Fujimiya Momiji is a descendant of the Kushinada clan, whose women possess the power to defeat the Aragami, an alien plant-like race, by sacrifice. After centuries of slumber, the Aragami have awakened and are invading Tokyo en route to conquering the world. In their way are the hapless schoolgirl Momiji, who becomes infected with one of the "Blue Seeds" –magatama beads that are the heart and soul of the Aragami, the TAC, a government agency whose sole mission is to stop the Aragami, and Kusanagi Mamoru, a young man infused with Aragami blood who swears vengeance on those who took his family away from him. Like the heroes of the past, this ragtag band of misfits must work together to defeat an ancient menace from the past, and one far closer to home. AnimeNewsNetwork Links: [Anime](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8) [Beyond](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1815) (OAV) [Ver. 1.5 [premium]](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7398) (OAV)

A robot living among a family who has been turned into zombies in a post-apocalyptic world.

Meet Snev, a hapless motorballer nicknamed the "Crash King." Ever since a traumatic accident on the racetrack, Snev has been running on the edge of sanity. Only his best friend, a beautiful prostitute, still believes in him. Then, when Snev discovers his employers' ulterior motives for keeping him on the motorball circuit, he must muster the courage to confront both them and his inner demons! From the creator of the cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita comes a new tale of Alita's world. A thriller of crushed metal and spilled blood that takes place in the dystopian Scrapyard, it is drawn in a dark, expressionistic style that keeps it true to the spirit of cyberpunk science fiction writing.

Anthology of short stories created by Kodansha mangaka to celebrate the release of the Hollywood Ghost in the Shell movie adaptation. - Chapter 1 - **A Day In The Life** by Yu Kinutani - Chapter 2 - **Ghost in the Shell - INFLUENTIAL PERSON in SHADOW ~A Man in the Dark~** (攻殻機動隊 INFLUENTIAL PERSON in SHADOW 〜暗闇で操る者〜, Koukaku Kidoutai - INFLUENTIAL PERSON in SHADOW ~Kurayami de Ayatsuru Mono~) by Boichi - Chapter 3 - **The Closed City** (閉鎖都市, Heisa Toshi) by Tomonori Inoue - Chapter 4 - **Meeting Again** by Masayuki Yamamoto - Chapter 5 - **Neet Shosa** (ニート少佐) by Yu Imai - Chapter 6 - **Classic** (クラシック) by Nokuto Koike - Chapter 7 - **Kai Joudou no Ori** (快情動の檻) by Nobuaki Tadano - Chapter 8 - **Hopeful Monster** by Takumi Oyama - Chapter 9 - **Tony Takezaki's Mobile Armored Riot Police - THE GHOST IN THE SHELL** (Tony Takezaki no Koukaku Kidoutai - THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, トニーたけざきの攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) by Tony Takezaki

Long ago, humanity evolved into the forms of beasts and beyond. Carnivores with fangs and claws, herbivores with strength and agility, and the lowest of the low—humans, possessing nothing. To repay her debts, a girl named Butch is worked to the bone as a maid in a beastman's mansion. Her life is forever changed by the “Beastification Experiment.” With fangs and claws, with the power of the “beast”, defy this harsh, unequal society where the strong prey on the weak. ___ **Alt Official Raw:** [YanMaga Web](https://yanmaga.jp/comics/DOG_MATIC)

The struggle for survival between humanity and Parasites continues unceasingly around the world. Unfolding in the shadow of the legends of Shinichi and Migi, another battle for existence is revealed. Fukami, a veteran detective, investigates a brutal mass murder, and is unsettled by the composure of the informant: high school student Tatsuki. The source of that discomfort lies within Tatsuki's family… The tale on the other side of the ageless masterpiece "Parasyte" begins here!

Earth is under attack by mysterious space beings known as butterflies. How will Adam, a robot with emotions rather than just a weapon, fight?

The human era has ended. This world is one where society has already collapsed. While people have slowly accepted the fate of their race, someone has started their journey: a girl and a dog. This tale, while a little lonely, is also filled with warmth. A slow life at the end of the world.

Koichi has looked forward to becoming a high schooler for one reason: to help continue his grandfather's coffee shop. But on the first day of school, a strange girl wearing an eerie mask tells him that she has come to take his life. She tells him that the heart beating within his chest is her own, and that she is an alien invader who has come to take over the world.

In the year 2200, with humanity's declining birthrates, Japan has become a country of cats. Taciturn high school girl Mugishima-san lives with her ex-stray cat Sora. The town they live in is especially full of cats, who have all learned to speak Japanese and have Opinions. A slow, happy, kitty slice of life comedy.

Everyone on the Clockwork Planet considers Naoto Miura a machinery nut. Every moment of every day, he has his mind on gears and his hands tinkering with delicate mechanical motors. But nobody understand how he can hear and feel gears in operation, even from a long distance away. Then one day, a clockwork maiden falls from the sky, presaging events that would shake the whole world...

Kafka hopes to one day keep his pact with his childhood friend Mina to join the Japan Defense Force and fight by her side. But while she’s out neutralizing kaiju as Third Division captain, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of her battles. When a sudden rule change makes Kafka eligible for the Defense Force, he decides to try out for the squad once more. There's just one problem. He's made the Defense Force's neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8. ___ **Links:** - Alternative Official English - [Viz](https://www.viz.com/kaiju-no-8)

7 years ago a strange disaster occurred in the 24th ward when laws of reality were distorted in that area. Our main character is a high school boy who lost his little brother. Can Hanako-san from his school help him find his sibling again? But more importantly who is this Hanako-san of the 24th ward?

Yukito, the son of a questionable cult leader, lost his life due to the cult's ridiculous training practices. Now to his surprise, he was reincarnated into another world! It was an ideal world for him without the concept of "God" or "religion" BUT...!

A mysterious boy lies naked and unconscious on the street. The story begins when ninth grader, Ai Oomori, and his third grader brother, Seigi, find him. This boy has no memory of the past and doesn't even know his real name. He is like a little baby. Ai names this boy Makoto and takes him back home. Makoto has superhuman physical powers and can even recover quickly from injuries. Who is Makoto? Makoto is easygoing and not at all bothered by everyone's curiosity. Until that is he is pursued by a cruel woman who disguises herself as a spider. A neo sapiens, this spider woman has been dispatched by a mystery organization called, "Love & Peace." Her mission is to bring back Makoto dead or alive. Source: MU

Yuuki Rito is your average high school student–awkward, shy, and hopeless when it comes to confessing his feelings to the girl of his dreams. But one day, an alien princess on the run suddenly appears in his bathtub! When Rito finds himself engaged to the beautiful Lala after a misunderstanding, he becomes embroiled in the chaos of extraterrestrial politics, rival alien suitors, and harem hilarity! The story continues in To Love Ru Darkness, when Lala’s younger sister Momo begins her own machinations to marry Rito…but it can only happen if he is coronated as king of their interstellar empire, which would allow him to marry as many women as he wants!

Young teenage girl Roue lives a peaceful life with her "uncle", a gear named Zett. She spends her days exploring the ruins of the old world, destroyed by World War III two hundred years ago. During one of those explorations, she finds a strange cylindrical gear who calls himself Chrome, who for some reason doesn't have a "base program", which determines a gear's main purpose. Chrome may have to find that purpose himself in his new life with Roue and Zett… **Officially published:** - In spanish free on [MangaPlus](https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/200028) - In french by [Ki-oon](http://www.ki-oon.com/mangas/tomes-1187-heart-gear.html) - Alt. Official English: [Viz](https://www.viz.com/heart-gear)

Six transfer students transfer to a high school on the same day. After school, they gather at karaoke to talk between girls… but what they thought was a rather disturbing strategy meeting was taking place. The Yamato Liberation Front is behind the secret plan to bomb a school. In order to save the school and the country from the crisis, a special force made up of high school girls, the Duffle Coat Army, moves into action! **Cancellation:** Author Azuma Ryuukou died.

A world where runaway construction machines repeatedly expand and remodel, and buildings go on forever. Even in a world where the sun is invisible, Hinata and her friends are living cute and pop everyday lives!　 A story of the mega-structural wonderland of youthful, lazy days!

With the decline of the Galactic Empire, the Milky Way has dissolved into a confusion of warring leaders. One of the strongest of these warlords manages to defeat the imperial Asou Shuzen, and take the remaining imperial family member, the Princess Shimon, as a prisoner. Will she be able to become something more than a pawn in her captor's ambitious plans of conquest? In the meantime Ryuga Rai, a solider of Shusen Army, has become fed up with his leader after returning from a battle with only 3 surviving soldiers in his band. But all Rai's defiance gains him is a glimpse of Princess Shimon and an unwanted place in the warlord's wild daughter's bed. What will future hold for Rai and for the galaxy? --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/glc09bk88pgot7u) - [Anime on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2225)

Star Fox is the name of a 132-page series of comic pages that ran in Nintendo Power in eleven 12-page installments from February 1993 until December 1993. It is an adaptation of Star Fox for Super Nintendo, with an early expanded plot that is noticeably different from subsequent installments.

A mysterious monster called the High Beast has taken control of the regions of Eurasia and Africa. Japan has cut off from the mainland to protect itself from this threat. The daughter of a legendary mahjong player discovers that monsters attack whenever a mahjong piece is hit across the board. This allows humans to be separated from the battle and for mahjong players to effectively combat the monsters with robots controlled through mahjong moves.

Junichiro Koizumi. Prime Minister of Japan, or God of Mahjong incarnate? Watch him clash with other world titans such as George W. Bush, Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin in the one force that matters in the political world: mahjong.

A new series by mangaka Yasuo Ohtagaki. An anthology series of self contained stories with heartwarming endings.