From Manga Updates The state of progress is one where one must look to the past in order to protect the future...but what must be done for the present? From legendary WSJ mangaka Osamu Akimoto comes a one-shot where memories are the key to understanding all: past, present and future...

A short story published in the magazine "Weekly Shonen King" in September 1974 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Tezuka Osamu's career as a mangaka. It is a semi-autobiographical manga that depicts Tezuka's main character, Tetsuro Osamu, modeled after Tezuka himself, who desperately lives his life with a passion for manga while the war intensifies day by day at the end of the Pacific War. In the postscript to the Kodansha edition of Tezuka Osamu's Complete Manga Collection, Tezuka wrote that the manga "contains a great deal of fiction", but many of the events depicted in the manga are based on his own experiences, which he also wrote about in his essays and other writings.

After defeating two hundred aliens, Ushio and Ajishima, members of the Pan-Earth Defense Police League's suicide squad, are forced to return on foot through the desert due to a vehicle explosion. Taking five aliens as prisoners.

Fourth-grade investigator Youkei is the best assassin in the universe. He visits a desolate planet far from Earth and points his gun at an old woman who lives alone in a witch's house. However, a confrontation with her reveals an unexpected past... A sci-fi version of the legend of the cannibalistic demoness Adachigahara.

The three Ezo wolf brothers Roro, Lulu, and Lili chase after their stuffed mother, but two of them die on the way.

When Shinnji Inagaki returns home, a dispute arises when he find that his older brother, who has become a prominent figure in the area, is aggressively pushing forward with land reclamation projects and airport development that are polluting the sea. The appearance of a mysterious young girl further exacerbates tensions with his brother, ultimately driving them towards a decisive confrontation.

This is a coming-of-age drama about a lonely high school boy who falls in love with a girl in a poster, and grows up troubled and hurt.

Japan is in the midst of an unprecedented microcomputer boom, where everything can be predicted by microcomputers. Yotanosuke and his good friend Ibu are predicted to be the worst match but...

Defeat—and the Allied occupation of Japan under the GHQ began. After the fall of the Shidehara Kijūrō Cabinet, Hatoyama Ichirō, who had been expected to become prime minister, was purged from public office. In May 1946, Shigeru Yoshida assumed the post of prime minister. Thus began the long-running legacy known as the “Yoshida School.” The curtain rose on a ruthless struggle between the party politicians and the Yoshida faction. A masterpiece of postwar Japanese history in ten volumes: *Shousetsu Yoshida Gakkou* the bestseller by Isamu Togawa, brought to life in dramatic manga form by gekiga master Takao Saito. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The main character, Ryuichi Sakamaki, is a boy who loves motorcycles. After losing his friends at the dastardly hands of professional rider Toru Tachibana, Ryuichi decides to go pro in order to seek revenge! 1980, Osamu Ishiwata's first serialized work for Weekly Shounen Sunday.

"Captain Atom" is a science fiction Manga whose theme is the coexistence and conflict between humans and aliens from another planet. The character "Atom" made his debut in this work. The setting is the future Earth. One day, a large number of aliens from "another Earth" descend to the Earth. This "other Earth" was exactly the same as the Earth had been in the past: it had Japan, the United States and other countries where creatures just like human beings lived. But the "other Earth" was completely destroyed by an explosion and its former inhabitants have since been wandering in space for thousands of years aboard a spaceship. At first, Earthlings welcome the aliens from the other Earth, but they soon begin to fight when the Earth is severely hit by famine. Alien hunting becomes rampant, and humans and aliens face a crisis of a full-scale war. Then comes ATom, a humanoid robot. Atom visits the spaceship alone to negotiate with the aliens. Will he succeed? (Source: tezukaosamu.net)