In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.... more>>

Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.

Was nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Social Impact Award in 2021. <<less

It's the early 20th century and Aoi is a young newspaper reporter investigating a series of grisly murders. When she gets too close to the... more>> culprit, she discovers that there is a secret team of vampires working for the military...and that one of the vampires is her supposedly dead friend! This team, known as Code Zero, is the government's best hope at stopping violence caused by other vampires. What on earth has Aoi stepped into? <<less

They look like us. They feed on us. They’re parasites – alien creatures with one directive: take human form via a host and destroy the... more>> human race from within. First seen in Hiroshi Iwaaki’s classic science fiction horror manga Parasyte, these terrifying creatures are revisited and reinvented in 12 brand-new stories drawn by some of today’s greatest shonen and seinen manga artists. But no matter who they choose as their hosts—from militia men to the seemingly sweet elderly—one thing is for certain: no one is safe from the parasites... <<less

The setting is a planet named Slars, where the indigenous Slarsians and alien Earthians coexist uneasily. Shinta descends from both races, and is thus shunned... more>> by either side, but becomes involved in the conflict around "Regalia" that holds a mysterious power. <<less

Eripha is the only girl in the garrison of the World Government's army that is protecting the city of Eldorado from terrorists. After being stationed... more>> there for three months she finally warms up to a boy in the same troop, Melka Dracea. But a sudden raid from the terrorists and a close encounter with the their leader changes their situation, drastically. <<less

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This is the fictional story of an all-female German tank squad, which was "lost in the darkness of history," called Schaferhund. They're fierce fighters who... more>> don't fear death, and who think of themselves as expendable. They are typically up against the resistance, who will even use children to murder German soldiers. One day, they get a new commander, a young man who values the human lives of the people under his command. There's plenty of friction between the former acting commander of the squad, Kaya, and the new commander--and not only because he accidentally saw her (and many other female soldiers) mostly naked. What will the future hold in store for Schaferhund? <<less

The manga centers on stories about both Suzaku and Kallen that were not portrayed in the original story.

This Dark fantasy story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he... more>> meets a beautiful girl named Meria, who calls herself the "grave keeper". Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark." <<less

Gath has built a reputation for being the strongest warrior in the country due to his natural resistance to the lethal poison produced by magical... more>> beasts, earning himself the nickname "Iron-blood Gath." One day, while out on a subjugation mission targeting magical beasts, Gath meets a young Medusa who instantly becomes attached to him due to Gath's resistance to her petrifying attacks. Uncharacteristically of him, Gath decides to take her home to the capital... <<less

During the time when the world is full of barren lands and big ships sail out to the vast oceans, a very rare type of... more>> sub-human--mermaid--was born. Normally, they have white hair, but only in water does the color change. Among the aristocrats, they are traded for large sums of money. Hisui is a merman with scarlet hair, and he's kept by a lord. However, as he's stolen away by the pirate Ikuta and gains freedom, they start their journey together! <<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

Silver Kamuy is Golden Kamuy with the characters reimagined as elderly people.... more>>

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It's been declared that Nishi High will close in two years. Since then, the student population has dropped to a mere seven. Hazakura Motoya, one of the remaining students, decides to stay for the free ride through high school.... more>>

Suddenly, everyone is shocked when they receive three new transfer students, Kayama, Mizumura, and Toujou, girls who are actually members of a special military division.

Soon after, Motoya and the three girls witness a giant tower suddenly appearing on the school grounds. Motoya is destined to enter with the girls in order to uncover the mysteries of this tower.

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The world has been invaded by aliens and most of mankind was driven underground, but in a town where it rains incessantly, a young girl... more>> named Kanon Kouzuki has other things on her mind. Being one of the few civilians to remain living and working aboveground, she is now reunited with her unrequited love turned alien fighting celebrity Sousuke Sakai. Her eyes now completely fixated on him, she starts to notice new things about her loved one. Will he be the same boy she fell for once upon a time, or will he have turned into a completely different person? <<less

A series of seven stories revolving around lives where fantasy intertwines with our known worlds. In historical and modern landscapes, there are unique circumstances brought... more>> about by dragons, mermaids, spirits, and so on. <<less

On the planet of Hekiou, there is a continuing war between the first wave of immigrants and the second. An important section of the military uses a native creature, the Niebass, to give its soldiers translocation abilities. These soldiers are all women, with the alien creature transplanted into their wombs. Some people see this practice as a violation of human women by aliens, and Mana Oga's boyfriend has a similar perspective on the matter. Mana Oga is a new soldier in this section, and the story follows her and the other women in her group who accept the alien creatures into their wombs in order to defend their homes.... more>>

Note: Won Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2016. Was nominated for Seiun Award in 2017. <<less

In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and... more>> in the occupied territories. These women—more than a million in total—were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten. <<less

In the medieval town of Naudars, albino children hold a revered and protected status. Dorothea is one of these children and she has always wanted... more>> to see the world beyond her cloistered existence. When Naudars is attacked, all able-bodied men rise to defend their home. But Dorothea is prepared to defy tradition and enlist in the military. Like Joan of Arc, she must deal with the prejudices of those who are scandalized by the very existence of a young woman warrior. This spirited, sword-wielding girl has to defend herself from charges of witchcraft at the same time she's defending the land she loves. <<less

The year is Universal Century 0133. Ten years have past since the armed resistance of the aristocratic fraction, the Crossbone Vanguard, was subdued. Tobia Aronnax is an exchange student onboard the spaceship Smashion to Jupiter, but during a surprised attack by a group of space pirates who call themselves the Crossbone Vanguard, he finds out that there were actually hidden agendas among those in the Smashion and in Jupiter itself.... more>>

After being saved by a member of the pirates named Kincaid Nau, he was taken aboard the pirate ship, the Mother Vanguard, and was convinced by its captain, Berah Ronah, to join them. The pirate group's true identity was revealed to be a guerilla group resisting the secret fraction within Jupiter, the Jupiter Empire, which intends to conquer Earth. Now Tobia must pilot one of the three powerful Crossbone Gundam to help this new Crossbone Vanguard in their quest to oppose the Jupiter Empire's plans. <<less

In the mid 21st century, the human race is facing a test.... more>>

Genetic engineering has changed the world, and with huge profits, research had accelerated accordingly. An “immortality” gene no longer seemed like a mere dream. However, a lab sample containing this gene escaped, creating a new life-form that took in genetic material from the natural world, evolving into an enemy that began to invade the human world.

The “Shaher” are now a force capable of defeating human military forces, and both North and South American continents have fallen under their control. In Japan, the government has created a “Samurai” unit to oppose the Shaher, utilizing soldiers enhanced with nano-machines to connect with an armored exoskeleton.

It is at this point that Tsukahara Takemichi is assigned to the first platoon of the “Samurai Force”. <<less

Ulna Trop Jonk is a sniper who assumes her first military job on the front line of a remote island. There, the soldier must fight against a wild village of monstrous aspect.... more>>

Won 2018 (21st) Japan Media Arts Excellence Award.

Nominated to 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award. <<less

A generation of soldiers is hidden in the city. However, he got clues about his missing girlfriend by accident and eventually returned to the army.... more>> Participate in the military's most mysterious "Inverse Scale Project". Here, he and a group of female demon from hell met unexpectedly. Fight together in a bloody battle, cross the battlefield, and interpret a legend of war that turned upside down. <<less

Blacksmith Cornelia Bloom finds a mysterious man on the beach...

A side story, looking at the instantaneous life of Man, and the instantaneous glimmer of machines!!