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*Reads from Left-to-Right* (from amazon.jp): The original manga of the popular super-anime produced and voiced by Hollywood actor "Samuel L. Jackson" is now available in the U.S.! The main character is an Afro-haired samurai. The antagonist is a cowboy gunman. The setting is like a Japanese Jidaigeki with swordsmen fighting each other, but with cell phones, bow guns, missile launchers, and even androids. And the background music is hip-hop. "AFRO SAMURAI" is a new icon of pop culture that has sent the U.S. into a whirlpool of excitement and frenzy overnight! *Note: Seven Seas Entertainment currently no longer owns the license for Afro Samurai, Titan Manga currently has it available in 2 volumes in both physical and digital formats. Please Support the official release.* [Official English](https://titan-comics.com/c/1777-afro-samurai/) See [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5275) for the anime adaptation. See [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10181) for the anime film (movie sequel) See [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6718) for the live-action film adaptation.

The year is 2029. The world is surrounded by communication networks and a vast amount of information is circulating around the world. However, nations, ethnic groups, and crimes still exist. The name of the organization belonging to Public Security Section 9, a special unit formed to combat increasingly complex crimes, is "Ghost in the Shell"! The work by Shirow Masamune became a huge hit due to its detailed story structure, outstanding artwork, and vast amount of information! The digital version is now available in a unique format, with notes outside the columns for easy reading! ___ [Alt Official English (Koudansha USA)](https://kodansha.us/series/the-ghost-in-the-shell/)

World War III is over, and nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities and demilitarized zones of the post-war wasteland, the "Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when they are found and brought to Olympus, an urban utopia and centerpiece for the reconstruction of civilization. Duenan and Bri join the Olympus police, a force that seems hardly necessary in such a paradise. But, like in most pretty pictures, perfection is an illusion, and Olympus's peaceful façade hides a dark secret, a violent struggle between human and cyborg that could once again plunge the world into war… and genocide. **Was supposed to receive a 5th Volume which was partially finished and distributed into the English version's Hypernotes and ID. The series remains unfinished.** --- - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1986**

The class popularity contest was supposed to be for fun... but now the unpopular ones are dying grisly deaths. The classroom has become a horrific struggle for survival. Someone is keeping the game going, but who? Can anyone survive the game and expose the truth?

On the island of Wakoku, the civil war offers anyone the chance of becoming a hero — from fishing women to bastard children, any can make a name for themselves by working through the rigorous ranks of the army. Hinowa, a young woman with extraordinary skills, is determined to do just that, but soon learns things may not always go to plan… More than ten years after a disastrous battle, the war is still ongoing, and a girl with black hair and black markings washes up on shore…

At Rubrum's Akademeia, cadets are divided into twelve classes based on their magical expertise. Kurasame Susaya feels that he is wasting his time with the immature cadets in Class Third, so he strives to be a part of real missions with the elite Class First where cadets take their roles more seriously. With the proposal of a test of courage, however, Kurasame begins to see his class as more than just lazy idiots, but his chances of being a part of the class are taken away after tragedy strikes. As a result of the disaster, Kurasame and three of his fellow classmates Miwa, Guren, and Kotetsu unite to help support each other, and to defend Rubrum from the outside forces that will do anything to see it fall.

Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the covert-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers. And speaking of ghosts, when supposedly dead people start turning up walking and talking, Section 9 begins to look into the possibility that corpses are being "puppeted" from a remote location, and some serious powerbrokers may be pulling the strings. Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, but never collected until now. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you've come to expect from Ghost in the Shell, but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore.

In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi–a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history… the Shinsengumi! --- - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 2003**

(from ebookjapan): A world 300 years in the future. A life form that calls for doom. The mystery of a giant ship. One night, Sazan, a young man from Earth who has been working on another planet, meets a red-haired girl named Meena. She is said to have a powerful force inside her body, and bandits with pride in their skills attack her one after another, aiming to steal her energy. On the day they promised to meet again, Meena disappeared without a word. In pursuit of her, Southern learns of the existence of a "doom-calling life form" - all color and full analog drawings!　 An overwhelming debut work by an amazing newcomer who draws with an 80's world view! [Official English](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/sazan-comet-girl/)

Gordon is an unsociable middle-aged man driving his food truck through a world buried in sand. One day, he meets a girl named Arisa sleeping stark naked in the middle of the desert. While Arisa wolfs down any and all food she can fit in her mouth, a mysterious armed group seems to be pursuing her, too.

(from ebookjapan): Now is the time to think about war. A masterpiece war manga that should be preserved for the future, based on the real experiences of Shigeru Mizuki, a Mangaka who served in the Pacific War. 20 historic chapters. The Japanese officers decide to commit to using a banzai charge in the face of overwhelming defeat by the onslaught of the U.S. forces. What will be the fate of the 500 survivors?　 Based on the mangaka's own real-life experiences, this masterpiece war memoir manga depicts the horror, senselessness, and tragedy of war. Includes a special collection of conception notes discovered after his death. A new and complete edition that resonates with the determination of the soul that went into the work! [Official English](https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/onward-towards-our-noble-deaths/)

When the author of Hero Lee’s favorite comic, Adventure King, starts killing off major characters and wraps it up with a huge letdown of an ending, he sells every book in disappointment. Right then, Hero receives a strange text from the author himself that all characters must endeavor to survive, and those who don't do not deserve a place in the story. After being asked if he would like to try it for himself, Hero wakes up inside the comic as Background Villain #3. Will he be able to survive the story and see it to the end?

Following great flood strange things appeared in the water. Now stragglers try to survive in the ruined city surrounded by water.

In a twist and turn of events during a school trip to a rural, northernmost province of South Korea, Se-yeon and her classmates find themselves stranded on a remote island off the coast of North Korea. Extreme circumstances drive the youngsters to take extreme measures to survive. Who will live on, and who will fall victim to the harsh reality surrounding them?

Humanity has lost. By the end of World War Three, the R-virus has decimated 80% of the world’s population. To make matters worse, the virus transforms the infected into mindless monsters who crave human flesh, with some evolving into powerful beings with special powers called “Rayers”. The last remaining human settlements live in fear, their survival entirely dependent on the R-X, teenagers who have gained special abilities themselves through contact with Rayers. Wielding lethal weapons and supernatural abilities, the R-X fights to defend what little hope humanity has left.

The manga will cover the story from the Goblin Slayer novel's 12th volume, and will focus on the adventurers' development as they live their everyday life.

When Ellisa opens her eyes and sees her young son, Leon, staring at her with eyes full of love and concern, she realizes that, by some miracle, she’s been given a second chance. In her past life, she thought making Leon emperor was the only way to ensure his safety. But if she had known Leon had never wanted the crown, or that laying a crown soaked with the blood of his enemies and beloved ones at his feet would mean he would take his own life before her eyes, she would’ve found another way. In this life, Ellisa is determined to find a way that will ensure both Leon’s survival and happiness. This time, things will be different. --- **Note:** This work was first published in the order Japanese, English, and the Korean version after. Authors of this work are a Korean-Japanese duo, but this work is based on a Korean Web Novel. **Links:** * [Official Chinese (Simp) Translation](https://manga.bilibili.com/detail/mc31390) * [Official French Translation](https://www.tappytoon.com/fr/comics/raise-you-well-in-this-life-fr) * [Official German Translation](https://www.tappytoon.com/de/comics/raise-you-well-in-this-life-de) * [Official Japanese Translation](https://sp.comics.mecha.cc/books/147862)

**Doomed by a past long forgotten, resolved to save what she once held dear.** The flame is lit. A nameless woman wakes. Roused from the tomb by a past she cannot recall, she sets out into a barren, unfamiliar landscape. The protector follows. Bound by oath and honor, he safeguards her against the dangers that draw near with the same ferocity he does the secrets of his past. The Grey Cinders gather in their tower, called by the fire to complete their solemn duty. A colossus, incarnate of death, stirs with the bones beneath the scarred grounds. And a nightmare— torment of a bygone era—returns to exact its toll. (Yen Press)

(from ebookjapan): The year is 2052. Tokio Watarai, a "dream guide" who can enter other people's dreams, takes on the job of searching the dreams of Aoba Jujo, a girl who has been asleep for seven years since a certain incident. And with the name of the island where Aoba lives happily in her dream, "Barbara", unexpected facts begin to appear one after another...? [Official English](https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/otherworld-barbara-vol-1) --- - **Won the Japan SF Taisho Grand Prize in 2006**

After three failed marriages, Archduke Theo de Phoenix has long accepted that love simply isn’t in the cards for him. After all, who could love a war-hardened monster like him? So when his fourth bride arrives, he greets her covered in blood, gives her a shabby attic for a room, and keeps his distance. Surely, this one will run too. But Yuelina is not like the others. To Theo’s disbelief, she welcomes his presence and fills his cold world with warmth and light. As the walls around his heart begin to thaw, will Theo finally allow himself to love?

Humanity, once a technologically advanced and thriving civilization, has been pushed to the brink of extinction following a cataclysmic war known as the Seven Days of Fire. The remnants of the human race now live in scattered kingdoms to avoid the unrelenting spread of the Sea of Corruption, a colossal forest infested with dangerous mutant insects and fungi that produce poisonous spores. Nausicaä, the sole heir to the throne of the agricultural kingdom Valley of the Wind, is thrust into war after an ally kingdom, the imperialist Torumekia, invades the Dorok Empire. Forced to fight alongside the Torumekian military and their cunning princess Kushana, Nausicaä witnesses firsthand the horrors of war and its effect on both humanity and the environment. With her uncanny charisma and gentle nature, Nausicaä may be the only hope for humanity as the ongoing war and the Sea of Corruption hasten the extinction of mankind. Set against the backdrop of a devastated world, Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä depicts the aftermath of human folly and the immortal power of nature.

After defying death's grip, Yu Lin awakens the "Divine Tycoon System," which grants him daily cash payouts. But there's a catch: the money is unusable Nether Tokens. Years later, he gets chosen as one of the lucky few to beta-test Global Menace, a horror game where only the best and strongest can survive. While others are frantically appeasing the fierce spirits, Yu Lin recruits loyal ghost followers with his Tycoon spending. Looks like having money is all you need to rule the underworld! (Source: Tapas)

After a great earthquake that happened 17 years ago, the citizens of Indonesia were greatly affected. They got infected by mysterious creatures and transformed into ferocious monsters called Rakshasa. Khrisna and Aura are two agents with special powers who will fight chaos and save the world

A young girl named Nagi and a giant spider make an unusual pair in this post-apocalyptic story, but living in the mountains is lonely, and they've managed to find each other. Join them in their strangely sweet domestic bliss as they spend their days sharing tea and throwing picnics, proving that love (and delicious food) can bring together even the most unlikely of friends.

Martin is a researcher who is interested in fantasy creatures to study them in the name of science. One day, his team gets stuck in a desolate dessert where they encounter a terrifying monster. On the brink of death, Martin is saved by a centaur who may be his only chance to find his way home

If you thought life on Earth was hard, then try purgatory. What lengths would you go to fight for a life of guaranteed riches and success? These souls might have once forsaken their lives, but now, they’ll fight tooth and nail to return to life. Who will win the survival competition to gain the prize of being revived?

A normal afternoon, the ring suddenly appeared in the middle of the classroom. If you want to live, you have to get on the ring and kill your classmates. The brutal slaughter game that tests your fighting power begins now!

One day, faint-hearted Hyeonbok Kim opens his apartment door and is startled to find a dungeon full of monsters instead of the world he knows. At first he hides. But when all else fails, it falls to Hyeonbok to defeat the dungeon bosses or die trying. Luckily, he's not alone. With the help of his skeleton friends (and a gift from a mysterious benefactor), he develops his rare talent for magic while learning about bravery and friendship. Hyeonbok seems ready to face whatever the dungeon throws at him... but is he?