Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment?... more>>

Note: Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan in 2008. <<less

A requiem for the anguished, lost, and wandering in life over 50.... more>>

With Japan entering a new era, the story centres on Shiosawa, a former manga editor for a major publisher. After going into early retirement, he now finds himself wondering about what the world of manga means to him: is it work, a form of expression, or friendship? <<less

The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides them with a means of escape from their boring everyday lives.... more>>

In 2016 won the "Shogakukan Manga Awards" in the category "Best manga of the year". <<less

This dark and intense drama is set in a boy's high school where Kujo becomes the official leader of a gang. Kujo must constantly defend... more>> his position by playing a dangerous rooftop game with the other boys vying for his position. This manga has also been made into a film which has shown in various festivals throughout the world. <<less

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Early on New Year's morning, the ronin Senou Souichirou appears in Edo's Katagi tenements. Initially, the inhabitants regard him with fear and suspicion: Kankichi, the carpenter's son, thinks he may not be human; the neighborhood cats remark that he reeks of blood. But soon Souichirou pawns his sword, and, with a bamboo replica at his waist, settles down to a quiet life as the neighborhood school-teacher. Months pass, and all appears to be well. But trouble will not leave the Katagi tenements alone.... more>>

Note: Won the Grand Prize at 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011. <<less

Four Seasons Award Fall 87 runner up.

Ping pong. Table tennis. Fast, furious. You might have seen it - even played it - but never anything like this! The action is centered around Tsukimoto ('Smile' and Hoshino ('Peko'; childhood friends who have been playing the sport ever since they were elementary students. ... more>>

Tsukimoto - the impassive, bespectacled, seemingly-emotionless boy described as a robot by everyone who knows him, plays "to kill time". Hoshino, the passionate, out-going, charismatic 'hero' who Tsukimoto idolized during their childhood, plays because he "loves ping pong and hates to lose".

How will the cold, cruel world of competitive sports treat these two who are so different? And what will happen upon their inevitable meeting as contenders for the High School Men's Singles Trophy?

Adapted to a by SORI in 2002. <<less

The manga will tell stories of those without names buried by history. [ANN]

The story follows a family of mask-makers and their reclusive son who has completely shut himself off from the world...

Yuki Tachibana, a withdrawn third grader, is convinced that the fourth floor of his school is home to supernatural creatures that few kids (and no... more>> adults) can see and he's worried about a recent influx of new, less friendly creatures and about his ability to perceive the true shape of things waning as he gets older. Most of the other kids mock Yuki - they think he's crazy due to his strange pronouncements and peculiar actions - and, aside from the creatures he sees, his only social interactions are with the school's kindly and open-minded caretaker, a new transfer student named Makoto Suzuki who's allocated the desk next to his and an enigmatic boy named IQ who always wears a box over his head. <<less

Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school.... more>> He despises his father Hanao (who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and a kid at heart, infatuated with the sport of baseball. Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father, and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father). <<less

Book with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002.... more>>

Content:

1. Otomo Katsuhiro ・・・・・ Cover Illustration

2. Inoue Takehiko ・・・・・・　I love this game

3. Kamijo Atsushi　・・・・・・　Kaerenai ko hito (Those Who Will Never Return)

About a girl name Tchie as she reminsces the time she had with her two best friends.

4. Matsumoto Taiyou　・・・・・・　Mie ken no shounen

5.«Mizugame 3» Lust for Life ・・・・・・ Tajima Sho-u (Gorilla Kick), Obata Takeshi (Morning Kong) and Asada Hiroyuki (Utan Chop)

About a tale of a football shoes as it is used/travelled from one user to the next.

6. Illust Gallery

Araki Hirohiko

Yazawa Ai

Yamada Yoshihiro

Nishimura Shinobu

Okano Reiko

7. Kusumoto Maki　・・・・・・　Netsu

8. Yoshino Sakumi　・・・・・・　GOAL!!

9. François Boucq　・・・・・・　Sekai wa mawaru

10. Yasuhiko Yoshikazu ・・・・・・ Bateren Nanban Hei Yuuki joshou

11. penthon ・・・・・・ A fantastic dream

12. Nicolas de Crécy ・・・・・・ Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-à-Mousson

13. Frédéric Boilet ・・・・・・ 2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP

14. Nicolas de Crécy ・・・・・・ Soccer no dendou

15. Yokoyama Hiroshi ・・・・・・ Robot Battle VI

16. D[di:] ・・・・・・ Fire Star Man

17. Taniguchi Jiro ・・・・・・ Fuka

18. Emile Bravo ・・・・・・ Shinpan wa 12 hitome no senshu!

19. Max Cabanne ・・・・・・ Penalty area

20. Kuroda Iou ・・・・・・ Schweitzer

21. Terada Katsuya ・・・・・・ Box!

22. Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten ・・・・・・

23. Young Soon Yang ・・・・・・

24. Gyoubu Ippei ・・・・・・ football image visual <<less

Goshima is a boxer who has held the world championship title for years and never once lost a match - thus earning himself the nickname... more>> 'Zero'. His coach, Araki, describes him as 'a flower that blooms only within the ring'. But with his 30th birthday approaching, everyone begins to question Goshima's worth. Thus he decides to look for the ultimate opponent to give him his final match. <<less

Collection of miscellaneous short stories.

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,... more>> 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 No. 5, with his mysterious companion Matroshka, won't go down without a fight. <<less

A short oneshot about the effects of time travel on Nobita from Doraemon.

"Today Kanai-kun is absent from school.... more>>

Kanai-kun has passed away.

Who was Kanai-kun?

Was he actually here?"

A quiet story about one of the great existential questions in life. <<less