This series has various different versions. The version used by Dark Horse is outdated, the current Kadokawa Horror Bunko is more complete and higher quality. The spine-chilling influence of Japanese horror cinema has taken hold in Western audiences with hit films like The Ring that are based on Japanese films adapted from classic manga stories. And the master of horror manga is Umezu Kazuo-known as the "Stephen King of Japan," with several of his stories being adapted to film-and Dark Horse Manga is proud to bring his Scary Book horror anthology to Western readers for the first time. This first volume, Reflections, presents two feature-length tales of terror. Volumes (Kadokawa Horror Bunko) 1: 蛇 (Snakes) 2: 異形 (Oddities) 3: 狂乱 (Madness) 4: 呪縛 (Spells) 5: 執念 (Obsessions) 6: 怪物 (Creatures) 7: 闇 (Darkness) 8: 異形２(Oddities 2) 9: 影 (Shadows) 10: 顔 (Faces) 11: 猫 (Cats)

Technology has finally allowed humans to colonize Mars. People from all over the Earth have migrated to Mars and now several generations of human residents have been born and raised on the red planet. Though, it is not without stipulation. Despite such a monumental achievement, humanity's follies emerge to bring about suffering. Mars is lawless, much like the Wild West of old and despite efforts to stabilize, corruption and crime are prevalent. An ever present reminder of humanity's cruelty, Martians of what is known as "The Moro Tribe" periodically attack and kill any humans they come in contact with as revenge for the genocide committed against their people years ago. The Story begins In Hedes Town, where Mamoru(played by Rock Holmes) goes off to meet the child of a family friend Kenn who just arrived from Earth. Despite the warnings against leaving during a storm, Mamoru heads off stubbornly. On his way, Mamoru gets ambushed by the Moro Tribe before being rescued by a boy calling himself "Captain Ken" Ken proclaims himself to be the one Mamoru waited for but heads off before Mamoru could ask him anything. When Mamoru arrives home, he encounters Kenn, who is a *girl*. Confused by this, Mamoru begins to question the nature of Kenn's identity... [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/captain-ken-vol-1?variant=29427959302) --- **Volumes 25 and 26 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A mysterious being named Goa makes his intentions of dominating the Earth known to newspaper reporter Murakami and his son Mamoru. Mamoru takes a photo of Goa. Later, Mamoru acquaints himself with Magma, a self-proclaimed 'rocket man'. However, Magma was actually created to protect the Earth, and destroy Goa. --- **Volumes 186-188 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his career as low-ranking retainer to the minor daimyo Lord Matsudaira. Tezuka Ryoan, 29, a disciple of Dutch medicine, has just been accepted as a student at Teki Academy in Osaka. Each has a temper to go with his talent, and in a time of brewing upheaval the two are not slow to find trouble, which brings them together in spite of their mutual dislike. (from: MU) --- - **Won the 29th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1984** --- **Volumes 326-336 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In the not-too-distant past, the Ice Witch blanketed the world in snow, starvation and madness, leading the inhabitants to seek their salvation in fire. With that, an unusual destiny unfolds for two young orphans, Agni and Luna, blessed with the ability to regenerate. But will this ability prove to be more of a curse than a blessing? Nominee for the 2017 Manga Taisho Award.

On her way to the station to pick up Shuichi Saito, a high school student from a neighboring town, she finds Shuichi's father sitting in an alley, staring at a wall. He seemed oblivious to Kirie's greeting and continued to stare at the snail shell stuck to the wall... An out-of-this-world horror depicted by Junji Ito, the genius of new-sensation horror!

Elizaveta dreams of becoming a hero. To chase that dream, she enrolls in the Hero Training Academy and spends every day honing her swordsmanship. But her male rivals shun her for being a woman, urging her to abandon her ambition. Refusing to give up, Elizaveta presses forward—until a devastating tragedy strikes... Now stripped of everything, her journey of justice begins. (Source: Manga UP! Global)

The 6 books contains 5 horror stories related to a primary school kid named Sou. Sou has an ability to foresee supernatural events in his dream and even make changes that would eventually happen in the reality. The 5 stories are the Eroded Scissors, the Disappeared Rubber/Erased an Eraser, the Tongue of the Spider Queen, the Black Picture-book and Shadow Dead. All of the scary stories are linked by his unique experience. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.

Hyakkimaru is boy befallen and surrounded by tragedy. Before he was born, his father Daigo aspires to rule Japan and does so by making a pact with 48 majin. His side of the bargain? 48 of the body parts of his soon-to-be born son. Hyakkimaru, now a disfigured and horrid looking infant that can no longer be called human, is cast away by his family. Years later, Hyakkimaru, now a young man, makes it his life goal to hunt down the 48 majin and restore his body parts, having already gained some by the time we see him. Along this journey, he comes across a brat in danger who goes by Dororo. After being rescued, Dororo becomes a pest that Hyakkimaru can't seem to shake. With Dororo's cunning, and Hyakkimaru's wit, the two head off into a long and perilous journey. --- **Volumes 147-150 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A collection of early one-shots. 1. Hell Mother (ヘル・マザー) 2. House (ハウス) 3. Kagami yo Kagami (鏡よ鏡; Mirror Mirror) 4. Kowai Yume (こわい夢; Nightmare) 5. Fusuma (襖; Half-Open Door/Sliding Door)

The story could basically be split into two halves. The main story is about Tamai Shiina, who is an energetic middle-school teenage girl. She visits her grandparent's over the summer where she runs into a very strange creature. Shiina has had lots of strange dreams as of late and also when she was younger, and this strange creature is somewhat related to her visions. She names the small cuddly star-shaped creature, Hoshimaru. Little did she know that this cuddly creature is really part of herself. After her vacation, Shiina goes back to her home, living with her father. She runs into other children with similar creatures the following days. However, these children have developed their creatures, and they have complete control over them. They mostly use these creatures for their own destructive pleasure and not for good. There is a group of teenagers that all have these strange creatures, and they plan to basically conquer the world, creating a utopia of whatever they desire. Will they succeed? Will Shiina ever develop Hoshimaru?

Kaiki Ningyou-kan's first appearance was in Shoujo Friend Zoukan: Suspense & Horror 01/1992 This volume collect 6 horror stories by Kanako inuki, the first 4 all being about dolls. - **Playing with Dolls** - O Ningyou Asobi (お人形遊び) - **Mannequin** - (マネキン) - **Blue Eyed Marie** - Aoi me no Mari (青い目のマリー) - **Ventriloquist's Love** - Fukuwajutsushi to Koi (腹話術師と恋) - **Ritual** - Gikishi (儀式) Shoujo Friend Zoukan: Suspense & Horror 01/1991 - **I Can Fulfill Your Love Wishes** - Koi no Negai Kanaemasu (恋の願いかなえます) Shoujo Friend 06/1990

Following the life of the student newspaper reporter Emiko, these are scary stories of experiences from Miyako High School : - Ubawareta Shinzou (Stolen Heart) – The school's mystery club sees the dangerous consequences of an innocent promise concerning heart donation after death between two friends. - Kyuuketsu Men (Bloodsucking Mask) – A girl who wears a demon mask from a shrine for a bad-luck-banishing drama club party ends up unable to remove it. - Dokuga (Poison Moth) – The science club leader creates a serum to preserve dead bodies perfectly, but it may have other unpredicted side effects. - Henshitsu – A couple take shelter from a storm in a strange house with a secret that might prove to be deadly. – These stories and many more are found in the two volumes of Kyoufu. [tethysdust]

Cat-Eyed Boy is a half-human, half-monster child who mostly resembles a human, and therefore cannot live in the demon world. He lives hidden in the shadows of the human world, hated by both demons and humans. But wherever he goes, awful events occur. Humans interact with demons, but for the most part the humans that appear to act more evil than the monsters. Cat-Eyed Boy acts like Trickster, saving the innocent and helping the wicked receive the punishment that fate metes out. The stories are mostly tales of revenge and retribution for the evil acts people do. The series is broken into 11 individual stories, full of extremely grotesque and disturbing images.

“Ero-Kawai Demon Girl’s Pink Comedy Hell (H)!!!! What Awaited in Hell Was… A Torturous ‘Reward’ from a Super Cute, Lewd Gal?! After falling into Hell, the young man Makoto meets Yonoko—a sexy, cute demon girl who gets pleasure from torturing humans. Makoto is subjected to a ‘reward’ of torture, touring the famous torture spots across the Eight Great Hells over a trillion years… But when it’s revealed that Makoto is a descendant of Momotarō and that torturing him brings ultimate ecstasy, not only Yonoko but all the beautiful demon women in Hell start targeting him?!”

A series of dark, atmospheric stories that explore the twisted condition of the human soul, interconnected only by the enigmatic Orochi: a perpetually young-looking woman with mysterious abilities who takes it upon herself to observe the lives of different individuals who catch her fancy, from afar. [Now available in English from Viz Media.](https://www.viz.com/orochi)

Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987). --- - **Won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975**

Yusuuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life… by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead. --- - **Won the 39th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen**

Amidst the chaos of World War II, two Japanese soldiers hear of Zephyrus, an utterly captivating woman rumored to exist on an island in the South Pacific. The tales of this bold enchantress seducing men to their dooms are both chilling and fascinating. Over twenty years pass, and Zephyrus resurfaces in Japan, seemingly unchanged, to wield her mysterious power over men once more. The one man immune to Zephyrus' charms is simple drunkard, Gohonmatsu Seki, son of one of the wartime soldiers. Employed to spy on Zephyrus, what will Gohonmatsu uncover about her ultimate plot to create international discord and consume the world of men? What brought this woman to conspire for decades against patriarchal society -against an entire gender- and can anything be done to stop her plans? [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/swallowing-the-earth) --- **Volumes 259 and 260 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Michio Yuki has it all: looks, intelligence, a pedigree as the scion of a famous Kabuki family, a promising career at a major bank, legions of female admirers. But underneath the sheen of perfection lurks a secret with the power to shake the world to its foundations. During a boyhood excursion to one of the southern archipelagos near Okinawa, Yuki barely survived exposure to a poison gas stored at a foreign military facility. The leakage annihilated all of the island’s inhabitants but was promptly covered up by the authorities, leaving Yuki as an unacknowledged witness—one whose sense of right and wrong, however, the potent nerve agent managed to obliterate. Now, fifteen years later, Yuki is a social climber of Balzacian proportions, infiltrating the worlds of finance and politics by day while brutally murdering children and women by night—perversely using his Kabuki-honed skills as a female impersonator to pass himself off as the women he’s killed. His drive, however, will not be satiated with a promotion here and a rape there. Michio Yuki has a far more ominous objective: obtaining MW, the ultimate weapon that spared his life but robbed him of all conscience. There are only two men with any hope of stopping him: one, a brilliant public prosecutor who struggles to build a case against the psychopath; the other, a tormented Catholic priest, Iwao Garai, who shares Yuki’s past—and frequently his bed. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/mw/) --- **Volumes 301-303 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

As Mustachio and Kenichi make their way through the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, they overhear a muffled scream from a parcel carried by an old man. Ever the curious type, Private Detective Mustachio follows the old man to his home, finding out that he is a scientist, Professor Yamadano. When confronting Yamadano over the package and his intentions, Yamadano breaks his silence and reveals the discovery he made during a visit to Horseshoe Island. A discovery that has very grim implications... The final installment in Tezuka's SF "World Trilogy" filled with Conspiracy, Political Turmoil, and Hardship. --- **Volumes 45 and 46 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Young Kurumi has never received presents on her birthday. Over the years, she has also never aged and credits her longevity to the fact that she has never opened a present. Now it is her role to travel the world, bestowing gifts on others. But these presents never turn out to be what the recipients desired; there's always a dark side and a high price to pay. Author Inuki is known as "The Queen of Horror" in Japan.

A record-breaking auction price of 200 million yen. On a small, isolated island flourishing through the breeding of Koi... lies a hidden truth.

3 Stories (part 1 and 3 of chapter 1 and chapter 3) here were adapted into a movie called Bourei no Sumu Ie ~Kanako Inuki Kyoufu WORLD~ (亡霊の棲む家～犬木加奈子恐怖world～) 1. Kurayami no Onnatachi (*暗闇の女たち* Women of the Darkness) 3 stories about women living normal lives in their apartments, but eventually everything starts going wrong. 2. Gokiburi no Ie (*ゴキブリの家* The House of Cockroaches) A high-class woman with a phobia of cockroaches faces a bizarre infestation... 3. Kao no nai Onna (*顔のない女* Faceless Woman) A woman's neighbor starts trying to take her identity and eventually take over her life... 4. Jukai Kitan (*樹海奇譚* Strange Tale of the Sea of Trees) A suicidal man enters the infamous Aokigahara forest, there he finds the corpse of a beautiful woman, and decides to take photos of it... 5. Rei to Asobu na Kodomotachi!! (*霊と遊ぶな 子供たち!!* Children, Don't Play with Ghosts!! Kanako Inuki tells her own scary stories from life. Features ghost stalkers, out of body experiences and haunted apartments. 6. Akumu no Tobira (*悪夢の扉* Door of Nightmares) Two girls end up stuck in twisted fairytale-esque nightmares...