A manga adaptation of the Chinese literary classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’... more>> attention.

Tezuka himself was a humanist rather than a Buddhist, and his magnum opus is not an attempt at propaganda. Hermann Hesse’s novel or Bertolucci’s film is comparable in this regard; in fact, Tezuka’s approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew, namely, humor.

Note: Won the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2004 and 2005. <<less

Munakata is an anthropology professor who studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories... more>> that most presume to be entirely fictional are actually based on real events. This manga tells the story of Professor Munakata as he follows the clues left from both the imaginary world of fairy tales and the real world of historical evidence. <<less

A collection of five short stories.... more>>

• Chapter 01-02 - Red Zeppelin

• Chapter 03- Legend of the Demon Whale

• Chapter 04 - Outburst

• Chapter 05 - Island of Sins

• Chapter 06-07- The Sea of Fallen Beasts

• Chapter 08 - Atoll <<less

A collection of short stories:... more>>

The Distant Dawn - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 Issue 34

The Steel Queen - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 April 28th Extra Edition

Escape from the Wastelands - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 Issue 39

Funeral Convoy - Monthly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1976 March

A Call from Afar - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1978 September 15th Extra Edition

Whiteout - Weekly Manga Action (Futabasha) 1979 Super Fiction August 31 Extra Edition

Amazons of the River - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1977 September 10th Extra Edition

The Carneades Plan - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1976 August 20th Extra Edition

Algae (Part 1) - Monthly Bears’ Club (Shueisha) 1990 August

Algae (Part 2) - Monthly Bears’ Club (Shueisha) 1990 September

Lightning Strike - Monthly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 August

Emperor of Winter - Young Magazine (Kodansha) 1996 July

One Day In The Life of Ivan Dejavu - Business Jump (Shueisha) 1986 March

Alice (Part 1) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 August

Alice (Part 2) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 September

Alice (Part 3) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 October

The Distant Dawn won the 9th Tezuka Prize in 1975. <<less

In early 1941, Krilo is living a quiet life in his home town in Yugoslavia. He's a bit of a problem student and is influenced by the political ideas brought back by his older brother Ivan, a college student in Zagreb. Even though there are news and rumors of Nazi Germany on the move, it seems impossible that war could come to their peaceful village. In late March, the Yugoslavian government signed the Tripartite Treaty with Hitler, but the government fell to a coup d'etat only days later. In early April, Yugoslavia was invaded by Nazi Germany.... more>>

That invasion shattered Krilo's peaceful life. Countless people in the village are killed by the German invasion, and the others are rounded up. Krilo evades capture, but has no idea what to do next. He sets out for Zagreb in search of his older brother. Krilo's childhood friend, Fi, on the other hand, was among those who were rounded up. She faces a whole different kind of adversity, as she is processed with the others by the Nazi military. The invasion may be over, but the fight for Yugoslavia has just begun. [tethysdust] <<less

A collection of short stories:... more>>

1. One Day In The Life of Ivan Dejavu

2. Fangs of the Sea

3. Emperor of Winter

4-6. Alice

7. Hunters at Dawn

8. Lightning Strike

9. A Tale of Seven Cities, Battle of Pell Strait <<less

Story 1: Saber Tiger... more>>

"From tens of millions of years ago, the saber-toothed tiger reigned as the strongest carnivorous animal on land." Told from the perspective of a saber-toothed tiger, Saber Tiger tells a story where time travelers appear in the mist of the Ice Age.

Story 2: The Planet of the Unicorn

Astronauts attempt to investigate a planet with environmental conditions frighteningly similar to that of the Earth's. Madness ensues.

Story 3: Sergeant

Story 4: Adamas Diamonds

Story 5: Quo Vadis

Story 6: Asphaltic Trap

Story 7: The Planet of Winter <<less

A collection of horror-themed short stories. Most of the stories revolve spirits.... more>>

Chibiki no Iwa

First Published: Nemuki 2002 March Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Yomi Vortex

First Published: Nemuki 2002 November Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Hisame

First Published: Nemuki 2004 January Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

Chigaeshi-no-Tama

First Published: Nemuki 2004 September Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Marebito Mask

First Published: Horror M 1995 March Issue (Bunkasha)

The Earthen Woman

First Published: Comic Tom 1993 January Issue (Ushio Shuppansha) <<less

An adaptation of Patricia A. McKillip's "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld."... more>>

Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playmates are the creatures of a fantastic menagerie called there by wizardry. Sybel has cared nothing for humans, until the baby awakens emotions previously unknown to her. And when Coren -the man who brought this child- returns, Sybel's world is again turned upside down. <<less