List of light novels
Encyclopedia
A list of titles. Series that have been licensed for US distribution are in bold.

  • .hack series
    .hack
    .hack is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses two projects; Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. Both projects were primarily created/developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai...

  • A Promise of Romance
    A Promise of Romance
    A Promise of Romance is a light novel with homoerotic themes. It was published by Taiyoh Tosho in Japanese, and was published in English by Digital Manga Publishing in May 2008.-Plot:...

  • Absolute Boy
    Absolute Boy
    is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series, produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and Bandai Visual, which first aired on NHK between May 21, 2005 and November 19, 2005...

  • Accel World
    Accel World
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by Hima. It has been adapted into two manga series and it will be adapted into an anime.-Light novels:...

  • Ai no Kusabi
    Ai no Kusabi
    is a Japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. Originally serialized in the yaoi magazine Shousetsu June between December 1986 and October 1987, the story was collected into a hardbound novel that was released in Japan in 1990. This futuristic tale is set in a world where men are assigned various...

  • Aria the Scarlet Ammo
    Aria the Scarlet Ammo
    is a Japanese light novel series by Chūgaku Akamatsu with illustrations by Kobuichi. As of March 2011, 9 volumes have been published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J label. A manga adaptation by Yoshino Koyoka started serialization in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on...

  • Asura Cryin'
    Asura Cryin'
    is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo, with illustrations by Nao Watanuki. The novel series began on July 10, 2005, with fourteen volumes currently published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

  • Baccano
  • Baka to Test to Shōkanjū
    Baka to Test to Shōkanjū
    also known as Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts is a Japanese light novel series created by Kenji Inoue and illustrations by Yui Haga...

  • Bakemonogatari
    Bakemonogatari
    is a Japanese popular light novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan; the series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint...

  • Ballad of a Shinigami
  • Black Blood Brothers
    Black Blood Brothers
    , also known as , is a light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka. In 2006, Studio Live and Group TAC produced an anime based on the series. It is directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa...

  • Gekijouban Bleach The DiamondDust Rebellion Mō Hitotsu no Koori wa Maru
    Bleach (manga)
    is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki...

  • Bokurano~alternative~
    Bokurano
    is a Japanese science fiction manga by Mohiro Kitoh that was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Ikki from 2003 to 2009; 11 tankōbon have been published by Shogakukan...

  • Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
    Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Masaki Okayu and illustrated by Torishimo. It centers on a teenage boy and a killer angel from the future who constantly gets him into trouble and kills him violently and repeatedly with a spiked club, only to resurrect him seconds later. The novels were...

  • Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
    Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
    , also known as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yomi Hirasaka, illustrated by Buriki, and published by Media Factory. It has twice been given manga adaptations; the first incarnation, its title and basic plot unchanged, began serialization in 2010; it was written and illustrated by...

  • Boogiepop series
    Boogiepop series
    The of Japanese light novels is written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. It includes titles from different media, each connected by repeating characters and related plots...

  • Book Girl
  • Brave Story
    Brave Story
    is a Japanese fantasy novel written by Miyuki Miyabe. It was serialized in various regional newspapers between the November 11, 1999 and February 13, 2001 before being published in two hardcover volumes by Kadokawa Shoten in March 2003...

  • C3:CubexCursedxCurious
    C³, also known as or Cube×Cursed×Curious, is a Japanese light novel series written by Hazuki Minase and illustrated by Sasorigatame about Haruaki Yachi who receives a mysterious black cube from his father. That night, Haruaki is woken by a noise and finds a nude girl named Fear in his kitchen...

  • Calling You
    Calling You (anthology)
    is a Japanese fictional short story collection written by Otsu-ichi and published on May 31, 2001 by Kadokawa Shoten. All three stories in Calling You are stories focused on unusual friendships with a supernatural twist. In December 2003, a manga adaptation written and illustrated by Setsuri...

  • Campione!
  • Chibi Vampire
  • Chrome Shelled Regios
    Chrome Shelled Regios
    is a Japanese light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series is serialized in Dragon Magazine. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Dragon Age Pure. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is...

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
  • Crest of the Stars
    Crest of the Stars
    is a three-volume space opera science fiction novel written by Hiroyuki Morioka with cover illustrations by Toshihiro Ono. Beginning in 1999, the novels were adapted into anime series, the first of which ran for 13 episodes on WOWOW...

  • Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
    Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
    Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases is a light novel written by Nisio Isin and released on August 1, 2006. The story is a prequel to Death Note and recounts the Los Angeles "BB Murder Cases", which was mentioned briefly in Chapter 14/Episode 7 of the manga/anime...

     (based on Death Note
    Death Note
    is a manga created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a god of death, or a shinigami, named Ryuk...

    )
  • Death Note: L, Change the World (novelization of the movie of the same name
    L: Change the WorLd
    is a 2008 Japanese film that is a spin-off to the Death Note film series. Although the film is inspired by the manga Death Note that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, it follows an original storyline...

    , which is based on Death Note)
  • D.Gray-man
    D.Gray-man
    is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who makes use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of akuma...

  • Demon City Shinjuku
    Demon City Shinjuku
    is a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi that was adapted into an original animated video in 1988, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The title has also been translated as Hell City Shinjuku and Monster City....

  • Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
    Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Hitoma Iruma, with illustrations by Buriki. The series includes eight novels released between January 2009 and April 2011, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation started serialization in the October 2010 issue...

  • Denpa teki na Kanojo
    Denpa teki na Kanojo
    is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. In 2009, a two-episode OVA adaptation was exclusively bundled with the pre-order editions of Kure-nai DVD volumes 3 and 4. Kure-nai is another anime by the same author...

  • Devil May Cry
    Devil May Cry (novels)
    Capcom developed two light novels in the Devil May Cry universe, written by Shinya Goikeda, illustrated by Shiro Miwa and published by Kadokawa Shoten. Originally released alongside Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2 the novels act as preludes, with the epilogue of the novel leading into the opening...

  • Dirty Pair
    Dirty Pair
    is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....

  • Dokkoida
  • Durarara!!
    Durarara!!
    , often romanized as DRRR!! in Japan, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda, that has also been adapted in to a Japanese anime series. As of February 2011, nine volumes have been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko...

  • Eat or Be Eaten
    Eat or Be Eaten (light novel)
    Eat or Be Eaten is a light novel with homoerotic themes written by Jinko Fuyuno with art by Yamimaru Enjin. It was published by Frontier Works in Japanese, and was published in English by Digital Manga Publishing in May 2009.-Reception:...

  • Fate/Zero
    Fate/zero
    is a prequel to Type-Moon's visual novel Fate/stay night. It is a light novel by Gen Urobuchi, illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. The first volume was released on December 29, 2006, and is a collaboration between Type-Moon and fellow developer Nitroplus. The second volume was released on March 31,...

  • Full Metal Panic!
    Full Metal Panic!
    is an ongoing series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl.Individual...

  • Fullmetal Alchemist
    Fullmetal Alchemist
    , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...

  • Gemini Knives
    Gemini Knives
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Hidefumi Kimura and illustrated by Keiji Gotoh with character designs by Megumi Kadonosono published by Gakken under the Megami Bunko label. The main characters are , a popular young idol, and her manager,...

  • Ghost Hunt
    Ghost Hunt
    , originally titled , is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of the Shibuya Psychic Research Center as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other spiritualists and clever assistants. Although the last novel was published in 1994,...

  • Ginban Kaleidoscope
    Ginban Kaleidoscope
    is a series of light novels written by Rei Kaibara and illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. The manga adaptation is authored by Jun Hasegawa. There was an anime adaptation of the first arc of the novels, aired weekly on TV Tokyo from October 8, 2005 to December 24, 2005.The series won the 2nd Super Dash...

  • Golden Time
  • Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun
    Goshusho-sama Ninomiya-kun
    is a Japanese light novel series by Daisuke Suzuki, with illustrations by Kyourin Takanae. The light novel started serialization in Monthly Dragon Magazine in April 2005, published by Fujimi Shobo. A manga adaptation was being serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age...

  • Gosick
    Gosick
    is a Japanese light novel series by Kazuki Sakuraba, published by Fujimi Shobo. Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep...

  • The Guilty
    The Guilty (novel)
    is a Japanese yaoi light novel series written by Katsura Izumi and illustrated by Hinako Takanaga. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released all 4 books of the series through its yaoi imprint, Juné, between October 21, 2008 and July 8, 2009.-Novels:The first two...

  • Guin Saga
    Guin Saga
    is the title of a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned, but the final total stands at 130 volumes, the last four published posthumously, with 21 side-story novels...

  • Gundam
    Gundam
    The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....

  • Hakushaku to Yōsei
    Hakushaku to Yosei
    is a series of light novels written by Mizue Tani and published in Japan by Shueisha. The story is serialized in Cobalt magazine and illustrated by Asako Takaboshi....

  • Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
    Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
    , subtitled looking up at the half-moon and also known as Hantsuki, is a Japanese romance light novel series written by Tsumugu Hashimoto and illustrated by Keiji Yamamoto centering around two hospitalized children aged seventeen and the love they begin to share...

  • Heart no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Wonder World
  • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
    Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
    , known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...

  • Ichigo 100%
  • Infinite Stratos
  • Inukami!
    Inukami!
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Mamizu Arisawa, with illustrations by Kanna Wakatsuki. The series originally started serialization in volume seventeen of ASCII Media Works' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on April 18, 2002...

  • Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
    Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
    is a Japanese sci-fi light novel series written by Mizuhito Akiyama with illustrations by Eeji Komatsu that centers on the relationship between Kana Iriya, a high school girl who has to fight alien invaders, and Naoyuki Asaba, a member of the school newspaper club and one of her few friends...

  • Irresponsible Captain Tylor
  • Kage Kara Mamoru
  • Kamisama Kazoku
    Kamisama Kazoku
    is a anime series based on a series of light novels by Yoshikazu Kuwashima, which premiered May 18, 2006 in Japan across the anime satellite television network Animax...

  • Kami-sama no Memo-chō
    Kami-sama no Memo-chō
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Hikaru Sugii, with illustrations by Mel Kishida. The first volume was published in January 2007, and as of September 2011, eight volumes have been released by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tiv...

  • Kara no Kyoukai
  • Karin
    Karin (manga)
    Chibi Vampire, originally released in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuna Kagesaki. The story is about an unusual vampire girl, who instead of drinking blood must inject it into others because she produces too much...

     (manga -> light novel -> anime)
  • Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Kakushi Dan 2 X- Honoo
    Reborn!
    Reborn!, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Amano. The plot revolves around the life of a young boy named Tsunayoshi Sawada, who finds out that he is next in line to become the boss of the most powerful Mafia organization called Vongola, the Vongola Family...

  • Kaze no Stigma
    Kaze no Stigma
    or is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. After the death of the author on July 20, 2009, the story remains incomplete at eleven volumes...

  • Kieli
  • Kino's Journey
    Kino's Journey
    , shortened to Kino's Journey, is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. The series originally started serialization in volume five of MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on March 17, 2000...

  • Kin'iro no Corda
  • Kirisaki
  • Kirurabu
  • Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
  • Kure-nai
    Kure-nai
    is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of Jump Square magazine...

  • Kurogane Communication
    Kurogane Communication
    is a manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in Dengeki Daioh in 1997 and published in three tankōbon volumes by MediaWorks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a lone human survivor, a girl named Haruka, lives...

  • Kyou Kara Maou
  • Kyōran Kazoku Nikki
    Kyoran Kazoku Nikki
    is a light novel series by Akira, with illustrations by x6suke. A 26 part anime adaptation was broadcast in 2008.- Plot summary :...

  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    is a series of science fiction novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. An anime adaptation of the novels by Artland ran from 1988 to 2000 as well as a manga based on the novels, with art by Katsumi Michihara...

  • Lost Universe
    Lost Universe
    is a series of science fiction light novels, running from 1992 to 2000, by Japanese author Hajime Kanzaka. It was later adapted into a 26-episode anime television series that ran throughout the summer of 1998 on TV Tokyo during the same time slot that the anime depiction of Kanzaka's previous work,...

  • Loveless
    Loveless (manga)
    is an ongoing fantasy manga by Yun Kōga. It is currently serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in nine tankōbon as of November 2009...

  • Maburaho
    Maburaho
    is a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eeji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine...

  • Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!
  • Maria-sama ga Miteru
    Maria-sama ga Miteru
    , often shortened to , is a series of Japanese light novels written by Oyuki Konno and illustrated by Reine Hibiki. The series focuses on a group of teenage girls attending Lillian Catholic school for girls in Tokyo, Japan. Its storyline largely revolves around the lives and close relationships of...

  • Mushi to Medama
  • Missing
    Missing (light novels)
    Missing is a series of Japanese light novels by Gakuto Coda, published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label. The first novel in the series was adapted into a manga, which is being released in English by Tokyopop since August 2007, along with the novels since November 2007...

  • Naruto -Shiro no Dōji, Keppu no Kijin-
    Naruto
    is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

  • Naruto -Takigakure no Shitō Orega Hero Dattebyo!-
    Naruto
    is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

  • Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
    Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
    is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in volume thirty of MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on June 18, 2004. One more chapter was published until the first bound novel of the series was...

  • 9S -Nine S-
  • OjaMajo DoReMi 16
  • Only the Ring Finger Knows
    Only the Ring Finger Knows
    is the title of a shōnen-ai light novel series written by Satoru Kannagi. It was made into a manga illustrated by Hotaru Odagiri, which has been licensed in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing.-Plot:...

  • Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
    Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
    , also known as or for short, is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi, with illustrations provided by Hiro Kanzaki. Nine volumes have been published since August 2008. A manga adaptation drawn by Sakura Ikeda was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine. A...

  • Petopeto-san
    Petopeto-san
    is a light novel series by Kou Kimura, with illustrations by Yug. An anime adaptation ran from July 9, 2005 to October 1, 2005. The show takes place in a Japanese school where everything is normal, except for students from what are called "specified races." The specified races are based on yōkai...

  • Pita Ten
  • Please Teacher! (Onegai Teacher)
    Please Teacher!
    , is a Japanese anime series, directed by Yasunori Ide and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual, which was adapted into a manga and light novel, centering around a group of friends and the odd things that happen to them after they get a new teacher.The Please Teacher! anime...

  • Please Twins! (Onegai Twins)
    Please Twins!
    , is an anime television series, scripted by Yousuke Kuroda and produced by Bandai Visual, which was later adapted into a light novel and one-volume manga series. It centers on a family of three teenagers in high school all living together who are unsure which two of them are related to each other...

  • PuiPui!
  • Rahxephon
    RahXephon
    is a Japanese anime series about 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a godlike mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world...

  • R.O.D (Read or Die)
    Read or Die
    is a series of light novels authored by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko imprint. Read or Die follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the Special Operations Division of the British Library. There are currently 11 Read or Die novels. In volume 11, a...

  • Record of Lodoss War
    Record of Lodoss War
    is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...

  • Rune Soldier
    Rune Soldier
    is an anime and manga series based on the original novel series by Ryo Mizuno, which features soldier Louie as the hero. The series takes place on the continent of Alecrast on the world called Forcelia, and is related to the novel, anime, and manga series Sword World...

  • Rurōni Kenshinn -Meiji Kenkaku Romantic- Maki no Ichi
    Rurouni Kenshin
    , also known as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The fictional setting takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan. The story is about a fictional assassin named Himura Kenshin, from the Bakumatsu who becomes a wanderer to...

  • S
    S (light novel)
    is a light novel series with homoerotic themes written by Saki Aida with art by Chiharu Nara. It's about a detective who goes undercover and who begins a relationship with his "S" - his spy...

  • Saiunkoku Monogatari
    Saiunkoku Monogatari
    is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sai Yukino and illustrated by Kairi Yura. As of July 2011, the eighteenth and final volume was released, concluding the series...

  • Scrapped Princess
    Scrapped Princess
    is a Japanese light novel series by Ichiro Sakaki and illustrated by Nakayohi Mogudan, a popular adult dōjin artist. In 2003, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Bones...

  • Shakugan no Shana
    Shakugan no Shana
    , also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

  • Shinaoshi
  • Shin Honkaku Mahou Shoujo Risuka
    Shin Honkaku Mahou Shoujo Risuka
    Shin Honkaku Mahou Shoujo Risuka is a light novel by Ishin Nishio. Currently serialized in the "Faust" magazine. There are currently 3 volumes on sale from Koudansha...

  • Shinpu wa Yoru no Hanayome
  • Shōnen Onmyōji
    Shonen Onmyoji
    is a light novel authored by Mitsuru Yūki and illustrated by Sakura Asagi. The novel is currently serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's The Beans. The light novel currently has 25 volumes, including three short stories and a side story...

  • Slayers
    Slayers
    is a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...

  • Sohryuden
  • Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
    Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
    is a series of Japanese fantasy adventure novels and manga, two anime television series , and a video game.-Synopsis:...

  • Spice and Wolf
    Spice and Wolf
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine...

  • Starship Operators
    Starship Operators
    is an anime series based upon science fiction novels written by Ryo Mizuno. The series, animated by J.C.Staff, was aired on TV Tokyo in Japan. Starship Operators is licensed in English in the United States by Geneon....

  • Strait Jacket series
  • Strawberry Panic!
    Strawberry Panic!
    is a series of Japanese fictional illustrated short stories written by Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools on Astraea Hill. A common theme throughout the stories is the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters...

  • Strike Witches
    Strike Witches
    is a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...

  • Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shōganai!
  • Suzumiya Haruhi series
  • Sword Art Online
    Sword Art Online
    is a Japanese light novel series by Reki Kawahara, with illustrations by Abec. It will be adapted into an anime and a video game.-Plot:Kirito, a solo player who had the luck-of-the-draw to play the beta version, and the many other players of Sword Art Online are trapped inside of a game, unable...

  • The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
    The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
    is a Japanese light novel series by Takaya Kagami, with illustrations by Saori Toyota which was published by Fujimi Shobo in Dragon Magazine from February 25, 2002 to October 25, 2006, and has 11 volumes. Its sequel, began publishing on October 25, 2007 and currently has 9 volumes...

  • The Third
    The Third
    is a novel, manga, and anime series by and illustrated by . The anime series goes under the name . According to the recent New York Comic Convention; The Third has been licensed by Kadokawa Pictures U.S.A and is distributed by Nozomi Entertainment for U.S release...

  • To Aru Majutsu no Index
    To Aru Majutsu no Index
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since April 2004...

  • Toradora!
    Toradora!
    is a Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The series includes ten novels released between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Three volumes of a spin-off light novel series was also created,...

  • Trinity Blood
    Trinity Blood
    is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican, the human government,...

  • Tsunguri! Hontouha Tsundere Na Grimm Douwa
  • The Twelve Kingdoms
    The Twelve Kingdoms
    is a series of light novels by Fuyumi Ono. The first entry in the series was published in Japan in 1991; the last volume was released in 2001. The series was published by Kodansha and contains illustrations by Akihiro Yamada.The Chinese mythology-influenced books were adapted into an animated...

  • Utsunomiko
    Utsunomiko
    , also written Utsu no Miko, is a Japanese historical fantasy light novel series written by Keisuke Fujikawa and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata, which was later adapted into an anime of the same title...

  • Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
  • Vampire Hunter D
    Vampire Hunter D (Novels)
    This is a listing of all light novels in the Vampire Hunter D series, written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, and translated by Kevin Leahy.-Japanese editions:...

  • Vamp!
  • Watashitachi no Tamura-kun
    Watashitachi no Tamura-kun
    is a two-volume Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The first volume was released on June 10, 2005, and the second followed on September 10, 2005, both published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label...

  • Weathering Continent
    Weathering Continent
    is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Sei Takekawa and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata. The Weathering Continent centers on three travelers - the delicately handsome sorcerer Tieh, the burly and reticent warrior Bois, and the spritely young Lakshi - as they trek though the shattered...

  • Welcome to the NHK
  • Wicked City (film)
    Wicked City (film)
    is an animated horror neo-noir directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's novel of the same name.The story takes place towards the end of the 20th century and explores the idea that the human world secretly coexists with the demon world with a secret police force known as the Black...

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    Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle
    is a Japanese light novel series written by Sennendou Taguchi, published by Famitsu Bunko .-Story:The story is set in Goshiki where the Totensha alchemist, Iyo Takahara, has created a rock in the shape of a wolf gargoyle that is rumored to be linked to a legendary Philosopher's Stone...

  • Zero no Tsukaima
    Zero no Tsukaima
    is a fantasy and comedy-oriented series of Japanese light novels written by Noboru Yamaguchi and illustrated by Eiji Usatsuka. The story features several characters from the second year class of a magic academy in a fictional magical world with the main characters being the inept mage Louise and...

  • Zaregoto Series
    Zaregoto Series
    is a Japanese novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series was published in Japan between February 5, 2002 and November 2005 by Kodansha Books. It was followed by a spin-off series also published by Kodansha Books, , focusing on the Zerozaki clan...



See also

  • List of video games based on anime or manga
  • List of manga
  • Dōjin
    Dojin
    , often romanized as doujin, is a general Japanese term for a group of people or friends who share an interest, activity, hobbies, or achievement...

  • Wikipedia:Requested articles/Japan
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