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Moritaka Mashiro (Saiko), with his superb drawing skill, is invited by his writing genius classmate Akito Takagi (Shujin) to tread the difficult path of the mangaka!! His sights are set on his naive yet earnest joint dream with Miho Azuki, who is aiming to become a voice actress!! Saiko and Shujin team up as writer and artist, aiming to be serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, make a hit, and then release an anime. They bring their manuscripts into editors and set off on the road to becoming pro manga artists!! This is a new-age story of manga success!! AnimeNewsNetwork Links: [Season 1](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11197) [Season 2](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12311) [Season 3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13867) [Live-Action Movie](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=17268)

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering one-shots from every Garo mangaka up until 1984.

Two friends Haru and Gaku plot to gain enough money to have anything they desire at any time: a trillion dollars. A new work from the mind of Riichiro Inagaki (Eyeshield 21, Dr. Stone), drawn by the veteran artist Ryoichi Ikegami (Crying Freeman, Heat, Sanctuary).

A combination illustration and manga artbook featuring the ultramarine works and fantastical world of Sakatsuki Sakana. These short stories served as a precursor to Sakatsuki's eventual ongoing publication [Star Tripper](https://mangadex.org/title/77c7d3eb-16e9-4ef2-81f0-4d3876a037c5/star-tripper-planetarium-ghost-travel), and offer additional universe lore that is of importance in the main series. --- Altogether, there are 11 "chapters" in total: - Part I: A Star Tripper's Scenery - Part II: A Sleepless Boy's Journey to the Moon - Part III: Star Tripper - 3.1 - Prologue - 3.2 - Listening to the Rain - 3.3 - Buying Sweets - 3.4 - Drinking Kikiriri - 3.5 - Windowshopping for Spacesuits - 3.6 - Climbing the Tower - 3.7 - Luck of the Draw - 3.8 - Epilogue - Part IV: The Journey of Tobias and His Brother

Created in the late 1950s, BLACK BLIZZARD is Yoshihiro Tatsumi's remarkable first full-length tankobon and one of the first published examples of Gekiga. With BLACK BLIZZARD, Tatsumi explores the dark underbelly of his working-class heroes that five decades later will make him one of the most well known Japanese cartoonists in North America. Susumu Yamaji, a 24-year-old pianist, is arrested for murder and ends up handcuffed to a career criminal on the train that will take them to prison. An avalanche derails the train and the criminal takes the opportunity to escape, dragging a reluctant Susumu with him into the blizzard raging outside. They flee into the mountains to an abandoned ranger station, where they take shelter from the storm. As they sit around the fire they built, Susumu relates how love drove him to become a murderer.

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... 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.

After the Golden Week holiday, Kokoro Kasai, a stunningly beautiful and naturally charming high school sophomore, transfers to Shimotsuki High School. With her striking looks and engaging personality, she easily handles even the most daring conversations with a smile. Aspiring to become the student council president, Kokoro soon attracts the attention of some troublesome students with bad intentions. However, what they don't realize is that Kokoro Kasai is actually a psychopath.

On her way to the station to pick up Shuichi Saito, a high school student from a neighboring town, she finds Shuichi's father sitting in an alley, staring at a wall. He seemed oblivious to Kirie's greeting and continued to stare at the snail shell stuck to the wall... An out-of-this-world horror depicted by Junji Ito, the genius of new-sensation horror!

These stories are about love, desire and friendship of women. Told by women.

As birth rates decline, in an effort to increase the total population of Japan, the country has implemented... a pet-humanism policy...? As more and more owners "humanize" their pets--having them become members of society--Japan begins to experience a hike in economic growth, as well as in increase in crimes committed by these "dogmen" and "catmen"... In the midst of such social unrest, what could possibly be of bigger concern to one cynical high school girl named Ao...?

The year is 158 AD, and the Roman Empire thrives under the 20th year of Emperor Antoninus Pius’s reign. Lucius, a Roman bathhouse architect, is now sixty years old and plagued with back pain. His wife Satsuki has mysteriously disappeared, his son, Marius, is beyond comprehension...and to top it off, he still has the Roman bathhouses to worry about!

A lonely old painter and a girl with no friends. This is a story about two people who don't fit in, and how they learn how to love the world as it is.

Two immortals make preparations for their death.

A oneshot by taizan5 about a girl in a world where modern civilization has fallen and of which there is the existence of what are called "new humans".

Harumi Sawa is an ordinary high school student finds himself at odds with Ayako Kawahori, a girl who has recently transferred into his school. Not only does he become drawn to her bizarre stench, he also begins to pay close attention to her seemingly odd behavior. After being reminded of harpies - the half-woman, half-bird beasts of Greek mythology - during a lesson in class, Sawa begins to think Kawahori might actually be one of those mythological beasts herself. [*Further reading on the title one-shot*](https://yamagishi-ryoko.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/01/25/001908) Ryoko Yamagishi presents a one-shot compilation with many of her recurring themes, such as mythology and human nature, with horror, comedy, mystery, and the everyday. Self-absorbed leads are also a unifying element in this compilation. Also contains: - **A Visitor From the Rain** (雨の訪問者, Ame no Houmonsha): Itoi is an office lady who's getting up there in years, yet is perfectly content with being single. One day, as the rainy season suddenly arrives, she comes home to a little girl she has never seen before in her apartment... - **Undine** (ウンディーネ): Okada comes to Hokkaido to do some wildlife photography at a pond for his publisher. Okada is known for his standoffish, antisocial disposition, but that begins to change upon saving a beautiful girl, one who evokes the image of the titular aquatic spirit. - **Strawberry Night Night** (ストロベリー・ナイト・ナイト): The ravings and commentary of one woman at a mental institution on those around her who are also lost in their madness.

Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly turns into a complex and deadly riddle where nothing is what it seems to be. Will the two desperate investigators manage to solve the mystery before it's too late?

Ingreanu Saforon (Ingres) is an author, university professor, and a man of many fancies who finds himself in all sorts of adventures. Always by his side is Viol (Vi), a young man of a poor background who he took in. You can never quite predict where these two will end up, but one thing's for certain: Be prepared for lots of chaos and romance! Contains the 3rd and 4th part of the Ingreanu series, a series of episodic one-shots featuring these two leads Kihara did in *Monthly Seventeen*, with its final part in *Bouquet*. - **Diamond Godzillan** (ダイヤモンド❤ゴジラーン, Diamond ❤ Gojiraan): Ingres and Vi find themselves embarking on a trip to Kenya. However, a curious accident causes the plane to crash - and Vi, Ingres, and a French mafia member miraculously make it out fine! They soon discover it's thanks to a mysterious girl, who commands a dinosaur who bears quite the resemblance to the famous kaiju. Many mysteries emerge in this parody of tokusatsu and [lost world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_world) novels. - **Green Elliot** (緑のエリオット, Midori no Elliot): Ingres and Vi end up in the Lake District in England after an American editor manages to corner Ingres. While taking shelter from the rain, Vi encounters a dashing fellow who reminds him of someone once dear to him. Things take a surprising turn when they meet again at a hotel, and Ingres picks up on the truth behind the mysterious and handsome figure, Elliot. - **Nocturne** (夜想曲――ノクターン――, Yasoukyoku ― Nocturne): Yuko Hotarubukuro is an ordinary college girl who's just moved into a new apartment. As she takes a ride on the elevator, she meets Kikyo Kokobu, a guy from another college running an errand, and a mysterious man in Heian period attire. Then, the two get transported to his palace - and before they know it, they find themselves in the thick of court intrigue! A romantic comedy time slip story set in the early 11th century, in the middle of the Heian period.

Aotsuki Ushio's family maintains a Shinto temple in Japan, where 500 years ago, his samurai ancestor battled a demon to a standstill, and eventually trapped him against a rock using a blessed spear called the "Beast Spear". While cleaning out the temple storage, Ushio accidentally unseals the chamber the demon, later named Tora by Ushio, was trapped in. Initially, Ushio wisely refuses to remove the spear pinning the monster down, as Tora unwisely makes the strategic blunder of mentioning that the first thing he would do upon being freed would be to devour Ushio; but Tora's unsealed presence attracts various demons to the premises, and Ushio is forced to free Tora in exchange for his help. The two later realize that they make a perfect team, despite the latter's reservations to eating the former. - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen in 1992** - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1997** --- **Officially Published:** - In Italian by [Star Comics](https://starcomics.com/testate-fumetti/ushio-e-tora-perfect-edition) --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/ufujitakazuhiro?lang=ja) - [1992 OVAs on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=237) - [Anime Season 1 on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=16754) - [Anime Season 2 on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=17232)

In the era of hunting with spears made of wood and stone, in some tribes, talented young people were killed by fighting and killing their prey with "monkeys". Respecting the sun god, they waited for the son of the sun god to appear with a crossed star on his forehead, who would one day take him to the "land of the rising sun." One day, as in the prophecy, a boy appears...

A fairly close manga adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. A tale of the rise and fall of a society farm animals form after they overthrow their owner. Animals toil and suffer on Manor Farm, owned by the cruel and careless Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, an elder pig on the farm, has a fantastic dream one night, of which he informs all the other animals; one where animals overthrow the human race, and the fruits of their labor are made theirs to keep. Though he dies not long after, the animals are emboldened with his vivid visions of a potential future - and one day, through a fierce uprising, they take ownership of the farm from Mr. Jones. Manor Farm - now renamed Animal Farm - maintains itself under an ideology known as Animalism, built upon Old Major's dream and stances regarding humans. However, tension is high, and different parties have their own intentions about the fate of Animal Farm...

The door of fate now opens... Piano prodigy Ichirou Yasou left the world of classical music after an incident at a competition. He vowed to never play the piano again, but now that he has a mentor claiming to be Beethoven, it may be time for his redemption! (MANGA Plus) ___ **Alt Official English:** [VIZ](https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/star-of-beethoven)

Kurashita Tsukimi is an 18 year old 'kurage fujoshi'. She lives in Tokyo in an all-female apartment complex full of various types of fujoshi. They fear and despise beautiful, fashionable people while existing happily in their no-man, no make-up world. That all changes when a 'hipster' saves the life of a jellyfish and intrudes upon Tsukimi's isolated existence. Things are made even more complicated when it turns out that the beautiful woman is actually a man in drag. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/princess-jellyfish) --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 2010**

“I’m searching for the ‘other half of my soul.’” Masataka, who enjoys a self-indulgent university life, is invited by his professor to a reading circle where he meets his junior in the same philosophy program, Eito. Eito’s known in their department for his good looks and how insanely serious he is, plus he’s gay but doesn’t care what other people think of him. Masataka approaches him out of curiosity, but then…?! Super cool and confident junior x sleazy, scumbag senior. Love knowledge and know love in this philosophy studies BL♡

A manga adaption of an anonymously submitted short story about a boy’s first ejaculation.

Just what kind of world is beyond the gate across the river? Prize winning oneshot from the first round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's August 2021 Issue No.86.

A collection of Mizuno one-shots, including some of her earliest works: - **Night of the Blue Star** (青い星の夜, Aoi Hoshi no Yoru) - Toshiko, a girl in poverty, has always longed for the pair of red shoes at her local store. On the day of her town's star festival, Toshiko encounters a puppy being harassed by some children. This puppy takes an unusual liking to her... - **Carnival!** (カーニバル！) - **Granite** (みかげ石, Mikageishi) - **The King Who Ate Blue Roses** (青いバラをたべた王様, Aoi Bara wo Tabeta Ousama) - **The Swan of Tuonela** (トゥオネラの白鳥, Tuonela no Hakucho) - Adaptation of Sibelius's tone poem. - **Tale of One Snowy Night** (ある雪の夜の物語, Aru Yuki no Yoru no Monogatari) - **The Mermaid Lights the Fire** (人魚が火をともす, Ningyo ga Hi wo Tomosu) - **Star Child** (星の子, Hoshi no Ko) - The 'title' one-shot of this compilation. Goro is an astronomer down on his luck, struggling to discover something. One night, an little angelic being named Chiru comes down from the stars, changing Goro's life... - **Glass Angel** (ガラスの天使, Garasu no Tenshi) - **Two Suns** (二つの太陽, Futatsu no Taiyou) (Note: Official raw only for Star Child).

During the era of space exploration, mankind is at war against monsters of unknown origin. The battle is grim, and the future looks bleak. Amidst the chaos, mankind plays their last hand. It's time for the Knights to step into the fray and turn the tide of this war.

In a seaside town, a young girl living with her fisherman grandfather encounters a mysterious blue-eyed young man on the day of a great tide. He claims to be searching for a mermaid. Several years later, he appears before her again, looking exactly the same as before. Then, on the night of another great tide, she is mysteriously drawn into the sea. (Source: Natalie, translated)