Anime and Manga Titles

Japanese names of characters from “Fighting Spirit”

Fighting Spirit is a popular boxing series manga. The story follows a kind boy named Ippo who spends his time helping his mother instead of making friends. Ippo was too gentle and kept to himself, making him a target for some bullies. One day, during a particularly bad beating, a professional boxer named Mamoru saved the fainted Ippo. After a while, Ippo woke to the sound of boxers training and realized that he was in the Kamogawa Gym where Mamoru practiced. Trying to cheer Ippo up, Mamoru told him to take out all his feelings on a punching bag. It was then when Ippo discovered his boxing talent and since that day, Ippo walked along the path to being a professional boxer.

Japanese names of characters from “Fist of the North Star”

Fist of the North Star is a well-known martial arts manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. Sometime in the 1990s, the world had become violence dominated place after the nuclear war that disrupted the globe. Kenshiro was a kind young man who wished to live in peace after surviving the nuclear attack. However, by being betrayed and having his fiancée Yuria abducted by his best friend, Kenshiro decided to reclaim her by using his skills as the 64th successor of the ancient assassination style 'Hokuto Shinken' and protecting the weak and innocents along the way.

Japanese names of characters from “World Trigger”

World trigger, the story is about a fight between the monsters from the Neighbor World and the National Defence Agency 'Border’. One day 'The Gate' to the Neighbor World opened in Mikado City, and monsters started to invade. No weapons were useful against them and chances of surviving were very thin. But, a mysterious organization 'The Border' appeared and successfully defeated the monsters using a special weapon called the Trigger.

Japanese names of characters from “Toriko”

In the gourmet age, people's interest is all in food. Restaurants would employ gourmet hunters to chase uncommon creatures and high-quality ingredients. Komatsu, the head chef of the luxurious Hotel Gourmet looks for gourmet hunter Toriko's assistance to catch an incredibly perilous crocodile called the 'Galala Gator' to comply with a customer's desire for a dish. Propelled by Toriko's capacity and desire, Komatsu decides to go with Toriko on his hazardous yet exciting adventure to taste all the rarest foods around the world!

Japanese names of characters from “Steins; Gate”

Steins; Gate is an anime adaptation of a popular science fiction video game created by 5pb. and Nitroplus. Rintaro runs a group called the 'Future gadgets laboratory' with his friends Mayuri and Itaru to invent all sorts of items. One day, while attending a conference Rintaro finds the dead body of Kurisu, a famous young scientist. Panicked Rintaro instantly sent a message to Itaru about it but as soon as he did he collapsed. When he woke up, he immediately noticed some things were not the way he remembered and discovered that Kurisu was alive. The text he had just sent was received before he even sent it. After investigation, the laboratory members learned that their invention 'Cell Phone-Microwave' (a cellphone operated microwave) could send text messages to the past. Including Kurisu as a new member, the 'Future Gadget Laboratory' decides to create a real time machine.

Japanese names of characters from “Slam Dunk”

Slam Dunk is about a high school student called Hanamichi Sakuragi who battles to join the Shohoku High School basketball team to make a young lady named Haruko Akagi fall in love with him. Hanamichi works hard every day and learns the meaning and results of resilience. Alongside his teammates and companions, Hanamichi sets out toward the National Championship!

Japanese names of characters from “Sword Art Online”

Sword Art Online, a popular anime adaptation of a long-running novel series written by Reki Kawahara. Kazuto was one of the 10,000 players of the newly released online game called 'Sword art online'. If you die in the game you will not be able to leave the virtual world which meant death in real life. So Kazuto had no choice but to fight for his life and survive the crazy death game.

Japanese names of characters from “Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto”

Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto, a comedy manga series written by Naki Sano. Each episode has its own plot, of course, featuring Sakamoto, the coolest high school student you will ever know. He steals everyone's hearts and can outsmart and outdo anyone. Because of this, he has just as many haters as admirers, but the haters usually find out how cool Sakamoto is and become his friends and followers.

Japanese names of characters from “One-Punch Man”

As the title of this wonderful series hints, the story follows a young man named Saitama who can beat his foes in a single punch. To get rid of the dullness, Saitama decides to join the Hero Association to find a worthy opponent and to get his name out into the world. Not long after, the world suffers from an alien invasion.

Japanese names of characters from “Ghostory”

Ghostory is an anime adaptation of a Japanese novel series written by Isin Nisio and illustrated by Vofan. The story follows a high school boy named Koyomi Araragi who once saved an injured vampire by giving his blood. As a result, he almost turned into a vampire himself but with the help of Meme, he regained back his humanity. Since then, Koyomi decided to help people around him struggling with ghostly troubles.

Japanese names of characters from “Liar Game”

How far would you go to obtain 100 million yen? You will surely find out if you ever participate in the peculiar Liar Game. In this game, You have to beat your opponent to earn money or lose and be in debt. A young lady named Nao Kanzaki was dragged into the Liar game where you have to betray others before they betray you.

Japanese names of characters from “Jujutsu Kaisen: Sorcery Fight”

Jujutsu Kaisen: Sorcery Fight, a story written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. In a world where cursed spirits dwell amongst unwary humans, fragments of the most powerful and feared demon Ryoumen Sukuna have been scattered all around the world. Should any living being consume any of Sukuna's body parts, the power they obtain could destroy the whole world. However, there is more power in a single finger than most sorcerers can contain, making it extremely hard for humans to gain superpowers. Fortunately, there are one in a million people who can serve as a vessel for Sukuna's power, one of them being Yuji who is not your average teenager.

Japanese names of characters from “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure”

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a long-running series featuring the generations of the Joestar family. 'JoJo' is the nickname of each protagonist in the series. It all started in the 19th century when the prestigious Joestar family adopted a young boy called Dio Brando. Dio then turns into a vampire with the power of the cursed stone mask. Jonathan and Dio's fight continues even after Jonathan's death and the story continues to his grandson Joseph Joestar.

Japanese names of characters from “My Hero Academia”

My Hero Academia, a manga series written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi. Izuku Midoriya was born without powers (Called a 'Quirk') in a world where they are everything. Despite being bullied for not having a quirk, Izuku dreams of being a Hero just like All Might, one of the world's greatest heroes and Izuku's idol. All Might, who has a critical injury only known by Izuku and a few others, passes down his quirk 'One for All' to Izuku to succeed him after seeing his bravery and determination when faced with danger. With Izuku's newly achieved Quirk, he joins U.A. High School, a school for the world's future heroes and walks down the path to becoming a hero.

Japanese names of characters from “Haikyu!!”

Haikyu!! is a popular sports manga series. Middle schooler Shoyo was deeply inspired by a high school volleyball player called the ‘Tiny Giant' and hopes to be like him one day. When he finally made it into the 'Karasuno High School' where his role model used to go, Shoyo bumps into Tobio who defeated him badly at the middle school volleyball match. Along with their peers, they aim to reach the very top!

Japanese names of characters from “Mobile Suit Gundam series”

Mobile suit Gundam is a popular robot anime. The first series was released in the 1970s following the main character Amuro Ray. A conflict occurred between the space colony's Principality of Zeon and The Earth Federation as Zeon declared independence. The war escalated and it started to involve not only the earth but the whole universe. The Gundam series continues, featuring new characters and mobile suits in each series, sometimes in an alternative world.

Japanese names of characters from “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion”

The Holy Britannian Empire is the most powerful country and took over almost one-third of the world with its newest weapon 'Knightmare frame'. Japan was renamed 'Area 11' and lost all of its rights and freedom after conquested.A school student Lelouch unluckily got involved in one of the raids but was saved by a mysterious girl called C.C. who granted Lelouch a special power to command anyone to obey him. Lelouch takes this as a chance to destroy the Britannia Empire and solve the mystery of his mother's death.

Japanese names of characters from “Food wars! Shokugeki no soma”

Food wars! Teenager Soma loves cooking and entertaining people with his creative dishes. His dream was to one day work at his father's restaurant 'YUKIHIRA' as a head chef, however, Soma's father decided to close down his shop to take a job overseas and enroll Soma into the prestigious cooking school Totsuki culinary academy. The story follows Soma's journey through his cooking school life filled with excitement and delicious food!

Japanese names of characters from “Fire Force”

Fire Force, a story written by Atsushi Okubo that takes place in the burning city, Tokyo. Citizens mysteriously suffer from spontaneous human combustion throughout the city, causing chaos and destruction. Following his dreams of becoming a hero, Shinra joins the Special Fire Force which is responsible for snuffing out the inferno, and as part of Company 8, he'll use his devil's footprints to prevent the city from turning to ash.

Japanese names of characters from “Durarara!!”

A high school student named Mikado Ryugamine was bored with his life. Wishing for excitement, he moves to Ikebukuro, Tokyo to join Raira academy where his childhood friend Masaoki Kido attends. The story switches between the 11 main character's points of view featuring the strange things happening in the big city which slowly starts to change Mikado's life into an unusual one.