In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and his infant son Daigoro wander Japan as an assassin for hire, named Lone Wolf and Cub. Ultimately, Ogami Itto strives for revenge against the Yagyu clan.... more>>

Note: Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2001. <<less

The two genius military advisors who led Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unify the nation, Kuroda Kanbei Yoshitaka and Takenaka Hambei Shigeharu. A dull and unmarried salaryman... more>> in his thirties wake up one day to find that he had become Takanaka HanbeL He had been reborn along with seven other men of the same age and circumstance! That night, he suddenly found himself in an empty room with a PC with a chatroom called "Tea room' open. Apparently, he could use this to chat with his fellow reincarnators?? Will they be able to survive in this era of battle and strife? <<less

Suwa is perfect. She has perfect grades, perfect looks and is the idol of everyone at her school. However this "perfection" has created an odd... more>> distance between her and her fellow classmates. That is except for Takeda, the boy who sits in front of her in class. It seems Takeda is the only person that is able to speak to Suwa normally and much to her chagrin he is starting to think she is not all that perfect. <<less

This successor of the long selling Heisei classic "Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms" is a family drama set in Hiroshima's military city Kure during the war. Protagonist Suzu marries and moves from Hiroshima City to Kure, where she encounters uncertainty in her new family, her new city, and her new world. However, she manages to live each day healthily and happily.... more>>

Note: Was a Jury Recommended Work in the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival and won the Excellence Prize in 2009. <<less

Taiyou is a high-school musician with dreams of stardom, but when his bandmates quit in order to focus on school, it feels like Taiyou's dreams... more>> are slipping away. In an act of desperation, Taiyou strong-arms his sullen classmate Hikari into forming a band with him. The two boys are total opposites, but together they might just be able to create something amazing. <<less

The daily life of high school boy who can’t say “I love you” to his beloved classmate because he’s also a boy. But his days... more>> are changed to meet a mysterious elderly man who might be also gay… <<less

Abe Takahiro is an ordinary, well-adjusted, high school student, who falls in love with his bespectacled classmate Asai Rumi, thinking she's just a cute member of the art club. Alas, his love is anything but ordinary - she's actually a hardcore yaoi-loving fujoshi who is utterly convinced Takahiro and Shunsuke Chiba, the handsome class playboy and his best friend from middle school, are having a torrid affair. With comical misunderstandings, awkward half-confessions, and the revelation that class idol Matsui Yoko is an otaku enamored with Rumi as well, poor Abe has his work cut out for him if he hopes to woo the Otaku-Type Delusion girl.... more>>

Source: Jmanga <<less

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When newlywed Takako accompanies her husband to his remote hometown for his grandfather's funeral, she is uncertain what to make of their strange customs.

Morinaga Hiromu saw his parents killed by a and was injured himself. ...Fortunately he managed to survive---but since that day, he can see ghostly things. On a... more>> rainy day, what appeared was the death of a human being carried by a person carrying it on his back-a "murderer's resume" that emerged when a murder was committed. Behind the transfer student, Yuzuka, who came to his class, there are a lot of suffering faces... Is the mysterious girl an angel or a devil?? <<less

Nitogi Amane and Utsuya Madoka became first met in middle school. But one tiny, yet fatal mistake ends up costing Amane more than just her seemingly innocent best friend...... more>>

(Source: AOC Translations) <<less

A collection of six science fiction stories.... more>>

• 2001 Nights Spin-Off - In the Ocean of the Night

• Starship Adventure Star Field Arthurian World

• Starship Adventure Star Field The Red Star of Scorpio

• Vessel of Wrath

• Space Fantasy

• Phobos and Deimos

• Planet of Fog <<less

Across Japan the Kuro Juujigun decimates its targets, killing all those who oppose them. Yet from the ashes of these destroyed bases, five young recruits... more>> miraculously survive and vow vengeance. Given a special interlocking "key", the various survivors are summoned to snackshop "Gon", secret gateway to EAGLE Japan's main command center by Japan's EAGLE Commander Edogawa Kenpachi. There they are given special formfitting electronic battlesuits, which empower its wearer with various superhuman abilities. Edogawa tells them that they are the Secret Squadron "Goranger", the world's best chance against the forces of the Kuro Juujigun. Armed with these battlesuits and other special weapons created by EAGLE scientists, they extract their revenge upon the Kuro Juujigun operatives who killed their comrades and dedicate themselves to crushing the remaining forces of the Kuro Juujigun and its sinister leader Kuro Juuji Soutou (Black Cross Fuhrer/Generalissimo). <<less

Karate fighter Raion Ryu is so unflinchingly powerful that, during a sanctioned match, his strikes accidentally explode his opponent into piles of steaming meat. As... more>> punishment he dons a sutra-infused mask to suppress his horrific might and goes into hiding with his psychic sister, but the two are eventually hunted down by his ex-master and the fiancé of the man Ryu killed. While their modus operandi would appear to be revenge, they follow divine instructions from up above—Destroy Ryu before he can awaken as the Antichrist! God himself has put out a hit on our masked hero. <<less

Adaptation of the fourth part of the anime.

Slight retelling of the 2001-2002 Mazinkaiser OVA series. Included in this volume is a short story called Mazin Kaiser: Shin Majin Densetsu (Mazin Kaiser: Legend... more>> of a New Demon God). <<less

Two linked stories, both revolving around a deadly female assassin. In Hotel Harbour View, a Japanese expatriate in Hong Kong spends his time drinking whisky, photographing a high class prostitute and waiting for death at the hands of the assassin he knows is coming for him. In Brief Encounter, a notorious Parisian assassin is himself marked for assassination and his hunter is no stranger to him.... more>>

Viz published 2 stories. <<less

The story begins in the near future, where a social mobile network called the "Kizuna-Topia" (Bonds-Topia) controls all communication and surveillance in the wall-bound city. ... more>>

In this city, two sisters, Enna and Yayako, come face to face with the ongoing man-hunt for young, healthy children. The kidnappers take these kids to the white tower to extract their brains and sell their bodies. This man-hunt, led by the local police known as the "Jikei," is counteracted by the mysterious being only known as "The Witch." Enna, Yayako, and other residents of this city are trapped between the ongoing conflict between the Jikei and The Witch. <<less

A loved one is dead. What would you do if someone told you they could bring that person back... in exchange for the lives of three other people? Would you be selfish enough to sacrifice three for the sake of one? And there's always the actual circumstances behind the death to be taken into account...... more>>

A collection of stories featuring different takes on the theme. <<less

A collection of short stories. The title story is about Youzuke; one summer when he was growing up, he stayed at his uncle's house. His... more>> uncle had a pool, and at night Youzuke would see a mermaid swimming there, visiting his uncle. Years and years have passed, and Youzuke's uncle has disappeared. Surprisingly enough, his will leaves the house to a stranger, Ayumi Kenjou. But when Youzuke meets Ayumi, it seems like he'd already met him that summer so very long ago. <<less

Collection of short stories from 1975-1978:... more>>

- Kazoku

- Suka to Sukkiri

- Shusei Sanchi no Yuki Chan

- .....Ga Chyun

- Highway Star

- Tenmoo..... Nishite Morasazu

- Tsuya no Atosaki

- Seisoo

- Ashita no Yakusoku

- Sayonara no Omiyage <<less

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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

Seton is the story of Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), a famous American writer and naturalist.