A compilation artbook/manga anthology, by Range Murata, with contributions by various artists. The title aims to harness talents from global creative hotbeds like London, Paris and New York and create something more than the average manga artbook through collaborations with American and European creatives. Every issue will reveal the huge variety of talent the Japanese illustration and manga worlds have to offer, giving insight into their work and thought processes through various features.
A young man has a chilling dream. He is in a cold, dark hallway, gripping a knife in his hand. But when the terrors he encounters bleed into reality, nobody is safe... (Source: SiberOwl)
Just before their major debut, 26-year-old Shibakusa Tooru is fired by his bandmates. In the midst of his despair, he learns that his former classmate and favorite artist, Narahara Shigure, has committed suicide. With nowhere to turn, Tooru jumps off the balcony to follow her...or so he thought, but he suddenly finds himself transported back in time to his high school days. In order to change his terrible future, he must start over with his favorite high school girl in this school youth revenge story! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Sara Tanjuro just recently transferred to Mikagami Eruma’s elementary school and have caused a major stir among the students. Tanjuro, knicknamed Satan, has been proposing his love to the girls left and right, something the shy Eruma would never think of doing. But Satan has a secret identity. He is a member of Michaela, a group of people who combine technology and exorcism to rid the world of angels that wreak havoc in society. As member number 666, Satan is an anti-angel specialist who has disguised the school supplies as weapons. He defeats supernatural beings with ease. Now if getting girls were that easy... (Source: mangaupdates.com)
A space battle romantic comedy about a high school girl, Sakuya Igarashi, and a humanoid space battleship, Seven. One day, Sakuya finds out that she's the illegitimate daughter of a star system's royal family, and she has been targeted by bandits who want to use her for political purposes. In order to protect Sakuya, Seven is sent to her high school as an undercover bodyguard. (Source: Natalie, translated)
In the fictional Tokyo suburb of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada works as a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. One day in January, former classmate Haruhiko Gyoten appears unannounced. Back in their schooldays Gyoten was a quiet person who rarely talked. Now, Gyoten won't stop talking. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. Without giving an explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home. Tada turns down Gyoten, but Gyoten is persistent and Tada finally relents and allows him to sleep over for one night. What Tada is unaware of is that Gyoten plans to stay for more than one night. Eventually, Tada accepts Gyoten as his assistant and they become involved in various cases involving an assortment of people from different walks of life. *Chapter count includes two extras*
Story 1: Brother Tamako hates her brother. He appears to be a nice, clever and good-looking guy, but actually he has a very bad personality. This, however, does only Tamako seem to realize. If he'd disappear she'd be much more happier - or would she? Story 2: Interest Problems --
Akane Kuritani, a young live-in caregiver, arrives at a secluded mansion deep in the mountains hoping for a fresh start. Her patient, the bedridden Kiwako Miyazono, appears more like a corpse than a living person. As Akane begins her duties, she discovers that the care required is as unnatural and dangerous as it is disturbing. What starts as an ordinary job quickly spirals into a chilling psychological horror where the lines between life and death blur in an oppressively intimate and grotesque way.
Haruna is deadly scare of her childhood friend, Kyouhei. When they were young, he pulled on many mean prank on Haruna and the worse of all, he used to pushes Haruna down the pool. Kyouhei is recently had a modeling job and now everyone likes to be around him. To solves this problem, Kyouhei wants Haruna to pretend to be his girl friend.
Nico Nicolson observes and interacts with mangakas. This interview session is devoted to famed Berserk mangaka, Miura Kentaro. His art process and his relationship to fellow friends and mangaka are addressed and insight is given into the style of art material he uses.
An official 4-koma manga by various artists about the videogame, "Super Mario Sunshine", published in 2002.
On a day like any other day, Cacao (a chocolate-loving student of magic) awoke to find himself next to a mysterious girl ... made of wood?! Named Hinano, the green-haired beauty wasted no time in professing her very one-sided love to Cacao, much to his dismay. Now, in this colorful world of magic and technology, Hinano must do everything in her power to to win Cacao's love, even when hindered by a variety of obstacles including martial arts twins, bizarre teachers, and suitors after her own heart!

