Josei Manga
This list is based on titles that were serialized in josei magazines (as defined on Manga Updates) or compiled under josei imprints. Note that some of the titles listed in the readers polls below include some titles that ran in seinen/shounen magazines but would be considered josei or shoujo when imported. (Ed Chavez at Vertical, Inc. makes a good case for not overly investing in demographic labels.)
Luv Luv Press (Aurora Publishing)
| Title |
Original Publisher (JP) |
USC |
OC |
Purchase |
| Honey and Clover |
Serialized in Chorus, CUTiE Comic, Young You (all josei) |
10* |
10 |
RightStuf |
| Love for Dessert (Nousatsu Cream) |
Ohzora Shuppan |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Make Love & Peace (Love ni Peace) |
Ren-ai Hakusho Pastel |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Make More Love & Peace |
Ohzora Shuppan |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Object of Desire (Soredake Kai) |
Ohzora Shuppan |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Pretty Poison |
Ohzora Shuppan |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Real Love (Ai Daro) |
Pastel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Sounds of Love (Senritsu no Majutsushi) |
Ren-ai Hakusho Pastel |
3* |
3 |
RightStuf |
| Voices of Love (Ai no Koe) |
Young Love Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Walkin’ Butterfly |
Ease Comics |
4* |
4+ |
RightStuf |
Tokyopop
| Title |
Original Publisher |
USC |
OC |
Purchase |
| Angel (Erica Sakurazawa) |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Angel Nest (Erica Sakurazawa) |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Aromatic Bitters (Erica Sakurazawa) |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Beautiful People |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Between the Sheets (Erica Sakurazawa) |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Dazzle (aka: Hatenko Yugi) |
Zero-Sum Comics |
11* |
11+ |
RightStuf |
| The Embalmer (Shigeshoushi) |
Feel Young |
5* |
5+ |
RightStuf |
| Diabolo |
Crimson Comics |
3* |
3+ |
RightStuf |
| Doll |
Feel Comics |
6 |
6 |
RightStuf |
| Gatcha Gacha |
Melody (josei) |
8* |
8 |
RightStuf |
| Happy Mania |
Feel Comics |
11 |
11 |
RightStuf |
| Haunted House |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| IC in a Sunflower |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Loveless |
Zero-Sum Comics |
8* |
9+ |
RightStuf |
| Made in Heaven: Juri |
Gentousha Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Made in Heaven: Kazemichi |
Gentousha Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Magical x Miracle |
Comic Zero-Sum |
6 |
6 |
RightStuf |
| Nothing But Loving You (Erica Sakurazawa) |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Other Side of the Mirror |
TongLi |
2* |
2 |
RightStuf |
| Paradise Kiss |
Feel Comics |
5 |
5 |
RightStuf |
| Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo (original series is out of print) |
Nemuki Zoukan (mag), Missy Comics (imprint) |
5* |
5+ |
RightStuf |
| R.I.P. – Requiem in Phonybrian |
Kera (Index Communications) |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| The Rules of Love (Erica Sakurazawa) |
Feel Comics |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Saiyuki – Reload |
Zero-Sum Comics |
8* |
8+ |
RightStuf |
| Sengoku Nights |
Crimson Comics |
2 |
2 |
RightStuf |
| Suppli |
Feel Young |
6* |
6+ |
RightStuf |
| Tramps like Us (Kimi wa Pet) |
Kodansha / Kiss KC (OOP as of Aug 31, 2009) |
14 |
14 |
RightStuf |
| Vampire Doll |
Zero Sum Comics |
5* |
5+ |
RightStuf |
Viz
| Title |
Original Publisher (JP) |
USC |
OC |
Purchase |
| Adolescence of Utena (Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku) |
Flowers |
1 |
1
|
RightStuf |
| All My Darling Daughters (Jan 2010) |
Melody |
1* |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Butterflies, Flowers (Chou yo Hana yo) (Dec 2009) |
Petit Comic |
8* |
8 |
RightStuf |
| Crown of Love |
Comic Crimson |
4* |
4 |
RightStuf |
| Dolls (aka: Plants Doll) |
Nemurenu Yoru no Kimyou na Hanashi Comic |
4 |
4 |
RightStuf |
| Love Song |
Petit Flower Comics |
1 |
n/a |
RightStuf |
| Ooku: The Inner Chambers |
Melody |
5* |
5+ |
RightStuf |
Other Publishers
| Title |
US Pub |
Original Publisher |
USC |
OC |
Purchase |
| 07-Ghost |
Go! Comi |
Comic Zero Sum |
4* |
4 |
RightStuf |
| Andromeda Stories |
Vertical |
Duo, Monthly Shounen* |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Angelic Runes (josei?) |
Digital Manga Publishing |
Shodensha |
3* |
3 |
RightStuf |
| Blue |
Fanfare / Ponent Mon (UK Pub) |
Comic Are! (Magazine House) |
1 |
1 |
RightStuf |
| Bunny Drop (Usagi Drop) (March 2010) |
Yen Press |
Feel Young |
6* |
6+ |
RightStuf |
| Forest of Gray City |
Yen Press |
Seoul Cultural Publishers |
2 |
2 |
RightStuf |
| Minima! |
Del Rey |
Bessatsu Friend, Kiss KC** |
4* |
4 |
RightStuf |
| Nodame Cantabile |
Del Rey |
Kiss |
23* |
23+ |
RightStuf |
| Rica ‘tte Kanji!? |
ALC Publishing/Yuricon |
Anise |
1 |
1 |
ALC Publishing/Yuricon |
| With the Light (Hikari to Tomo ni…) |
Yen Press |
For Mrs |
14* |
14+ |
RightStuf |
| Works |
ALC Publishing/Yuricon |
|
1 |
1 |
ALC Publishing/Yuricon |
*Andromeda Stories was serialized partly in Duo (a shoujo and josei magazine) and partly Monthly Shounen
**Minima! was serialized in Bessatsu Friend (shoujo magazine) and collected under the Kiss KC imprint (josei)
