Akimoto Osamu SF Tanpenshuu
Comedy Drama Sci-Fi
1. R.P.G. 2. Net Angel Izumi 3. Toki wa... 4. Kakimaru 5. Succeed
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun
Comedy Demons Fantasy
Suzuki Iruma has been sold to the demon by his irresponsible parents in exchange for money. Surprisingly, next thing he knows, he is living with the demon and has been transferred into a school in the Demon World... (Source: MU)
Hotel Helheim
Tanaka-san is a legendary hotel man (concierge), and after his death, he became a legend in the underworld. In the underworld, Mei works at the dilapidated Hotel Helheim. It was once a glorious hotel, and one where Mei has many fond memories. One day, Tanaka-san appears, ready to restore the Hotel Helheim to its former success. Mei will become the famous Tanaka-san's assistant, as he works to make Hotel Helheim a top-class underworld hotel! (Source: MangaHelpers)
Nishi Keiko no Konnan Demashita kedo, Miru?
Josei
1-8. Gakusei no Shougai 1-8 9. Watashi no Wakaba-Mark Jidai 10. Mizumoto Kyoudai 11, 14, 16. Hitori de Ikiru mon! 1-3 12. Spy no Techou: Naku Otoko 13. Hana wa Doko e Itta 15. Sumi no Kaori 17. Tsujiura Diary 18-24. Chiruchiru! 1-7 25. Kuroneko ga...Miteru
Robin Nishi no Gogo Hatsutaiken: Otoko no Doahou Report
Comedy Historical Slice of Life
Gantz/Nishi
Sci-Fi Supernatural Seinen
A special one-shot that shows what Nishi does in his spare time.
Tezuka Osamu Monogatari
Historical
This graphic-format biography of Osamu Tezuka--Japan's "God of Manga"--looks at one of the twentieth century's great creative artists (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack). It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan's early manga and anime business and its heroes. A never-before-seen popular culture history of postwar Japan, it is sure to fascinate fans and anyone interested in manga, anime, and the potential of the graphic storytelling medium. (Source: Stone Bridge Press)
Nishi Muku Samurai
Drama Historical Samurai
During the Edo period, not all samurai were considered wealthy, high class war heroes who answered directly to the shogun. In fact, many of them were of low rank and remained nameless throughout their careers while living economically with their small families just to make ends meet. Nakamura Hanshirou and Yukie with their baby son Tarou is one such family, and through their lives, Yamato Waki offers eye-opening glimpses of the less talked about aspects of living in Japan's capital during this famous era. Note: Vol. 2 contains a 3-chapter long side story titled "Aoba Shigereru" that involve the same set of main characters.
Boku no Tezuka Osamu
Historical Seinen
Takao Yaguchi, well-known for his work Tsurikichi Sanpei, create this one-volume dedicated to the memory of the "God of Manga," Osamu Tezuka.
Neko ga Nishi Mukya
Supernatural Seinen
The story is set in a world with a mysterious phenomenon known as "flow," and centers around two people (and one cat) who make a living dealing with it. (Source: ANN)
Nishi no Yoki Majo
Action Adventure Mystery
Firiel is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her father, the astronomer Professor Dee, and their servants, the Holys. When she is invited to a fancy ball at a count's castle, she discovers that her past is more complicated then she had thought. A necklace given to her by her father proves that she is of royal blood—and a candidate to be the next Queen! (Source: MU)
Kame no Naku Koe
Romance Josei
Nakagawa Makoto is a serious city hall official who secretly draws shoujo manga as a hobby. One day, he meets a high school girl, Kouzuki Kureha, at a restaurant, and ends up showing her his work. Touched by Nakagawa's manga, Kureha forces him to go to a publishing company in Tokyo! This is the beginning of an banging off-road journey... (Source: MU, edited)
Tonari no Robot
Sci-Fi Shoujo Shoujo Ai
In an ordinary neighborhood, a team of engineers are developing a robot they call Praha, who looks like an ordinary human high school girl. Chika, a 4-year-old girl who lives next door, meets her neighbor and learns her secret. The two girls become friends and high school classmates, and Chika teaches Hiro—as she calls Praha—about human emotions, including love.
Tsugihagi Hyoryu Sakka
Action Adventure Comedy
Kibino Makibi is a young Hyoryu Sakka (wandering writer) who seeks to get his Hyoryuroku (wanderer's log) published. Hyoryu Sakka are some kind of explorators going on expedition to unknown places and unknown events in the world, to fill up the black spots of the world. Armed with an umbrella he meets up with Mitsune, the "editor-in-chief" of Sogano Publications. Their journey begins... (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 3: Halloo Sunshine
Anisan to Boku
Comedy Shoujo
Hitori de Ikiru mon!
Comedy School Josei
A collection of 4koma comedy manga about a wide variety of quirky characters. For one example, Kumi constantly makes mistakes in Japanese, and becomes furious when her boyfriend gently points it out, in the series "Kanojo ga Kizutsuki-yasui." (Source: MangaHelpers)
Katsu Curry no Hi
Shoujo
The manga centers around Miyuki, a 28-year-old office worker who has just broken up with the boyfriend she was living with, and begins trying arranged dates. She finds no one she's interested in, and randomly writes her scattered thoughts inside a notebook at a reading cafe. Later, she finds that a man she doesn't know has made a sharply-written reply in the same notebook, and they begin to converse in this way. (Source: ANN)
Nishi no Yoki Majo Gaiden
Adventure Fantasy Magic
Volume 1 Prequel to the main story. Volume 2 Side story about Adele. Takes place between 4th and 5th volume. Volume 3 Sequel to the main story.
Koi to Gunkan
Comedy Shoujo Slice of Life
Endou Kana is a middle school girl secretly in love with a man 28 years her senior, the town's handsome mayor. However, he has a suspicious relationship with an older, scruffy, smoking ero-mangaka. The two men wear the same cologne, have matching bathrobes, and they even regularly stay overnight together…?! So what form will love take? The love of a middle school girl for an older man or adult love? And is it really okay to let Nishi Keiko run rampant in Nakayoshi like this? (Source: the manga habit)
Love Song
Drama Romance Shoujo
A collection of four stories. 1. Love Song 2. Jewels of the Seaside 3. The Signal Goes Blink Blink 4. The Skin of Her Heart
Itsuka Minoreba
Game
Minoru's parents want to move to Las Vegas so her father can have a last shot at his fighting career. Minoru has recently started high school and doesn't really feel like leaving Japan, although she doesn't have much reason to stay either. While feeling down about the choice, she follows a girl from her school into an arcade out of curiosity. Minoru ends up playing against the girl at a fighting game. The girl introduces herself as Shijou and explains that she's aiming to become a pro-gamer. Shijou recognizes that Minoru has talent and invites her to team up with her. (Source: Batoto)
Hachi: Tokyo 23-ku
Action Fantasy Shounen
Mutants have popped up in Tokyo. These mutants are the relatives of gods and upon consuming human blood they transform into their awakened state which resembles the god that they are related to. Hachi has a nose as good as any dog's. After his best friend is attacked by a mutant he drinks her blood in order to save her. (Source: Population GO) Included one-shot: Volume 3: Himitsu no Yami
Denpa no Hito yo
A collection of three short works: Nami no Mukou ni Denpa no Hito yo Umi no Michiru Oto The first, Nami no Mukou ni, is about an ugly girl who is magically turned beautiful. (Source: MU)
Bound Monsters
Game Shounen
Shiyoko to Issho
Comedy Game
Sayonara Juliet
Drama Shoujo Gender Bender
In the first story, a guy wakes up with a woman in his house after a night of partying. She reveals him later that she is a male transvestite, and step by step she wins him and they end as a couple. (Source: MU)
Momoiro no Senaka
Stay Next Natsuyasumi Kappa to
Romance Slice of Life Josei
Inoue is an amateur photographer who delights and profits from taking slightly voyeuristic pictures. He stumbles upon a beautiful girl wielding a naginata and immediately takes a picture. She demands the roll of film, but Inoue pockets it before she can get to it. Inoue promptly begins to stalk her and declares his love. (Source: MU)
Poeyan
Comedy Slice of Life Seinen
Otousan, Chibi ga Inakunarimashita
Slice of Life Josei
The story is set in an isolated house in Tokyo. After all the kids left, the only people living in the house are an old couple: a blunt and unsociable husband, and a gossipy wife, with only their cat Chibi for company. The manga depicts the quiet life of the elderly couple. (Source: ANN)
Shiro ga Ite
A family of four has just moved into a new house. An abandoned white cat pays them a visit. (Source: ANN)
Lycanthrope Bouken Hoken
Adventure Comedy Fantasy
HiraHira Hyuun
Kenichi fell in love with a cute transfer student, but his heart skips a beat around her twin brother too. Houdai has a crush so big that he starts writing a diary… In her words. Tomokazu starts a rumor about the team captain that gets out of hand. Take a peek into the high school hijinks and romance of the Kyudo Boys! (Source: Jmanga)
Chiharu-san no Musume
Mizu ga Kooru ni Naru Toki
Shounen Ai Supernatural
Contains 5 chapters and the afterword. "Promise" and "Since You've Been Gone", which can be found in "Four Shoujo Stories", are included. We open with a light-hearted story of a guy whose best friend is highly dependent on him on all matters. He tells his friend he can continue his clingy ways only if he were a dog. His friend goes missing, but then he comes across a dog... The next two very solid chapters are "Promise" and "Since You've Been Gone". The former tells the story of a girl who keeps running into this mysterious young man whenever she is troubled. "Since You've Been Gone" is on a cheating man whose lover is trying to persuade him into taking a trip with her and leaving his wife for good. Karino Yoshihito* takes the stage again for the last two chapters; we get to know more about him when he was 26 and 15. *recurring main character in some of Nishi Keiko's stories; see "September" and "The Another Ocean" (Source: MU)
Mou Hitotsu no Umi
Shounen Ai
Five chapters in total, with the first two being on Karino Yoshihito*. Third chapter's kinda on him too, but it's from the point of view of a classmate. Chapter 4's an innocent story of a girl who has to learn how to swim (school life tag's for this chapter and the previous one). The ending chapter is a short slice of life piece on the mangaka's experience with colors and painting since young. *recurring main character in some of Nishi Keiko's stories; see "Mizu ga Kooru ni Naru Toki" and "September" (Source: MU)
Rosemary Hotel Akishitsuari
Susumu Yamada is Japanese, but had never lived in Japan due to his father being transferred overseas. With his father stayed for a long time in his Los Angeles branch, the family stayed in America, but Sukumu failed his promotion test and has to repeat. Frustrated, he goes on a gap-year to Japan. He embarks for the fashionable Western-style apartment "Rosemary Hotel." Once in Japan, with no money, he stumbles upon a shabby apartment by the name "Rosemary Hotel." (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shots: Volume 4: Yamada-ke no Haha, Jiman no Koibito
Focus
Yaoi
A young photographer, Hirami Yuichi visits an island for an exhibition and meets the gallery's owner, Asahina Jun and fell in love at first sight. Even with a direct approach, it doesn't reach the heterosexual Asahina. However, one day when Asahina talked about his past with him, he was moved and he hugged him. Getting closer or staying away, both of them make it hard to leave. A painful love story that will squeeze your heartstrings. It is Nishi Noriko's debut piece! (Source: Hoshikuzuu Scans)
Otoko no Isshou
Douzono Tsugumi, who works in a major electronics company in Tokyo, is spending a long holiday at her grandmother's house at the countryside. Her grandmother passes away, and Tsugumi decides to live in her house and work from there. The next morning, an unknown man in his 50s arrives to the house. Appears that the man is Tsugumi's grandmother's student and has been given a key to the house. Tsugumi doesn't quite understand the relationship her grandmother and the man had, but he moves in to be Tsugumi's roommate. (Source: Stiletto Heels)
Hakusei no Gallop
Drama Sports
Collectors
Comedy Yuri Slice of Life
Nishi Uko's Collectors is about two women in a relationship who disapprove of each other's spending habits. (Source: Lililicious)
Stay Pretty First Love
Romance Shoujo
From RedMadness:r In brief, the manga revolves around Sho and Ai, high school students in a rural area. With no interesting activities happening, everyone in the village lives dependent of each other. However, things begin to change when a new teacher along with his beautiful wife transfered to the high school. What's gonna happens between this two couples? Is there's a possibility of conflict arises? This manga also leads back to the meaning of what does love at the first sight really means.
Taiyou no Shita no 17-sai
Houkago no Kuni
School Shoujo
Some boys have a fetish for mathematics, some have a mania for astronomy, and some girls are literature fanatics. Each of them has his or her unique habit, and is portrayed as the leading character in each of six lessons for young people. (Source: MU)
Boku wa Tori ni Naritai
Contains four stories: a boy's escape from reform school; an aspiring mangaka's final bid (one of the brothers of piano boy makes a not insubstantial appearance here); a tiny alien family crashes accidentally into Earth and into the lives of two human families; finally, the eponymous story of a guy's mysterious, quiet classmate who turns out to be a modern day Icarus. (Source: MU)
E.re.ga
Guess, Kijoumae
Comedy Seinen
In the world of horse racing, a horse's strength is everything. A low level jockey, Seiichi Maki, will do anything to get a good horse and succeed. (Source: AlabastreAizo)
Nishi no Kawa Higashi no Kawa
Adventure Comedy Drama
An adaptes tales of Abbasid Caliph of the Islamic empires, Hārūn al-Rashīd, Ja'far bin Yahya Barmaki and Hārūn's sister, princess Abbasa.
Ane no Kekkon
Drama Romance Josei
Iwatani Yori is a 39-year-old woman who leads a quiet life while working at the library. She thinks things like love and marriage are too troublesome. A handsome, but suspicious man approaches her, claiming to be an old childhood friend. Maki has cared for Yori since he was a boy, but now he's a married man–married to a woman who looks exactly like Yori. This apparently doesn't stop him from chasing down Yori who desperately tries to push him away. What kind of future could this love (?) have? (Source: the manga habit)
Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho
Action Comedy Mystery
Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost you need sent up and away...or down to burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty. (Source: VIZ Media)
Mind Game
Adventure Comedy Romance
A meek comic artist Nishi tries to win the heart of his lifelong crush, Myon, who is engaged to a muscle-bound trucker. After a gangster shoots up the coffee shop where Myon's sister works, Nishi is forced to be assertive, and takes the two women with him on an adventure of great proportions.
Bokkesan
Action Horror Shounen
Hinomiya is a quiet student who never says anything, but has a supernatural power. He saved Shijiro Sayu a number of years ago when she was falling, and since then she has considered him a friend. One day, an unnatural murder occurs, and a little girl escaping the killers runs into Hinomiya and Shijiro, with the supernatural villains not far behind. (Source: MU)
Houseki-iro no Koi
Drama Shoujo Ai Slice of Life
1. Roulette 2. Mio Post 3. Parfum 4. P.V. 5. Mannequin 6. 777 7. Baby You 8. Demande 9. Au (To Meet) 10. Topaze 11. Nijuu-bun no Mugen (20 Over Infinite / 20/∞) 12. Hi no Jouzan (Multiplying Lights) 13. .925 (925permil) 14. Koi-Onna 15. Up & Down 16. Helter-skelter 17. The OL Café
Nakajima Nakajima
Drama Shoujo
9-gatsu
The volume comprises 3 short stories. The first one has a slight supernatural element to it, but is primarily centered on the relationship between a father and son. I feel obligated to add (as a just-in-case) that there are absolutely no incestuous undertones in this story. Next, we have a story that's kind of philosophical at points when it touches upon the interrelations between humans and existence. The last story is on friendship, growth and love. It delves lightly into the background of the previous story's protagonist, Karino Yoshihito, as well. Karino Yoshihito is a character who also appears in "Mizu ga Kooru ni Naru Toki" and "The Another Ocean". (Source: MU)
Tenshi ni Naranakya
Contains 6 stories... A waiter takes in the freeloader at the restaurant where he works. The latter claims he's got amnesia. While sitting and waiting in the park for his beloved to show up to give him an answer that will decide his next step, a man contemplates past conversations with her. They're both interested in the same girl who's in the same club as them, the Track & Field Club. The geeky four-eyed versus the handsome athletic one; do nice guys always finish last? Again, it's two men and a woman. This time, though, one of the men is harboring a secret crush on the unknowing other whose ex-wife isn't as oblivious. The student whose part-time job is playing piano at a bar has been getting song requests from a frequent patronizer. One day, the latter puts forth a different sort of request. He would like him to spend some time with him in return for cash. The part-timer agrees as his every wish is indulged and he doesn't even have to have sex with him. An unrequited crush on a senior ends this volume. (Source: MU)
Soul Flower Train
Slice of Life Seinen
One volume short-story collection on "Osaka sentimentality."
Mamono Kanteishi Babiro
Magic Shounen
Hatsukoi no Sekai
The love story story follows Kaoru Komatsu, a 40-year-old unmarried woman. She's not dissatisfied with work or daily life, but something causes her to hesitate in the refrain of everyday life. The turning point is...? (Source: ANN)
Choujin Taikei
Sci-Fi
In the future, birds have taken over Earth and replaced human kind as the dominant species. With the assistance of bird-like aliens, the birds of Earth gained increased intelligence and began to attack humans. Now humans are treated as livestock by the birds who have moved on to create their own society with laws, currency, countries, and class systems. Ironically, the birds are following the same path as humans did. Now, the meat-eating predatorial birds and the insect and grain eating birds have begun a war amongst each other that has no end in sight. As they fight, aliens begin to consider what species should replace the birds as the dominant species of Earth in this science fiction thriller.
Apollo no Uta
Drama Fantasy Shounen
Shougo is a young man who has a problem with love, not just in humans be even with animals. He is even compelled to kill animals that show each other affection, which lands him in a mental hospital. Where during therapy he has a vision where he meets a goddess that dooms him to fall in love with the same girl over and over again, but one of them will always die before they can truly be together.
Tetsuwan Atom
Adventure Mecha Sci-Fi
In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot civil rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capable of.
Ribbon no Kishi
Action Adventure Drama
Taking place in a medieval fairy-tale setting, Ribbon no Kishi is the story of young Princess Sapphire who must pretend to be a male prince so she can inherit the throne (as women are not eligible to do so). This deception begins as soon as she is born, as her father the King announces his baby is a boy instead of a girl. The reason for this is that the next-in-line to the throne, Duke Duralumon, is an evil man who would repress the people if he were to become king, and because of this the King will go to any length to prevent him from taking over. (Source: Wikipedia)
DD Hokuto no Ken
Parody Seinen
Modern day Japan… a peaceful country with no violence, and surely with more than enough food and water! Having no use for their ultimate assassination technique 'Hokuto Shinken,' Kenshin and his brothers have a hard time adapting to everyday society (Just ask their neighbors!). With or without food and water, every day is a struggle to survive in the urban jungle of Tokyo…? At least there's lots of fun along the way (Source: Silent Manga Audition)
Don Dracula
Comedy Shounen Vampire
After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and faithful servant Igor have taken up residence in an old-Western style house. While Chocola attends Junior High School, Earl Dracula is desperate to drink the blood of beautiful virgin women; an appropriate meal for a vampire of his stature. However, each night that Earl Dracula goes out on the prowl he finds himself getting involved in some kind of disturbance which leads to him causing various trouble for the local residents. With nobody in Japan believing in vampires, his very presence causes trouble amongst the people in town. (Source: Wikipedia)
Metropolis
Action Drama Fantasy
In a super-advanced city in the near future where humanoid robot technology is very sophisticated, the boy detective Kenichi is caught up in the conflict as the powerful politician Duke Red, distraught over his child's death, hires a scientist to create a replacement, an exquisitely beautiful sex-changing robot child named Mitchy. Note that this original 1949 manga supplies only part of the plot for the recent Metropolis movie, and does not feature Rock, whose role in the film was adapted from Phoenix, Nextworld and other Tezuka manga. (Source: ANN)
38-do Senjou no Kaibutsu
Sci-Fi Shounen
1. 38-do Senjou no Kaibutsu 2-5. Kasei kara Kita Otoko (A Man from Mars!!) 6. Kaseki Ningen 7. Kaseki Ningen no Gyakushuu
Chikyuu no Akuma
Chikyuu no Akuma features two stories, the title story is about a man building an underground shelter in a small town whose brain is being controlled pert-time by aliens intent on invading the Earth. The other story, written in 1956, is about Japan after the polar ice caps melt and how a few people are trying to rescue animals.
Faust
Adventure Fantasy Historical
This is a caricature of Goethe's "Faust," and reflects the dreamy quality of animation of the time. Confident of his power, the devil Mephist wreaks acts of violence on the world, such as sending angels down to the earth. God then orders Mephist to send the scholar Faust to hell. While giving the order, God had already given new life to the angel who has fallen to the earth as Princess Margarete. In the meantime, Faust experiences a sense of futility in his studies, thinking that however hard he may study he will never accomplish his goals. Just then, the devil Mephisto appears in front of him. Faust carelessly signs a contract, in which he promises he will go to hell if Mephisto satisfies his desires. Mephisto turns Faust into a young man by magic. Faust goes to the town, meets the beautiful Princess Margarete, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Faust is forced to accept the unreasonable demand of the King, father of Margarete, to find the most beautiful goddess in the world, known by the name of Helen. Together with Mephisto, Faust starts for the mountains of Hartz, where devils are said to gather on the night of Walpurgis. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Majin Garon
Mecha Sci-Fi
Giant who flew away from space. Its identity is a weapon that alien sent aliens to test earthlings, aliens say that earthlings will attack the earth if they misuse Garons. Ken Boy who grew up with Pick, one assistant of professor Takara who carried out the restoration of Garon, Shikishima and others, confronts the evil people who aim for the power of Garon to prevent the destruction of the earth. (Source: Wikipedia) Also includes Tiger Hakase and Donguri Koushinkyoku.
Finder: Kyoto Jogakuin Monogatari
School Slice of Life Seinen
Taking place in an all-girls' school in Kyoto, this story centers around four girls. Takako, Subame, Chidori, and Suzume.
Haco
Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi
After Kusakabe Honoka is diagnosed with an untreatable disease, her father puts her in cold sleep in hopes for the future. When she wakes up, it seems all of civilization has been destroyed. All she has to help her in this future world is Haco, a dog-like robot that was created to protect her. What happened to the world while she was asleep!? (Source: MU)
Yuusha Dan
Adventure Shounen
In the wilderness of Hokkaido, the Ainu people of Japan live in harmony with nature. Kotan Nakamura is a young Ainu boy living peacefully until he meets a tiger one day. This tiger, Dan, has escaped from a train that was carrying him to a zoo. Together, they discover mysterious ruins hidden underneath the ground. Within the ruins, Kotan and Dan discover an old man named Upopo living there. He tells the boy and the tiger about three keys to a fantastic treasure. As it so happens, the evil Sekkoku Kou is also searching for the treasure and shoots Upopo. Before he dies, Upopo gives one of the keys to Kotan. Now, Kotan and Dan find themselves involved in an ugly battle as numerous villains track them down to try to get the three keys so they can claim the treasure. Source: MU
Aventure 21
Adventure Sci-Fi
Remake of Tezuka's 1948 one-shot Chiteikoku no Kaijin. The parents of Isami Nishitani were killed aboard world's first stratospheric rocket ship Luna Park I when the ship exploded. Isami's father was a chemistry professor who left behind a ear of a rabbit which would make the brains of a human work considerably faster. Prof. Frankenstein succeeds in the experiment which transforms the the ear into a human being. Isami, intent on revenging his parents, volunteers as test pilot for earth-penetrating train Luna Park III invented by the designer Sullivan along several other people, including his pet rabbit who was transformed into a human being.
Ore to Miko-tachi no Quadra Vulture
Fantasy
Tenjou no Tsuru
Music Seinen
Adolf ni Tsugu
Drama Historical Military
This is a story about three Adolfs. Sohei Toge, a Japanese reporter for 1936 Berlin Olympics was surprised that his younger brother, an international student in Germany, was mysteriously murdered right after informing him about an important document. To add more confusion to his sadness, all information regarding his younger brother as a student in Germany have been erased systematically, as if he never existed. Meanwhile in Japan, a half-German, half-Japanese boy named Adolf Kauffmann and his best friend, a Jewish-German boy named Adolf Kamil, were accidentally involved in this incident. Their lives and fates are now inevitably interwoven around the biggest secret of the third Adolf—Adolf Hitler. (Source: ANN)
Ayako
Drama Historical Psychological
Jirou Tenge, the second son of what used to be an influential Japanese family, returns home after being a POW in an American camp during the Second World War. He finds his family corrupted by the terrible social aftereffects of the war. His elder brother, determined to keep what remains of the family patrimony after the Government's forced land reallocation, has prostituted his wife to his father to secure his blessing, while other members of Jiro's family have been drawn into similar corruption, and he himself is being forced to spy for the Americans after being broken as a POW. Now the family's youngest daughter Ayako will have to bear the brunt of the family's sins. (Source: ANN)
MW
Drama Psychological Seinen
Gurai is a Japanese Catholic Priest, who is unable to give up his lifelong sexual relationship with Yuki, a beautiful and sadistic young master criminal. Yuki's malicious crimes have become more and more extreme over the years, claiming many innocent lives, and Gurai is tormented by guilt at his inability to stop them... (Source: ANN)
Mitsume ga Tooru
Shounen Supernatural
This is a science fiction story in which a boy with supernatural powers, Sharaku Housuke, probes into circumstances surrounding events in history. He is also a descendant of the "three-eyed tribe." A second-year student in junior high school, Sharaku Housuke never goes without a large bandage on his forehead. He is an innocent boy, like a little child. But once the bandage comes off, his third eye appears and he suddenly turns into a devil-like being, displaying horrifying psychic power.
Gringo
Drama Seinen
The story takes place in 1982, Hitoshi Himoto, the typical Japanese workaholic is sent to South America to manage a subsidiary of his company. He will have to struggle against competitors and prejudices while negotiating with dictators and revolutionaries in order to lead his company to the summit.
Umi no Triton
Action Adventure Fantasy
5000 years ago, the Triton Family was living peacefully in Atlantis until the Poseidon Family destroyed them all out of jealousy for their successes. The race of merman was annihilated leaving Triton, the last survivor of his kind. Ruka took the orphaned Triton to Japan in order to protect him from his enemies. (Source: Wikipedia)
Chiteikoku no Kaijin
Fantasy Sci-Fi
Chiteikoku no Kaijin is a science fiction manga depicting the struggle of boy-scientist John and his friends against people of the underground, who are plotting to take over the Earth. John invents a safe, high-speed, earth-penetrating train to fulfill the final wishes of his father, who died in a plane crash. One day John meets Mimio, a rabbit with human-like intelligence, and together they head to the center of the Earth in the newly completed rocket train. But when they get there, they discover an underworld ruled by a queen who plots to conquer the Earth. John and his friends, including Uncle Bill who comes to help, somehow escape back to the surface. They make another rocket train and return to the underworld. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Hi no Tori
Drama Fantasy Historical
Hi no Tori (1956-57), is Osamu Tezuka's second crack at its concept. When it came time to work on a new series as a follow-up to the very popular Ribbon no Kishi (1953-56), Tezuka decided to return to the story begun in Hi no Tori serialized in Manga Shonen (1954-55)—one that had been abruptly cut short by the sudden demise of the magazine a year earlier. However, instead of simply trying to continue the story from where it had been left hanging, Tezuka decided to reboot the series completely. Drawing, the chapters "Egypt, Greece, and Rome," with its setting in ancient Europe, Again, however, this was never completed. (Source: tezukainenglish.com)
Chikyuu wo Nomu
Action Mystery Sci-Fi
Amidst the chaos of World War II, two Japanese sailors hear of Zephyrus, an utterly captivating woman in the South Pacific. Many years have since passed, and now Zephyrus has resurfaced in Japan, wielding her mysterious power over all men to exact revenge for their crimes against women since the beginning of time. Gohonmatsu Seki is the only man with the ability to resist her allure, but even he seems ill-equipped to save his gender... (Source: DMP)
Ore wa Sarutobi da！
Adventure Historical
Soyokaze-san
Drama Historical Romance
"Soyokaze-san" is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, and also the name of one of his books in Kodansha's line of "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" books containing a collection of Tezuka's short stories. The stories included in the book are "Soyokaze-san", "Himawari-san", "Akebono-san", and "Yokko-chan ga Kita Yo!". (Source: Manga Updates)
Bonba!
Horror Romance Shounen
This is a thriller Manga focused on the hatred that tends to be latent in peoples' minds, expressed here in the form of a phantom of a horse. Otani Tetsu is a quiet and introspective junior high school boy, but upon discovering that the violent teacher Kito plans to propose to his favorite teacher Mizushima Reiko, Tetsu begins to bear intense hatred for him. A giant horse appears from nowhere, and Kito dies on the next day. Tetsu instantly understands that the horse was Bomba. Bomba was an army horse that his father was ordered to take care of when he was in the army during the Pacific War. Whenever Tetsu, weak hearted like his father, feels hatred for someone, a phantom of the horse his father used to tell him about appears, and takes revenge on that person. In the meantime, Tetsu graduates from junior high school, and Mizushima moves to a school in Tokyo. Although Mizushima promises to see him again, she dies in an accident before she can keep her promise. Tetsu begins to hate everybody. Bomba then appears in Tokyo and starts to cause terrible accidents. (Souce: tezukaosamu.net)
Hi no Yama
Seinen
1. Peter Kyulten no Kiroku (The Record of Peter Kyulten) 2. Monouge na Yoru (Sensual Nights) 3. Mogami-dono Shimatsu (Lord Iechika Mogami) 4. Rhine no Yakata nite (The Lay of the Rhine) 5. Hi no Yama (Fire Mountain/The Thief Inoue Akikazu)
Kenichi Tanteichou
Mystery Shounen
"Chief Detective Kenichi" is a detective Manga in which boy detective Kenichi clears up a lot of mysteries and tricks, and settles cases. Kenichi is the chief detective of Boy Detectives' Street Society, which has 26 branches nationwide. Always with him is Donguri, a myna bird. Donguri can reproduce the voice of a person it hears only once more precisely than a tape recorder. It can also go to high or narrow places, and wins wild birds over to its side. It is a reliable "right-hand bird" for Kenichi. Kenichi and Donguri first face a radioactive fish case at Mount Oharai, and next search for the cursed secret treasure of Gandhara in the hinterlands of India. They also confront the Showa Shinsen-gumi, which is fighting for a bad cause. And they are facing another difficult case today. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Nasubi Joou
Norman
Action Sci-Fi Shounen
In 1968, appears in the sky a mysterious ghost moon. Five hundred million years before, on the moon, the Moko Empire is threatened by the Gerdans, a terrible warlike nation. Prince Norman then starts the search for beings with supernatural powers to help him fight his enemies. Taku, a young Japanese boy of our time, is then chosen and teleported at the prince's era to integrate a special fighting units. While our young hero realizes its growing psychic powers, the moon is under alert and the destiny of an empire and maybe...much more are in the hands of the chosen ones!
Black Tiger
Action Historical Seinen
The "intense gun action" story is set in the United States in the aftermath of the American Civil War. In the chaotic atmosphere of the postwar period, the northern government issues "Licenses to Kill" to bounty hunters in order for them to take out the South's remaining soldiers and outlaws. One of those bounty hunters, a female gunslinger known as "Black Tiger," faces off against dark enemies who carry fiendish weapons. (Source: ANN)
Tetsu no Senritsu
Action Supernatural Psychological
1. Tetsu no Senritsu (The Melody of Iron) 2. Shiroi Genei (White Phantom) 3. Revolution
Yakeppachi no Maria
Comedy School Shounen
This is a bizarre sex education Manga staged in a school, featuring a rowdy boy called Yakeppachi and a girl named Maria, who is the ectoplasm of Yakeppachi. Yakeno Yahachi, a rowdy boy known as "Yakeppachi" gives rise to a pretty girl named Maria while in a trance, and her personality is identical to Yakeppachi. Actually, she is the "ectoplasm" of Yakeppachi. "Ectoplasm" is a hazy stringy and fog-like substance that is generated from the spirit medium at a seance, also referred to as an "astral body." Taking on the form of a doll given to her by Yakeppachi's father, the ectoplasm Maria begins to go to school with Yakeppachi. The whole school is thrown into a state of confusion except the classroom teacher Akita, who is the only person to understand that this is a supernatural phenomenon. The plot thickens when, after finding out about the secret of Maria, a juvenile gang group ("Group of Tateyoko") that has been keeping an eye on Yakeppachi, start to follow him, thinking to stage an attack. Another enemy of the pair is Yukisugi Midori, girl leader of the "Group of Tateyoko," who is offended by the fact that Maria is popular with the boys, and tries to attack with the intent to hurt her... (Source: Tezukaosamu.net)
Tonkaradani Monogatari
Adventure Drama
1. Tonkaradani Monogatari (The Tale of Tonkara Valley) 2. Utae Penny yo (Sing Penny) 3. Slik Hat Monogatari (Silk Hat Story) 4. Ribbon no Kishi: Tink to Kin no Tamago (Ribbon Knight: Tink and the Golden Egg) 5. Shiroi Kubi no Kogamo (Duckling with the White Neck) 6. Kin no Uroko (The Golden Scale) 7. Okaasan no Ashi (Why Mother Lost Her Leg) 8. Butoukai e Kita Akuma (The Devil Invites Himself to the Ball) 9. Haha no Mebanashi (Why Mother Lost Her Eyes) 10. Mignon 11. Tsuru no Izumi (The Spring of Crane)
Shounen Tantei Rock Holmes
Mystery
Rock's manga debut as a young boy detective with shiny dark hair named after Japanese pronunciation of Sherlock Holmes.
Mr. Clice
Mr. Clice is a story centering on a super dashing spy, the special agent member of Japan's elite espionage program Jin Clice, whose body was mortally wounded by the KGB. The agency had already invested a lot of money in him, so they would not allow him to die so easily. In an act of desperation, in order to save him, the government transferred Jin Clice's personality into a new body, which happens to be that of a lovely young beautiful woman! (a recently dead tennis player), because they could not afford the cost to make him into a cyborg. The dashing ladies man has, in essence, gone from being Bond to being the Bond girl! (Source: MU)
Manga Seibutsugaku
Adventure Comedy Historical
Tezuka teaches about biology in short installments.
Hi no Tori (1967)
"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes. (Source: ANN) Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.
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