A manga adaption of Kenji Miyazawa's classic Night on the Galactic Railroad.

"Giovanni, along with his best friend Campanella, boards a train traversing the Cosmos and sets off for a mysterious new world. Kenji Miyazawa's timeless literary masterpiece illustrated in manga!" (Source: Jmanga)

A manga adaption of Kenji Miyazawa's classic Night on the Galactic Railroad.

Ms. Otsbell has known as a remarkable woman with a smart head and aggressive hands. One day, a working elephant comes to her place wanted to find a job, a moment that would change the fate of Otsbell and the factory forever. "Otsbell and the Elephant" is adapted from the famous play by Kenji Miyazawa with a new interpretation... (Source: Manga Club) *Note: Winner of the 11th Monthly COMIC Ryujin Award.*

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When Giovanni, a lonely boy in a hill town, goes to get milk for his ailing mother, he finds himself crossing the Milky Way on a faster-than-light steam railroad. The stations he visits in various constellations, like the planets explored by St. Exupery's Little Prince, offer curious adventures and an assortment of human "types." Reality and fantasy blur aboard the train, and its travels across the light-years sometimes suggests the journey through life. The characters are depicted as cats, presumably to avoid the problems of animating humans.

A collection of stories: 1. **Ichou no Mi** (いちょうの実); Comic Tom 1986-03 Adaption of a story by Kenji Miyazawa 2. **Digitalis** (ジギタリス) 3. **Akihiko Kaku Katariki** (秋日子かく語りき); Asuka 1987-01 Middle-aged housewife Tatsuko dies after being hit by a runaway taxi, but before moving on she gets to return to life for one week by borrowing the body of Akihiko, a high school girl who survived the same accident. 4. **Long Long Cake** (ロングロングケーキ); Asuka 1987-06 A university student meets a shape-shifting alien. 5. **Niwa wa Midori Kawa wa Blue** (庭はみどり川はブルー); Bouquet 1987-08 After her death from an illness, a young woman temporarily takes over the body of her own three-year-old daughter. 6. **Mizu no Naka no Tissue Paper** (水の中のティッシュペーパー); Asuka 1987-10 High school girl Kuriko's precognitive dreams cause trouble when she has a dream about her boyfriend falling for someone else. 7. **Yagi no Hitsuji no Rakuda no** (山羊の羊の駱駝の)

Lonely, awkward Giovanni has a sick mother, an absent father and an afterschool job that keeps him from playing with his classmates. One evening, on the night of the Star Festival, he is magically transported by train through the galaxy with his best friend, Campanella.The boys share a fantastical journey to the stars, meeting mysterious characters who prompt them to think about the meaning of life. Only when Giovanni returns to earth does he learn the heartbreaking truth about their adventure. (Source: Tuttle Publishing)

Manga adaptation of Kenji Miyazawa's 1934 work "Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru."

Volume 1 1. **Cello Hiki no Gauche/Gauche to Cellist** (セロ弾きのゴーシュ) \[Hiroshi Asuna\] 2. **Cairo Danchou** (カイロ団長) \[Shigeru Mizuki\] 3. **Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten/The Restaurant of Many Orders** (注文の多い料理店) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 4. **Tsukiya no Denshinbashira** (月夜のでんしんばしら) \[Koji Suzuki\] 5. **Hyouga Nezumi no Kegawa** (氷河鼠の毛皮) \[Shigeru Tamura\] Volume 2 1. **Oi no Mori to Zarumori, Nusutomori** (狼森と笊森、盗森) \[Moribi Murano\] 2. **Hikari no Suashi** (ひかりの素足) \[Minori Kimura\] 3. **Frandon Nougakkou no Buta/ The Frandon Agricultural School Pig** (フランドン農学校の豚) \[Murasaki Yamada\] 4. **Hokushu Shougun to Sannin Kyoudai no Isha** (北守将軍と三人兄弟の医者) \[Koji Suzuki\] 5. **Kiiro no Tomato** (黄いろのトマト) \[Hisashi Sakaguchi\] Volume 3 1. **Donguri to Yamaneko** (どんぐりと山猫) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 2. **Kenjuu Kouenrin** (虔十公園林) \[Yamamatsu Yuukichi\] 3. **Kai no Hi** (貝の火) \[Hideko Mizuno\] 4. **Yamaotoko no Shigatsu** (山男の四月) \[Kazuyoshi Iino\] 5. **Yodaka no Hoshi** (よだかの星) \[Hiroshi Asuna\] Volume 4 1. **Guskou Budori no Denki/The Life of Guskou Budori** (グスコーブドリの伝記) \[Leiji Matsumoto\] 2. **Yamanashi** (やまなし) \[Osamu Tezuka\] 3. **Kashiwa Bayashi no Yoru** (かしわばやしの夜) \[Yousuke Takahashi\] 4. **Matsuri no Ban** (祭りの晩) \[Ouji Suzuki\] 5. **Neko no Jimusho** (猫の事務所) \[Hideko Mizuno\] 6. **Otsbell to Zou/Otsbell and the Elephant** (オツベルと象) \[Seiichi Hayashi\] Volume 5 1. **Kaeru no Gomugutsu** (かえるのゴムぐつ) \[Seiichi Hayashi\] 2. **Yuki Watari** (雪わたり) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 3. **Shishi Odori no Hajimari** (鹿踊りのはじまり) \[Morobi Murano\] 4. **Juuryoku no Kongouseki** (十力の金剛石) \[Hisashi Sakaguchi\] 5. **Zashiki Bokko no Hanashi** (ざしき童子のはなし) \[Minori Kimura\] 6. **Suisenzuki no Yokka** (水仙月の四日) \[Leiji Matsumoto\]

Manga adaptation of Kenji Miyazawa's 1931 short story by the same name.

Adaption of a story by Kenji Miyazawa. *Note: Published in Comic Tom 1986-03*