Four Friends: Oscar, Freddie, Andrew & Jack attend a terrible school where they have to deal with terrible teachers, terrible students & other terrible things causing them to go on wacky misadventures.
Joji Ema goes to an all-boys school. After the school’s athletic festival, Ema’s eccentric classmate Miyoshi Hayashi starts acting bizarrely towards him. Yuichi Medaka goes to a coeducational high school. He ends up sitting behind Akira Nikaido, an unsettling student most of the school doesn’t like. Explore an omnibus of stories about what it’s like to be young.
The president of the chorus club, Satomi Oka, is approached by a yakuza named Kyoji Narita. Kyoji's yakuza group holds a customary karaoke competition, and whoever earns the title of worst singer must get a tattoo. Since he was asked to be Kyoji's singing teacher, Satomi has no choice but to go along with these practice sessions. Brought together by karaoke, where will Satomi and Kyoji end up?
In this fantasy world, where everyone is human and retains their animal features, the inhabitants live a peaceful life. For his next book, novelist Su Bai comes to the hometown of his good friend Avena Nanxia, a terraced village far away in the mountains, where he meets the lively and lovely Cu Nian Nian. Farming, picking, eating, catching fish ...... The daily life in the mountains and fields is always interesting.
Qin Yang, a young man with exceptional talents, possesses the coveted mystic artifact, the "Star Gate", which drew envy from others. Unfortunately, this treasure is taken away. As he approaches death, the dormant treasure within him, the "Divine Pearl", begins to awaken. At that moment, he regains memories from his past nine lives, and embarks on a new journey. Meanwhile, his family faces an unprecedented crisis. Enduring numerous trials, Qin Yang, with the experience and wisdom from his previous lives, takes charge and overcomes obstacle after obstacle. Unbeknownst to them, the conspirators continue their relentless pursuit. Nevertheless, Qin Yang, with his unwavering dedication to protecting his loved ones, chooses to fight on.
Wu Cheng’en vividly depicts a world full of fantasies and myths in his 16th-century novel Journey to the West. Some say his portrayal was not mere fiction, but drawn from personal experience. Join him and his companions on a legendary pilgrimage to the “Western Regions” as they seek their path of Enlightenment after many trials and suffering.
A fifth-year elementary student named Eiji Toomatsu, and his "inspiration" buddy, a dog named Pochirou. One day Eiji finds a mysterious book called the "Pikachin Research Book," and learns about the seven tools that make up the Pikachin Kit. Eiji presses a button inside the research book, and immediately a "Future Amazon" delivery arrives at his door with the kit. Eiji uses the blueprints included in the box to assemble the kit, but it seems as though 1% part of the kit is still missing.
In the franchise, the word "Pikachin" means the flash of inspiration or insight one gets about a new project, similar to the visual of a lightbulb turning on above one's head when someone has an idea. The concept of the franchise is "invention is 99% plastic models, 1% inspiration."
Brought to you by Adam de la Pena (Codemonkeys, Minoriteam), this bumbling group is exploring the deep reaches of space, uncharted planets... in order to build intergalactic convenience stores.