In 1993, Osaka-area fans published five of Mizuki's stories in English in a beautifully bound limited-edition book titled "Tales of Shigeru Mizuki" and issued by Kagome-sha. The stories included: 1. Kappa (The Story of the Boy Who Met the Water Imp) 2. Gōkaku (Successful in an Examination) 3. Yamata no Orochi (The Legend of the Orochi Dragon) 4. Marui-wa-no-sekai (The World As a Round Circle) 5. Terebi-kun (TV-kid)
A compilation of 16 sci-fi short stories. Waga Big Tomorrow (My Big Tomorrow): If you ride the elevator in a particular skyscraper and get off on the 14th floor, you will find your 14-year-old self. Dissatisfied with his current life, one man starts to correct the mistakes of his past, but... Ganmen Hoseiki (Face-Correcting Machine): One day, a small package arrives in the mail. Inside is a "face-correcting machine," a watch-shaped device that, when worn, makes others appear beautiful. What will happen to the man who decides to wear it, and now views all the women around him as gorgeous?