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In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger... (Source: TOKYOPOP) *Note: Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1997.*
Toshiko Momojiri—an ordinary kind of girl—falls in love with Kuroo Samehada, a gangster who is on the run after stealing the mob's loot. Toshiko, too, is on the run from a weird uncle. This is the story of two fugitives who meet and fall in love amid violence and gunfire. (Source: Kodanclub)
- Color - Lyrical Robot - Story set in the future - True Love - Boku-chan - Beat you up! - Summer of love - A few things I know about Michael Jordan - NBA ALL STAR 2001 - My perspective.
A humorous collection of 3 short stories by Minetaro Mochizuki, all taking place in the same town about the misadventures of a very poor girl.
After a fire burns down his family business and claims the lives of his parents, the young heir and master carpenter Shigetsugu vows to rebuild the failing venture with his late father's words in mind: “No matter how much the times change, what's important is for our kind to have compassion and dedication.” And then Ritsu, a housemaid with no relatives to rely on, comes rolling into his life with a group of children from a welfare facility who have nowhere to go, thus begins the dramatic last-ditch way-of-life story of a shaggily bearded carpenter! (Source: Abrams Books)
Hiroshi Mori is an ordinary college student leading an unremarkable life, until one day he hears someone ringing his neighbor's doorbell over and over again. He goes out onto the landing and finds a strange woman in a trenchcoat―whose tenacious attention soon transfers to him. Stalked and harrassed by this monstrous woman, Hiroshi tries to find out the truth about her before she ruins his life completely. (Source: Kodansha USA)
This manga, adapted from the film by legendary director Wes Anderson, features a new take on the story about the banished bowsers of trash island. Here we follow a young orphan boy and his dog Spots on an adventure that all fans of the film will want to follow. Written and drawn by cult manga icon Minetaro Mochizuki of Dragon Head fame and now available in English for the very first time, and presented in a deluxe hardcover format, this is the perfect gift for all fans of Wes Anderson, dogs, and manga alike. *Source: Dark Horse Comics*
The eccentric Dr. Tamaki is doing brain research. Hashi, 19 and a half, has a small fragment of a car that remained in his brain after an accident, and since then he can't help but say out loud everything he thinks and feels . Hana, 21, has unexpected orgasms anytime, anywhere, even in public. The brain of 6 year old Mari cannot perceive the people around her, she lives in an isolated world where there is no other human being apart from her. Hideo, 10, says he has "super powers," and can "get in touch with aliens and God."
Follow the daily life, and the family life, of an ordinary mangaka.
Kaoru, a high school student, falls in love with Sonoko, the leader of his school's swimming club. Although he can not swim, he joins the swim club to seduce her. It was adapted into a live action film directed by Joji Matsuoka in 1990.