This is a collection of 13 short stories of virtually every format, from science fiction to historical.

Yet another two story manga, the first story about orphaned twins on the run from criminals who find themselves assisting a mad scientist intent on building a teleportation machine and the second story about a boy raised with the animals in the lands where the Incas once ruled.

This is a collection of 9 stories, anchored by the tale of a suicidal woman who is rescued by a famous actor, whom she then becomes involved with. Contents: 1. Zoukin to Houseki (The Rag and the Jewel) 2. Daisanteikoku no Houkai (The Collapse of the Third Reich) 3. Konchuu Shoujo no Hourou-ki (Diary of an Insect Shoujo's Vagabond Life) 4. Star Dust 5. Hidzu Kenbo-sen (Amnesia Date) 6. Apollo wa Naze Yotto-ka? (Why Did Apollo Get Drunk?) 7. Ware Nakinurete Shima To 8. Yabure Kabure 9. Kaidan Sekkinkan

This is the story of Taro, a judo instructor for the UN who finds himself marooned with a collection of animals after an H-Bomb test goes awry, and attempt to build a society with just himself and the animals on a supposedly deserted island.

These are the adventures of a young man named Tarou, who is an extra on the movie Ryuusei Oujo, and his daily life. There is once again a second half, which is the tale of a group of high school boys during world war II who defend their homes using kendo skills while their fathers are at war, one of whom eventually find himself in the military as well.

Two young boys who are both orphans of the war become friends under an ancient Camphor tree. Later in life, one becomes a reporter and the other a criminal and their lives intersect again and again as that tree becomes first a symbol of their strained friendship, and then their salvation…

Two stories – one about a girl from the Antarctic who has this strange habit of falling for anyone who gives her an apple, and another about a detective who is trying to have enough of an income to marry the bar girl he’s in love with. From http://www.phoenix.to/57/57-29.html Published 1957 - 1958 in the magazine Heibon. Published 1960 in volume 5 of the *Osamu Tezuka Manga Masterpiece Anthology* Published 1970 in *Tezuka Osamu Complete Works* Published 1980 in volume 84 of *Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works* Published 2008 under the title *Osamu Tezuka Manga WORLD youth Hen* Published 2008 in *Akashiya Shobo Kessakusen Series*

198X. At the brink of nuclear war, scientists around the world collaborate to create a medicine which, when drunk by children, would turn them into geniuses. The scientists succeed in having them create a World's Children's League, and eventually bring about world peace. Ozma is the patrol captain at the Children's League's Japanese HQ. Ten years prior, Ozma's father, Prof. Aoyama, discovered a new medicine, Robon-X, which when drunk with water turns organisms into a solidified state. The information becomes known to the Juda Society, who plot to conquer the world. Aoyama, afraid of his medicine being used for malicious purposes, enters solidified hibernation with his wife through drinking the medicine, and leaves the just-born Ozma behind...

Chippo-kun is an unusual kitten. He protects mice – because they raised him! The series was first serialized in 1957, then revived in 1973.

Based on the 1941 film “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” (later re-made as “Heaven Can Wait”) this is the tale of a man who is pulled from his body too soon who finds himself traveling from body to body until he can find the right one to settle in. At the beginning of the manga Tezuka constructs a movie set for the action of his manga to take place, based upon the original movie, and then lets his characters run wild.

A retired thief comes out of retirement to stop a scientist – who was his last victim – from deploying a bomb that will destroy all the air on Earth. The other tale is an anti-war parable set in World War III, about two bomber pilots who become friends after they duel with each other and both crash. Kodansha JP print version also includes the one-shot Sekai wo Horobosu Otoko, originally published at Adventure King in 1954.

From [Amazon Japan](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%89%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2-%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E5%AF%BA%E6%B2%A2-%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%8B/dp/4091857183): If you have worries about sports, this guy will solve them! This person set up an office called Meshiai in a multi-tenant building in the Shinjuku Kabukicho area. At first glance, he's a middle-aged guy who is plump and dull, but, in fact, he is the super sports doctor referred to as "Doctor Messiah," said to "solve the troubles of athlete with just words!" Reporter Aya Kawamura from a sports paper is interested in the Meshiai, so she decides to cover the athletes & activities there. In the end, is the Meshiai really an unusual swindler or a good doctor...? (This text was poorly and partially translated until I got stumped (is 飯合/Meshiai the name of his office & does it mean Meeting About Food, while sounding like Messiah Doctor?) from the description from [Amazon Japan](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%89%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2-%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E5%AF%BA%E6%B2%A2-%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%8B/dp/4091857183). Corrections followed by the removal of this note would be appreciated.)