Million Joe is the best manga of all time. A long-running shonen action adventure series centering on a boy named Nyack and his quest to uncover the secret of Million Joe, it's known for its heavy use of foreshadowing and resolving old plot threads in a way that you can tell the author planned it out years in advance. Not only has this made it one of the best-selling and most-loved manga in Japan, if you include the anime and merch, it supports a trillion-yen industry annually. This is not that manga. This is the story of the manga's editor, Kurei Soichi. Once an aspiring manga artist himself, he now has one of the easiest jobs in the world... until he finds himself involved in one of the biggest cover-ups in all of manga history.

During the Meiji period, this story centers around an unsuccessful science fiction author who masquerades as the dead son of an industrial magnate. With his new family's riches, he creates a fantastical island to satisfy his desires. In his manga adaptation of The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (Panorama-Tou Kidan), Maruo strays from his usual style of explicit gore while maintaining his trademark: elaborate, elegant art. Sprawling, overwhelming landscapes, a diverse range of uniquely designed characters, and even scenes distorted grotesquely for effect are captured with ease by the talented and experienced mangaka. [Official English](https://lastgasp.com/products/strange-tale-of-panorama-island) --- - **Won the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for New Artist in 2009**

A collection of Kotaro Ohkoshi's forays into the world of the bizarre.

"The masterpiece that shook the world of manga returns!" Present day Japan. Something inhuman has begun worming its way through the shadows… Makimura Miki and Fudou Akira are normal high school students until they have a crash encounter with demons from another world. As they realize that all is not as it seems, they must rely on demons and each other to survive as the world around them plunges into chaos Devilman Grimoire combines elements of the original Devilman series, the anime, and its spin-off series to create a new tale of horror that will delight fans and new readers alike. [Official English](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/devilman-g/)

幼くして両親を亡くしたジューゴとシローの兄弟は、孤島にある養護施設に入園することに。優しいシスターと同じ境遇の仲間たちと共に楽園での生活が始まると思われたが…。

In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders, and asked those children to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also because the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the “game”. ___ **Buy Complete Version:** - [BOOK☆WALKER](https://bookwalker.jp/series/333742/) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09NXG8G4V) - [ebookjapan](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/675007/) - [CDJapan](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/searchuni?q=%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E7%89%88+%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE&order=relasc)

Rei is a ruthless man who travels throughout the world in search of a certain someone. But he was not always ruthless and without compassion–both his search and his anger are driven by vengeance. The one who stripped Rei's humanity from him is the one Rei must find and destroy, despite any and all barriers. Rei will only become a normal human being once that vengeance is fulfilled. Until that day, he can only roam the world as a furious lone wolf, a lone wolf who preys on those who oppose him.

A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to explain away his absence. Hinging upon his fate are those of his loved ones: an unstable childhood friend and colleague trapped between factions of the medical establishment that nurtured him; a fiancee emotionally transformed by Kirihito’s mysterious disappearance; and a stranger who becomes his guardian angel, a sensual circus-act performer with volatile psychological secrets. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/ode-to-kirihito/) --- **Volumes 31-34 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

UFO Robot Grendizer is the third entry in the Mazinger Trilogy by Go Nagai, following Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger. This particular incarnation was illustrated by Gosaku Ota and published in Boken Oh, Otomodachi from October 1975 – March 1977. It follows the adventures of Duke Fleed, the sole survivor of an attack on the Vegan Empire, who defends his second home, the Earth, from the Vegan attack, together with the giant robot Grendizer.

Since the beginning of time ninjas have been regarded as people with great skill and power, the Blazing NinjaMan (Shinobi Mantaro) is one such young man. There is only one problem, the era of the ninja has come and gone. How can Shinobi consider himself a ninja in modern day Japan (1990s) and survive the daily rigors of high school life.

Kyouichi Miyasako is the star employee at his company. Why does he work so hard? He doesn’t know either. What he does know is that he sorely misses his girlfriend… the one he broke up with in college because he couldn’t put up with her hobbies any further. One day, an ominous black sphere mysteriously appears in the skies and shoots a laser beam in his direction. He doesn’t get hit, of course, but when the smoke clears, guess who he sees?

A series of natural disasters has reduced the world to rubble, with the survivors doing whatever they must to survive in a world gone mad. But one young boy, Kakugo, gifted with amazing martial arts and a superpowerful suit of armor by his late father, has been charged with making the world (or at least his school) a safer place. But his brother has a matching set of skills and equipment, and he's on a mission to bring peace to the world… by wiping out humanity!

The dark side of the psychopath and the "Holy" Father's intertwined story. See how things aren't the way they seem.

A one-time dream connecting reagent was made with the intention to meet Daniel, the prince that she has an unrequited love for, even in a dream. However, it was her rival, Kaiden that took the reagent, and it wasn't a one-time thing? Lizen, who has perfect grades and physical skills, is bright and strong on the outside, but hides her wounds on the inside. Kaiden, a man who is blunt and cold, but more warm-hearted than anyone else. Lizen is connected to Kaiden through dreams every day, and not only gets caught in a huge conspiracy surrounding the throne, but also gets confused with her emotions.... An oddly continous meetings in their dreams. Is it because it's just a dream, so it's easy to pass off as a joke, or has it become sincere feelings because of the dream. "There's no point in 'if.' I already have feelings for you. I like you now even if I don't dream about you." --- - [Official Simplified Chinese Translation](https://manga.bilibili.com/detail/mc30980)

抜け忍・カムイの始末のため、日置領・竹間沢近辺の探索を命じられた三人の追忍。辻風のドド、矢張のソネ、荒草のハヤネと名乗る彼らは、それぞれ手裏剣、弓、吹き矢を得手としていたが、探索の傍ら、誰がスズメの群れを一度にたくさん打ち落とせるかを競い合うことに。すると、それを見ていた謎の乞食が「自分なら武器など使わず、もっとたくさん落とせる」と言い寄ってきて…。

A prequel to the (then) soon-to-release Devil May Cry 3. Dante is a demon slayer and bounty hunter with a demon heritage of his own that haunts his past. He's currently unemployed–and bored to death. Opportunity knocks in the form of a missing-child case, which his friend and manager, Enzo, offers him. But a four-million-dollar reward, an unexpected demon attack and a little girl named Alice all conspire to send Dante through the looking glass on a nightmarish adventure beyond his wildest imagination.

平凡な大学生マモルは、幼馴染ユウカの、失踪した父親を捜す過程で闇のアイテムに辿り着いた。生身の人間を1枚の紙の中に閉じ込め、売買する「人間カード」！

Cobra is a notorious Space Pirate with a laser gun as his left arm. But, he was tired of being chased by the agency in space and decided to lead a regular life by changing his face & being wiped of his memory. 3 years later, he is a regular person leading a regular life, until an incident recovers his past memories and he's set on the run again into a world of danger and futuristic delights. --- **Links:** - [The 12 issues edition of Cobra on Comic Vine](http://www.comicvine.com/cobra/4050-23937/) [Sega CD Game](https://cdromance.com/sega_cd_isos/space-adventure-usa/) [Atari ST Game](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-ii-alm) [DOS Game (French)](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-2g5) [Amstrad CPC Game (French)](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-2g5#Amstrad%20CPC) --- **Notes:** - In the United States, portions of the manga were published by Viz Media in 1990. - The anime film adaptation was licensed by Tara for its release in US theaters and by Manga Entertainment in British theaters in 1995. Urban Vision and Discotek Media released it for home video market, while Madman Entertainment acquired it for the Australasia region's release. Discotek also released a 4K version of the film. - The anime adaptation was licensed in the Northern American region by Discotek. - A 2nd anime adaptation was done in the late 2000s and early 2010s by the studio Magic Bus. Consisting of OVAs and a short, one cour TV series. It is currently licensed by Sentai for the US market.

Beware the red snake! Told from the perspective of a young boy, The Red Snake is a story of the above boy, the house he inhabits, and the forest around his house that stretches on and on. The characters in the story are all mad: his grandfather, who sports a massive growth on his jaw; his grandmother, who believes she is a chicken; his father, who is vicious to the chickens he raises (except for his mother, to whom he provides eggs that so that she can claim she laid them herself); and his sister, whose affection for insects borders on the erotic. The story evolves into a classic nightmare. The Hino Horror series: Hino Horror Volume 1: The Red Snake (赤い蛇 Akai Hebi) Hino Horror Volume 2: The Bug Boy (毒虫小僧 Dokumushi Kozou) Hino Horror Volume 3: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell (地獄虫を食う! 鬼んぼ Jigoku Mushi Woku! Oninbo) Hino Horror Volume 4: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell 2 Hino Horror Volume 5: The Living Corpse (死肉の男 Shiniku no Otoko) Hino Horror Volume 6: Black Cat (黒猫の眼が闇に Kuroneko no Me ga Yami ni) Hino Horror Volume 7: The Collection (M Collection) Hino Horror Volume 8: The Collection 2 Hino Horror Volume 9: Ghost School (Ghost School (HINO Hideshi)) Hino Horror Volume 10: Death's Reflection Hino Horror Volume 11: Gallery of Horrors (Kyoufu Gallery) Hino Horror Volume 12: Mystique Mandala of Hell (Kaiki! Jigoku Mandara) Hino Horror Volume 13: Zipangu Night Hino Horror Volume 14: Skin and Bone This manga is also volume 4 in the Magical Horror Series.

Tsukimiya is a dutiful kid who has been looking after his family since his mother's passing, and a popular pretty boy at school, but he rejects all those who confess to him due to an unrequited love he holds for one of his teachers. However he suddenly finds himself kidnapped by a group of deranged women, who promise him a life of daily torture from now on.

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.

Akira Natsume seems to almost have a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend like his older brother did. …But then Akira suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later a special policewoman and her android partner retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI and superweapon called EX-ARM and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. Turns out the AI is actually just Akira's brain! --- **Links:** - [Artist's Twitter](https://twitter.com/shinya_komi) - [Anime Announcement](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/ex-arm-science-fiction-manga-gets-tv-anime/.140981)

Macabre manga master Junji Ito applys his singularly anxious touch to a manga adaptation based on No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku in the original Japanese), a classic of modern Japanese literature written by Osamu Dazai. The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.

An abusive father, an indifferent brother, a mother forced to endure it all, and her, Kinomiya Aya, a girl living in a family that's fallen apart. One day she makes a wish: "I don't want to be here…", and finds herself with the ability to turn invisible. This is the story of how one girl takes back her own pain and her chance at a normal life.