**Bang** A shot goes off in the night. Scientist Ryohei Jagata is shot dead by an unknown assailant in his home. The assailant then steals a precious, and mysterious, stone hidden in Jagata's eye socket. He then makes his escape, but not before alerting Jagata's butler, Hanawa and Mimio. Mimio and Hanawa investigate what happened before running into the famous detective Shunsaku Ban, Mr. Mustachio. Mustachio overheard the gunshot as he was close by when it happened. After inquiring into why Jagata may have been targeted, Mimio brings Mustachio to the lab where he was born. Who is the assailant, what are his intentions, and what is the true nature of the mysterious stone? Tezuka's famous SF work, filled with Adventure, Mystery, and Tragedy! Part of the famous "World Trilogy" consisting of this work, "Nextworld", and "Metropolis". "Lost World" possesses 5 different versions. The most famous one, this version, is the fourth. The Private Edition, which is also on MangaDex, is the very first version. --- **Volume 130 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

After being incarcerated in a youth corrections facility, Saki Asamiya is recruited by a detective named Jin which convinces her that the government could provide clemency for her mother on death row. He trains her to be an undercover youth detective, infiltrating several high schools in Japan to investigate cases of crime, corruption and terrorism: it's the birth of a high school student legend. --- **Note:** Volume count based on the bunkoban.

Sequel to *xxxHolic*. A new story begins with Watanuki and Yuuko, while guests' wishes are granted.

On the 15th of October 1990, World War III breaks out. It only lasts for 40 minutes, but industrial establishments were nearly wiped out by the 1000 megatons of nuclear weapons used in the war. The Earth was then cloaked by in a nuclear winter which lasted for 6 months, and all the grain plants died. Each government fell into anarchy and transport and communication networks could not be restored easily. Soon, declarations of state establishment from the citizens in various areas came one after another, and America was split into 6 parts, adding other unapproved small states, it was divided into more than 20 countries. The story is set in 2021, 31 years after World War III. Filicia Epstein, a bionics genius, came to Sabano and Sergent Mutou was ordered to protect her. Searching for her only brother, Lyon, Filicia encountered with 1019, a cybernoid, who directed them to the phantom city, OZ, which is a shelter created by Lyon. As the story unfolds, they gradually realised what 'OZ' actually was… Very loosely based on some parts of *The Wizard of Oz*. Two OVAs were made. --- - **Won the 24th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1993**

In the 22nd century, Prof. Kagami creates a time machine. Due to an incident, however, he leaves his only son in 19th century Tokyo. His son is taken in by a pickpocket named Konnyaku no Oden, who names him Komasuke. Komasuke's parents locate him, but realizing the futility in separating him from Oden, decide to return to the future - but leave behind a book describing a future world... --- **Volume 51 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

From Del Rey: Little witch-girls Chocolat and Vanilla are best friends, but only one of them can be Queen of the Magic World. To determine who deserves the title, they must go to the Human World and enter a strange competition. Whoever attracts the most human boys wins! The girls had planned to be best friends forever, but both of them want to be Queen. Will their rivalry ruin their friendship? --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Children in 2005**

The angel Alexiel loved God, but she rebelled against Heaven when she saw how disgracefully the other angels were behaving. She was finally captured, and as punishment sent to Earth to live an endless series of tragic lives. She now inhabits the body of Setsuna Mudo, a troubled teen in love with his sister Sara. Setsuna's misery mirrors the chaos among the angels, and their combined passions threaten to destroy both Heaven and Earth.

Rina is always busy studying and working to support herself. After the depressing news that she again lost first place in the school rankings to Julius, an expressionless guy who is her archrival, Rina finds Milch, a little fairy girl. Later, she meets Sylvie, a Fairyland knight who has come to rescue Milch.

Sakura is the princess of Clow - and possessor of a mysterious, misunderstood power that promises to change the world. Syaoran is her childhood friend and leader of the archaeological dig that took his father's life. They reside in an alternate reality where whatever you least expect can happen - and does. When Sakura ventures to the dig site to declare her love for Syaoran, a puzzling symbol is uncovered - which triggers a remarkable quest. Now Syaoran embarks upon a desperate journey through other worlds - all in the name of saving Sakura.

Genghis Khan was the greatest hero in human history. This story illustrates the miraculous events in the breathtakingly vibrant life of this man who tore across the steppes, awash in turmoil and war, as the ruler of his people! This is an authentic historical novel depicting Genghis Khan's sweeping military rule from his childhood onward!

This is a no-holds-barred story about an ex-biker gang leader turned cop, Kenji Date. Operating under the nickname Hyena, Date rubs pretty much everybody within the police force the wrong way as he goes about his business ridding the city of all its scum. Bad Police also contains two separate short stories at the end of the volume: **Bomber** The Chinese leader, Deng Xiaoping, had promised to rid Hong Kong of its criminal organizations. One of the places they migrated to was Japan. Kamon Shou is a delinquent who just got released from Youth Detention after spending two years there and is about to feel first-hand the effect the Hong Kong mob has on Japan. **Artemis** Ginko is a detective working for the famed Holmes Detective Agency, an agency that takes on the most dangerous of jobs: ones that even the police wouldn't even think about doing. She gets hired by Ms. Nancy to retrieve her seven year-old son, Tom. Tom was taken away by her father-in-law's mafia organization in hopes of cultivating Tom to become the next leader.

Yasuda Ippei is the heir to the wealthy Yasuda Family, and a bright and talented student who is admired by all. On his 18th birthday, he is sent on a year-long journey in which he is guaranteed complete and utter freedom. However, unless he returns by the end of the year with a bride the entire family approves of, he will be disinherited.

The Battle for Cephiro has Begun! One year ago the Magic Knights came to Cephiro to free its leader, the Pillar, from a life of solitude. In doing so they left the kingdom without a leader or a source of power and now the realm is about to fall. Three neighboring countries have come to Cephiro to claim it as their own. The first country, Autozam, is a world of machines whose warriors fight with giant mechs. The second country, Chizeta, is an Arabian paradise where twin sisters summon mighty Djinns. The third country is Fahren, land of magic and mysticism ruled by a childlike empress. Each has its reasons for attacking Cephiro, and each will stop at nothing until it is victorious. Hikaru, Umi and Fuu never expected to return to the magical kingdom, but after a reunion at Tokyo Tower, that's just what they do. Now they find their knightly abilities restored and their old friends waiting for them. No one knows who summoned the Magic Knights this time, but their arrival is perfectly timed. Can the invaders be stopped before Cephiro is torn apart?

Koji Sunami and Jo Daigo are childhood friends, who together take the exam to get into the prestigious Milky Way Academy. However, Koji passes and Daigo fails. A mysterious man offers Daigo a place in the academy and a high-ranking position, but only if he kills Koji. He accepts, but Koji is helped by a mysterious girl and is revived. He returns ten years later to find Daigo in great power, and is sent by him to the prison planet Chaos. --- **Volumes 131-133 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Yuri, a modern day teenager who had just received her first kiss, is suddenly whisked away to ancient Anatolia, where an evil queen needs her for a blood sacrifice. Thankfully the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuri from the queen's grasp. For now. Kail promises to send Yuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing interest in each other, keep those plans delayed. **Winner of 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for Shōjo** Note: Final 28th volume contains a side story called Orontes Renka, set in the same historical period. The Hittite empire is about to become an Egyptian territory through marriage between the Hittite princess and the Egyptian king. A traveler from Egypt, Maripas, visits Anatolia at that time but gets robbed of all his belongings while playing good samaritan. He's thankfully offered shelter by an unusually well-educated Hittite woman named Yuri. But this seemingly innocent meeting soon turns into a thrilling romantic adventure – cases of mistaken identity and runaway royals are about to complicate international relations!

In a world that has become 70% harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the International Peace Keeping Forces, a team of super-powered global security guardians, have a growing crisis on their hands. No. 5, one of their own and known within the council as their top marksman, has left his post and gone rogue. It's up to the other guardians to track him down–but he and his mysterious companion Matroshka won't go down without a fight.

Princess Rosely’s fate was sealed when she first picked up a sword trying to kill an evil wizard. Little did she know the legendary Lucilys, Sword of Light, had chosen her to be its heiress. That also meant her peaceful life in the castle of Altodias would no longer be the same. Soon, the young princess encounters the pain of losing all the people that she loved, and being separated from her twin brother Rolant, the heir of Silvan, the Sword of the Moon. Rosely would have been even dead floating in a cold river if she had not been saved by a handsome green-eyed king of the Alf. Growing up as his foster daughter in Alfheim, Rosely learns magic and martial arts from the Alf, only waiting for the day she can avenge for her lost country. Will she be able to fulfill her will? What does the fatal sword Lucilys have in store for her? Will resentment drive her into insanity? Who was the one behind all her misfortunes? And who could have been the chosen owner of Soles - Sword of Sunshine, the third one in three ancient magic swords? This fantastic tale will make you want to believe in fairies again!

(from DMP): Three extraterrestrials are on a mission to see if Earth is qualified to be part of the Galactic Control which is an order where only certain planets can be part of. If Earth isn't qualified then the planet will be destroyed. To progress in their mission, the three beings abduct three earth animals as disguises for themselves. With their extraordinary powers they already have, they were best known as the Wonder 3. Sentai can be translated to "task force" and a lot of Japanese anime/manga/live action shows are generally aimed at children with the main characters as protectors of Earth where they can transform and gain superpowers. Ever seen Power Rangers? That's a Super Sentai series. Wonder 3 takes place in an alternate Earth in the year 196X and the world is overrun with war and violence. The Galactic Federation consisting of all the advanced species of the universe convene to decide the future of Earth, but due to a lack of information they decide to send an elite team, Wonder 3, to observe human species for one year and determine whether or not humans are worthy of saving. Upon landing on Earth, the three members of Wonder 3 - Bokko, Nokko, and Pukko - disguise themselves as animals and come across the two Hoshi brothers who defend humanity in their own way. With a time limit of one year, what can Wonder 3 learn from the Hoshi brothers about life on Earth? [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/wonder-3?variant=2555048656917) --- **Volumes 139-141 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

On his way home from school, the shy young boy Tecchin finds the body of a young girl lying in the street. He alerts the police, only to come back to find she has been replaced with a life-sized doll. Tecchin takes the doll home and repairs it. She comes to life and tells him that they are both Grand Dolls, alien beings bent on world domination.

(from mangaupdates): Tezuka himself is a main character in this volume, a mangaka who finds himself in a science fiction story about robots and transforming creatures. This is an adaptation of the tokusatsu series Thunder Mask. --- **Volume 270 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A tale of love in all forms: pure like a child's, twisted like that of a scorned lonely woman, and multi-faceted in between. Kurt, the prince of a faraway kingdom, leaves home to find a way to heal his petrified goddess-mother. Battling numerous monsters, overcoming challenges set forth by Medusa's apostles, and helping other people all seem so heavy for a ten-year-old boy. But never fear, he's not alone. His youngest aunt, a goddess from heaven, his girlfriend collected along the way, his-not-quite-adversary, not-quite-friend, mysterious dark apostle and various others are with him. All are drawn in by his charisma, his will, and his purity. Let's join Kurt, to travel to far, far away lands, to meet interesting people, monsters, gods, and goddesses…and then to kick their asses. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.

A sequel to Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, with ties to xxxHOLiC Rei and other CLAMP works.

The story begins with a scientist, Dr. Yorkshire Bell, noting that dinosaurs flourished and became extinct when they advanced beyond their ability to adapt to change. Giant mammals, such as the saber-toothed tiger and the mammoth, came and went the same way… --- **Volume 44 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A Japanese girl is sold off to a South American business tycoon who takes her away to this foreign land. Here, he seduces her and the two slowly fall into a love trap. But while this occurs, another force interrupts the two’s love-web. A revolution and rebellion starts to take away, separating the two.