Lupin the Third and his motley crew return in Shin Lupin III! This time, several of the stories are either brand new or adapted from or to the Lupin anime, and the beginning story was even animated by itself several years later! Lupin the Third is the grandson of the famous literary thief Arsène Lupin, and his partners in crime include the sharpshooter Jigen Daisuke, the stoic samurai Goemon Ishikawa the Thirteenth, and the on-again-off-again lover/enemy Fujiko Mine. Their goal is to outwit enemies bigger than themselves while nabbing the world's rarest and most important items, while also outwitting the dogged Inspector Zenigata, who's made it his life's work to capture and secure Lupin. In the manga however, his relationship with the titular thief isn't as "respecting to the enemy" as you would expect, as he's attempted multiple times to kill him without shedding a tear! What kind of sexy exploits will Lupin and his crew get up to next in…Shin Lupin III!
As a baby Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depredations. Ultimately he must embark on a journey through the past, future, and other dimensions to embrace his destiny as Shuten Doji reborn. --- **Links:** - [OVAs on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=732)
The people have demanded change; Criterion boxes were created for the purpose of the people to leave their complaints in it. The result of this were two changes: the first being the creation of 'Koishigawa Youjoujo' for the people, the second being an inner-city magistrate office, known as the Mushibugyo. Tsukishima Jinbee is a warrior who aims to be best, under the belief that a weak warrior isn't a warrior at all. He was scouted out by a representative to join the Mushibugyo and told to go to Edo with the instructions that he'd knew what to do once he got there. Shortly after arriving at Edo, he hears a scream and goes to check it out… To find a giant spider-like creature devouring some citizens of Edo. Being a warrior, there's no way he could stand this…
The first ecchi in history. Beginning in the first issue of Weekly Shonen Jump (ch 2). The nature of the content is very extreme with both teachers and students being involved in perverted situations. Over the publication, Go Nagai included more extreme content at the encouragement of his editor. As the manga continued its serialization, it garnered more and more controversy from parents. As a result, the Jump Editorial Dept. decided to cancel the serial. Nagai, in response to the controversy, decided to end off the manga [End of part 1] with the very infamous "Harenchi War" (Shameless War) arc. _(spoiler) The arc kills off the majority of the cast in a very gory and disturbing manner and remains a very infamous arc to this day._ Shameless School is controversial in Japan even today and is regarded as a "traumatic work" by several news publications. The manga consists of 3 parts, with the last left unfinished due to the cancellation. + last volume includes 3 chapters backstory arc for Bearded Godzilla.
Lady Snowblood returns after a 20 year long hiatus! Ikegami Ryoichi takes over the art while Kazuo Koike continues to deliver the same writing that made Lady Snowblood a hit originally. This volume contains three stories that take place after the original series. A politician and his wife try to lure Yuki out of retirement to exact their vengeance. A Buddhist nun tries to escape her sisters and bring the true teachings of her sect to the populace with a stolen mandala. She is rescued by Yuki but terribly wounded in the process. A police official tries to get Yuki to assassinate another assassin.
A bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year later his girlfriend, Kyoko, sets out for the Silk Road in order to find clues that will help to unravel the mystery of Iba's disappearance. When she arrives, she finds the charm she gave Iba for protection and moments later she is sucked into a black vortex and loses consciousness. Kyoko awakes to find herself in a very different place and discovers that Iba is not only alive but is a warrior-slave under the reign of Genghis Khan in 13th century Mongolia! At last, when Iba and Kyoko reunite, they find that there are a series of events, crueler than the ones they have already endured, awaiting them…
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…
One of Go Nagai's first works, this violent period piece takes place in the 1500s and stars a talented low ranking ninja named Shishimaru. In it, Shishimaru fights against Ginnai Doma (an immortal samurai who, despite being butchered multiple times, doesn't die) because Ginnai murdered his comrades. Despite being set in historical times, it has machine guns/lasers/robots/atomic reactors with no real explanation. **Note:** Scanlator is using the 1992 Aizouban 1 volume reprint by Chuko. Cover images below: 4 Volumes (Complete, by Kodansha in 1978) 4 Volumes (Reprint, by Asahi Sonorama in 1984) 1 Volume (Aizouban, by Chuko in 1992) 3 Volumes (Bunkoban, by Chuko in 1995) 2 Volumes (Konbini-ban, by Shimanaka Shoten in 2003)
A masterpiece collection of short stories by Jiro Matsumoto, which has a unique art style, a unique world view, and quirky storylines. Kyoko, the class president, reads out her composition in front of the whole class. She writes about her mother, who is into a strange religion, her rebellious sister, who shoplifts, and her father, who is often hunted by his father. But Kyoko loves her father!
A few days ago the eighth Tokugawa had inherited the shogunate in the midst of an unstable political situation, a striking man entered Edo. He had a shocking beauty eyes, and was so handsome that seemed to have come from an engraving. It was Kainage Mondo, the new poison taster newly employed by the family of the shogun. However, some Koga ninja had hatched a plot to attack the lives of Yoshimune and Mondo.
Guilty Gear Comic Anthology, from the Broccoli Game Anthorogy [sic] series, is a Japan-exclusive comic anthology based on the original Guilty Gear and published by Broccoli Co., Ltd. The cover is an illustration by Daisuke Ishiwatari.
A two-volume bunkoban reprint of Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater, retitled "An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama". This version, while omitting several one-shots from Manga Theater, includes the two-chapter Alien X-Peke (1996), published after the end of Dragon Ball, as well as the full-color seinen manga Lady Red (1987). The second volume also includes "The Anime and Me" (1989), a full-color essay manga from the first Dragon Ball Z Anime Special magazine, as well as a new afterword by the mangaka. Featured one-shots include: Volume 1: Lady Red Go! Go! Ackman Dub & Peter 1 The Elder Young Master Kenosuke Mr. Ho Mad Matic Pola & Roid Wonder Island Dragon Boy Volume 2: Alien X Peke Soldier of Savings Cashman Karamaru and the Perfect Day Little Mamejiro The Adventure of Tongpoo Chobit Escape Pink Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe Today's Highlight Island
A spin-off work starring Kamui, one of the main characters of Kamui-den. The first 2 volumes were published in a Shounen magazine and ended with the 20th chapter in 1971. The manga changed art style and direction when it switched to a Seinen publication in 1988. The violent and sexual explicit part of the narrative was the basis for the American adaptation by Eclipse Comics in the 1980s and its unedited Viz re-release in 1999.
Iba decides to live as Genghis Khan, the "King of Wolves," and while ruling the surrounding countries, he trains his own son, Kublai, to become a military commander with the help of his trusted subordinate, Benkei. However, the facts of history are undeniable, and the year of Khan's death (1227) is approaching!! Now, the most powerful and greatest enemy appears in front of them!! Before reading this read "King of Wolves"!! (From the back of the book)
The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls. When it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed. After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students, so the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them. Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl. What will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school as well, or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were… by being forced to dress and act like girls!
What is Lady Snowblood about? Vengeance. Pure and simple, this is a revenge story. Yuki was named as a child of hell by her mother. Yuki's father was killed by a group of men who conspired to use him to start an uprising; they then brutalized her mother. Her mother subsequently killed one of her attackers and ended up in jail, where Yuki is born. Yuki's mother was serving a life sentence; there was no way she could escape and continue her revenge. Consequently, she concocted a plan which included seducing the guards in order to produce a child who could pass beyond the prison walls. Dying in childbirth, Yuki's mother impresses upon a friend the importance of imparting to her infant daughter the necessity of her revenge–the grudge that she could no longer carry, but which she passed to her daughter. The friend agrees to do so, and Yuki ("snow," so named for her snow-white skin) is trained to become the instrument of her mother's vengenace. Twenty years later, Yuki is a skilled assassin. For the price of 1,000 yen she will perform murderous miracles, often proceeding through trickery, deceit, and the assumption that as a woman she poses as little threat to the criminals she is often dispatching.
In Feudal Japan, the people of Edo are under siege by giant insects that ravage the land. The people desperately beg the government to do something about it. Thus the Insect Magistrate Office is established, gathering strong warriors to defend against the onset of pests. Jinbee Tsukishima is a young man following the belief that a weak warrior isn't a warrior at all and strives to be a master swordsman just like his father. To atone for a horrific incident that occurred at his fault, Jinbee seeks to take his father's place as a member of the Insect Magistrate Office. On his journey there, he meets the lovely Haru, a young woman who helps manage her family's tea house, and is forced to put his sword to good use in saving her from a grisly fate. This act of bravery earns him a spot in the Insect Magistrate. Will this rookie exterminator be able to rid the land of the horde of insects swarming in?
In a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. It's a world full of vengeance, greed, and violence. A world of depravity and sin. One man can set things straight if he can keep his wits. This is a story of extreme proportions, of sword study thick in tradition and with grim purpose, of blood rivers, agonizing screams, bondage, torture, and the evil prevalent in human failure. Drafted by the confirmed masters of the international medium of manga, Samurai Executioner is a shocking combination of darkness and fire, fine lines, and a fine man in the face of human decline. (Source: Dark Horse)
The most feared / respected legendary warlord Oda Nobunaga, who disappeared from history just as he was about to unify Japan. He was born in war, raised for war, and grew into war. Nobunaga was a true "Child of War"! Tetsuo Hara draws the child character Kipposhi (Nobunaga's childhood name) who is destined to become the fearsome figure that dominates the Sengoku Period. The only manga that tells the story of Nobunaga's childhood days, this is a must-read for anyone interested in Japan and Samurai!
After waking up, Mikado Shuhei found himself locked in a cage in a mysterious medical facility. Without his memories Shuhei now has to fight against beasts who can speak like humans. A woman calling herself Akashi Maya then rescued him from this predicament. Super fiction action! --- **Links:** - [Original Novels (on Amazon.co.jp)](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07G4H25L2)
Path of the Assassin, called Hanzo no Mon in Japan, is the story of Hattori Hanzo, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. But before he could do that, he had to grow up and learn how to love the ladies! As the secret caretaker of such an influential future leader, not only does Hanzo use vast and varied ninja talents, but in living closely with Ieyasu, he forms a close friendship with the young shogun.
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa - to survive. --- - Winner of the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016. - Nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and 40th Kodansha Manga Awards that same year. - Winner of the 22th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.
Enter a new World full of wonders, ancient Legends and Adventure. It will show a slow start into the new world of theos mundus, with ever bigger adventurers our heroes have to pass.
Malice and evil molded into goodness. A calamitous demon raised by a monk attempts to find enlightenment in a war-torn land. Jinsuke Ryuudou-仁介 竜道 Osho-和尚 . Roshi-老師 t Mieko-未映子 Sho-尚 Shinji-真治 Shouko-聖子