A science fiction story in a world of animals.

The comical adventures of a balloonist.

Ishinomori is riding on a train to Sendai when he sees a boy near him with a blue kaleidoscope. Reminded of how he used to like them, he asks the boy for it. With his glimpses into it, he begins to have a proper understanding of what made him the mangaka he is...... more>>

A one-shot compilation focusing on Ishinomori's life and his relationship with manga, including his relationship with Osamu Tezuka. In addition to the leading one-shot, also includes:

My Norakuro: An essay manga where Ishinomori discusses the impact Norakuro left on him in the post-war period.

The Tale of the Little Crow: The story of the life of a little crow who is nursed and taken care of by a group of siblings against all odds.

There Was a Death Mask of Beethoven in my Room: Ishinomori reminisces about his relationship with Beethoven and music, as well as his time at Tokiwa-so with Fujio Akatsuka.

Tokiwa-so Charmela - Ishinomori and Akatsuka (as Akamori and Ishizuka) once more star as the focus, this time covering their experiences with the changing times, highlighted with the advent of instant ramen.

Tokiwa-so Monogatari: A silent reflection of Ishinomori's memories at the legendary apartments.

The Medaka in the Stream - Further along in time, Ishinomori is now a father of two. Concerned about his sons' wellbeing, he tries to instill values in them by having them appreciate nature.

The Day Osamu Tezuka Died - A short manga in which Ishinomori thinks back to many things regarding Tezuka - and what him and the rest at Tokiwa-so best known him as.

Like the Wind... ....The Bug That Ran By My Back - After Tezuka has passed, Ishinomori assesses his interactions and relationship with Tezuka, as well as considering what it means to have a present and future without him. A two-part one-shot. <<less

A boy makes an innocuous wish on a shooting star, and the world ends.

Mizutani Minato, a high school girl, has not fit in at her new school ever since she started attending a different school from her middle... more>> school friends. Her shy personality has kept her from making friends and engaging with her classmates. Through an unexpected turn of events, she joins the astronomy club in school, consisting of three students considered to be the weirdest and seen as outcasts in the entire campus. The club consists of Aida Souji, the smartest student in the entire freshman class, Kousaka Ranko, the second most brilliant and ridiculously strong, and Takigawa Youichi. They all have dreams of becoming members of NASA and studying the fascinating universe. The four kids of the astronomy club rename themselves “Soramiyo” a name made by taking the first letter from each of the members' name. Minato slowly learns through the Soramiyo club how to become confident in who she really is and the importance of having great friends. <<less

A hair stylist develops a crush on a regular client.

Included stories:... more>>

• Colored Pencils

• Fireworks

• Marigold

• Musical Bbbboooox

• Indian Summer

• Lover

• Winter Moon

• Lamplight

• Clockwork Glasses

• City of Strawberries

• Fish Boy <<less

Crossover between, fighting against Varon the Annihilator: Getter Robo, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger, Koutetsu Jeeg, Mazinger Z, UFO Robo Grendizer.

The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker - Link's Logbook is a record of Link's journey. On his travels he meets many unique people,... more>> and gets into many different varieties of trouble before finally confronting his destiny. <<less

36-year-old Yasano Mamoru woke up one morning and realized that he has lost his memory. Not only that, he learns that he has a 16-year-old... more>> wife who still goes to high school. Mamoru can’t believe that Hana is really his wife or that he is a famous erotic manga author. His representative at the manga publisher, the beautiful Shirabe Hoko, even comes to try to help him regain his memory but nothing helps. However, as Mamoru gets closer to Hana, he slowly starts getting bits and pieces of his past back. Little does he know, something may have happened between Hoko and him the night before he lost his memory that could affect his marriage with Hana... <<less

Meldina hates humans, and wants nothing to do with them. Since her parents' deaths, she has desired to live surrounded by machines, and everyone in... more>> town thinks she's a weirdo. One day, she meets a big machine that she names Machina and treats it as a friend. Her meeting Machina, as well as meeting a potential friend in a girl named Alisa, kicks off a series of events that bring to light dangerous secrets about herself and about her parents' deaths. [tethysdust] <<less

Anthology of shorts based on Shin Megami Tensei III - Nocturne.

Koutarou, a spry young go-getter from Hokkaido, moves to Tokyo to get involved with the salesman business. Unfortunately for him, it’s slim pickings as he... more>> becomes intertwined with the lives of several other salespeople and scammers in his attempt to make money as cheap and as quick as possible. <<less

1) Saikou no Kimi... more>>

All begins when Soga Naoaki went to complain to the president of the student counsil, Yoshizumi Sekai, about the reducing of his volleyball team's bookings. By coincidence, Naoaki becomes the vice-president of the student counsil because of the health of the current one. He and Sekai don't get along, but what happens when they have to organise the school festival? Also found in

2) Kimi to Boku no Itsu Pobun

Oneshot also found in .

3)Kimi ni Ai ni

Oneshot also found in .

4) Afterword <<less

In order to return people that have turned into monsters from the seed of hatred, our hero in mask have sealed his fist… Action mask... more>> who also appears in Japan’s national comedy manga "Crayon Shin-chan" is transformed into ultra real and ultra cool character! Go action! His fist will crush the heart of the hatred! <<less

On the last day of school, Mihane confesses to her senpai the long-term admiration she's had for her ever since they met, as well as... more>> tells her that she will try her best to enter Niji no Oka Girls' Academy next year, the school to which her Senpai is going to attend. Now, one year later, she's managed to pass the entrance exam to the prestigious school and is taking the bus to the school. Unfortunately, she takes the wrong bus, but encounters an interesting first-year girl, like her, that is also set to attend Niji no Oka Academy. <<less

A short piece about getting a job and going out into society, old flames, and Elmore James.

An alien species wanted to start a revolution against their oppressors, and they think they may have found the power in humanity to accomplish their goals. They discovered that humans have latent superpowers, and so they began to abduct them and awaken their abilities. Unfortunately, the humans' abilities were not very useful for their purposes---at least not until they found the destructive power of #214. ... more>>

#214 is actually a young woman named Hoshi Yumako, who has no interest at all in the aliens' revolution. The abduction and powers have seriously screwed up her life, and all she wants is to be able to live a normal life. Pursued by the aliens, she tries to work part-time and keep her powers from ruining everything. However, she knows she's not the only one out there; she might find allies among the empowered rejects of the aliens' experiments. <<less

Perched atop a hill with a clear view of the stars, Seigatsu High School is a boarding school specializing in astronomy. The only girl enrolled in Seigatsu High School, Yahisa Tsukiko, lived an idyllic life alongside her two childhood friends, Kanata and Suzuya.... more>>

Then one day, Tomoe Yoh arrived, transferring from France. From awkward beginnings, these four opened up to one another and grew to become irreplaceable best friends. But during the spring of their junior year, further changes have been blossoming within their relationship… <<less

The experiences of two Japanese people who move to the US; one a judo teacher, the other a guitarist.

MAL:... more>>

The Gokuhi-gumi are a band of space Yakuza. Led by "Genji of the North Star," they seek to go to war with other yakuza factions and generally cause trouble throughout the galaxy. <<less

Ebi sacrificed everything to get into art school, studied hard for a whole year, drew like crazy to ready herself--only to fail the entrance exam because her mind went blank. Worse, while heading home with an armful of doujinshi, she meets her friend Tachibana. Exposed as an otaku, Ebi is both humiliated and hurt when Tachibana denies their friendship. ... more>>

Ebi resigns herself to attending a vocational school. One of her classmates there is a weird girl named Tachibana, who's lost her memory in a strange accident... <<less

UFO Robot Grendizer is the third entry in the Mazinger Trilogy by Go Nagai, following Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger. This particular incarnation was illustrated... more>> by Gosaku Ota and published in Boken Oh, Otomodachi from October 1975 – March 1977. It follows the adventures of Duke Fleed, the sole survivor of an attack on the Vegan Empire, who defends his second home, the Earth, from the Vegan attack, together with the giant robot Grendizer. <<less

In 2755 AD, the latest model spaceship Xebec departed from the City of Nemexis in the Nemexis Star Sector. Due to an accident at the moment of its warp jump, it had to perform an emergency landing on the mysterious planet, Garaga.... more>>

The Planet Garaga is a brilliantly written genuine S.F. story that tells of the unimaginable adventures that take place on that twisted world. <<less

Manga about the Russo-Japanese war. Set in 1904, it follows a special corps of soldiers trained to pilot a steam-powered robot called Brodrov.