Icaro is the mind-bending, fast-paced adventure of a young man, Icaro, with the ability to fly and a young woman, Yukiko, who risks her life -- and more -- to help Icaro achieve his dream. Best of all, it capitalizes on Taniguchi's ability to depict a vast and oppressive advanced science laboratory that has made Icaro its guinea pig and will use all its resources to keep him imprisoned for study. ... more>>

Icaro's fight for freedom and Yukiko's sacrifice to aid him make this one of the most inspiring manga stories as well as a pioneering collaboration between East and West with originality. <<less

In a small Nepalese shop, Makoto Fukamachi, photographer for a Japanese expedition to conquer Mt. Everest, stumbles across a camera which may well be that of George Mallory, the celebrated mountain climber who was the first to attempt conquering Everest. ... more>>

Mallory disappeared along with Andrew Irvine during the course of their ascent in 1924, without leaving any indication of whether they reached the summit or not.

So, what if it was only on their return trip that they had their fatal accident?

Note: Won a prize for excellence by the Agency for Cultural Affairs at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2001, received a nomination for Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel and Outstanding Series in 2010 and the fourth volume was nominated at the 2014 Eisner Award in the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia". <<less

Middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother’s grave. Then for reasons he can’t explain, Hiroshi is transported back in time, and discovers that he’s an 8th grader again, but with all of his adult memories intact.... more>>

Can he, or should he try to change the decisions he made before? But more importantly, can he find his way back to the present day, or is he stuck in the past? <<less

Set during the interwar period of 1925-1932: Tomoji lives in the japanese countryside while Fumiaki works as a photographer in Tokyo. One day, they meet. ... more>>

The story is inspired by real people who later founded a branch of Buddhism. <<less

A boy is taken to a nightmarish world, where he stumbles upon twisted visions of humanity's inner demons. What will his trip entail? Will he... more>> be able to return to his former self, or is his new form in the world he now inhabits irreversible? <<less

From the pages of history comes the legend of the Samurai Jubei and the book he was pledged to protect. Now that book has been... more>> stolen and Jubei must retrieve it before Japan descends into bloody civil war. <<less

Who takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet to rescue a child’s toy? To stop and observe the birds? To... more>> play in the puddles after a storm? To go down to the sea to put a shell back? The Walking Man does as he strolls at random through urban Japan – often silent, often alone – with his vivid dreams that let time stand still. <<less

KNOW THY FATHER The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's... more>> death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of well over a decade during which time he has not seen his father. But as the relatives gather for the funeral and the stories start to flow, Yoichi's childhood starts to resurface. The Spring afternoons playing on the floor of his father's barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents' divorce and a new ‘mother’. Through confidences and memories shared with those who knew him best, Yoichi rediscovers the man he had long considered an absent and rather cold father. <<less

Two linked stories, both revolving around a deadly female assassin. In Hotel Harbour View, a Japanese expatriate in Hong Kong spends his time drinking whisky, photographing a high class prostitute and waiting for death at the hands of the assassin he knows is coming for him. In Brief Encounter, a notorious Parisian assassin is himself marked for assassination and his hunter is no stranger to him.... more>>

Viz published 2 stories. <<less

Five short stories. ... more>>

- Inu wo Kau (Raising a Dog)

- Soshite Neko wo Kau (And Then, Caring for a Cat)

- Niwa no Nagame (View of the Backyard)

- Sannin no Hibi (Three People's Days)

- Yakusoku no Chi (Promised Land)

The first four stories are about the everyday life of a couple living together with their pets.The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award (examination committee special) in 1992. <<less

Through the ordinary small events of his professional and personal life, a forty-year-old man lets himself go on impromptu escapades at random along the paths that the big city offers. This vagrant impulse soon takes on the appearance of a sentimental journey, punctuated by images of the walker's youth.... more>>

Note: Extras untranslated <<less

Garouden is the story of a muscular man named Bunshichi Tanba who trained hard for five years to get his revenge on Kajiwara, the only... more>> man to have defeated him in a fight. <<less

14 pages short story which originally appeared in AERA COMIC'S "Nippon no Manga" anthology.... more>>

To get anything other than the pretty pictures out of this short story, one should have read Natsume Souseki's Sanshiro. <<less

It's the summer of 1967, where 11-year-old Ken'ichi discovers a magic mountain thanks to a salamander trapped in a museum.