Kasai Ken`ichi

The story centers around Shinohara Erika, a vain 16-year-old girl who tells her friends about her romantic exploits, but she actually has no boyfriend. She claims that a handsome boy in a candid photo is her boyfriend, but it turns out that boy is a schoolmate named Sata Kyouya. She has no choice but to make him her fake boyfriend. Unfortunately, Sata may look like a sweet…

Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Gorou is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Gorou's schoolteacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Gorou's mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both…

* Based on a sci-fi romance novel by Otono Yomoji. Hidaka Koyomi is a boy who lives with his father after his parents divorce. He meets a girl named Satou Shiori at his father's research lab, and they begin a relationship that is slowly blossoming into love. But everything changes when their parents decide to marry each other, and they decide to move to a parallel world where…

The Hyakunin Isshu are an anthology of one hundred poems found in a trational Japanese card game called Karuta. Presented by the person who selected the writings, Fujiwara no Teika, this is a glimpse into the origin of some of them. Since the majority of them are love compositions, the focus remains on romance in ancient Japan. Source: ANN

* Based on a shounen manga by Ooba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump. Bakuman follows the story of high school student Mashiro Moritaka, a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day he draws a picture of Azuki Miho, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class and forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to…

After the decision to serialise Moritaka and Akito has been made, they are introduced to Miura, their new manager. At first, the two thought it was a joke, but Hattori gives them a pep talk before leaving. While Miura does not seem like a bad person, he is given to rudeness, and the duo worry about their future. In addition, the duo are given 3 assistants to work on their…

* Based on a shounen manga by Ooba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump. Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito have come a long way since they started making manga in middle school, but trials still await them as they head towards their goal of getting an anime adaption for one of their manga. As they continue to grow as artists and as people, they will be…