Compilation of short stories:... more>>

• Hotel: Since 2079 (2006)

It is the year 2272 A.D.

A computer continues to live on in order to complete a mission in a world where all life, including Mankind, has gone extinct. This is a record of those 27 million years of its heroic struggle.

• Present (2006)

Hanako suffers from a terrible disease. After awakening from a deep slumber, Hanako has only three days to live.

• Subete wa Maguro no Tame datta (It Was All for the Tuna) (2008)

Tuna have become extinct and Jun Shiozaki will do everything possible and imaginable to bring them back.

• Stephanos (2007 Mandala Vol. 1)

Set in modern-day Japan, our main character Noriko finds out that she is pregnant with her lover Matsumura’s baby. He, however, is an important doctor with a family and everything already. Noriko wants to have the baby, but Matsumura says that it’s actually a rapidly growing cancer and that they have to remove it immediately. It might also be neither of these things…

• Diadem (2008 Mandala Vol. 2)

A "Diadem" is a word for 'crown' that has its root in Greek. "Stephanos", which appeared in "Mandala" 01, was also a 'crown'. It seems that we could consider this the second work in a continuing series of shorts that should perhaps be called a "Crown series". <<less

Trigun is back with a heavily armed posse of talented gunslingers. An anthology of tales, Multiple Bullets features the hard-to-find story Badlands Rumble by Trigun's creator Yasuhiro Nightow. Plus original stories from Boichi, Yusuke Takeyama, Satoshi Mizukami, Kennji Mitsuyoshi and Koichi Ishikawa's studio Ark Performance, Akira Sagami, humor cartoonist Yuga Takauchi and Masakazu Ishiguro.... more>>

Trigun: Rising by TAKEYAMA Yuusuke

A oneshot to celebrate the release of the Trigun movie. The story focuses on Rai The Blade, one of the Gung-Ho Guns, who is living in a small Plant town.

Trigun Badlands Rumble by NIGHTOW Yasuhiro

Vash is caught in a sticky situation with the evil Dodongo Bros. until Wolfwood saves him and they retreat. In the city, they meet with two men who want to hire Vash & Wolfwood to protect their city from those very same Dodongo Bros.

Trigun: The Lost Plant by Boichi

Oneshot included at the end of Sun-Ken Rock vol 12. <<less

The last astronaut of humanity, Byakuya Ishigami, witnessed the moment when the entire planet was petrified. He was able to return to Earth later with... more>> five other members of the International Space Station, but how was he able to return to Japan? <<less

The manga focuses on the character Sylvester Asimov before departing for Mars, and tells a story not told in the main manga. The magazine teases,... more>> "before he departs for Mars, the mission he's entrusted with is...." <<less

's take on between chapters 51 and 52 with a fight between Zoro and Mihawk. The one-shot was created in celebration of the series' 22nd... more>> anniversary. <<less

Although a 19th-century philosopher once said that "God is dead" (It was Nietzsche) the Rakia story has God descending to Earth in the 21st century... more>> and assuming the form of a girl. ("Rakia" is the Hebrew word for the skies or the firmament.) <<less

Set in a fantasy world based on ancient China, the story is about Fuuren, an armless Defender. Defenders are people who will complete their mission... more>> or assignments no matter what. If they accept them, that is. Fuuren has been called to a small town that is about to be taken over by the Ka empire, and they wish to hire him to help their armies defend their little town. However there is a little bit of intrigue within the town itself and Fuuren accepts a different task altogether. <<less

A limited series sequel about building the time machine.