The wicked multi-billionaire, Shinatora, builds wretched, ugly buildings. The explosives genius calling himself Benten has targeted Shinatora’s empire and begins to destroy the monstrosities that are wiping out whole sections of downtown Tokyo. In cooperation with the local police force, the FBI has sent Lisa Hoshino, a bomb disposal expert, and her robot assistant, Dandy, […]

When beautiful Tooru transferred to an all-boys school, he received a warm welcome…but little did he know that his new classmates had nominated him for the academy’s “Princess System.” The lovely campus “Princesses” must dress as girls (in frilly Gothic Lolita costumes) at school events in order to lighten the stolid masculine atmosphere. Tooru balks […]

Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya, this has been described as a “cynical gag” story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 (1918-1939), using exaggerated caricatures of the different nationalities as portrayed by a gaggle of bishōnen. For example, the Italia Veneziano character is into pasta and women. […]

The story centers on two Tokyo high schoolers who connect over a painting of fireworks. They trace the painting to the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival in Niigata, one of Japan’s three major fireworks festivals, and to a mysterious promise that connects the two to the past. (Source: Crunchyroll News, edited)