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This is the tale of Son-goku, a blonde-haired monkey in ancient China who masters witchcraft and winds up traveling with a Buddhist monk to India, and all the adventures in between. *Note: Volume 8 includes the side story "Rin Rin-chan (リンリンちゃん)"; Hitomi 1960-03~1960-09*
Real Drive is a "neo-futuristic science-fiction suspense" story is set in A.D. 2061, when a new, more secure information network called the Material Network (or "Metal") has taken over human society. However, aberrations begin to crop up as individuals chafe against the rigid system, and so-called "cyber divers" are dispatched to investigate these incidents. The main characters are the cyber driver Mari, an "intuitive girl" named Minamo, the team's head Eiichirō, the combat expert Sōta, and the android Horon.
The story starts in 13th=century Daxingfu, the capital of the Jin Dynasty, a kingdom exhausted by the Mongol invasion. Nergui, a former slave boy and a prodigy who can learn any language, lost everything in the "first air raid in history" launched by the Mongol army. Remembering the words of his best friend Bator, "If you want freedom, you must fight," Nergui vowed revenge against the Mongols. His weapon of choice is "words," and his opponent is the most powerful empire in history. A former slave boy will combine "knowledge" and "blood" in this epic historical drama! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Various short stories. That revolve around the lives of mountain climbers, and the trials and tribulations they endure to realize their dreams. *Note: Won the 6th Kodansha Manga Award for shounen in 1982.*
Hazuki Kagimura is a normal girl who is usually alone. Her relationship with her new family is not going so well, so she retreats every day to the world of stories and books. One day, after school, one of the library's bookshelves sends her to another world with a magic school, where she meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado. She finds out that girls (called "mädchen") who attend the school are selected by old fairy tales and folk stories to wield their magic, and are taught how to wield it in the school. The school has girls who are chosen by such stories as Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, Issun-bōshi, Der Freischütz, Shuten-dōji, The Little Matchstick Girl, The Gigantic Turnip, Arthurian legends, and The Ramayana. Hazuki herself is chosen by the Cinderella story. She begins her new life at the school to become a magic user, and be friends with Shizuka. (Source: Anime News Network)
An anthology by various mangaka based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's RPG Tales of Berseria.
Similar to Sanctuary, Odyssey is another story on thought-provoking political revolution. This time the theater is international, as a group of young government elites execute their secret plan to rise Japan as the economic and military superpower in the Far East. How will they carry out their objectives? Is it through a new military presence, or through Japan's economy know-how? How will the U.S. respond to Japan's new "independence," and will the political and economic figures in control of Japan now let these young elites re-shape their world?
