Akimoto Osamu SF Tanpenshuu
Comedy Drama Sci-Fi
1. R.P.G. 2. Net Angel Izumi 3. Toki wa... 4. Kakimaru 5. Succeed
Hotel Helheim
Comedy Demons Fantasy
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)
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
Bound Monsters
Game Shounen
Shiyoko to Issho
Comedy Game
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)
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)
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)
Chiharu-san no Musume
Comedy Slice of Life Seinen
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
Lycanthrope Bouken Hoken
Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Poeyan
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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.
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)
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
Hakusei no Gallop
Drama Sports
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)
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)
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.
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)
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.
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)
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
Chikyuu no Akuma
Sci-Fi Shounen
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)
38-do Senjou no Kaibutsu
1. 38-do Senjou no Kaibutsu 2-5. Kasei kara Kita Otoko (A Man from Mars!!) 6. Kaseki Ningen 7. Kaseki Ningen no Gyakushuu
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
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.
Buddha
Drama Historical Supernatural
In ancient India, the lives of the people are plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the birth of the young prince Siddhartha, who embarks on a spiritual journey, becomes Buddha, "the Enlightened One," and attempts to bring about a spiritual rebirth of the people in this desperate age. (Source: ANN)
Black Jack
Drama Shounen
Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and can save almost any of his patients' lives (as long as they have the money for it, that is), and is known to many around the world, especially to those of medicine and science. He's a man of science himself, and does not believe much until he has seen it, yet it is many times he is surprised by love and nature often overpowering the science he bases his life in. (Source: ANN)
Captain Ken
Action Sci-Fi Shounen
Soon after mankind migrates to Mars, humans begin persecuting the Martians, and the two species form a mutual hatred of each other. The Hoshino family lives in th frontier town of Heden City. One day their relative Ken Minakami comes to visit. Not long after she arrives, a mysterious gunman calling himself "Captain Ken" appears in Heden City. Captain Ken is a human fights on the side of the Martians, protecting them from those who wish to exploit the them for their own gain. Mamoru Hoshino, the eldest son of the Hoshino family, begins to suspect that Ken Minakami may be the mysterious gunslinger, Captain Ken.
Ludwig B
The young Ludwig von Beethoven struggles to make his way as a musician despite the exploitation of the aristocracy, harsh wars, degenerative health problems, and the personal persecution of a young nobleman, Franz Creutstein, who has chosen Ludwig as the target of vicious abuse fueled by Franz's rage over his mother's death and father's cruelty. (Animenewsnetwork)
I.L
Drama Sci-Fi Supernatural
"I.L" is a fairy tale for adult readers. Through the eyes of a man named Imari Daisaku and a mysterious woman named I.L who is capable of transforming herself into any person, Tezuka Osamu focuses on current social problems from various angles. Although the character Imari Daisuke was a famous movie director, he had left the movie industry three years previously after intentionally producing a bad movie because he had lost his interest in movies. One day he meets a fortune-teller on a street corner who tells him about a mansion where the Earl of Alucard lives. He visits the mansion, and the Earl of Alcard entrusts a mysterious woman, I.L, to his care. By getting into a special box, I.L can turn herself into any kind of person she wishes to become, male or female, young or old. Imari is drawn to her unusual ability, and starts a business using her to act as a "substitute": I.L changes into any person at the request of customers, and Imari manipulates her behind the scenes. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Niji no Prelude
Drama Historical Romance
Niji no Prelude contains a collection of Tezuka Osamu's short stories. 1. Niji no Prelude (Rainbow Prelude) 2. Curtain wa Konya mo Aoi 3. Venice no Shounin (The Merchant of Venice) 4. Kujaku Kai (Peacock Shell) 5. Shiro Kujaku no Uta (Song of the White Peacock)
Vampire
Shounen Supernatural
When approaching Vampire, many readers are confused by the fact that it seems to be about werewolves. The story begins in a village of vampires who are destroying their homes setting out into the world because humans are moving into their valley, but these "vampires" do not drink blood, nor are they immortal. Instead they all transform into animals, ranging from wolves and bats to snakes and crocodiles, the transformations being triggered by different stimuli for each vampire. For example, the main vampire, Toppei, turns into a wolf when he sees the moon or when he is scared. His little brother Chippei transforms whenever he sees anything round. Others transform at the smell of onions, the sight of a telephone pole, or a variety of other stimuli. (Source: Tezuka In English)
Mako to Rumi to Chii
Slice of Life
This Manga deals with parenting, depicting the daily lives of cartoonist Ohsamu Tetsuro, who strongly resembles Tezuka Osamu himself, and his family. The story begins with the birth of his first son. The son is named Makoto (nicknamed Mako) and grows to be a healthy 2 year-old, basking in the love of his orderly mother and careless father. The son is followed by two daughters named Rumiko (nicknamed Rumi) and Chiiko (nicknamed Chii). This story focuses on the increasing hustle and bustle inside the Ohsamu family. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Futago no Kishi
Adventure Fantasy Shoujo
This is a follow-up on the Princess Knight (Shojo Club version) work. In Twin Knight, the twin brother and sister, children of Sapphire, are the main characters. After becoming the princess of Silver Land, Sapphire marries a man named Frantz of a neighboring country, and gives birth to the twins Prince Daisy and Princess Violetta. But because of the wicked designs of the Duchess Daria, Prince Daisy is abandoned in the forest. Meanwhile, in the castle, Princess Violetta decides to play two parts: being herself and disguising herself as the Prince every other day to conceal the fact that he has disappeared. But her secret is discovered by Duke Daria, and the King, Queen Sapphire and Princess Violetta are confined in the northern tower. Princess Violetta disguises herself as a boy and escapes with the help of a swan from the northern tower to look for her brother, Prince Daisy. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Angel no Oka
Fantasy Shoujo
"Angel's Hill" is a fantasy story depicting the stormy life of a mermaid princess, Luna. Luna is put into a seashell and floated out to the sea because she breaks the rules of the Angel's Island. She is then rescued by humans aboard a ship but sold as a slave. She loses her memory and is treated very badly. Then comes Eiji, the son of the rich Kusahara family. He saves Luna and takes her to Japan. Surprisingly, Luna and Eiji's younger sister, Akemi, look as alike as if they were twins. Akemi, who has a perverse nature, turns into Luna on a whim. Akemi is kidnapped and taken to Angel's Island with Eiji. There, Akemi is almost offered as a sacrificial offering by a female shaman, Pyoma. Meanwhile, Eiji meets Soleiu, Luna's older sister, and together they get involved in the secrets of the island. (Souce: tezukaosamu.net)
Fushigi na Melmo
Fushigi na Melmo Melmo's mother dies in a traffic accident, leaving young Melmo and her younger brother Totoo. Anxious Melmo's mother in heaven asks God to prepare some magical candies, and hands them to Melmo. There are two kinds: Melmo can grow 10 years older to become any sort of adult she wishes by eating a blue candy. By eating a red one, she can become 10 years younger. Using these miracle candies, Melmo disguises herself as a nurse, schoolteacher, policewoman, and overcomes troubles together with her brother, Totoo. (Source: MU) Bouken Rubi Rubio is a primary school boy. One day, a meteorite from space falls down in Rubio's back yard. Concealed in the meteorite were two helmet-like hats. When Rubio puts on one of the hats, he hears a voice which was apparently that of a space being. The space denizen tells Rubio that it had strange magical powers and that a huge space monster called "Zonda" was aiming to obliterate Earth. The space being urges Rubio to utilize the magical powers of the hat to save Earth from Zonda. Rubio gives the other hat to his schoolmate, Kuriko, and start out looking for a way and means to annihilate Zonda. The magical hats enabled the two to fly through the skies and also gave them supernatural strength. The two fly throughout the world and solve numerous difficult incidents and then they blast off to space. After a long journey, they finally discover Zonda. (Source: Kodansha)
Lost World
Having been torn from the earth in ancient times, Planet Mamango is now re-approaching the earth after a lapse of 5 million years. One night, a private detective named Ban Shunsaku encounters a murder, and meets boy researcher Shikishima Kenichi, who holds the key to solving the case. Shikishima discovers that a stone from the Planet Mamango generates huge amounts of energy. Making a rocket out of the energy stone, Shikishima sets up an exploration team and departs for Planet Mamango. The rocket heads straight for Planet Mamango under the command of Shikishima, along with Captain Butamo Makeru, Ayame and Momiji, who are cabbages created by the captain, a rabbit named Mii, and Ban Shunsaku. In due time, the rocket lands on the Planet Mamango, where the group finds a "The Lost World," an ancient environment where dinosaurs walk about and ferns and cycads cover the ground. (Source: ANN)
Tiger Books
Collection of various short stories. (Source: M-U)
Doronko-sensei
Comedy School
Film wa Ikiteiru
Shounen Slice of Life
This work is a manga aimed at adolescents, focusing on a young man who dreams of animated filmmaking, and puts his heart into it. A visionary boy named Miyamoto Musashi, who comes to Tokyo dreaming of producing Manga films (animation), visits a Manga filming company, but veteran Manga film writer Danmatsuma flatly tells him that the movement factor in his drawings lacks vitality. In the meantime, Miyamoto Musashi meets a boy named Sasaki Kojiro, who also aspires to produce Manga films. Although they become friends instantly, they later part after a quarrel, and became rivals. After being provoked by yakuza, Musashi meets Otsu, a daughter of the leader of the yakuza family. In retaliation, the yakuza burns his 50,000 animated films and his movie equipment, and damages his eyes. But Musashi's memories of his beloved horse Ao in his hometown encourage him, and he regains the courage to start producing Manga films featuring Ao. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Gum Gum Punch
Comedy Fantasy Slice of Life
"Gum Gum Punch" is a Manga for small children depicting the adventures of a boy called Punch and his sister Pinko who experience many things with magic chewing gum. One day, the god of gum appears before Punch and Pinko and gives them magic chewing gum that is capable of producing anything. Seeing that they are trying to blow gum but can't, the god of gum sends his disciple, Gum Gum, to the children to teach them. But Punch is always teasing Gum Gum because he is so small. Next, another disciple called Kucha-kucha is called in to help Gum Gum. Together, they create monsters, get a powerful typhoon drunk and enjoy a variety of adventures. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Prime Rose
This is a fantasy story about a sword and the magic of a girl warrior, Emiya, in a fictitious world. A strong country, Guroman, attacks and overtakes the country of Kukurit, though the particulars of when and where this happens are not given. As a means of keeping the peace, the two countries exchange their third prince and princess, respectively. Prime Rose, the third princess of Guroman, is placed in the custody of a noble family of Kukurit under the name of Emiya. She grows up into a self-centered high school student. Although Emiya is favored by Prince Pirar of Guroman, she becomes a girl wanted by the authorities for her aid to the people of Kukurit reacting against the oppressive government. She is saved by the sword master Jimba, and flees to the wilderness. In the meantime, mysterious Tanbara Gai musters the forces of the people of Kukurit in an attempt to overturn Guroman's control. Emiya also decides to cooperate on the scheme. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Shumari
Seinen
Mahou Yashiki
Fantasy Sci-Fi
This is a story about a showdown between magic and science. It begins like this: when the King of Evil comes back from a 100-year trip to hell, he finds that humans have fully embraced a scientific view of the world, and people no longer believe in the devil or in magic. horrifying power of magic to humans, the King of Evil challenges Dr. Higeta to a competition between science and magic. Backed by a scientist from Mars named Tyrol, Dr. Higeta, his nephew Kenichi, and niece Hanako together begin the match. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Wansa-kun
Comedy Drama Fantasy
Wansa-kun, originally designed as a mascot for Sanwa Bank, is a puppy who was sold for pittance and escapes. He spends the series searching for his mother. (Source: MU)
Allie yo Juu wo Ute!
Action Adventure Historical
A girl named Allie goes up against some outlaws using her six-shooter.
Ningen-domo Atsumare!
Sci-Fi Seinen
Tenka Taihei is a skinny little man, easy to handle and with a unique particularity; his two-tailed sperm can give birth to a third human race. Neither male nor female, but neutral...asexual! These people of the third sex, born in test tubes and mass produced by millions, are naturally docile and obedient. They will be used as sexual objects for humans or as cannon fodder in wars around the world But the hour of revolution has to come. Rally up, mankind!
Ikki Mandara
Historical Shounen
This is the story of a girl in China in 1900 who kills a tax collector from a corrupt government and finds herself hiding amongst guerrilla soldiers. (Source: MU)
Akagari: The Red Rat in Hollywood
Drama Historical Seinen
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