A collection of horror-themed short stories. Most of the stories revolve around spirits. 1) **Chibiki no Iwa** (血引きの岩); *Nemuki 2002-03* 2) **Yomi no Uzu** (黄泉の渦, The Yomi Vortex); *Nemuki 2002-11* 3) **The Hisame** (日狭女); *Nemuki 2004-01* 4) **Chigaeshi-no-Tama** (血反玉); *Nemuki 2004-09* 5) **Marebito no Kamen** (マレビトの仮面, The Marebito Mask); *Horror M 1995-03* 6) **Tsuchi no Onna** (土の女, The Earthen Woman); *Comic Tom 1993-01*

The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate. (Source: Wikipedia)

This one-shot is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro). The Ballad of Zatoichi: Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way. Zatoichi's Pilgrimage: After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love. (Source: Manga-Updates)

1. **Tennin Karakusa** (天人唐草) Okamura Kyoko is drowning in complete psychosis, but how has she ended up like this? Her childhood wasn't hard, she swam in complete happiness... What has caused her illness? 2. **Circe (Majo)** (キルケー(魔女) 3. **Natsu no Guuwa** (夏の寓話) 4. **Akumu** (悪夢)

Nonna Petrova, a tall, sixteen-year-old ballet student in Kiev is unaware of her unique balletic brilliance. Having low self-esteem due to the unwanted comparison with her talented older sister, Nonna is “discovered” by leading ballet dancer Yuri Mironov, and, under his guidance, is led to stardom. *Notes: \- Includes the oneshot "Hello! Young Young" (ハロー！ヤング・ヤング); Ribon Comic 1969-12 \- Includes the oneshot "Eikou no Green Field" (栄光のグリーンフィールド); Ribon Comic 1970-10 \- Includes the oneshot "Miss Megane wa Otoshigoro" (ミスめがねはお年ごろ); Ribon Comic 1970-2 \- Includes the oneshot "Ashita wa Aozora" (あしたは青空); Ribon Comic 1969-7*

This is the second iteration of the Mugen Shinshi franchise and is generally referred to as Mugen Shinshi Bouken Katsugeki-hen. *Note: In 2007, volume 1 of Shinsouban Mugen Gaiden clarified the different versions of the story and iterations of the protagonist, Mamiya Mugen. This series was designated "Shounen tantei B version."*

Now that Ira's older sister is getting married, who will take her to the bathroom after ten p.m. and sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" outside the bathroom door in order to protect her from the beautiful, androgynous, child-eating clown? Will marrying a closeted gay man help?

One day, an alien named Mojako, a robot named Dommo, and a boy named Sorao ran away from home and headed for outer space. An unpredictable and slapstick adventure begins! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Hayato's city is devastated by a giant robot, his parents are killed in the massacre. The only friend left to him is his dog Jack, the only things left are mom's shoe and a picture of a man and a woman who, as his father tells him on his deathbed, are his real parents. Now Hayato wants revenge on the one who is said to have sent the robot: the terrible Ghost Ship which threatens ships and is rumored to wish to exterminate everything. (Source: Anime News Network)

A short manga version of the UFO Robo Grendizer anime. Released along the anime series, UFO Robot Grendizer follows the adventures of Duke Fleed, the Prince of Planet Fleed, whom disguised as Daisuke, a farm worker, fights against the forces that destroyed his planet, the Vegan Empire, also the creators of Grendizer that Duke stole to fight them. While not originaly considered part of the Mazinger series, Koji Kabuto and the Mazinger mechas appear in this series, making it sort of a sequel. Grendizer introduced the concept of a transformable Robot and a space Mecha, concepts that were later taken into other mecha series. It was extremely popular in Japan, Canada, France, Italy and the Arab World and has a strong following in those countries even today.