Light Speed ​​Esper is the mascot character of japanese home appliance manufacturer Toshiba. Its origins date back to 1964, when manga artist Riji Asano was assigned to design the character, which initially appeared in children's pamphlets and manuals for the company's products. Shortly after the end of the original manga and TV series, the latter got quickly re-broadcasted, while the former was rebooted by Leiji Matsumoto. After the success of this relaunch, the Matsumoto version of Esper became Toshiba's trademark mascot, who also commisioned new illustration by the artist for new products and ads. (Source: Wikipedia Japan, translated and edited)

One day, a juvenile delinquent, Eiji Razor, instinctively sensed danger and hid himself in the basement of an abandoned warehouse. When he went outside after a long rain, he saw a town taken over by the Worst, nocturnal creatures that are born from human corpses and can regenerate even after being dismembered. A dreadful virus was mixed in the rain that killed humans and turned them into Worst. While fighting off the Worst, Eiji found survivors including Taku Maejima, a young boy, Harry, an American soldier, and Tozaki, a delinquent student, and they hid in the Kasumigaseki Building as a fortress.

Unrelated to the G.I. Joe franchise (from ebookjapan): 1941 - The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, resulting in unjust discrimination against the Second-gen living in Hawaii. Joe, a second-generation Japanese American, is one of them. He is sent to a juvenile reformatory by an unreasonable policeman. As the war situation became severe, the U.S. military, worried about the shortage of soldiers, made a plan to send the Japanese-American boys in the reformatory to the front lines as soldiers! Thus, an American captain comes to Joe and his friends, and the hellish military training begins!

A Spin off of Osomatsu-kun (Or more aptly, the shorter "Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything" that was later renamed "$-Chan and Chibita", a series with a somewhat similar premise.) starring the titular Chibita. Much like in Osomatsu, chibita's familial situation as well as other factors, such as setting can change in each self contained gag story. Iyami appears from time to time as well as other Akatsuka characters, such as "Mojamoja-ojichan", whom was the protagonist of his own comic, this time appearing here twice as a sort of father figure/mentor for chibita.

A story set in the world of women's figure skating, which is currently booming. A moving drama in which the protagonist, Ryuune, started by admiring a girl's figure that she saw by chance, overcame many trials and reached the top.