This manga is set in the Western Xia state at the beginning of the 13th century, when there were violent, ongoing incursions by the Mongol army. Guided by Suzuki, a student who has transferred from another school, a present-day boy called Sudo, a high school student who has been plagued by a vivid dream of a battlefield, is reborn as Shutohel, a female warrior for the Western Xia army, who has lived for vengeance on the Mongols, and travels to the battlefield. At the same time, the Mongol prince Yurul defies his own army, which is trying to destroy the Western Xia script, and makes plans to protect a collection of Western Xia writings. This... more>> is an epic, long-form action manga featuring elaborate, dynamic depictions of combat and the enigma of an ancient script.

Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's New Artist Prize in 2012. <<less

A compilation artbook/manga anthology, by Range Murata, with contributions by various artists.... more>>

The title aims to harness talents from global creative hotbeds like London, Paris and New York and create something more than the average manga artbook through collaborations with American and European creatives.

Every issue will reveal the huge variety of talent the Japanese illustration and manga worlds have to offer, giving insight into their work and thought processes through various features. <<less

An elite military unit conducts its duties alongside sabertooth tigers trained to assist their human masters. The Royal Kingdom invades the Empire in their desire for world dominion...after the disastrous opening battle of the war, the unit fights to save not only itself but their comrades from the enemy.... more>>

Nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho in 2008. <<less

In the near future, the state of Japan has disappeared. The island is now split in two. The north is administered by Russia and the... more>> south by China. The border between the two countries is delimited by a buffer zone, demilitarised and emptied of its inhabitants. It is there, in this forbidden zone, that the Wolang have found refuge. These 49 fugitives are the result of failed experiments by the Chinese army, which wanted to transform them into bacteriological weapons to be used against its Russian neighbour. Caught between China, which wants to erase the traces of its experiments, and Russia, which is trying to capture them to study them, the Wolang will have to fight for their survival. <<less