Curated playlist
Shōjo manga
- Shōjo mangaCritics who once dismissed shojo manga as unserious declared a golden age by the end of the 1970s.
- The Rose of VersaillesWhat if the commander of the Royal Guard at Versailles were a woman? The manga The Rose of Versailles asked it in 1972.
- Sailor MoonSailor Moon, the Japanese manga written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi, has sold over 46 million copies worldwide. That makes it one of the best-selling manga series in history, and one of the best-selling shōjo series. The story opens…
- Kaze to Ki no UtaEditors spent nearly seven years keeping the manga Kaze to Ki no Uta's first page from print.
- Cardcaptor SakuraCardcaptor Sakura begins when ten-year-old Sakura Kinomoto accidentally opens a book in her basement. The book was made by a sorcerer named Clow Reed, and it holds a set of magical cards that now scatter into the world. Unless she gathers…
- Nana (manga)On the 5th of March 2001, two women who share the name Nana meet in Tokyo. Both are 20 years old. That coincidence of names is where Ai Yazawa's manga Nana begins. One of them has come to the city to make her name as a singer. The other…
- Aim for the Ace!Hiromi Oka's toughest opponent in this 1970s tennis manga is her own fragile confidence.
- Revolutionary Girl UtenaRevolutionary Girl Utena begins with a teenage girl in a boys' school uniform who raises a sword to win another girl's hand. Her name is Utena Tenjou, and the prize is Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious student known as the Rose Bride. Anthy is…
- Code GeassCode Geass is a Japanese anime television series produced by the studio Sunrise, and its premise rests on a single dangerous gift. The gift is called Geass, and it is the power of absolute obedience. Whoever receives it can issue a command…
- Fruits BasketFruits Basket is a Japanese manga by Natsuki Takaya, and its title comes from a circle game played by schoolchildren. In that game, a leader gives each seated child the name of a fruit. When the leader calls a child's fruit, that child…