Some of you who are regular readers may have noticed that we skipped the Spring 2016 anime season. That’s because the spring anime season offerings for shoujo fans were “bleghh” – to put it nicely. Thankfully it’s being followed up with this promising summer schedule, which has anime for every type of shoujo fan. Here’s what’s on our watch...

This past weekend was the hugely attended Anime Expo in Los Angeles, California. Many publishers had announcements about licenses acquired, but I’m only going to list the shoujo ones here. Suijin no Hanayome – The Water Dragon’s Bride by Rei Toma Licensed by Viz Media for their Shojo Beat imprint Synopsis from publisher: In the blink of an eye,...

Love and fireworks! It’s mid-summer and time for your favorite characters to go on those festival dates. If you’re looking for some good shoujo to read, let’s find out what titles are showing up on shelves in July.  We have Liselotte and the Witch’s Forest debuting this month.  Also debuting is new seinen manga with a family theme –...

Crunchyroll is starting to release shows they’ve licensed, which happen to include Orange. The trailer for the anime First Love Monster has been released. It will be streaming through Funimation this summer. The manga is being released by Yen Press. The manga Shiawase no Machi by Hisae Iwaoka (who also did Saturn Apartments) is ending in Asahi Shimbun Publications’...

The Rose of Versaille anime series is getting a CD collection. The three CD collection will feature songs that were not available before. The collection will cost 4,980 yen and will include the digitally remastered songs from the Rose of Versailles Original Soundtrack: Bara way Utsukushiku Chiru”. My Love Story!! manga will end July 13 in Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret...