Robot is an all-color manga compilation compiled and edited by the elite manga artist Range Murata, character designer for Studio Gonzo's Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6. Murata's hand-picked contributors come together in a mind blowing experiment of what happens when top manga artists work in the unusual medium of color.

Shinjyurou Mamiya is an embalmer, a profession seen as "unclean" in Japan. Shinjyurou has accepted the life of an outcast amongst most people; to him it is a job and nothing more. He has gained an exceptional understanding of death and its consequences, as well as what it means to live. Mitsukazu Mihara brings us another psychological masterpiece in several thought-provoking volumes, the first alone of which explores the meanings of beauty, love and loss. (Source: Anime News Network)

These haunting tales of human-like androids, called Dolls, range from romantic to tragic, from comic to ironic, and everything in between. In these stories, dolls have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters: A woman develops an unusual closeness to doll that will affect her human family from beyond the grave...A man wants to make his doll into the perfect human lover, but discovers that humans are not perfect...A father buys his son a doll to help him get over the death of his mother. Doll provides a firsthand glimpse into the psychology of the human-doll relationship and examines the question of what it means to be truly human. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Alex and Rita are two souls who died at the same moment on different ends of the earth. This is the story of their interactions with the humans who can see them as they travel towards each other.

Beautiful People is a manga comprised of six profound and thought-provoking short stories. It includes a tale of a vampire who raises a child as her own, a story of a young man who copes with an alcoholic father amongst other problems with the help of an online friend and four others short stories. (Source: Anime News Network)

A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL." 1. **Gum no Iranai Kodomo-tachi** (Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids) The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire. 2. **Rissa no Tetsu no Hitsugi** (The Iron Maiden) The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love. 3. **Shuuseki Kairo no Himawari** (The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit) Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit—the alternating current of intercourse—between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla. 4. **Bara Tessen no Mukougawa** (The Other Side of the Rose Wire) What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried? 5. **Kago no Sakana** (Fish Out of Water) A mermaid is brought out of her dream. 6. **Koubutsu-kun** (Mister Mineral) Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and... 7. **Anata wa Ikiteiru** (Alive) The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.

Transylvania Rose is a bored angel who descends to Earth to clean a few souls. When she witnesses a depressed undertaker slitting his wrists, Rose rips off one of her wings and gives it to the undertaker, trapping them both somewhere between heaven and hell -- and life and death! (Source: TOKYOPOP)

From the creator of Doll and Beautiful People comes a biting black comedy that shows us nothing is scarier than family. Haunted House follows the misadventures of Sabato, a hapless young teen trying to find himself, which is made all but impossible by his flamboyant family (who look like the Addams Family by way of Tim Burton). Scaring away every girl he brings home, Sabato's family seem to revel in his misery, but could there be more to their torment than meets the eye? Rest assured, Mihara-sensei keeps you guessing and giggling every step of the way. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

It starts with poisonous herbs under the cradle. Then under the sheets. And inside the clothes. Even mixed in the milk that they feed the newborn. This way the child gradually gets used to poisons and becomes the perfect assassination tool - the “Poison Princess” whose every kiss, tear and even touch bring death. Her only chance of survival is to fulfill her duty as an assassin and find a way to live on in the enemy land she is sent to… if her heart is strong enough.

A collection of Mitsukazu Mihara's newest ten one-shots from various magazines. Some are printed in two colors. The stories vary greatly in mood and tension, but are nonetheless a perfect example of the artist's distinctive style. Contains: 1. **Two Sweets xxx** 2. **Canaria** (カナリヤ) 3. **A Paradox of a Lion** 4. **NATURAL BORN SCISSORS** 1 5. **NATURAL BORN SCISSORS** 2 6. **NATURAL BORN SCISSORS** 3 7. **Rikon Shiki** (離婚式) 8. **What a Wonderful World** 9. **Tengoku to Jigoku** (天国と地獄) 10. **Chijou 10 Meter no Ori kara** (地上10メートルの檻から)

"Poison princesses" are beautiful girls who have taken poison into their bodies with each meal since they were babies and ended up poisoning all of their body fluids. A dramatic story that depicts the rebirth of Grandle, who fell into the trap of an enemy country and was attacked by a former ally, the only survivor of the cursed triplet prince, and the conflicts of those who were left behind.

Collection of Mitsukazu Mihara's one-shots. 1. **Slice of Black Chocolate** A story about sweet guy trying to hook up with an egotistical girl...but it's not really like that. 2. **Kyuuketsuki to Boku** (吸血鬼と僕; The Vampire & I) A dark european ambient and the story of a vampire ... just before dinner time. 3. **Children Can't Choose Their Parents** A haunting story about a man and his chicken. You will never look at an egg the same way again after reading this story! 4. **Cut the Angel with a Scythe** Angela is suffering from a terrible illness that keeps her confined... One day a magician comes to her window to visit... Will his magic change her fate? 5. **The End In Common Ruin** A story about two twins... 6. **Deserted Place** A mysterious boy who brings peace to deserted places and things one day finds the skull of a dead girl... 7. **Alice in Underground** This short oneshot tells the adventures of Alice, but with a slightly darker tone.