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One day, an old and childless bamboo cutter discovers a child inside a glowing bamboo plant. The child grows up into a beautiful lady, Kaguya Hime (Princess Kaguya) and the news of her inusual beauty spreads around... Source: MU
Hisako Komaki was able to get into her first-choice high school with the help of her college-student tutor, Hori. Now Hori has found a job and will no longer be able tutor her, which makes Hisako feel lonely....... That was when Hori asked Hisako's parents to allow him to go out with Hisako, with the premise of eventual marriage... Included Stories: 1. **Jinchouge** (沈丁花) 2. **Samui Haru** (寒い春) 3. **Ano Hito wa Ima...** (あの人は今…) 4. **Hoshikuzu no Meruhen** (星くずのメルヘン) 5. **Francesca no Shouzou** (フランチェスカの肖像) 6. **Othello!** (オセロ！)
An adaptation of *Giant Robo THE ANIMATION: Chikyuu ga Seishi Suru Hi* OVA, serialized in magazine Comic GENKi.
Grand prize winner of the Spring 2012 Afternoon Four Seasons Award.
An Old Man with a Temper Tantrum and a Painter with a Windy Tongue: An Illustrated Scroll of a Journey to Measure Japan In the Edo period, there was a man who, on the eve of his 50th birthday, gave up his successful and prestigious career to his son and plunged into the world of academia. His desire was to master the laws of motion of the earth, our home, in order to improve the calendar, an indispensable rule of life. Ino Tadataka, who measured Japan on foot and produced amazingly accurate maps during the Edo period. Then there is Kuu, a painter who lost his memory and moved into Ino's mansion. The aspirations of one individual become a huge project involving many people! A one-of-a-kind historical drama. Now, their journey begins!
A ghost girl from the medieval European era who meets two New Yorker thieves that steal the necklace she's attached to. She asks them to help her return it to its true owner so she can rest in peace and become a star in the sky. However, the rich businessman the thieves stole it from will stop at nothing to get it back.... *Note: Published in Weekly Margaret 1973 no. 41*
A collection of 3 comics (a 5 part side story by Mitsuteru Yokoyama that ran from November 1967 to March 1968 in Shogakukan Comics and two Giant Robo short stories Yokoyama made in April 1968 for Second Grade Elementary Magazine and in 1972 for Fun Kindergarten respectively) as well as interviews with cast and crews for every major Giant Robo TV and anime project up until 2005.