The story centers around Ai, the illegitimate child of the real-life adolescent warrior Amakusa Shirou.
Ryôichi Ikegami's compilation of stories adapted from literary works by five Japanese writers: Jigokuhen (Akutagawa, Ryuunosuke), Osei Toujou (Rampo, Edogawa), Tojuro no Koi (Kikuchi, Kan), Matsukaze no Mon (Yamamoto, Shoguro), Tenshu Monogatari (Izumi, Kyoka).
Backed by a fixer who controls the political and economic circles, a high school student, Jinryu Goji, governs his school – Seiun Gakuen. In response, the school authority asks Nagare Zenjiro, a champion of Chinese martial arts who killed his father and was sentenced to a juvenile detention center, to fight Jinryu Goji. The story revolves around combats between the two. The dual develops into extensive conflicts involving high school students nationwide, and eventually leading figures in political and economic circles. The artist represented detailed movements of kung-fu, which was extremely popular at that time. The series was epochal in that is established a new genre of manga highlighted by conflicts on campus. (Source: tsoj.manga.org)
Similar to Sanctuary, Odyssey is another story on thought-provoking political revolution. This time the theater is international, as a group of young government elites execute their secret plan to rise Japan as the economic and military superpower in the Far East. How will they carry out their objectives? Is it through a new military presence, or through Japan's economy know-how? How will the U.S. respond to Japan's new "independence," and will the political and economic figures in control of Japan now let these young elites re-shape their world?
A 4-koma anthology comic of Girls und Panzer by various mangaka.
Ikegami's ramen oneshot from Big Comic Superior.
The story is set during the Allied occupation of Japan after the Second World War, and focuses on a plot to assassinate American and Allied general Douglas MacArthur.
This volume contains works from his entry for Garo in 1966 to his masterpiece "Oen no Koi" in 1972, just before his breakthrough hit Otokogumi in Shonen Sunday. His overwhelming descriptive power that blossomed in a short period of time has not lost its impact even now. The anger and anger that runs through the entire story. The imagination reaches a boiling point. The theme is forbidden dreaming. The joy of falling. An interview with the author is included at the end of the book, giving a closer look at the process of the works.
An anthology of gekiga adapted from Edogawa Ranpo's novels. Volume 1 1. **Panorama-tou Kidan** (パノラマ島奇譚) \[Kazuo Kamimura\] 2. **Jigoku Fuukei** (地獄風景) \[Jirou Kuwata\] Volume 2 3. **Hakuchuumu** (白昼夢) \[Kyuuta Ishikawa\] 4. **Ningen Isu** (人間椅子) \[Kyuuta Ishikawa\] 5. **Imomushi** (芋虫) \[Kyuuta Ishikawa\] 6. **Osei Jigoku** (お勢地獄) \[Kyuuta Ishikawa\] 7. **Oshie to Tabisuru Otoko** (押絵と旅する男) \[Kyuuta Ishikawa\] 8. **Junrei Mangekyou** (巡礼萬華鏡) \[Mori Masaki\] 9. **Osei Toujou** (お勢登場) \[Ryoichi Ikegami\] Volume 3 10. **Hakuhatsu-ki** (白髪鬼) \[Mitsuteru Yokoyama\] 11. **Yami no Kao** (闇の顔) \[Mitsuteru Yokoyama\]
