W801 T.T.S. Airbats, known in Japan as Aozora Shōjotai , is a manga by Shimizu Toshimitsu which was later adapted into a seven episode anime series, produced by Studio Fantasia and Victor Entertainment. The series was released in Japan on LaserDisc as a series of OVA episodes between 1994 and 1996, and was licensed for English language distribution by ADV Films. The title has been out of print since 2005. The series had aired on TVB in Hong Kong on April 9, 1996.
WAkakichi no Eleven is manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara with drawings by Mitsuyoshi Sonoda. An anime adaption directed by Ken Yamada and produced by Kimio Ikeda, Hiroshi Mishima and Takahashi Noboyuki for Tokyo TV Doga aired between 1970 and 1971, which consists of 52 episodes lasting about 24 minutes. The series aired in Japan on Nippon Television from 13 April 1970 to 5 April 1971, every Monday. In Italy it was broadcast for the first time in 1982, through local TV stations. Other transmissions aired on Super 3, Naples Channel 21 and TMC, with a different assembly of the opening theme and the end, and was better known by the title "ARRIVANO I SUPERBOYS". It is the first anime dedicated to soccer. It gained popularity among male soccer players at the time. In addition, it has been pointed out that the emphasis on spirit theory, technology commentary and had been neglected.
WAkira No. 2 (アキラNo.2) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okushima. It was serialized between 2012 and 2014 in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King magazine. It was adapted into a live action film that was released in the fall of 2014 in Japan.
WAmbassador Magma is the title and protagonist of a manga and tokusatsu TV series created by Osamu Tezuka. The TV series, produced by P Productions, Seven Arts Television and Krantz Films, was aired on Fuji TV from July 4, 1966, to June 26, 1967, lasting a total of 52 episodes. It is the first color tokusatsu TV series in Japan, beating Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman to the air by six days. The show later aired in the US, dubbed in English, as The Space Giants. Digital Manga crowdfunded the manga, and it is currently available for digital purchase on their Emanga site.
WAnd Yet the Town Moves , abbreviated as Soremachi (それ町), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. The manga ran in the monthly magazine Young King OURs from 2005 to 2016, and was collected into sixteen bound volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Shaft was broadcast from October 8, 2010, to December 24, 2010. The manga was first licensed by Crunchyroll by the name of And Yet the Town Moves and in 2020 it was also licensed by Manga Planet, with the name of SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves.
WApollo's Song is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen King in Japan in 1970 and was published in English translation in 2007.
WArpeggio of Blue Steel is a Japanese manga series produced by Ark Performance and serialized in Shōnen Gahosha's Young King Ours. Twenty-two manga volumes have been released and an anime series by Sanzigen aired from October to December 2013. The same studio also produced two films based on the series, released in January and October 2015.
WBad Boys is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Tanaka. It was adapted into an OVA and a live action film and it was adapted into a Japanese television drama series. As for 2021, the manga has sold 55 million copies.
WBalance Policy is a science fiction manga series by Akihito Yoshitomi. It was originally planned as a six-page story, but was expanded as Yoshitomi saw potential to develop the setting further, and was serialized by Shōnen Gahōsha in 2010–2014 in their magazine Change H; it has since been collected in two tankōbon volumes. A one-shot finale, Tokyo Shoujo , was published in 2016, and was collected in a volume together with Yoshitomi's series Lily System in 2019.
WBattle Club is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Shiozaki, the creator of Ikki Tousen. The series follows Mokichi & Tamako, two high school students who are members of the Swan Academy Wrestling Club. This manga is noted for its extensive amount of fan service.
WBomber Girl is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Niwano. It was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from January to April 1994.
WCat Eyed Boy is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu. The story is narrated by the titular cat-eyed boy, hated by both humans and demons, who gets involved in tales of horror including monsters and children. The manga was initially serialized in 1967 in Shōnen Gahōsha's manga magazine Shōnen Gaho and eventually two other magazines, and has been compiled and published several times in different formats. In 2008, Viz Media licensed and released the manga in North America in two omnibus volumes. The manga has also been adapted into an anime series in 1976 and a live-action film in 2006. The manga has been noted for Umezu's grotesque style of Japanese horror storytelling and art. Response to the design of the Viz edition has also been positive.
WComical Psychosomatic Medicine is a Japanese gag comedy manga series written by Yū Yūki and illustrated by Sō and serialized on Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King magazine. It was adapted into an original net animation that premiered in February 2015.
WCyborg 009 is a science fiction superhero manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different Japanese magazines, including Monthly Shōnen King, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Big Comic, COM, Shōjo Comic, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Monthly Shōnen Jump, and Monthly Comic Nora. In 2012, comiXology acquired the digital distribution rights to Shotaro Ishinomori's catalogue, including Cyborg 009.
WDaphne in the Brilliant Blue is a Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff and broadcast on TV Kanagawa from January to July 2004. The anime was originally licensed by Geneon USA. It is now licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
WDevil Hunter Yohko is a Japanese original video animation series created by Madhouse, produced by Toho, and released in North America by ADV Films as their first release. The series was first released on December 1, 1990 and ended on July 1, 1995. It is about a sixteen-year-old girl named Yohko Mano, voiced by Aya Hisakawa, who banishes demons from the Earth.
WDrifters is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. The manga started serialization in Shōnen Gahosha's magazine Young King Ours, in April 2009. It centers on various historical figures summoned to an unknown world where their skills and techniques are needed by magicians in order to save their world from total destruction. An anime television series adaptation aired between October and December 2016. In a similar approach to Hellsing Ultimate, the announced second season has been released in the form of three canon OVA episodes. These take place directly after the last episode of season 01, starting with chapter 46 of the manga.
WEden is an original CGI anime streaming television series produced by CGCG Studio Inc. and Qubic Pictures. Directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Kimiko Ueno, it was released on May 27, 2021, on Netflix.
WExcel Saga is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in Young King OURs from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha. The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city of Fukuoka as a first step towards world domination. The title character of the series, Excel, is a key member of the group who is working towards completing this goal, while the city is being defended by a shadowy government agency led by Dr. Kabapu.
WFutari no Ouchi (ふたりのおうち) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsuya Tsuya. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young Comic magazine from August 2016 to April 2019.
WGalaxy Express 999 is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions with perfect fidelity into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.
WGeobreeders is a Japanese manga series by Akihiro Ito. Two anime OVAs were also produced to tell part of the story, with "Kitty" taking place during the timeline between volumes 5 and 6 of the manga, and "Breakthrough" acting as an introduction to volume 8. The OAVs were distributed in Japan by Shōnen Gaho-sha and JVC and in North America by U.S. Manga Corps under a single title. The manga was partially translated by CPM Manga. A sidestory, drawn by Isamu Imakake was released as Geobreeders Atomic Attack (ジオブリーダーズアトミックアタック). Also known as AA, Atomic Attack relates how the female were-cat Vashuka went to Russia to get the warhead that gets featured in "Get Back the Kitty". The main storyline in Geobreeders parts 1 and 2 ended with volume 16 of the manga. Itou attempted to start part 3, with only Taba reappearing three years later, but only three known chapters ran in Young King Ours in 2009 before Itou fell ill and stopped drawing altogether. Geobreeders is currently on hiatus.
WHellsing is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Young King OURs from May 1997 to September 2008. The series chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret Hellsing Organization as it combats vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural foes who threaten England. The individual chapters were subsequently collected and published in 10 tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha. The series was licensed for English language release in North America by Dark Horse Comics. From 2001 to 2009, Hirano released a 6-chapter prequel series, Hellsing: The Dawn, in special editions of Young King OURs.
WHoly Corpse Rising is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hosana Tanaka. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from October 2014 to August 2018, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The series was licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment
WIketeru Futari is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Sano. It was serialized in the Shōnen Gahōsha magazine Young King Comics from 1997 to 2010.
WIkki Tousen , also known as Battle Vixens in North America, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Shiozaki. Loosely based on the classic 14th century Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the series revolves around an all-out turf war in the Kantō region of Japan where fighters known as Tōshi from seven schools battle for supremacy. The story centers on Hakufu Sonsaku, a fighter who transfers to Nanyo Academy, one of the seven schools involved in the turf war.
WIsekai Sniper wa Onna Senshi no Mofumofu Pet is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasunori Mitsunaga. It has been serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King Ours GH since November 2019.
WIshida & Asakura is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Masao. It was adapted into an anime television series in 2013.
WThe Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior is a Japanese manga series by Ruri Miyahara, published in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs since the June 2010 issue. It has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes as of December 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Brain's Base aired in Japan between April and June 2014.
WKingyo Used Books is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seimu Yoshizaki. It follows the happenings which revolve around a small used manga store, specializing in old and obscure manga. A first series, tiled Kingyoya Koshoten Suitouchō, was published in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King OURs's special editions OURs Girl and OURs Lite from 2000 to 2002, with its chapters collected in two volumes. Kingyo Used Books was serialized in Shogakukan seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from 2004 to 2014, when the magazine ceased its publication. It was then published via compiled volumes, with the final volume released in 2020. The series is collected into seventeen tankōbon volumes. Kingyo Used Books was licensed in North America by Viz Media under their Viz Signature Ikki label.
WLegend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato is a Japanese manga created, written and illustrated by Hiroshi Kawamoto and later adapted to anime by Tatsunoko Productions. It ran 38 episodes on TV Tokyo from April 6, 1989 to January 18, 1990 and also received a 6-episode OVA followup series named Shurato: Dark Genesis , that ran from August 16, 1991 to March 16, 1992. It was one of the most popular shōnen anime series of 1989.
WLocke the Superman is a manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as Locke the Superpower, which was rather heavily edited to 92 minutes, removing violence, nudity and any adult bits. Both it and the OVAs were later licensed and released by Central Park Media under the original name. Ten volumes were published in Poland under the title Locke Superczłowiek.
WLucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, known in Japan as Samidare of the Stars , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from April 2005 to August 2010, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The series is published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in July 2022.
WMaico 2010 is a manga series by Toshimitsu Shimizu which ran in Young King Ours from 1997 to 1998. The manga was adapted to an anime television series on WOWOW that ran from April 6, 1998 to September 28 of that year titled Android Announcer Maico 2010 as part of the Anime Complex omnibus show. The series was published in English by ComicsOne. ComicsOne rated the series as "Suggested 17Up."
WKaibutsu-kun is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko A. Fujio named after its protagonist. The first series was broadcast on TBS from April 21, 1968 to March 23, 1969. The second series was broadcast on TV Asahi from September 2, 1980 to September 28, 1982. A live-action series was broadcast on Nippon Television and Yomiuri Television from April 17 to June 12, 2010. The anime aired in India as The Monster Kid, which is the official English title, always with 94 episodes.
WOsomatsu-kun is a comedy manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from 1962 to 1969. The series revolves around a group of sextuplet brothers who cause all sorts of mischief. It has been adapted into two different anime series of the same name, the first of which was produced by Studio Zero in 1966, and the second by Studio Pierrot in 1988. These were aired across Japan by Fuji Television, Animax, and the South Korean kids channel Cartoon Network Korea. A new anime series by Pierrot, Mr. Osomatsu, began airing in October 2015 to celebrate Akatsuka's 80th birthday, with a manga adaptation by Masako Shitara serialized in Shueisha's You magazine from January 2016.
WPlanet With is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Satoshi Mizukami. Mizukami launched a manga in Young King OURs on April 28, 2018, and an anime television series by J.C.Staff premiered on July 8, 2018.
WSaru Lock is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Serizawa. It was adapted into a television drama in 2009 and a live action film in 2010.
WShrine of the Morning Mist is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hiroki Ugawa. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King Ours. It is licensed in North America by Tokyopop and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The manga was adapted into an anime series, directed by Yuji Moriyama. The anime was licensed in North America by Media Blasters.
WSpirit Circle is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. The series was originally published in the May 2012 issue of the Young King OURs magazine and concluded on March 30, 2016. The manga received a digital simulpub release by Crunchyroll Manga, and Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the series for printed release with the first volume published on October 10, 2017.
WSun-Ken Rock is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Boichi. The plot tells the story of Ken, a high school delinquent turned down by the girl he loved, Yumin, who promptly left Japan to become a police officer in Korea. Yearning to see the girl he loved, Ken dropped out of high school to travel to Korea and become an officer just like Yumin. Though Ken managed to travel to Korea, he found himself unable to become an officer and instead became a poor Shut-in with no money or job. After saving an old man from being abused by a group gang members, he was scouted by the head of a local gang led by Tae-Soo Park, who made him the new boss. The manga was licensed by JManga, but is now available through a read-only/print-only subscription at BookWalker and Crunchyroll. It was announced in Young King's fourth issue of 2016 that the manga will end on February 22, 2016. In North America, the manga was licensed by Manga Planet.
WTrigun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. The manga was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Shōnen Captain in 1995 with three collected volumes until the magazine was discontinued in 1997. The series continued in Shōnen Gahosha's Young King OURs magazine, under the title Trigun Maximum , where it remained until finishing in 2007. Set on the fictional planet known as No Man's Land, the plot follows Vash the Stampede, a famous gunman who is constantly fighting bounty hunters seeking to obtain the immense bounty on his head. As the narrative progresses, Vash's past is explored. Trigun originated from Nightow's fascination with Western movies. Nightow wanted Vash to be different from cowboys in Western movies by avoiding killing enemies and instead exploring the characters involved in each story arc.
WWild 7 is a Japanese manga series by creator Mikiya Mochizuki that debuted on 1969 on Weekly Shōnen King where it ran until 1979. The creation of the manga had been based on the condition that Japan and other non-communist countries were facing in the 1960s and 1970s with the rise of militant student activists and politicians being caught and seen as corrupt with their economies recovering from the days of World War II.
WWorld Embryo is a Japanese manga series by Daisuke Moriyama. It was serialized by Shōnen Gahosha in Young King OURs from 2005 to 2014 and collected in thirteen bound volumes. The story follows a group of humans who combat monstrous creatures that spread around by using cell-phone signals. The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by 2009 from Dark Horse Comics, in Australia by Madman Entertainment, in Singapore by Chuang Yi, and in Russia by Comics Factory. The series ended in May 2014.
WYancha Gyaru no Anjō-san is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūichi Katō. It has been serialized since August 2017 in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King magazine, and its chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes.