Forty-five of Japan’s leading manga artists illustrate Star Wars! Explore the galaxy through the beautiful artwork of 45 outstanding Japanese manga artists and illustrators, including Akira Himekawa, Kamome Shirahama, and Taiyo Matsumoto. Celebrating the universal appeal of these iconic characters and their timeless stories, this collection presents each artist’s unique tribute to the Star Wars universe and is a must-have for fans of Star Wars and manga alike!
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.*
*Where one journey ends, another begins.* The prophesied hero Yuma and his party have successfully slain the Demon King, and it’s now time for the final leg of their adventure: the return home. However, what should be a joyous occasion takes a turn when one member abruptly leaves, spurning the rewards and acclaim awaiting them. Yuma quickly realizes that although they risked their lives together to defeat a common enemy, he and his comrades are almost complete strangers. The route back to the capital becomes an opportunity to hear his companions’ life stories, and some of the things he learns will shock him to his core… (Source: Yen Press)
Akira is no ordinary kid; his father was a demon police officer, and he's following in his footsteps. Akira works for a very special police branch, where the employees are supernatural creatures and their job is to keep the peace between the supernatural society and human society. He has help from his ghost assistant Rei, his crow spirit, Haneto, and his magical possessed shoes. He's going to need all the help he can get to balance his supernatural cop activities with his fairly normal everyday school life!
As a result of the battle against the 31 Machine Primevals, the warriors of the Red Planet are flung to the The Void at end of the universe. There, they encounter J-Battler, a silver ship of the same model as J-Ark. Giant Mechanoid vs. Giant Mechanoid! Who will win this showdown of the century?! (Source: Firecross, translated)
*Started as a doujin and was later serialized on magazine Kissca and collated by Takeshobo for print release.*
Choji Sorimachi, a third-year student at Misakigaoka Junior High School, is a fastball pitcher so powerful that he is nicknamed ``Kyoji the Killer.'' His best friend, Tetsu Saionji, is a great catcher who skillfully compensates for Sorimachi's flaws in his quarrelsome nature. On the other hand, Noboru Hinata of Togo Academy is a young boy who gathers promising baseball players from junior high schools all over the country and harbors an ambition to win the Koshien Tournament for the fifth time in a row. Hinata, who has fallen in love with Sorimachi and Saionji's battery, applies to Misakigaoka Junior High School for a match. If Misakigaoka loses, the condition is that both Sorimachi and Saionji will take the entrance exam for Togo Academy High School... A baseball manga filled with the youth, friendship, setbacks, and life of baseball players!
Pairing: Masamune x Yukimura After a discussion Yukimura runs to Sasuke to tell him what happened. Sasuke says he must apologize, and the same idea runs in Masamune's mind. And all over with sweet kisses.