World War III is over, but for nomad soldier Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover, Briareos, the greatest challenge lies ahead. Not in the abandoned cities and DMZs of a post-war battlefield, but on the streets of a new "utopia." Appleseed: Hypernotes features an over eighty page Appleseed tale, plus reams of detailed information and art of the characters, machines, and weapons of Appleseed. (Source: Dark Horse)

Grimoire Alchemist is a dating sim popular among both boys and girls in Japan. The player’s rival in love, Claudia Ellington, is jokingly called the “Villainess of a Thousand Deaths.” But this alias of hers is actually no joke; she really does die a thousand times in the game! Alas, our poor little protagonist ends up filling Claudia’s shoes when she gets reincarnated in the world of Grimoire Alchemist. Determined to escape the dire fate she has in store for her, Diehard Grimoire Alchemist Fan #1 (now the reincarnated Claudia) does everything she can to avoid entering the love interests’ romance routes in an attempt to separate herself from the game’s storyline and save her own skin. Despite her best efforts, she fails spectacularly as her love for the characters and game compendium of a brain lead to her pulling off impressive feats one after another. Join her as she (much to her dismay) magnificently steals the hearts of the game’s charming love interests! *Source: Manga UP! Global*

In the not-too-distant future, our planet becomes a wasteland covered by sand -- the world is like a dry, lifeless stone. Civilization is without hope. Awesome and terrifying creatures scour the sand, searching for food and facing off against the few human survivors. Gigi is a mysterious girl with the power to see through the sand sea. Her tribe has endured against the great sand whales, but the hunt has turned dry of late and things are looking bleak. In her hardscrabble search for survival, Gigi meets a pirate Sabu on the sand sea. The future of their peoples - and the success of their quest for something to believe in - just may depend on these two ... (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Happy of Fairy Tail was summoned to another world and became a hero! And its inhabitants aren’t human … They’re animals, with ears and tails to match! Guided by a mysterious talking heart, Happy soars through the skies of this new world, helping the friends he’s making along the way, like a cute bunny, an alluring fox, and even a dog that scares him! What is this place? And will Happy ever make it back home to Natsu and the rest of Fairy Tail?! (Source: Kodansha Comic)

Chiaki has been admitted to the high school of her dreams: the prestigious boarding school Otomegawa Academy. Through an unexpected turn of events, she ends up becoming roommates with Katsuho — grandson of the academy's director, and prince of the school. On the surface Katsuho is attractive, academically brilliant, and kind, appearing to live up to his prince-like reputation. But when he's alone with Chiaki, his true, sadistic personality shines through. How will Chiaki juggle her new school life while fending off the advances of this sadistic prince? (Source: Manga Plaza)

He's from an impressive clan. His bloodline is impressive but he's not. Having been thrown out of his home, Ryosonuke lives as a sort of tradesman. After receiving a vampire doll from his sempai his split blood wakes it up and with the death of his sempai he also acquires a meat eating girl. The two girls help Ryosonuke to control the monster that lurks in his blood as different individuals come after him for various reasons. Since December 24, 2004 this series is on hiatus.

A collection of sketches, studies, and schematics, Appleseed ID is a must-have companion book for fans of the cyberpunk saga Appleseed and its legendary creator, Shirow Masamune, the manga mastermind behind such classics as Appleseed, Dominion, and Ghost in the Shell. Sit back and relax as Shirow takes you on a guided tour of one of his most beloved worlds, exploring the people, places, organizations and, of course, technology that make the universe of Appleseed the sci-fi hotspot that it is. Feel like taking a break from Shirowís examination and explanation of his creations, and of his own creative process? Then take a browse through this book's beautiful color galleries, or follow Deunan and Briareos on a high-stakes adventure with the short story "Called Game." • Shirow is well-known and critically acclaimed internationally, and is responsible for numerous classic anime/manga titles, such as Appleseed, Dominion, Ghost in the Shell, Orion, and Black Magic. • Produced in the authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. *Source: Dark Horse Comics*

Akari is an average 25-year-old office worker who harbors a secret she hides from her colleagues: she's so obsessed with the pretty-boy idol Ren-Ren that it's ruining her financially! When her lunch is stolen by a pigeon, a kind stranger offers his homemade bento in its place, and after graciously accepting, Akari tells him the reason she's so destitute. It's the first time she's revealed her secret otaku lifestyle to anyone. Of course, she assumes she'll never see this stranger again... until he shows up as the newest employee at her office! Can Akari trust him to keep her tragic and embarrassing secret from their coworkers? (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Sadako Yamamura was just a young girl, thrust from society because of her dangerous and fascinating psychic powers. It's hard to imagine, but this girl who would eventually climb out of your television set and kill you with pure fear was once a very pretty and confused girl. This is the story of Sadako before she was a dead body in the well; the story of a scary power emerging from a nervous girl. (Source: Dark Horse)

Jikkai High, with a low academic score of just nine, is a bottom-tier school where delinquents from all over the country gather, with new transfer students arriving almost every week. Our protagonist, Jou Sago, is terrible at fighting and spends his days being looked down on by everyone... but everything changes when the strongest of them all, Goku Hitomi, transfers in. (Source: MANGA Plus)

Tokyo, 2002. Tatsuaki dares to learn something novel to the most of Japanese: Beijing Opera. One day, he receives a Kouu mask from his master. Just for fun he put it on and is instantly transported back to Beijing, circa 1924! So begins Tatsuaki's adventures in the Beijing Opera House. (Source: Fifay.net)

This is the story of a teenage boy named Takeru Tachibana and his struggle to recover his sister Sayoko from a "cyborg dogfight circuit". When Takeru was 10 years old, his town was bombed during an enemy air-raid in which his parents were killed and he was mortally wounded. Sayoko, cut deep with "survivor's guilt" and a "co-dependent" inability to deal with living alone, rashly sells her brain to the Albion Corporation run by a mysterious CEO named Véltare Marçeau in order to pay for a risky surgical operation that Takeru may or may not survive. Her brain is placed in a cybernetic body, the process of which essentially eliminates the brain's memories and heightens its aggression. Her new identity is The White 13, or "The Ice Doll", and for the next five years she is placed on a dogfight circuit fighting other cyborgs in gladiator-style extravaganzas where she eventually becomes the grand champion and obtains the rank of "sirius"... The story begins shortly after Takeru has liberated his sister from the dogfight circuit only to discover that, outside the cicuit, Sayoko's brain has a "self-destruct" mechanism and that she is dying. Takeru has one week to find a way to cure his sister or return her to the circuit or she will die. Adding to the problem are the "dogged" efforts of the Albion Corporation to recover "their stolen property" as well as a cast of characters who all have their own scars of some sort...