Using Tezuka's characters, the very best artists were allowed to let loose and adapt his characters into short stories.

If you become a hero and defeat the Demon King, a life of idleness awaits you...! This is what the young man Jirei believed, and he worked hard day and night to achieve his goal. However, when he found out that the heroes who defeated the Demon King were the ones who were doing all the hard work, he ran away. But the girls that Jirei had been saving on his journeys before he knew it came pouring in one after another to win his heart and body...?

These are different stories involving Devilman's world. Some are about Devilman and add to the mythology some are separate stories that don't involve Devilman but take place the same time as the events in the original Devilman manga. They are illustrated by various artists. There are some color pages in the start middle and toward the end. There are some truly amazing art and stories in these volumes. Number one is written and illustrated by Lazy Hagawari, Tatsuya Egawa, Katsuya Terada, Ken Ishikawa, Go Nagai and Shinichi Hiromoto. Number two is written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, Noriko Nagano, Go Nagai, Akihiko Takadera and Kazuko Yumeno. Number three is written and illustrated by Noburu Miyama, Miki Toro, Shinobu Kaze, Sho-u Tajima, Masaomi Kanzaki, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Iou Kuroda.

Toto is a novice hero who has finally put together the team that he'd always wanted. And he's ready to set out on a new adventure. But Toto's new party members' actual target is... his life?! (Source: Weekly Shounen Champion, translated)

Kazao is happy with his life on Mirai ("Future") Island. Sure, his parents abandoned him after he was born, leaving him to be raised at the orphanage-like facility, but his life is comfortable and has his friends, especially the lovely Eiko, the girl he loves. One night, however, he has a horrible nightmare where he sees himself die in a motorcycle accident. After that, everything changes. The next day, his parents are miraculously "found" and he is torn from his idyllic life and Eiko's side to be thrust into a world he knows only from television shows and school assignments. Dropped unceremoniously in the middle of a city with only a sketchy map for guidance, Kazao is saved from wandering aimlessly in search of his new home by the cute and forward Yuu, who turns out to be in his class at his new school as well. Despite his best efforts to accept his parents' sudden return and Yuu's friendly overtures, Kazao can't shake the feeling that things aren't quite right. Nor can he forget Eiko. Why did his parents wait sixteen years to call him back? And why is the piano the only used piece of furniture in his parents' new house? The mysteries begin to pile one atop the other as the lies fall apart in this intriguing story of future possibilities and innocent romance.

The story of perverted Hakase and his computer, named E, which is actually a young girl who resides inside it!

*This is the side story to the film Inverted Patema.* A floating ring has been passed down through Mikko's family for generations. Her grampa told her that the ring bears a promise of reuniting with lost ones who departed to the "other world." Mikko explores her world -- an endless network of tunnels -- in hopes of finding the "other world" one day...

After seeing a picture of Naotora Kusunoki as a kid, the crown prince of the Kingdom of Urunei in Southeast Asia fell in love at first sight. The only problem is that Naotora is the son of a bureaucrat in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Eager to please the prince, Naotora's father forces him to cross-dress and fly to Urunei to get married to the prince as "Nao". Once in Urunei, he unintentionally captures the hearts of the populace who see Nao as the return of Putri Harimau, the Tiger Girl of legend who had a hand in the founding of Urunei with the Dragon Prince long ago. However, there are some in Urunei who are not so happy about Nao's arrival.

One day while Shirou is delivering a secret device to his colleague, he meets Amane Mao, a super-strong girl capable of lifting cars. This device, the VITA system, is a new weapon theoretically capable of defeating ERRORs: a breed of enormous, cybernetic mutants that necessitated the use of weapons of mass destruction on Old Tokyo fourteen years ago. Suddenly, one such ERROR appears before the two and goes on a rampage. Shortly after a failed argument to convince his colleague to approve use of the VITA system simply to save civilians, his colleague is devoured by the ERROR. Faced with death, Shirou has no choice but to accede to Mao's request to activate the super-weapon and destroy the ERROR. ...and thus Shirou's eventful days as the male master of the VITA system at St. Liddel's Girls' Academy are about to begin... (Source: Edited from AnimeSigma)

2014: Akira Natsume seems to almost have a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend like his older brother did. ...But then Akira suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later a special policewoman and her android partner retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI and superweapon called EX-ARM and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. Turns out the AI is actually just Akira's brain! *Note: The chapter count is based on the original release, which split chapters 69-98 into multiple parts.*

The Hunter Cats are three sisters who work for the Hunter's guild, bounty hunters taking jobs on commission to track down criminals. Hikaru, the oldest sister and de facto leader, possesses incredible speed and agility. Akira, the middle sister, is incredibly tough and can solve any problem through brute force. Mei, the youngest sister, is a prodigy computer hacker and all-around technology wizard. Living in a city full of strange and eccentric criminals, there's no shortage of work, but there's also no shortage of crazy situations... Note: Takes place in the same continuity as Sheriff, including several returning characters, but is otherwise unrelated.

Ritsu Kaido has a boyfriend, whom she is dating just because they're both members of the popular crowd. On a summer day, she and her boyfriend were about to celebrate their one-year anniversary, her classmate Tsuzuri Yarai sees them about to kiss and intervenes......? The story is about an ordinary high school girl who falls in love with another girl who is energetic, kind, outgoing, and beautiful, too. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)