WAll Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Weekly Manga Action for only three issues in 1991, with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The story begins when genius inventor Kyusaku Natsume transplants the brain of a cat found by his son Ryunosuke on Christmas Eve, into a schoolgirl android that he created and subsequently stole from his former employer, Mishima Heavy Industries. The result, Nuku Nuku, is a nekomusume or cat girl. The manga was licensed by ADV Manga and published as a single volume on August 24, 2004.
WAzuki-chan is an anime series about a young schoolgirl named Azusa Noyama, nicknamed Azuki-chan because when she was in first grade, Ken Takayanagi, a boy in her class, accidentally reads her name, "Azusa(あずさ)", as "Azuki(あずき)".
WBlade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The manga was originally published in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from June 1993 to December 2012 and compiled into thirty tankōbon volumes.
WBlue Spring is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It is an anthology collection of short stories, all revolving around teenage boys at high school and the lives they live. A live action film adaptation was released in 2001. The manga was licensed for English-language release by Viz Media.
WChō Kuse ni Narisō is a Japanese manga series written by An Yoshimura and illustrated by Yayoi Nakano. The series tells the story of an idol singer/martial artist and the chaos that results from her efforts to have a life and love beyond her singing career. An anime adaptation by Studio Kikan aired as part of the anthology program Eisei Anime Gekijō which was broadcast on NHK.
WA Cruel God Reigns is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine, Petit Flower. Moto Hagio was awarded the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award Excellence prize in 1997 for A Cruel God Reigns.
WDNA² is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized across Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between 1993 and 1994, spanning a total of five tankōbon volumes.
WFrom Far Away is a Japanese shōjo manga by Kyoko Hikawa. It was published by Hakusensha in LaLa from 1993 to 2003 and collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. It is licensed in North America by Viz Media.
WGo! Go! Ackman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was published irregularly in V Jump for 11 chapters from July 1993 to October 1994. Go! Go! Ackman is a humorous series about a demon child named Ackman who harvests souls for the Great Demon King. It was adapted into an animated short film and several video games.
WHanada Shōnen Shi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki about a mischievous young boy, called Hanada Ichiro, who attains the ability to see and talk to the supernatural after an accident to the back of his head. It was serialized in Mr. Magazine from 1993 to 1995. Hanada Shōnen Shi received the 1995 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category.
WHappy! is a sports manga written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was published in Big Comic Spirits from 1993 until 1999. The story is about a teenage heroine who embarks on a career as a professional tennis player to repay an enormous debt incurred by her brother to yakuza loan sharks, with the threat that if she fails, they will force her into a life of prostitution at a soapland. The series was adapted into two television movies in 2006.
WHell Teacher Nūbē is a Japanese manga series written by Shō Makura and illustrated by Takeshi Okano. It was published Shueisha's magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between September 1993 and May 1999. The manga ran for 276 chapters and was compiled into 31 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Meisuke Nueno, aka Nūbē, the homeroom teacher for Class 5–3 at Dōmori Elementary. More than a teacher, however, he is a skilled exorcist, protecting the town of Dōmori from supernatural threats with strength borrowed from a powerful demon sealed in his left hand—a technique he calls the Demon's Hand.
WHyper Police is a Japanese manga series and written and illustrated by Minoru Tachikawa. It is set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. The series mostly follows the offices of a private police company and focuses on the life of Natsuki Sasahara, a young catgirl, and her co-workers: foxgirl Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari, werewolf Batanen Fujioka and his cousin Tomy Fujioka.
WI Dream of Mimi, known as Buttobi!! CPU in Japan, is a Japanese series by Kaoru Shintani. It was produced in 1997 by Pink Pineapple studios, with some work farmed out to OLM. It was released in North America by The Right Stuf International under the name I Dream of Mimi. It is based on the 1993 manga "ぶっとび!!CPU" by Kaoru Shintani, published by Hakusensha in Young Animal and as 3 tankoban under the Jets Comics banner.
WJyu-Oh-Sei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. An 11-episode anime adaptation was animated by Bones and premiered on April 13, 2006 in Japan as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block.
WKirara is a manga series by Toshiki Yui first published in 1993 by Shueisha. It was later adapted as an original video animation (OVA) in 2000.
WKizuna: Bonds of Love is a yaoi manga, authored by Kazuma Kodaka. In Japan, a total of eleven volumes were published first by Biblos and then by Libre Publishing between December 1992 and September 2008. In North America, the series was partially released in English by Be Beautiful between September 2004 and August 2007. Digital Manga Publishing later acquired the license and condensed the entire series into six volumes, published from September 2010 to May 2012.
WLevel C is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Futaba Aoi and Mitsuba Kurenai. The manga is licensed in North America by Media Blasters. It has also been made into an original video animation by J.C.Staff. It is the dramatic tale of a relationship between a salaryman and a high school-aged male model.
WLove is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Ishiwata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 1993 to February 1999. Its chapters were collected in thirty tankōbon volumes.
WMagic Knight Rayearth is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of Magic Knight Rayearth were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha, and were published from July 1994 to March 1995. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March 1995 issue to the April 1996 issue, and was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from to July 1995 to April 1996. The series follows three eighth-grade girls who find themselves transported from modern-day Japan into a magical world, where they are tasked with rescuing a princess.
WMagic Woman M, known in Japan as Magical Girl Meruru , is a two episode hentai anime OVA series. It is based on a manga by Nekoshita Pong that was serialized in Monthly Fantazine. It was originally licensed by Central Park Media, who released the OVA on DVD under their Anime 18 label. It is currently licensed by Critical Mass.
WMama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus is a yonkoma manga series by Takako Aonuma which ran in the Fujinseikatsusha child-raising magazine Petit Enfant. The manga was adapted to a 52-episode anime television series which ran on the MBS and TBS networks from September 2, 1995 through August 31, 1996. The series is sometimes called Mama Poyo.
WMama wa Shōgaku Yonensei is a Japanese shōjo anime produced by Sunrise, Nippon TV and Asatsu-DK. The 51-episode series was first aired from January 10, 1992 through December 25, 1992.
WMiyuki-chan in Wonderland is a comedy, yuri manga written and illustrated by Clamp, an all-female manga artist team consisting of Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Nanase Ohkawa. The story focuses on the eponymous protagonist, a Japanese high-school girl who finds herself pulled into various worlds populated by women who consider her appealing.
WMoldiver is a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series. It is a parody of magical girl and superhero anime series.
WNinku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Kiriyama. It was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 1993 to September 1995. Shueisha compiled its chapters into nine tankōbon volumes. Ninku was adapted into an anime television series produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot, which aired on Fuji TV between January 1995 and February 1996.
WOjarumaru (おじゃる丸) is a Japanese anime series created by Rin Inumaru, produced by NHK Enterprises, and animated by Gallop. The series has aired on NHK E-Tele since October 1998, making it the second longest-running anime on NHK behind Nintama Rantaro, and the third longest-running anime series to date. The series focuses on a 5-year-old Heian-era prince named Ojarumaru Sakanoue who accidentally time-warps to modern Japan and has adventures there while dodging a trio of young oni who try to get back a scepter that he stole from Great King Enma. The official English name of the series is Prince Mackaroo. The series has been dubbed in many languages.
WThe One I Love is a romantic, slice-of-life shōjo manga by Clamp, an all-female, manga artist team consisting of Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Nanase Ohkawa. Appearing as a monthly serial in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Young Rose from December 1993 to June 1995, the twelve stories were collected into a bound volume by Kadokawa Shoten and published in July 1995. The One I Love contains twelve independent manga stories, each focusing on an aspect of love and accompanied by an essay. Ohkawa wrote the essays while Nekoi illustrated the manga; it was the first time she primarily illustrated a manga by Clamp. Some of the stories draw on the life experiences of the women while others take inspiration from conversations they had with friends.
WOnihei Hankachō (鬼平犯科帳) is a series of Japanese historical novels written by Shōtarō Ikenami, and a popular series of jidaigeki based on it.
WOnmyōji (陰陽師) is a novel series written by Baku Yumemakura. It follows the story of a master in onmyōdō, a traditional Japanese cosmology. Published as individual short stories, Onmyōji first appeared as a serial in the publisher Bungeishunju's magazine All Yomimono in the September 1986 issue. In addition to these short stories collections, Yumemakura also wrote novel-length stories, and picture books have been published.
WPing-Pong Club is a Japanese manga by Minoru Furuya about the members of a middle school ping-pong club. In 1996, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.
WRecord of Lodoss War is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based on the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia as a rules-free setting for role-playing games (RPGs). There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English. The plots generally follow the conventions and structure of the RPG systems including Dungeons & Dragons and Sword World RPG, in which several characters of distinct types undertake a specific quest.
WRyūrōden , translated as Legend of the Dragon's Son, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Yamahara. It was serialized by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 1993 to 2007 and collected in 37 tankōbon volumes; in 2005 it was reprinted in 10 bunkoban volumes. In 1997, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga. It is followed by a sequel series, Ryūrōden: Chugen Ryōran-hen , which was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 2007 to 2016 and collected in 17 volumes and later Ryūrōden: Ouha Rikkoku-hen from 2016 to present and collected in 4 volumes.
WSekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku is a Japanese manga by Mari Ozawa serialized in Kiss from 1993 to 1999. It won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga and it was adapted into a 2-episode live-action television drama in 1996.
WSongs to Make You Smile , is a collection of five short romantic comedy stories written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya, who also authored the shōjo manga series Fruits Basket. One chapter from the series was published in Hana to Yume on June 20, 1998, and the complete one-volume series was published by Hakusensha on November 19, 1999.
WSorcerer Hunters is a Japanese light novel and manga series, written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Ray Omishi. Akahori and Omishi also published Sorcerer Hunters Special, a one-volume story set sometime after the series' conclusion.
WThe Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman is a Japanese anime OVA of two episodes. It was released in Japan on February 21, 1996. It is based on the Manga comic art of Kaimu Tachibana and Hideki Sonoda, and directed by Shinya Sadamitsu. The character designer was Akiharu Ishii. The video was produced by Gakken, Aniplex, and Movic. The film has been dubbed into English by Media Blasters, and released on both Region 1 and 2 DVD.
WStreet Fighter II: Ryu , simply titled Street Fighter II in its English editions, is a manga series written and drawn by Masaomi Kanzaki that was serialized in the monthly Family Computer Magazine in 1993 and 1994. It is based on the fighting game of the same name and its subsequent iterations. The manga was produced prior to the release of Super Street Fighter II and only features the original twelve "World Warriors".
WSuper Radical Gag Family is a Japanese manga series by Kenji Hamaoka. An anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System in 1998. A second anime adaptation was announced on 2014's 10th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion on January 29, 2014. The second season was aired from July 6 to December 21, 2014. A live-action series adaptation of the series premiered on TV Tokyo on April 10, 2020. The series is currently on hiatus due to COVID-19.
WSuper Taboo, originally titled Super Family Complex , is a sexually-explicit Japanese manga about incest fantasy, by Wolf Ogami .
WTekkonkinkreet is a Japanese series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits. The story takes place in the fictional city of Takaramachi and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids – the tough, canny Kuro (Black) and the childish, innocent Shiro (White), together known as the Cats – as they deal with yakuza attempting to take over Treasure Town.
WTottemo! Luckyman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Gamo. It ran in the shōnen anthology magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Running between August 1993 and July 1997, The series is focused on the adventures of a bizarre superhero and his fights against various aliens and other enemies threatening the planet Earth.
WTOUGH: High School Iron Fist Legend , is a Japanese martial arts manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Saruwatari. A sequel series, titled simply as Tough was introduced in 2004 which continues the story further after the first series ended its run. A spin-off series, Oton, was serialized in Business Jump in 2004. A third series, Ryū wo Tsugu Otoko, starring one of illegitimate children of Kiryu Miyazawa, has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy since December 21, 2015.
WViolence Jack is a Japanese manga, written and illustrated by Go Nagai in 1973. It has had several serializations and one-shot stories which have run in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Most of the stories have been compiled in around 45 tankōbon while a few of them have been published as special tankōbon or have yet to be published in that format. Violence Jack is credited with creating the post-apocalyptic manga and anime genre.