Third volume on the Takemiya Keiko Kessaku Series collection of one-shots: 1. **Silvester no Hoshi Kara** (ジルベスターの星から) - Betsucomi #3, 1975 2. **Manatsu no Yoru no Yume: Midnight Dream** (真夏の夜の夢ミッドナイト・ドリーム) - Betsucomi #5, 1975 3. **Heart Agemasu** (ハートあげます) - Gekkan Funny #7, 1970 4. **Hip ni Kanpai** (ヒップに乾杯) - Betsucomi #5, 1971 5. **Bravo! La Nessie** (ブラボー!ラネッシー) - Sho-Comi #41, 1973 6. **Luna no Taiyou** (ルナの太陽) - Nakayoshi #3, 1969 Compiled by Asahi Sonorama, under Sun Comics imprint.
A history of the musicians Wolfgang Rechter and Edoard Soltie. Volume 1: 1. **Hensoukyoku** (変奏曲) 2. **Camellia Yakata no San Akunin** (椿館の三悪人) 3. **Rimbaud to Verlaine no You ni** (ランボーとヴェルレーヌのように) Volume 2: 1. **Koutei Enbukyoku** (皇帝円舞曲) 2. **Vilents Monogatari** (ヴィレンツ物語) 3. **Hensoukyoku: Nino Alexis sono Tabiji** (変奏曲-ニーノ・アレクシスその旅路-) Volume 3: 1. **Andalucia Madorigal** (アンダルシア恋歌) 2. **Kanon (8P)** (カノン(8P) 3. **Kanon: Nino Alexis sono Tabiji** (カノン-ニーノ・アレクシスその旅路-) 4. **Kanon** (カノン)
1. **Tennin Karakusa** (天人唐草) Okamura Kyoko is drowning in complete psychosis, but how has she ended up like this? Her childhood wasn't hard, she swam in complete happiness... What has caused her illness? 2. **Circe (Majo)** (キルケー(魔女) 3. **Natsu no Guuwa** (夏の寓話) 4. **Akumu** (悪夢)
Nonna Petrova, a tall, sixteen-year-old ballet student in Kiev is unaware of her unique balletic brilliance. Having low self-esteem due to the unwanted comparison with her talented older sister, Nonna is “discovered” by leading ballet dancer Yuri Mironov, and, under his guidance, is led to stardom. *Notes: \- Includes the oneshot "Hello! Young Young" (ハロー!ヤング・ヤング); Ribon Comic 1969-12 \- Includes the oneshot "Eikou no Green Field" (栄光のグリーンフィールド); Ribon Comic 1970-10 \- Includes the oneshot "Miss Megane wa Otoshigoro" (ミスめがねはお年ごろ); Ribon Comic 1970-2 \- Includes the oneshot "Ashita wa Aozora" (あしたは青空); Ribon Comic 1969-7*
The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate. (Source: Wikipedia)
This one-shot is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro). The Ballad of Zatoichi: Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way. Zatoichi's Pilgrimage: After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love. (Source: Manga-Updates)
Now that Ira's older sister is getting married, who will take her to the bathroom after ten p.m. and sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" outside the bathroom door in order to protect her from the beautiful, androgynous, child-eating clown? Will marrying a closeted gay man help?
One day, an alien named Mojako, a robot named Dommo, and a boy named Sorao ran away from home and headed for outer space. An unpredictable and slapstick adventure begins! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
Hayato's city is devastated by a giant robot, his parents are killed in the massacre. The only friend left to him is his dog Jack, the only things left are mom's shoe and a picture of a man and a woman who, as his father tells him on his deathbed, are his real parents. Now Hayato wants revenge on the one who is said to have sent the robot: the terrible Ghost Ship which threatens ships and is rumored to wish to exterminate everything. (Source: Anime News Network)
A short manga version of the UFO Robo Grendizer anime. Released along the anime series, UFO Robot Grendizer follows the adventures of Duke Fleed, the Prince of Planet Fleed, whom disguised as Daisuke, a farm worker, fights against the forces that destroyed his planet, the Vegan Empire, also the creators of Grendizer that Duke stole to fight them. While not originaly considered part of the Mazinger series, Koji Kabuto and the Mazinger mechas appear in this series, making it sort of a sequel. Grendizer introduced the concept of a transformable Robot and a space Mecha, concepts that were later taken into other mecha series. It was extremely popular in Japan, Canada, France, Italy and the Arab World and has a strong following in those countries even today.
Sanpei is a young carefree boy that lives alone with his grandfather deep in the mountains. One day, when Sanpei takes a nap whilst floating down the river on a makeshift raft, he is mistaken for a Kappa and gets pulled underwater by a group of 'fellow' Kappa that are worried about him being spotted by humans, before whisking Sanpei away to the underwater Kingdom of the Kappa. Upon arrival, Sanpei is soon discovered to actually be a human and is immediately is sentenced to execution. Realizing the situation he's in, Sanpei somehow manages to convince the Kappa elders that Human civilization is much more advanced and that they could learn a great deal from the humans should they allow him to live. Unable to trust Sanpei completely, the Kappa Elder removes Sanpei's bellybutton (as this is where they believe his soul to be located) as a guarantee before sending him back to the Human world, escorted by a young Kappa "exchange student" that strikes a frightening resemblance to Sanpei. Thus begins Sanpei's adventures as he seeks to educate the Kappa, foil a persistent Death god, learn about his parents whereabouts, tackle angry Tanuki's, and lastly, win back his bellybutton!

