*"Make the seller happy!"* *"Make the buyer happy!"* *"And most importantly, make society happy!"* Those are the legendary "win-win-win situation," a traditional business principle originated from merchants of Oumi. Many companies in Japan had been adopting this principle for centuries, but with the endless Heisei recession, such honest and warrior-like business is harder to find. "The Merchant King," tells an adventure of Oumi Shigemori, the mysterious, passionate merchant who's peddling around the country; Recovering the crisis, moving the clogged business--here comes the hard-boiled Heisei commerces saga that would leave your mind blown!

In the town of Lohta, a festival is thrown praising "Aaron the Wave Leader Hero" who, according to the legend passed down through the town's generations, stopped a war centuries ago by using the power of "the Tree of the World's Origin." Satoshi and Pikachu participate in a battle to decide this year's hero and after their victory, they are chosen as the "Wave Leader Hero." A grand dance party is held in the castle to celebrate the victor, but suddenly the phantom Pokemon Mew appears and takes Pikachu. Soon afterwards, the Wave Leader Pokemon "Lucario" is freed from his centuries-long seal and meets Satoshi. Satoshi must solve the various mysteries of where Pikachu is, what Mew's after, what the secret of the legend of the Wave Leader is and how it ties in with Lucario's hidden past as he makes his way to "the Tree of the World's Origin" with Lucario. (Source: Anime News Network)

After a man-made pathogen known as the K virus is accidentally released from Fieldwar Labs in the heart of Tokyo, the city is overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the hopes of saving the last-remaining survivors of this apocalypse, an organization known as Madara sends out its rookie member in a last-ditch effort to find a cure. Young Itachi must survive the zombie-ravaged streets of Tokyo while searching for the missing key that's integral to Japan's survival! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

A collection of 13 One Shots that were drawn between 1966-1972 and were published by various periodicals before being collected into one volume and published by "Horror Comics" in 1994. This collection was republished by Kadokawa books in 2007 making this rare collection of One Shots available to the general once again. The titles of each One Shot including their dates of publication are as follows: 1) Shuudensha no Onna (終電車の女) (01-03-1970) 2) Neko-Mata (猫又) (03-13-1966) 3) Hakamori Mushi (墓守虫) (07-08-1966) 4) Chitaro Kidan (血太郎奇談) (07-01-1972) 5) Daijinbutsu (大人物) (08-08-1968) 6) Ichiban-byo (一番病) (10-25-1969) 7) Atsui hi (暑い日) (04-29-1966) 8) Reigata Shujutsu (霊形手術) (04-04-1970) 9) Kogarashi (木枯らし) (02-08-1966) 10) Tengoku (天国) (10-25-1970) 11) Henraherhera (ヘンラへラへラ) (08-15-1971) 12) Kokekakiikii (コケカキイキイ) (08-01-1970) 13) Saisho no Kome (最初の米) (11-05-1967)

Written and published shortly after his 85th birthday, Mizuki Shigeru finally lets the outside world in as he shares his entire life story in the form of this wonderful manga autobiography. The book is split into 4 parts with each arc focusing on each part of his life. Part 1 deals with his childhood and his upbringing in the coastal town of Sakaiminato in Tottori prefecture. Part 2 deals with his sudden conscription at the age of 20 into the Japanese Army to assist in the imperial war effort in Asia. His enlistment sees Mizuki get assigned to the eastern Papa New Guinean village of Rabaul. Part 3 details Mizuki's return to his homeland (minus his left arm which he lost in an explosion) where he is betrothed to a local Japanese girl, and desperately tries to eke out a living by drawing and selling comic books. Part 4, the final arc, shows a current day Mizuki and how his series of comics (notably Gegege no Kitaro) become hugely successful and enable him and his family to leave in comfort. The final part also deals with Mizuki becoming a father and subsequent grandfather. The final arc actually finishes at present day (at the time of publication, that is) with even a mention of the vandalization incident that took place around the same time along the Mizuki Shigeru road where a bronze statue of Gegege no Kitaro was stolen and other of statues were vandalized.

Ninja! Samurai! Cowboys! Aliens! Amoebas! Join Japan’s favorite ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke, on this psychedelic romp across a land beyond time by the legendary manga author and Pop Art pioneer Sugiura Shigeru. In this 1969 take on the beloved ninja, the carefree young Sasuke pranks his way through a radically reimagined old Japan, opening wormholes to America’s Wild West and outer space as he goes. This wild adventure overflows with eye-popping sights: UFOs, absurd monsters, Hollywood stars, gun-toting outlaws, submarines, towering mushroom clouds, and much more. (Source: New York Review Comics) *Note: The edition licensed in English by NYR in 2024 is based on the revised edition which was first released in 1969*

The former chef of Hakodate's Goryokakutei, Kitagata Toshizou! The man who has been contracted to completely turn around a restaurant on the verge of failing! When it comes to cooking techniques, ideas, and spirit he is unrivaled! Only those that can make it through Toshizou's earth shattering training will be able to gain footing on the road to revival. Then comes in another shop...!! (Source: Media Do International/Nihonbungeisha)

Beryl Gardenant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news—he’s been appointed as a special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order! With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who’s attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he’s concerned, they clearly don’t need him anymore. Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment’s peace away from his adoring students?! *Source: J-Novel Club, Vol. 1*

Megumi is a biographical manga about Megumi Yokota's final days in her home town in Japan. On November 15 1977 she was kidnapped by North Korean Spies and was never recovered. Her fate remains unknown.

A spinoff of the “From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman” series. Deep in the remote countryside of Liberia, young Fichelle Harbeller joins the dojo of famed swordsmaster Beryl Gardinant. Burning with a fierce determination, she quickly outpaces her peers in swordsmanship. And in the midst of her training, she also discovers her newly awakened talent for magic! Thus begins the journey of a girl striving to master both blade and sorcery. *Source: Manga UP! Global*

A spinoff of the hit Square Enix novel series, “From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman.” Surena Lysrandra has finished her tutelage in Beryl Gardinant’s remote countryside dojo and strikes out on her own, working as an adventurer. Indeed, she soon rockets up the ranks, angling toward the pinnacle of the guild: Blank Rank, something only a select few across the entire world have ever achieved. In the midst of her meteoric rise, she receives a request from Logan, an aged adventurer who was once a force to be reckoned with in his prime. That request leads her to meet Nell, a young girl with adventurer aspirations of her own. Little does Surena know that this encounter will see her reach new heights. This is the tale of a journey to the very top, tracing the paths of a young girl and an adventurer chasing the example her master left for her. *Source: Manga UP! Global*

On Marvel Earth, Spider-Man joins forces with the Avengers to battle Doctor Doom in New York City, but when several civilians are killed in a building collapse as a result, Spider-Man becomes demoralized and finds himself whisked away in a strange spacecraft called the Interdimensional Train. Doctor Doom stows aboard and both find themselves in the Tokyo of the Ultraman universe! Witnessing Ultraman battle a giant Kaiju, Doom craves the Giant of Light’s power and joins forces with Alien Mefilas and his army of Kaiju from the Monster Graveyard to steal it. (Source: Tsuburaya Productions)