One day the Yakuza comes knocking on the door of the orphaned Umino siblings. The oldest brother has gone into hiding after acquiring a huge debt. Afraid for her brother, Miyuki agrees to take responsibility for the loan. The yakuza wants her to become a ho, Miyuki wants to be a tennis pro. Turns out she used to be a very promising player before her parents died. However, becoming a pro is difficult when friends are few and everybody else conspires to make Miyuki's life hell. (Source: Anime News Network)
Details the events of the manga from an investigative reporter's point of view.
Kenji was born in 1960. At that time, Japan was running toward the future. In the time of the economic growth, Japanese children saw a lot of cultural movement. Some are gone, some remain. "20th century boys" this based on that chaos. Kentaro Takekuma, who was born in the same year as Kenji, is going to reexamine the culture of that period. This is the best guidebook to understand the background of 20th Century Boys.
Wideband collection which combines the contents of Urasawa's Dancing Policeman and NASA with several other short stories.
Two manga artists are trying their best to have their work accepted by someone who appears to be their superior. However their latest work has been denied and their superior requests that they should write a manga about a drama where a man protects the peace of the world. The two get together and begin to write a manga about a boy who promises a girl protection!
This is collection of one-shots published in "Big Comic" on the 45th anniversary of the first issue. This collection has 14 stories: 1. Fukushima drive (*Moto Hagio*) 2. Shouwa Torabera Bangai-hen (*Kenichi Kitami*) 3. Kaijuu Oukoku (*Naoki Urasawa*) 4. Mouten no Venus (*Itou Junji*) 5. Hatobouru (*Hidenori Hara*) 6. Yami Tsuna Matsuri (*Daijiro Morohoshi*) 7. Last Fight (*Junichi Noujou*) 8. Sonogo no Gegege no Kakeibo (*Shigeru Mizuki*) 9. Munakata Kyouju Shirizu Susanou Saigonotatakai (*Yukinobu Hoshino*) 10. Kidou Senshi Gandam Thunderbolt Gaiden Suna Nezumi Shoun (*Yasuo Otagaki*) 11. Revenge Doll: Fukushuu Ningyou (*Rumiko Takahashi*) 12. Uta no Monku janai keredo (*Yarou Abe*) 13. Gansaku Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (*Fujihiko Hosono*) 14. Kogane no Rafu ~ Maito no Sutaetasu ~ (*Tsuyoshi Nakaima*)
Chaos ensues after Take's guitar, which belonged to his late uncle, gets stolen.
Prequel to Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl Published in an anthology of 4 stories about Jigorou and 2 other stories completely unrelated to Jigorou or Yawara.
A collection of 12 short stories published in one volume by Shogakukan in 1988. A fantasy about a middle-aged office worker who trains every day in order to become Japan's first astronaut. This work also includes other earlier short stories, such as Beta!!. (Source: Wikipedia) 1. **N・A・S・A PART1** 2. **N・A・S・A PART2** 3. **Scenario** (シナリオ) 4. **Crash Dance** (クラッシュ・ダンス) 5. **Children Children** (チルドレン・チルドレン) 6. **Return** 7. **Tsutome Hito Hashiru!!** (勤め人走る!!) 8. **Street Corner Gangs** (ストリート・コーナー・ギャングズ) 9. **BETA!!** 10. **Old Western Mama** (オールド・ウエスタン・ママ) 11. **Mighty Boy Part 1** (マイティ・ボーイ PART1) 12. **Mighty Boy Part 2** (マイティ・ボーイ PART2)
An all color volume of Keaton in his natural comfort zone: The Zoo!
A young boy in a local village tries to look for Matsutake mushrooms after some time has passed due to failure on finding any mushrooms.
A tribute manga drawn by Naoki Urasawa to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Yasuko Aoike's *Eroica yori Ai wo Komete* (*From Eroica with Love*).

