The manga version of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. You waited in line for months to see the movie…You read the comics…You ate the fruit snacks and played with the action figures! Now make sure you don't miss the most exciting retelling of the movie of the century as Dark Horse presents Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace—Manga! Legendary manga artist Kia Asamiya (Silent Mobius and Steam Detectives) masterfully illustrates George Lucas' tale of adventure and intrigue in a book that no Star Wars fan will want to miss!
Day laborer Kazuya Shibuya is feeling frustrated with his boring, day-to-day life when a mysterious game called "Blackout" is delivered to him out of the blue. Not knowing what is going on, he starts to play the game, only to find out that what is inside surpasses anything he could have ever imagined. No one has ever managed to beat this game shrouded in mystery. Is "death" awaiting him at the end...?
In the darkness, terrible creatures of the night have started attacking people, unable to defend themselves... until it appears Jango, a young Vampire Slayer which is allied with a beautiful young and spirit of the sun to defeat the forces of darkness.
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer. (Source: VIZ Media) *Notes: \- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards. \- Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. \- Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.*
Dai lived a normal high school life in Sendai: a city of hot summer days and rainy nights. Between basketball, part time jobs, and an uncertain future, something was missing. And that thing was music. With his days in senior year running out, Dai swears a heartfelt vow: *“I’m gonna be the best jazz player in the world.”* But what do you need to be the best? Talent? Effort? A lucky break? Or maybe just a deep, pure love for music, and too much stubbornness to know when to quit. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: Nominated for the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.*
Kiyo is a brilliant junior high student whose inflated ego (and tendency to blow the grading curve) has made him a major target for teasing at school. So his father sends him a bizarre birthday present – a strange little boy named Zatch Bell – to help him make friends and reform his bad attitude. Zatch brings with him a mysterious red volume of spells, and Kiyo discovers that Zatch has magic powers that are unleashed by reading from the book! But there are more surprises to come, and Kiyo's destiny is about to change forever! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: The chapter count includes the volume-exclusive bonus chapter “The Two Queens”.*
Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return... (Source: VIZ Media) *Notes: \- Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released. \- Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)*
Totonou is a young man who stands out—partly for his bushy hair, partly for his finely honed abilities of observation and deduction. When Totonou is accused of murder, he puts his skills to work delving into the lives of the cops investigating him and uses his insights to find the real murderer. After clearing his name, all Totonou wants to do is return to his laidback, mundane life, but he can’t help but be drawn into one mystery after another. In his own blunt but gentle way, Totonou is just trying to make sense of a chaotic world. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Mai Yashiro (22) was an average office worker until the day a video game console arrived in her mailbox. The game she is forced to play, “Nightmare,” is a dangerous game in which one risks both the lives of the ones they love and their own body!! If you refuse to play, those dear to you die. If you lose battles in the game, parts of your body (your arms or legs, your voice, etc.) cease functioning. The horror of this game spreads throughout society in a flash, and, to fight it, Mai’s company creates a “Nightmare” Strategy Team. After being assigned to this team, Mai and her dependable comrades boldly rise up against this hellish game. Adapted from the super-popular novel which has received over 40,000,000 hits online!! (Source: MangaBox)
Cat Eyed Boy is a half-human, half-monster child whose mostly human appearance bans him from the demon world. He lives hidden in the shadows of the human world, hated by humans and demons alike. Wherever he goes, awful events occur as the humans and demons interact. In 11 stories of revenge and retribution full of disturbing images, Cat Eyed Boy acts as a trickster, saving the innocent and helping the wicked receive the punishment that fate metes out. (Source: VIZ Media)
The cave beckons. Deep in the rainforest of a southern resort island, where bones of forgotten soldiers abound, another corpse is nothing special. A young couple grieves the death of their young son, but the husband sets out in search of a waterfall said to bring those who see it newfound happiness. The wife is a skeptic, opposed to the trek, but "anything to start afresh," he says, so they try it. Anything... (Source: Kana)

