*Note: Winner of the 31st Shogakukan Manga Award.*
Passion and a dream of sake. Natsuko, the daughter of a sake brewery, fights for her dream of brewing the best sake in Japan using the legendary rice Tatsunishiki. (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Natsu married Saeki Shuzo, a Sake brewer, at the young age of 18 in Showa 3. He suffers from a difficult relationship with Kikue, the son of his brother-in-law, and the strict brewery tradition. Meanwhile, Natsu began to become interested in brewing sake.
After having vivid daydreams of a barren and far off world, a teenage delinquent finds himself transported to this world after a near fatal accident.
Claude Buttermaker, a third-generation Japanese American, moves to Matsue in order to rebuild his ancestors' sake brewery. (Source: Wikipedia, translated)
1966. A story based on real life events. The Sanrizuka Struggle, told from the perspective of the peasants fighting for their land.
Shouta, a man in his late 20s, works at a nursery school and tries his best to make the children laugh and smile. However, the children seem to have a hard time paying attention to his comedic storytelling. One night, he goes to a storytelling theater and ends up getting some useful advice from a woman who performed in the show. Afterward, he re-tells his comedic story in a way that is extremely well accepted by the laughing children and he decides that performing storytelling is what he wants to do with his life. Soon, he begins to take steps to make this dream a reality.
The story tells about Hiroshi Shiba, a car racer who is mortally wounded on a laboratory accident, but restored to life by his father, Professor Shiba, a talented scientist/archeologist, who is incidentally investigating the relics of the ancient Yamatai Kingdom. The professor discovers a tiny bronze bell with sorcerous powers, and shortly afterwards he is murdered by the henchmen of Queen Himika, the ruler of the Yamatai (sometimes translated as Jamatai) Kingdom, who wants to seize the ancient bell and its power.
This book contains 23 stories from the final year of an era dominated by one-shot manga, the year 1983! Experience series from acclaimed manga artists that were originally featured in magazines like Shonen Jump, Shonen Sunday, Shonen Magazine, and Shonen Champion. The book also features columns on Shonen Sunday and a look back at pop culture in 1983. 1. **Uchuu Kara no Otoshidama** (宇宙からのおとし玉) \[Fujiko F Fujio\] 2. **Yoru no Kuufukusha-tachi** ( 夜の空腹者たち) \[Naoki Urasawa\] 3. **Boku to Furio to Koutei de** (ぼくとフリオと校庭で) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 4. **Warau Mokuteki** (笑う標的) \[Rumiko Takahashi\] 5. **POCKY** \[Hisashi Eguchi\] 6. **Arisa☆Arisa** (ありさ☆ありさ) \[Fujihiko Hosono\] 7. **1, 2, Step!** (1・2・ステップ!) \[Hideo Aya\] 8. **Umi Monogatari** (海ものがたり) \[Ayumi Tachihara\] 9. **Hashire! Biitoruzu** (走れ!びーとるず) \[Akira Oze\] 10. **Nanpa-chan (Part 1)** (ナンパちゃん(Part1)) \[Satosumi Takaguchi\] 11. **I Am U-tousei** (アイアムU等生) \[Youji Fukuyama\] 12. **Adauchi Miko-chan** (仇討ちミコちゃん) \[Tatsuhiko Yamagami\] 13. **Tabun The Gigolo** (多分・ザ・ジゴロ) \[Yoshinori Kobayashi\] 14. **Super Kanbee** (すーぱー勘兵衛) \[Yuu Koyama\] 15. **Yuusei Kara no Bishoujo X** (遊星からの美少女X) \[Miki Tori\] 16. **Sleeping Beauty** \[Keiko Fukuyama\] 17. **Solar Sniper** (ソーラー・スナイパー) \[Yuki Hijiri\] 18. **Kakashitei** (案山子亭) \[Yousuke Takahashi\] 19. **Zenkai Jitterbug!!** (全開ジルバ!!) \[Masahiro Shibata\] 20. **Ryouma wa Kaze** (竜馬は風) \[Kei Tsukasa\] 21. **Kaere Ringu e!** (かえれリングへ!) \[Ryouji Ryuusaki\] 22. **CITY HUNTER -XYZ-** (シティハンター-XYZ-) \[Tsukasa Houjo\] 23. **Hanatare Joudo** (はなたれ浄土) \[Osamu Tezuka\]

