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Manga contributions to various hobby magazines during the 1980s and early 90's. The series have been bundled in a book, published by Dainippon Kaiga in 1992, and was re-published by the same publisher in 1997. **Shirarezaru Kyojin no Mattei** (The Unknown Youngest Brother of the Giants) A king of a Vulcan country orders the construction of a huge airplane. **Koutetsu no Ikuji** (The Pride of Steel) A story about the Monitor and the Merrimack, two ironclad ships of the American Civil War. **Tahoutou no Deban** (Enter the Multigun Tower) A pig creates a huge tank and kidnaps a girl. Her boyfriend comes after them, and he and the girl finally destroy the tank. Miyazaki wanted to make an anime out of this. He even said, "I want to make the tank go at full speed with 'Country Road' as BGM" (!) There was a plan to make it into an OAV, but the project never materialized. **Noufu no Me** (The Eyes of a Farmer) Based on Andre Malreaux's semi-autobiographical novel "L'Espoir", this is a story about a farmer who finds an enemy base during the Spanish Civil War. It features a Potez 540 bomber. **Ryuu no Koutetsu** (Steel of the Dragon) A story about Teien and Chinen, Chinese battelships in the China-Japan War of 1905. **Kyuushuu Joukuu no Juugousakuki** (The Heavy Bomber over Kyuushu) A story about a Chinese heavy bomber (Martin 139W) which flew to Kyuushuu in Japan to conduct a night "air raid". Instead of bombs, it dropped fliers to calling for peace. **Koushahoutou** (The Antiaircraft Guntower) A story about a huge antiaircraft guntower in Germany and the many Allied air force attempts to remove it. Q ship A story about a "Q Ship" during World War I. "Q Ship" was an English battleship which disguised itself as a civilian ship by putting sails on its radio mast to fight against German U-boats, who were fooled to take it as their easy target. **Anshoumaru Monogatari** (The story of Anshoumaru) A story about Anshoumaru, a Japanese make-shift aircraft carrier. **London Joukuu 1918 nen** (Over London, 1918) A story about the German air raid of London. **Saihin Zensen** (The Poorest Front) A story about a Japanese fishboat Kissyoumaru and her crew, who were commandeered by the Japanese Navy. **Hikoutei Jidai** (The Age of the Flying Boat) The manga "Porco Rosso" is based on. **Buta to Tora** (A pig and the Tiger) A story about Hans, a German mechanic and a Tiger tank.
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A sweet story about Haruka and Michiru from the artist of Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry-Blossom Pink. This story was printed in the doujinshi Only You (circle name: Body Talk), as well as in the anthology Colorful Moon 5.
The main character's father used to own a whole chain of hostess clubs, but his company was eventually bought out (hostile take-over) by an IT company. Upon learning the news of his company being taken over and being heavily in debt, the father had a stroke and died. This left the main character homeless and almost penniless. She decides to work at the hostess club called Diva and rise to the top to avenge her father by taking back all her father's stores. Also, their hostess clubs have shows where only the top 7~8 girls dance.
L'oiseau Bleu contains a couple of short, serious stories about Anthy and Utena, as well as drawings from several guest artists.