Hortensia Saga is a medieval fantasy tale of war and chaos. Three years ago, the king was betrayed and murdered by one of his dukes who then rebuilt the kingdom into his own. But now, the original heir to the throne has secretly come of age. Hiding in the guise of a man, she and her loyal band begin the quest to save her homeland. --- **Links:** - [Twitter](https://mobile.twitter.com/hortensia_pr?lang=en) - [Official Website](https://animehorsaga.jp/) - [Anime Announcement](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=22958)
In the year 30 B.C. Cleopatra fell into eternal darkness–or so it should have been. Yet the gods of Ancient Egypt drew her from the underworld, giving her eternal youth. She lurked underground in North Africa until she resurfaced in 1942, during World War II: along with the Italian lieutenant Antonio, whom she fatefully encountered, she heads for the base of the general of the German army. However...
1937, Gyeongseong, Joseon. There existed a heretical figure known as the 'Shamaness in Black', whose existence was concealed by the Government-General of Joseon. A penny dreadful horror novelist from Japan, Iwaya Kyousui, pushes his way into accompanying her in order to conduct research for a novel he's writing. A tactless novelist and a heretical shamaness form an unlikely partnership, unfolding a Korean occult action story. **NOTES:** - Previously, this manga ended at Volume 2, however since August of 2025, a third part, the Busan arc, begin serialisation.
A depiction of the Joan of Arc story.
The death of an Ayakashi is unclean - It is an impure occurence that corrodes the land, and occasionally gives birth to monsters. This is the story of the "Ayakashi undertakers" who exorcise these impurities and watch over the deaths of these fantastical beings.
Abe no Masahiro is the grandson of the great omnyouji Abe no Semei, who passed his teachings on to his grandson. Masahiro lost his sixth sense and the ability to see spirits, but with Mokkun as his guide, he works to become his grandfather's successor.
In 1661, Yasui Santetsu is a member of the Yasui House of the Four Houses of Go. However, he's beginning to doubt that Go is his true calling. Outside of the Go house, he goes by the name Shibukawa Harumi, and he's fascinated by mathematical and astronomical problems. Specifically, Harumi is pouring all of his energy into creating a new Japanese calender. The story is based on the actual astronomer and calender-reformer Shibukawa Harumi (1639-1715). In Harumi's time, the Japanese used the Chinese lunar-solar Xuan-ming calendar, which had not been updated in nearly 800 years. At that point, there was already a two-day delay in the winter solstice. He reformed the calendar based on his careful astronomical observations. [tethysdust]
Ashigaru, knight, viking, Spartan warrior, assassin, combat merchant… Various foot soldiers from all over the world converge on a once peaceful apartment. Pillaging and violence disrupt the owner's dream of an easy life as a property manager. With his sister joining the fray, will he be able to keep some peace in his apartment? ---
Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern. Shurei enters the palace as Ryuki’s consort, but he has yet to seek her out. It is rumored that men, not women, share the emperor’s bedchamber. Shurei must think of a way to stop the emperor from shirking his responsibilities, but she has to find him first!
A young man born deaf and mute, shunned by those around him and named 'Kegare' (Unclean). He's hired as a guard by a lady at a certain estate. The lady, who possesses a mysterious constitution, attempts to communicate with Kegare through sign language while telling him, "You may kill me." A stunning one-shot from a Monthly MAG Garden Manga Award winning author.
Kokaku is a flashy, casual dressing samurai. He's always lying around, but he has no compassion for the wicked! Sneaking into gambling dens and pavilions and beating up the baddies… On top of that, how far would he go for his beloved chili peppers!? The first part of this fire breathing action packed hero's tale!!
Leticia's father, the current king, is very wise and knew that both of his older sons have their own supporters, and that if either one became king, the other brother's supporters would rebel—throwing the country into a civil war. To prevent this, the king decided to announce that he will retire while he's still alive and make his daughter, the princess, his successor! However, the princess doesn't have any political allies. So she decides to gather a group of knights loyal to her and form her own "round table" before the day of her coronation. The only problem is all of the good knights who are strong and skillful and loyal have already been snatched up by her father and brothers for their own personal guards… Based on a light novel: [Bookwalker](https://bookwalker.jp/series/1058/list/).
Mangaupdates: 1) Kaeru no Saiban or Kaeru Saiban One day a frog saves the life of a bad witch. The witch promises to grant one of the frog's wishes… Which is to turn into a beautiful girl! Will our Frog-chan fulfill her dream and fall in love? 2) Kimi ni Tenshi no Shukufuku wo! Does God exist? A runaway boy accused of thievery takes a surprisingly cooperative nun hostage. With her he learns what it means to have faith and courage. 3) Mori to Oshiro A princess who has everything one could ever ask for hears a bird singing, "What a pitiful princess." Why, she asks, was she so pitiful? The bird answers that it is because she does not know, and if she wants to know, then she must go out of her castle. 4) Gekkou Spice / Moonlight Spice If you sprinkle your whole body with the moonlight-spice and make a wish, it will come true. What is the wish of the black panther chased through the forest by hooligans when it meets the pure bunny Alice?!
The eve of the French revolution, 1772: The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister Marie-Joseph has been living freely in Versailles. But then Marie-Joseph's first love, a man named Alain, is killed by aristocrats. The histories of innocents plunges into the arc of the crimson revolution, Rouge. --- * **Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award in 2021**
1962, an archipelago in the Far East. The "Iron Curtain" is lowered on Tokyo, a city divided into east and west and separated by a wall. A girl, Emilia, crosses a dangerous bridge as an escape contractor.
Cute girls doing risky forex trading.
Central Asia, mid-19th century: in a rural town near the Caspian Sea, a young woman named Amir arrives from a distant village across the mountains to marry Karluk, a boy eight years her junior. Their story unfolds then among details of everyday family and community life. However, the peaceful atmosphere is disturbed when Amir's family demands to take her back to their village. --- - **Won the 7th Manga Taisho Award in 2014**
It's the early days of the Showa Era. In a really ordinary-looking and peaceful city, no one notices the strange things that are happening. Shinobu, a young man who manages his father's second-hand goods store, comes face to face with one mystery after another. At some point, these events lead to a story.
Jake Reid, the prince's right hand man, adored by every woman, is fed up with these arrogant young ladies. Constantly being driven mad by the lustful noblewomen, who even drugged him with an aphrodisiac. Then one day, a woman arrived at Marquis Reid's home. "I’m at the limit of my patience... I'll tell her myself!" Jake exclaimed angrily. However, the mysterious woman, Sarah, approached him with a smile. "Dear, let's get divorced!" Jake was shocked, but his memories of the past are slowly coming back to him---
In the Abe Seimei Koikatari series V.1 - Hana no Utage 1. Feast of the Flowers Ming became blind after an unknown illness two years ago. One night, she meets a man in her dreams who restores her sight. She falls in love with him, but how will she find him again? 2. The Girl Among the Moonlilies A princess chases a firefly which leads her to a man. She is so surprised by him that she steps backward and accidentally falls over a cliff, losing her memory. What will happen to her? 3. Moon's Dew; Star's Tears 4. Winter's Bloom V.2 - Hanakanmuri no Hime (The Flower Crown Princess) 1. The Golden Phoenix, the Silver Phoenix A princess longs for a lost love and almost loses her life until a mysterious exorcist opens her heart and mind to the truth and to what has been right in front of her all along. 2. The Hime with the Flower Crown A young princess learns with the help of a mysterious young boy that putting away childish things may ultimately lead to a fulfilling new world and to the fulfilment of her beloved father's wish. 3. Memories of a Flower While trying to solve the mystery behind the ghostly apparition of his beloved princess, a young man learns to ease his own sadness. V.3 - Hanaemi no Otome 1. Hanaemi no Otome A daughter of a high status man is being cursed by Douman, a man with strong spiritual power. Abe Seimei is set to save her. 2. Kaze no Hatsune Story of young Douman's love, and also of how he met Seimei for the first time. 3. Tsukimiya no Maihime V.4 - Hana Akari no Yakusoku
Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura are two warlords who are both attempting to conquer all of the land. Almost greater than their desire to conquer, though, is their desire to fight each other in single combat.
During the beginning of the Meiji Era, a strategic town in the North, Hakodate, has become the nesting ground of mysterious monsters known as "youjin". It seems the world's Great Powers are pulling the strings of the youjin. Hyou, a 15 year old girl has been fighting the youjin alone up until now under the guise of the master samurai "Miburo". One evening, as Hyou was fighting for her life, she was saved by a noble, beautiful fighter, Himegami. Their meeting would affect each of their destiny. And now, the hidden truth behind history is going to start!
Yuika Aoi has a recurring nightmare in which she isn't able to save a mysterious, green-eyed man called Rei. Her elderly grandmother, who was born in the Taisho era, lives very traditionally, and at times seems to have magical powers. Apart from all this, she is a normal high school girl until she falls off a roof and into the Taisho era, in the middle of a battle between Rei and a fairy. Will she be able to save him this time?
The 50th NHK Taiga drama is Gou. The story focuses on the life of Gou, a wife of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada. Gou was the third daughter of the daimyo Azai Nagamasa, who was married to the sister of Oda Nobunaga. One of Gou’s older sisters was the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, while the other married the daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu.