In the post-World War II, the little Shouko is left to herself after the tragic death of her mother. Resorting to theft, she will do everything necessary to survive in this Japan under reconstruction. The young girl is driven by revenge. She will punish everyone hurting the people who helped her... (Source: Manga-news)
A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy. He pleads with Joe to train with him off, but the cocky young fighter brushes him. Later, though, when Joe is arrested and put in a juvenile detention facility, he realizes that he’s going to need to hone his raw fighting skills if he wants to survive. Thus is born a partnership that might just take Joe all the way to the top… (Source: Kodansha USA)
In the manga and anime, Tiger Mask (whose real name was Naoto Date) was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood. Feeling that he did not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger was inspired to be a heroic wrestler. The main antagonists in the manga and anime was Tiger's Cave, a mysterious organization that trained young people to be villainous heel wrestlers on the condition that they gave half of their earnings to the organization. Tiger Mask was once a member of Tiger's Cave but no longer wanted anything to do with them, instead donating his money to the orphanage. This infuriated the leader of the organization and he sent numerous assassins, including other professional wrestlers, to punish him. Most of the environment and characters were fictitious, but real-life pro wrestlers Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba were included in the manga and anime as well. (Source: Wikipedia)
The story is about Hyuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata on the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge. (Source: Wikipedia)
Originally, it was a martial arts manga that mixed fiction and non-fiction, in which the main character, Ushio Akaboshi, a karate fighter, went to America in pursuit of his missing brother. There he witnessed the strength and variety of martial arts in America, and he set out to defeat Benny Youkide, the man who defeated his brother. The manga was a documentary-style work with a mixture of reality and fiction, involving not only martial arts but also Kyokushin Karate led by Oyama Baidatsu, New Japan Pro-Wrestling led by Antonio Inoki, and new martial arts led by Kurosaki Kentoki. (Source: Wikipedia Japan, translated)
The series is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original manga. In the new story, a man called JD (Junk Dog) participates in fixed boxing matches in an underground ring in order to live. Today, he enters the ring again, but he encounters a certain person. JD wants to take on a challenge that risks everything. (Source: Anime News Network)
Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?
A biography of Hulk Hogan from the perspective of glorious Japan. Follows Hulk's life through a mix of facts and kayfabe fiction. It follows Hulk's life from playing in rock bands during the late 70s, to his time in New Japan Pro Wrestling, to his work with the WWWF.
Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.
Betting his youth on a bloodcurdling manga apprenticeship! Ichitaro Hata, the main character, started working as an assistant for a popular mangaka, and met Sosuke Otani, an unparalleled mangaka. Impressed by Otani's description of "A Man's Promise" Ichitaro became his apprentice and began training in the art of manga...! This is the first volume of the "record of the soul" of the young man who supported the dawn of "Weekly Shonen Jump" and who continued to pursue the "Man's Promise" in his works and in his life!

