In a world where the Fiends run rampant... Magicmaster Alus Reigin, the young prodigy that has defeated more Fiends and reclaimed more of humanity’s lost territory than anyone else alive, requests retirement from military service at age 16. But due to the twists and turns of fate surrounding his status as the No. 1 Magicmaster in the nation—the top Magicmaster out of more than 100,000—he ends up as a student at a special magical institute, hiding his identity and training his successors – a pair of beautiful Magicmaster girls! Not to mention continuing to defeat Fiends in secret... Get ready—the epic adventure of the Greatest Magicmaster Alus Reigin begins now! (Source: J-Novel)
Manga doesn't get much more noir than this. Benkei is just another expatriate Japanese arist living in the Big Apple. Or so it appears. As there "diabolical hard-boiled stories" show, surfaces aren't always what they seem. Flashbacks delve into sordid, secret past lives, and old scored, long festering, emerge without warning, asking to be settled. And Benkei's secret? Maybe it's just that he's the only artist in town who isn't having fantasies of being a hitman-for-hire. He is one.
Collection of short stories including: 1. **FLOWER**; *SF Houseki 1979/10* 2. **Kanojo no Omoide...** (彼女の想いで..., Memories); *Young Magazine 1980/11/17* 3. **Bukiyosaraba** (武器よさらば, Farewell to Weapons); *Young Magazine 1981/11/16* 4. **SOUND OF SAND**; *Kisoutengai 1979/11* 5. **ELECTRIC BIRD LAND**; *SF Adventure 1980/07* 6. **Hair**; *Young Comic 1979/02/28* 7. **That's Amazing World - Magic Pot of Aladdin**; *1981* 8. **That's Amazing World - Noah's Ark**; *1981* 9. **That's Amazing World - The Old Man and the Sea**; *1981* 10. **That's Amazing World - Knights of the Round Table**; *1981* 11. **MINER SWING**; *Manga Action Zoukan 1977/08/24* 12. **Wakusei TAKO Nendaiki** (惑星TAKO年代記, Chronicle of the Planet TAKO); *SF Adventure 1981/03* 1 13. **Wakusei TAKO Nendaiki** (惑星TAKO年代記, Chronicle of the Planet TAKO); *SF Adventure 1981/03* 2 14. **Wakusei TAKO Nendaiki: Reimei-hen** (惑星TAKO年代記「黎明編」, Chronicle of The Planet TAKO - Chapter of Dawnlight); *Takarajima 1982/02* 15. **Fire-Ball**; *Action Deluxe 1979/01/27* 1 16. **Fire-Ball**; *Action Deluxe 1979/01/27* 2
Wataru Mitani's life was as ordinary as any other until he found the new transfer student to his school battling a giant monster in his neighborhood. In search of clues to this, he finds a door to a world called Vision, a fantasy world where magic exists. When Wataru’s life starts to crumble around him, he embarks on a journey beyond the door to change the fate that has befallen his family. (Source: TOKYOPOP)
Van is the son of the greatest Zoid pilot in town, but he isn't living up to his father's reputation. He's lucky if he can even get a Zoid to move, but while being chased by a rampaging scorpion-like Zoid, Van finds himself in some old ruins. (Source: VIZ Media)
A Haji solo story, prior to the events of the TV series. In Hong Kong, a police detective named Nishitatsu Yoshi investigated a string of murders in which the victims died due to loss of blood. During the investigation, he encountered a mysterious man who may have a connection to these incidents.
An alternate retelling of the manga. It depicts most of the original characters from the anime/manga accompanied by a handful of entirely new ones, but with the same task of piloting Zearth to protect the world at the expense of their own lives. Most of the regular characters also suffered changes in their appearance and background.
The year is cosmic era 71. Outer space has been taken over by thieves and pirates, and danger lurks throughout the cool, dark depths of the galaxy. Lowe Gear, a brilliant junk-tech mechanic, discovers a top-secret Mobile Suit in the midst of space debris. This mysterious Gundam seems to have been at the top of everyone's shopping list -- and now everybody is after Lowe! Gundam SEED ASTRAY R is an out-of-this-world sci-fi epic, featuring edgy, never-before-seen stories that are set in the immensely popular Gundam SEED universe. (Source: TOKYOPOP) *Note: This entry includes the seven new chapters that were released in the electronic edition.*
芋虫 \[The Caterpillar\], is an adaptation of the 1929 Edogawa Rampo short story of the same name. The Caterpillar is a haunting psychosexual tale of Lt. Sunaga, a disfigured and limbless veteran of WWI who returns home to his young and beautiful wife. Sunaga initially is given a hero's welcome, but is quickly forgotten and shunned because of his injuries. Unable to speak or care for himself, he is completely at the mercy of his wife as she grows to loathe and toy with him.
Full of beating hearts and fluttering feelings, this anthology of girls' love stories will leave you breathless. With contributors like Canno (Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl), Sakuya Amano (Gosick), and Nio Nakatani (Bloom into You), this collection is sure to satisfy the desire for a sweet love story (or sixteen!). (Source: Yen Press) A collection of yuri one-shots by various authors. Cover illustration: Nakatani Nio **#Illustration**: Non **#Illustration**: Hiiragi Yutaka **#Illustration**: Minakata Sunao 1. **Shiawase wa Kizu no Katachi** (幸せは傷のかたち), Nakatani Nio 2. **Clean Room no Namida** (クリーンルームの涙), Nishio Shiori 3. **Ningen teki na Emotion** (人間的なエモーション), Amano Shuninta 4. **intro.** (intro.), Harumi Chihiro 5. **Mushoku to JK** (無職とJK), Canno 6. **Kamiyui** (かみゆい), Isaki Uta 7. **Hakoniwa no Alice** (箱庭のアリス), Amano Sakuya 8. **1/365 no Goshujin-sama** (1/365のご主人様), Mekimeki 9. **2 Nen to 11 Kagetsu** (2年と11か月), Kabocha 10. **GAME OVER** (GAME OVER), Tadano Kagekichi 11. **Watashi no Kawaii Kuso Onna** (私のかわいいクソ女), Kawanami Izumi 12. **Zassou Hanashi** (雑草譚), Yuikawa Kazuno 13. **Futari de Ringo wo** (二人で林檎を), Kitao Taki 14. **Usagi no Bell to Ookami-san** (うさぎのベルとオオカミさん), Itou Hachi 15. **Kimi no Jinx** (キミのジンクス), Takada Fumiko 16. **Watashi no Idol** (私のアイドル), Hirao Auri
In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of rakugo, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of Gekiga that he has spent the better part of his life developing. These slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved rakugo tale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can’t extinguish their jealousy. Tatsumi’s love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature. (Source: Drawn and Quarterly)
Continuing after the events of Shaman King Flowers, the group of "Super Stars" will join together and spin together a new legend...

