Akira is set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of 2030, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by an apocalyptic blast of unknown power that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when dormant paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, who becomes a target for a shadowy government operation, a group who will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like that which leveled Tokyo. And at the core of their motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear. A fear of someone or something, of unthinkably monstrous power known only as "Akira".... more>>

Note: Won the 1984 Kodansha Manga Award for best general manga, won the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material in 1993. Was nominated for the Harvey for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2002. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2002, the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project in 2002 and The Akira 35th Anniversary Edition won the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project in 2018. <<less

Ryota plays it cool around all of his classmates, especially when it comes to girls. But he’s always the one on the spot in a... more>> perverted situation. In some of these many random anecdotes about the lives of fifth graders you'll find: peeping at collarbones, eating chalk, accidental skirt flipping, missing bloomers (you know, those girls' gym shorts things), and many others. Who says grade school can't have a high-school-type love story? <<less

Poppoya: Satou Otomatsu is a lonely station master of a small station in Hokkaido, situated at the end of the line in a small village with an aging population. The station is due to close in the coming spring, and he will retire with it. One night in his last winter manning the station, an encounter with a young girl marks the beginning of the events that will see him reflect on his working life - performing his duty as a railroad man, whilst enduring the pain of its cost to his personal life.... more>>

Love Letter: Goro just got out from jail, but a police officer wants to talk to him right away. He announces to him that Goro's wife is dead and that he has to go to Chiba and take her body. Goro has no recollection of having a wife, but then he remembers he married a Chinese woman a long time ago. He married her for her money, and she married him because she needed a Japanese visa to work. In fact, she's a prostitute who came to Japan hoping to find better life.

At first, Goro can't be bothered by this situation, but he goes to Chiba just because he can earn a lot of money. Later on, during his trip, Goro finds a letter she wrote him and through it he discovers the pure person that lies beneath this common prostitute. She is a woman of such kindness and love that Goro is moved to learn something about the woman he married. With those few words of love and tenderness, he understands her fears, her goals, and her hopes for the future -- a future that he knows will never come. <<less

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A 47 page one-shot about how Harold (mangaka of ) got to meet the 'Red Hot Chili Peppers.'

Murikuri is the story of a popular pig, a pervert santa claus and his high school girlfriend, nice aliens and many more... It does not... more>> make sense and I would advise you to not try to understand it. Murikuri is to CLAMP what Treehouse of Horror is to the Simpsons, a collection of short gags. <<less

Kurumi Ayaki is a recently-retired police officer with a record of excellence on the force and the guts and guile to back it up. In order to earn some extra money for her upcoming wedding, she has to return to the force... and is "rewarded" with an assignment to an elite unit who solves crimes that have been classified as unsolvable. ... more>>

Partnered with a mysterious young genius who is unable to feel emotions, or even to leave his room, she acts as his eyes and ears to piece together clues even as her own personal life falls apart around her. <<less

Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the covert-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers. And speaking of ghosts, when supposedly dead people start turning up walking and talking, Section 9 begins to look into the possibility that corpses are being "puppeted" from a remote location, and some serious powerbrokers may be pulling the strings.... more>>

Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, but never collected until now. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you've come to expect from Ghost in the Shell, but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore. <<less

Hating girl is a manga about a girl with an arrow stuck through her head named Asumi, and the boy interested in her, named Ryouji.... more>> It's full of goofy humor and silly storylines, yet the relationship aspect of it touches on real life at times, and ends up quite endearing. Check out this silly-sweet manga and laugh at the insanity that is life with a girl that has an arrow through her head. <<less

Collection of short stories, including;... more>>

- Flower

- Memories

- SOUND OF SAND

- Farewell To Weapons

- Hair

- Electric Bird Land

- MINOR SWING

- Chronicle of The Planet TAKO

- Chronicle of The Planet TAKO, Chapter of Dawnlight

- Fire-ball

- That's Amazing World - Magic pot of Aladdin

- That's Amazing World - Noah's Ark

- That's Amazing World - old man and sea

- That's Amazing World - Knights of The Round Table <<less

Nakabaru Taiyo came to Okinawa in the pursuit of beautiful ladies and the blue sea... But while trying to hit on a cute girl, she... more>> told him that her mother hated him... And then a wonderful story of scuba diving, beautiful women and adventure begins! <<less

One night, mild-mannered college student Mori Hiroshi bumps into a woman visiting his next-door neighbour, Yamamoto. Abnormally tall and dirty-looking, the woman has long, straggly... more>> hair, wears a man's coat and carries shopping bags in both hands. But then, without warning, she abandons her dogged pursuit of Yamamoto and shifts her attentions to Hiroshi himself. Who is this woman, what is she after, and will Hiroshi ever be able to shake her off? <<less

The end of everyone was just the beginning… Returning home by train after a class trip, Teru Aoki takes a most frightening ride inside a mountain tunnel. When the train derails, nearly everyone aboard is killed. Amidst the bloody carnage, Teru discovers two survivors—but salvation is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an... more>> even greater danger …

Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1997. <<less

In the Super Remix Best series:... more>>

1) Inasaku

2) Boku to Ohiru wo

Oneshot 1: My Health

When I pooped one morning...I gave birth to a rabbit. <<less

Hideki's just like every other guy in the 22nd century. He just wants a good job, a good car, and a sexy robot girlfriend to... more>> call his own. Until he lands a job, he'll never be able to afford his own 'Persocom' companion. Hideki's luck changes when he discovers Chi--an adorable but seemingly stupid Persocom--tied up in a pile of trash. His first robot companion turns out to be a lot more responsibility than he expected, and she gets him into quite a few embarrassing situations. It's 'boy-meets-girl' for the cyber age. <<less

DeroDero is the story of a juvenile delinquent, Hino Mimio, who happens to also be a psychic. His ability to communicate with the spiritual world... more>> as well as his demeanors caused him to constantly interact with supernatural beings -- usually ending up with Mimio beating the crap out of the monster or spirit. <<less

A series of extra cases based on the GBA and DS game series.

The legend has it that once upon a time, a pact was sealed between the Shinto priest of the town of Amide and a mermaid.... more>> Ever since, abundant fishing has guaranteed the town’s prosperity. This pact has always been honored by the priests of the Yashiro family. However, the legend has attracted both media and property developers, and the acting priest has acceded to their demands. Yosuke, youngest of the Yashiro family, has doubts about the existence of the mermaid, but will soon change his opinion as strange occurrences begin to unfold… <<less

A professional baseball manga by Harold Sakuishi, the author of Beck.... more>>

Taiko Busujima is a powerful young pitcher looking to make it into the Japanese big leagues, but what he didn't count on was being signed to the Keihin Athletics, the cheapest and worst team in the league. Can he help turn the Athletics around and (gasp) win the pennant?

A gripping, edge-of-your-seat story loaded with Sakuishi's brand of wacky humor. <<less

The story of Ciguatera follows Ogino, who is bullied in high school along with his friend Takai. The two rely on their passion towards motorcycles... more>> and desire to get one to add some hope and vigor to their otherwise bleak lives. The two are learning to drive in secret at a driving school, and it is there that Ogino's life begins to change forever. The manga follows a variety of characters through their high school and working lives, through their struggles, their triumphs, their dreams, their futures, their love, life and loss. <<less

The story set in the distant future of 3005 A.D.... more>>

It follows a character by the name of Kanoe Zouichi and the mysterious Kanoe Fuyu whose luminous form is integrated into the system of his bike. They are agents sent by a powerful organization to retrieve the human with the ability to resist and transmute the NS5 infection that is spreading across the world, named Yion/Ion Green. However, their mission is delayed by the reckless actions of the Public Health Department's taskforce and the kidnapping of Yion/Ion Green. Will they complete their mission? Where has Yion/Ion Green been taken? <<less

After Kaiji's showdown with Chairman Hyoudou at the Starside Hotel, he's forced into labour at an underground mine. With his meagre daily wage, he'll be working for decades to repay his debt unless he does something about his miserable situation. ... more>>

Kaiji decides to wager his earnings in an underground dice game for a ticket to get out of the mine for a limited period of time. But even if he surfaces, he only has one chance to win it big: by challenging the unbeatable pachinko machine nicknamed "The Bog."

The 2nd part of the Kaiji series.

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A series of short stories centering on Sugekoma, a high school prodigy with severe behavioural problems, and Miss Matsuzawa, the teacher who he ties up all the time. It's a big send-up of S/M cliches, H manga, SF, and the otaku mentality. ... more>>

There are minor subplots concerning other students - e.g. Junko Fujieda, who can't stand perverts, they make her violent; and Murata, a masochist who's infatuated with her. <<less

Kuzumi Kentarou is a salesman and also an organ donor card owner (their organs get donated upon death). He gets mugged and almost dies but eventually regains consciousness in a hospital and sees a patient with an ailing heart, Hasegawa Kirin, who tells him that he is completely compatible with her... as a donor. ... more>>

Kentarou promises to give his heart to her. However, Kentarou lives on, but he never got into college. He now works part-time in the hospital where he begs Kisaragi Ryouko, an organ transplant coordinator, "when will Kirin receive his heart?" <<less

This manga features Itokin from Boku to Issho.... more>>

'nuff said. <<less