Nanako is a supergirl. She became a friend of Yotsuya and Idabashi, a genius who think all time to money and an otaku. She can fly, has super strength and she is smart and shy. The story unfolds as Nanako encounters a variety of dangerous missions and mysterious events, but her natural sunny disposition helps her through all the incidents as she solves each mystery one after the other. Grotesque and hilarious manga that became an '80 cult.
In 1989, comic artist Hideo Azuma succumbs to the pressures of deadlines and tries (unsuccessfully) to hang himself using the slope of a mountain. He leaves his family, wandering as a dumpster bum looking for scraps of food, cigarette butts or discarded alcohol. After several months he is arrested as a vagrant and returned to his home. He then repeats the cycle in 1992 this time becoming a gas pipe fitter in another town. Later, in 1998, his alcohol dependence is so bad he is forced into rehab. This book is his expression of those three periods of his life told, not in a deep or depressed way but, as befits his nature, in a buoyant and cheerful cartoon art. (Source: Ponent Mon)
An anthology of comics, based on Sakyou Komatsu's best-selling novel, *Nihon Chinbotsu* about Japan slowly sinking into the sea. The stories are mostly parodies, released in conjunction with the movie adaptation. Many stories are based on the hometowns of the authors. 1. **Kikyou** (帰郷) \[Hideo Azuma\] 2. **Chinbotsu!** (沈没!) \[Yoshitoo Asari\] 3. **Noboribetsu Chinbotsu** (登別沈没) \[Nawoki Karasawa\] 4. **Sink←→Float (Surechigai)** (Sink←→Float(スレ違い)) \[Hiroki Endo\] 5. **Tokorozawa Chinbotsu** (所沢沈没) \[Shinpei Ito\] 6. **Mitaka Cinbotsu** (三鷹沈没) \[Daisuke Nishijima\] 7. **Chibotsu Rhapsody** (沈没ラプソディー) \[Kenji Tsuruta\] 8. **Akamiso Chinbotsu!?** (赤味噌沈没!?) \[Minato Koio\] 9. **Tsuzukiyama Umi Hyoubanki** (続山海評判記) \[Kouichirou Yonemura\] 10. **Kyoto Chinbotsu** (京都沈没) \[Michio Hisauchi\] 11. **Chinbotsu Nippon** (ちんぼつニッポン) \[Tony Takezaki\] 12. **Koto Shoushitsu** (古都消失) \[Sora Wo\] 13. **Okayama Chinbotsu** (岡山沈没) \[Hisaichi Ishii\] 14. **Shiawase na Momotaro** (しあわせな桃太郎) \[Katsuya Terada\] 15. **Nippon Chinbotsu Oosoudou** (日本沈没大騒動) \[TONO\] 16. **Hatsudou! D-4 Keikaku** (発動!D-4計画) \[Gaku Miyao\] 17. **Nippon Chinbotsu Sekinin Ron** (日本沈没責任論) \[Kouichirou Yasunaga\] 18. **Manga Nippon Chinbotsu** (マンガ日本沈没) \[Shinichi Hiromoto\] 19. **Tsushima Zanryuu** (対馬残留) \[Tomohiro Kouda\] 20. **Kuninu Kuniguni Shimanu Shimajima** (国ぬ国々 島ぬ島々) \[Romanov Higa\] 21. **Nippon Chinbotsu orz Zenkoku Hen** (日本沈orz全国編) \[Miki Tori\]
Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher's long career. Contents: 1. **Ureta Hoshi** (熟れた星) \[Tezuka Osamu\] 2. **Eisei 2-ren Dokubou** (衛星2連独房) \[Matsumoto Leiji\] 3. **7P(2): H.G. Wells ni** (7P(2)―H・G・ウエルズに) \[Ishinomori Shotaro\] 4. **Captain Past** (キャプテンパースト) \[Nagai Go\] 5. **Ragini** (ラーギニー) \[Hagio Moto\] 6. **Dorothy** (ドロシー) \[Fukuyama Keiko\] 7. **Mizubito** (水人) \[Azuma Hideo\] 8. **SF Kozou no Yuurei: THE GHOST OF SF KID** (SF小僧の幽霊 THE GHOST OF SF KID) \[Tori Miki\] 9. **Heikou Wars** (並行ウォーズ) \[Yokoyama Eiji\] 10. **Ojii-chan no Shosai/Uchuu** (おじいちゃんの書斎/宇宙) \[Imai Tetsuya\] 11. **Megane wo Kai ni** (眼鏡を買いに) \[Tsunami Nayu\] 12. **Futokou** (不登校) \[Tsubana\] 13. **Mister Donuts** (ミスターどーなつ) \[Kitano Yusaku (orig. story), Nishijima Daisuke\] 14. **Mahou Shoujo Time-chan Sono 1 Onee-chan wa Kaidan wo Ochiru Yume wo Miru no ka** (魔法少女タイムちゃん その1 お姉ちゃんは階段を落ちる夢を見るのか) \[Yoshitomi Akihito\] 15. **To, Aru Hi no Boku no Himo** (と、ある日の僕のひも) \[Miyazaki Natsujikei\] 16. **Ore no Yume no Imouto** (俺の夢の妹 Sister of My Dreams) \[Coco\]
The autobiographical story follows Azuma when he is admitted into a hospital for alcoholism. The manga depicts the addicted patients, doctors, and the caring yet strict nurses that Azuma encountered in the ward. (Source: Anime News Network)
Pollon is a sweet, precocious little girl who is the daughter of the God of the Sun, Apollo. Pollon's goal in life is to grow up to become a beautiful and powerful goddess. She attempts to do good deeds and help out any way she can in order to achieve the status of godhood. Invariably, her overtures backfire and end up causing major trouble for both the gods of Olympus and their human subjects. However, Pollon's kind heart, perseverance and indomitable spirit win out in the end, as she attains the title of "Goddess of Hope." (Source: Wikipedia)
Includes: \- Mad-kun (5 chapters) \- Jean Cat (5 chapters) \- Two one shots : Amazing Mary and Fura Fura Shounen Hourouki.
After he was alcoholic, Hideo Azuma describes his life in a diary. Utsutsu Hideo Nikki is in the continuity of Disappearance Diary. He speaks about his depression, readings, food and mangaka work. All is theoretically true.

