64Originally created by Neil Gaiman. About couple of dead kids who end up running a detective agency. From the American Library Association: Ghosts Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland, introduced in Neil Gaiman's fourth Sandman opus, Season of Mists (1994), and featured in Thompson's At Death's Door (2003), are still avoiding Death and still finding time to run their own detective agency. Their latest case brings them stateside to a girls' boarding school in Chicago. While undercover, they work their way through the clues to find an absent classmate. They and their new friends at the school suspect the worst, and the teachers' mysterious attitude about the missing girl isn't helping. Thompson's cute art, distinctive while remaining within traditional manga-anime conventions, fits a story full of well-written over-the-top screwball comedy and featuring cameo appearances by Death and the Sandman. Sandman series fans may be a little disappointed (it's too cute), but manga mavens will be in heaven.
From the Back: In Rising Stars of Manga: United Kingdom and Ireland, Tokyopop has awarded 9 aspiring artists and writers a unique opportunity to be published and receive a well-deserved jump start on their creative careers. This talented assortment of brilliant, ingenious, and unpredictable creators was chosen from hundreds of entries during the international talent competitions. So what is the secret to becoming the world's next top manga-ka? The answer is in your hands!
Official English: [INKR](https://inkr.com/title/115) From TokyoPop (based on volume 1): Meet Sama, a 10-year-old boy who is so sad that tears have literally stained his cheeks. Sama's father has had a heart attack...and doctors give him a month to live. With his teddy bear in tow, Sama crawls under his bed and finds a magical portal to a strange realm called Undertown. What is this dark new world? To find out, Sama begins a journey through the depths of Undertown...where he searches for The Sugar Stone, a magical object that might be able to save his dad!
From Tokyopop: Gigantic and imposing, the Warmongers are the most feared force in the galaxy. Their dark, metallic exteriors reflect absolute terror. And with their latest creation - The Ghost of Destruction - the most wicked of weapons has been unleashed! In a whirlwind of annihilation, The Ghost levels entire planets. One by one, worlds are crumbling... except the remote planet Hub. Enter Snow, a young refugee with a scarred face. Arriving on the desolate Hub, Snow tries to forget his painful past... but soon discovers Hub has its own dangers... **Note**: A finalist in Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition, Morgan Luthi has crafted a Sci-Fi epic filled with love, destruction, space pirates... and really, really big robots!
Christophe wants nothing more than to be a simple country priest. When he refuses to sleep with a corrupt Cardinal, he's forced to work in the same manor as the man who almost tempted him away from the cloth when they were younger. Alain was Christophe's true love, but Christophe chose to join the priesthood rather than be with him. Alain bitterly remembers Christophe's rejection. He accepts the Cardinal's assignment: destroy Christophe's career with a scandal. Will his cruel conviction hold once Alain learns how devastated Christophe was to have to deny his feelings for him?
From Seven Seas: A young woman named Willow awakens to find herself on a mystical world with no memories of her former life. She soon discovers that not only are the residents of this world fantastical creatures of ancient lore, but the planet itself is alive and conscious... and in grave danger! Caught in the middle of a terrible struggle, Willow must come to terms with a harsh reality not of her choosing. Available online as a webcomic and in print.
Official English: [INKR](https://inkr.com/title/25) From TokyoPop: Meet up-and-coming pop diva Tina Young, as she pursues an almost maniacal quest for fame in the stranger-than-fiction world of entertainment! Tina's a true force of nature, and while she may not always hit the right notes in her personal and professional life, her heart's always (well, *usually*) in the right place. Luckily for Tina, her hapless assistant Shaquille has always got her back! And she'll need that kind of support, what with the likes of sultry songstress Bit Fencer climbing the charts, and the shadowy music corporation A Few Notes wanting a piece of all the action... So watch out Britney! Step aside Jessica! Outta the way Beyonce! There's a new pop diva in town! The thing is, her biggest adversary might just be... herself! **Note**: Appeared in Rising Stars of Manga as "Pop Star".
Official English: [INKR](https://inkr.com/title/89) From Tokyopop: As America's newest and most popular sport, Rhysmyth features one-on-one dance battles atop a hi-tech glass court grid. When the music hits, you and your opponent dance across a digital minefield for the glory of being the fastest, most accurate and stylish Rhysmyther. In steps, high school student Elena looking for a little something extra to beef up her college apps--without any success. Things can't get any worse when the same clumsiness that gets her permanently banned from the gymnastics team sends her face-first down a flight of stairs into an opportunity of a lifetime. Now Elena is thrusted into the fast-paced world of Rhysmyth, where getting your groove on can lead to rivalry and romance!
SYNOPSIS: Deacon, a prototype android soldier, was ordered by his corporate masters to eliminate a team of scientists who knew too much and he has failed spectacularly. Not only did he let one of his targets live -- 19-year-old human outcast, Jeff Linnell -- he attacked the team sent to retrieve him. Now the Corporation demands answers and they have employed the brilliant and ruthless robopsychologist Clarice Maven to get them. Deacon seems desperate to conceal the shocking events that took place on Da Vinci 4, but what chance does he have fighting an adversary who can control his every move?
Defiance sets up the idea that when there was a war in heaven and Lucifer and his allies were cast out the place they ended up wasn't empty. Rather hell was already populated, at the time Lord Syrus surrendered his domain to Lucifer. But with time he has been fighting a covert action to reclaim his lands, and with Defiance we are preparing for the escalation of that action with the battle field likely to be the near future earth depicted here. An exit from hell into New York, guarded by agents from both sides - the point through which a secret agent will come through, a messenger and catalyst. The art team for Defiance has produced some striking work and it is that which makes Defiance particularly eye catching. The plot seems reasonable as a base to work from, though in some ways the ideas have certain familiarity. With that the title could go either way, though certainly the writing of the first issue sets it up with enough potential that I am curious enough to see how this first act of the overall three sections develops. Taken from comicoo.com
Nadya must recruit her fallen comrades and form the First Squad in order to oppose the evil Baron Von Wolff, who is raised from the dead by the Nazis, and his occult army of 12th-century Crusaders. The First Squad and Crusaders engage in a spiritual battle known as the "Moment of Truth". Whoever wins the supernatural battles within the spiritual realm dictates the outcome of physical battles waged between the Red Army and the Germans. The series is drawn by a Japanese author but has never been published in Japan. The first edition was in Russian.
