out to the countryside. She'll likely be unemployed for the rest of her life if she goes with them, but she doesn't make enough money to rent her own place. That's when Mikuri, always the daydreamer, comes up with a solution out of left field...

Classics That Never Grow Old

Magic Knight Rayearth

Magic Knight Rayearth

[author]CLAMP

Anime 1994

Anime (OVA) 1997

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CLAMP's masterwork Magic Knight Rayearth—now in a new translation! This update of the manga classic forms the centerpiece to any CLAMP collection and is also a fantastic introduction to girl-powered adventure manga?perfect for fans of Sailor Moon and She-Ra. While on a field trip to Tokyo Tower, three teenage girls cross a magical portal and are transported to another world called Cefiro. There they are summoned through the last remaining strength of the Princess Emeraude, who believes the trio will become the magic knights who will save her, as prophesied by legend.

You're My Pet

Kimiha Pet (Kimi wa Pet)

[author]Yayoi Ogawa

Live-Action (Series) 2003

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Life was good for Sumire Iwaya... until the day she discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her, she gets demoted at work, and her life spirals toward the dumps. Things take a turn for the better when she crosses paths with Momo, a homeless guy with a colorful past who puts a bounce in her step and a shake in her hips. It takes two to tango, but when Sumire's first love reappears in her life, will this be the last waltz?

Slice-of-Life Stories to Ease Weary Souls

SETO UTSUMI

Setoutsumi

[author]Kadzuya Konomoto

Live-Action (Movie) 2016

Live-Action (Series) 2017

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This manga has been made into a movie and a TV drama in japan."I wish we could just spend all our high school days sittin' and chattin' by this river." This seven chapter volume is a collection of the funky, off-the-wall, and sometimes cynical after-school conversations between Seto and Utsumi, two high-schoolers from the Kansai region of Japan.This series has been published in Japan since 2012 which Japanese title name is "Setoutsumi"

Wakako Zake

Wakako Zake

[author]Chie Shinkyu

Anime 2015

Live-Action (Series) 2015-

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Wakako Murasaki, 26, lives to eat. She was born with a taste for alcohol and good food, so every night she searches for a good place to enjoy her meals alone. Perhaps she will sit next to you tonight?These popular shorts featuring the solo heavy drinker have been successfully turned into an anime and a drama!This series has been published in Japan since 2015 which Japanese title name is "Wakako-zake"

Otaku Way of Life

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu (Oshibudo)

[author]Auri Hirao

Anime 2020

Live-Action (Series) 2022

Live-Action (Movie) 2023

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When it comes to idol group Cham Jam, Eripiyo is the oldest ― and perhaps only ― fan of Maina Ichii. Despite Eripiyo's enthusiastic support, Maina is the least popular member of the group, but that doesn't deter Eripiyo, even though she spends so much of her money that she only has a single outfit of her own. But her love for Maina doesn't waver, even if she knows she might never be noticed for it!

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Otakuni Koiha Muzukashii (Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii)

[author]Fujita

Anime 2018

Anime (OVA) 2019-2021

Live-Action (Movie) 2020

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Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn't she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.

Spotlight on BL Anime & Live-Action

Volume 4 Out on Feb. 21!

Twilight Out of Focus

Tasogare Out Focus

[author]Jyanome

Anime 2024 (scheduled)

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Second-years Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo make three promises: 1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend, 2) That Hisashi will never think of Mao "in that way," and 3) That they'll always knock before entering, in case someone is having some "private time." The two's ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but life is never as simple as it should be, and some things are not so easily promised…

Life - The Road That Leads To You [Plus Renta!-Only Bonus]

Life Senjou no Bokura

[author]Miya Tokokura

Live-Action (Series) 2020

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Practical Akira Ito and child-like Yuki Nishi bump into each other while they each play their own version of "the floor is lava" on a white line on the side of the road. Soon enough, Akira falls in love with Yuki, and he can't help but be frustrated about only getting to interact with Yuki during this game, which is why he ends up kissing him... A beautiful love story about two teenage boys becoming men as we get to watch them grow older with time. Watch out! You may need some tissues while you read this tear-jerker. Life might change, but love never does. Includes ten bonus pages and a bonus page exclusive to Renta!

Titles Scheduled for Adaptation

A Side Character's Love Story

Mobukono Koi

[author]Akane Tamura

Live-Action (Movie) 2024 (scheduled)

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Growing up, Nobuko Tanaka was always a "side character"standing off in the corner. Now in her 20s, she's fallen in love for the first time. While she isn't any good at being assertive, she will muster her courage bit by bit as she tries her best to close the distance between herself and her crush - because even side characters fall in love. If you're tired of the same old romantic protagonists, this modest, refreshing love story is for you.

Nina the Starry Bride

Hoshifuru Oukoku No Nina (Hoshifuru Okoku no Nina)

[author]RIKACHI

Anime TBA

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Nina had a rough start to life, stealing to survive—and eventually being sold into slavery by her closest friend. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha. But despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight...and Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits. But how much can she trust Azure? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?