1914. A young teacher who studied music arrives in Osaka, having declined to pursue his studies in France to work in a school for the blind and deaf-mute. He meets Issaku, a young deaf-mute who is violent due not knowing communicate. The teacher will help him and at the same time discover the complex world of silence and misunderstanding that surrounds him. (Source: Manga News)
Set in Hokkaido in the early Meiji era, the protagonist is a man who is wild and has a sword arm. He was originally an indigenous person, but he respected and interacted with Ainu Aborigines. By the way, “Shumari” is an Ainu word meaning “fox”. He came to Hokkaido to find his wife, Tae, who had fled with his opponent. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Shizuka grew up among wood works, tools and chisel. Her family has owned a carpentry business for two generations now, started by her grandfather, and now her dad. She's supposed to be the 3rd generation. Her grandfather wants her to carry on his business, but her father wants her to continue studying in a college and work in a corporate office. Shizuka, however, doesn't mind the idea of being a carpenter even though most carpenters are male.
A series of one-shots from Tezuka. 1. The tale of Tonkara valley 2. Sing Penny 3. Silk hat story 4. Ribbon Knight - Tink and the golden egg 5. Duckling with the white neck 6. The Golden Scale 7. Why mother lost her leg 8. The Devil Invites Himself to the Ball 9. Why mother lost her eyes 10. Mignon 11. The spring of crane
Follows a new character, Ren Sajima, who travels to Paris in hopes of becoming a bartender.
The story centers around Hyouma Utsugi, a son of a shogunate vassal family who received French-style military training to become an officer. In the middle of 1868's pivotal Battle of Toba-Fushimi, he encounters Shinpachirou Murata, a warrior in the opposing Satsuma faction who Hyouma once knew from his time studying abroad. (Source: Anime News Network)
The story centers on the life of Kawata Yoshio, an eccentric judge. The popularity of the series seems to stem from both the good-natured wisdom of its hero, Judge Kawata, and the glimpse it offers of Japan's judicial system as it deals with current social issues ranging from divorce to substance abuse.
The "intense gun action" story is set in the United States in the aftermath of the American Civil War. In the chaotic atmosphere of the postwar period, the northern government issues "Licenses to Kill" to bounty hunters in order for them to take out the South's remaining soldiers and outlaws. One of those bounty hunters, a female gunslinger known as "Black Tiger," faces off against dark enemies who carry fiendish weapons. (Source: Anime News Network)
Modern day Japan… a peaceful country with no violence, and surely with more than enough food and water! Having no use for their ultimate assassination technique 'Hokuto Shinken,' Kenshin and his brothers have a hard time adapting to everyday society (Just ask their neighbors!). With or without food and water, every day is a struggle to survive in the urban jungle of Tokyo…? At least there's lots of fun along the way. (Source: Silent Manga Audition)
Tezuka Osamu the best is a collection of stories written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. The majority of these stories were published in the 1970s, particularly through the magazines Weekly Shounen Jump and Weekly Shounen Sunday, although the 1950s and 1980s are also represented.
Eleventh and special volume of the Yomawari Sensei series.
