Musica Nostra is a collaborative work where various mangaka draw and/ or write about music and bands that inspire them, published in the Grand Jump. It includes Urasawa's musings about guitarists and playing guitar; his traveling to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record a song with Mike Viola and Jim Keltner, the latter of which sends a picture of Urasawa's The Beatles manga to Ringo Starr, and why their performance is credited to "Monaka"; Urasawa seeing Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform at Desert Trip; his meeting with Jack Oliver and depicting how the English record executive started working at Apple Records. *Note: this manga includes written chapters and drawn chapters, and never got a total volume release. This entry includes only the manga chapters.*
A veteran of the Burma Campaign who suffers from daydreams bumps into a young woman and talks to her at a café.
The story of a gangster in search of a woman named Shadow. He meets a mysterious and anthropomorphic mutt along the way who turns out to be more than meets the eye.
Diana's holiday preparations are all but robbed of their meaning when the tragic demise of her parents sees her cast adrift into an unfamiliar reality. With no other family locally, she is taken in by her Malaysian relatives - a friendly uncle, a gentle aunt, and a stern cousin. Facing the loss of both her parents, in addition to familiarising herself with a new country and culture, how will she cope?
The story of a manga artist who is living with a strange high school girl. *Note: Includes six extra chapters.*
Note: The revised translation of "Deterrence" by "Tadano Natsu" done by "TheElusiveTaco" group is to celebrate 3 years of creator-approved translations from them!
Highly recommended by Ryoichi Ikegami! "The man, sometimes with a sharp glance, quietly gazes at us living in the present..." In downtown Tokyo just after the defeat in World War II - in a burnt-out area where the values of the war years have been shattered - demobilized soldiers, Yakuza, gamblers, drug dealers, brawlers, and Ladies of the Night are living strong. One boy watches the lives of these outlaws as they cross paths and mature... Currently serialized in COMIC MeDu, an all-encompassing webmanga platform that is open to works of any genre! The long-awaited tankobon of the new essay work by the legendary gekigaka depicting bewitchingly shining men in the postwar downtown area! (from ebookjapan) [Original Web Manga](https://comic-medu.com/wk/wasuregataki)
This full-color collection compiles more than twenty years of comics, cover art, promotional art and character designs from legendary Japanese artist Range Murata. The oversized release contains dozen gate-fold posters, and several comics from the ROBOT anthology along with renditions of each of his magazine covers. This is the most definitive collection of Murata's work so far. (Source: Denpa)
