An epic yuri romance in the carefully reconstructed WW2 setting... not! The story follows the adventures of a Japanese battleship, the crew of which consists solely of girls for some reason. This is pure fan-service and the historical details could perhaps be questioned, but as long as you like ships, tough girls and comedy, you're still gonna enjoy it.

Maniac Road is a story about a run down electronics store, located in the backstreets of Akihabara, Japan. On its last leg, three sisters, the store owners, hire the resourceful Takezou. With a stroke of genius, Takezou, refashions the store into the perfect shopping ground for otaku. Business begins to boom and the adventure is on, as the sisters meet some of the strangest characters of the growing Japanese manga/anime scene.

It is the year 2225AD - 80 years after a tremendous solar flare created dangerous areas of high gravity in space. This area of plasma called the "Geduld" ends up linking the plants together like one giant nervous system. But this danger did not stop mankind from populating outposts along the Geduld. During a routine dive procedure, the outpost Liebe Delta is severely damaged forcing all the astronauts in training into a space ship to escape the deadly Geduld plasma. Based on the dramatic and popular sci-fi anime thriller, Infinite Ryvius the manga is about a ship full of teenage cadets lost in space desperately trying to get home while dealing with the inner strife and egos of each other. (Source: DrMaster)

The final volume of Maniac Road has come and gone, but author Kurihashi delves deeper into the otaku crazed world of fandom with "Pretty Maniacs". Hoping to further the manga/anime craze, Takezou sets up a sister shop in the U.S. He leaves his sister to help at the Maniac Road store. Bitten hard by the otaku bug, Takezou's sis quickly enlists the aid of some quirky but talanted anime-philes. Watch as this new zany bunch of cute otaku girls match wits with other fans in this humorous and off beat romp through the world of Japanese fandom. \*Synopsis provided by DrMaster from the back of volume 1.