You’ve never seen manga like this before! No annoying speed lines or sappy, neotenic eyeballs here — just pure Japanese counterculture. This anthology of contemporary underground comics from Japan features a wide variety of styles and topics ranging from the humorous to the profound. There’s a whole world of comics out there, and it’s not all Godzilla and schoolgirls! A great introduction to the other Japanese comics featuring Asia’s answers to Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes, and Chester Brown! List of included Oneshots: "Horse Horse Tiger Tiger" by Imiri Sakabashira "A Hooker's Room" by Naoto Yamakawa "Kisses" by Kiriko Nananan "Kitty Court Drama" by Nekojiru "What a Mixed Up World!" by Yasuji Tanioka "Million Dollars" by Yoshiharu Mitsumoto "The Abalone Cat" by Naoki and Shunichi Karasawa. *Source: Fantagraphics*

The youngest A-rank adventurer, child prodigy Kaiser, finds three babies who were the only survivor of a destroyed village. Then he decided to give up his job as an adventurer and raise them. Over time, the girls grow brightly and show exceptional talents in fencing, magic and management. However, these girls also seem to love their father, Kaiser!

Morimura Aiko is a junior high school student who is short for her age. Her father went on a yacht ten years ago and his whereabouts remained in obscurity. Her mother, a designer for hats, left for Paris, leaving Aiko in the care of her uncle, Mr Fujinami. Aiko had a pet dog, Papi, but it died in a car accident. Around the same time, another dog, Spank, appears before her. Having gone through so many unfortunate events in her life, Spank's presence begins to brighten up Aiko's life and put a smile on her face. (Source: Anime News Network)

In Kyushu, there lies the small village of Sunomura. In that small village, four childhood friends, Touma Takumi, Ogami Ritsuko, Amamiya Kanon, and Takanashi Mio comprise a small music club at the village school. One day, Takumi happens to see and hear the violin performance of Orihara Ai, a girl who recently moved to the village and transferred into the school. This performance later eventually causes Ritsuko to resolve to recruit Ai into their music club no matter what. However, one day, one of the childhood friends is separated from the other three, but before doing so passes on her role of "Supervisor" to Takumi. Later, they learn that the school they all attend is going to be closed down in one month due to a government-ordered evacuation of the village. Everyone resolves to make their last month together as memorable and enjoyable as possible before the school closes down... Adaptation of the popular visual novel, Owarinaki Natsu, Towa Naru Shirabe. The story focuses on Mio in these light novels.

An anthology by various artists to commemorate the 50th death anniversary of Tanizaki Junichiro, adapting various stories. 1. **谷崎ガールズ** (Banko Kuze) 2. **少年** (Usamaru Furuya) 3. **猿が人間になった話** (Tsuchika Nishimura) 4. **夢の浮橋** (Akino Kondoh) 5. **飈風** (Sansuke Yamada) 6. **痴人の愛** (Machiko Kyou) 7. **続続羅洞先生** (Nakamura Asumiko) 8. **青塚氏の話** (Shunji Enomoto) 9. **陰翳礼讃** (Fumiko Takano) 10. **谷崎潤一郎『瘋癲老人日記』×ヘミングウェイ『老人と海』REMIX** (Kotobuki Shiriagari) 11. **台所太平記** (Akira Yamaguchi)

First official Touhou book released on August 11th, 2005. The collection includes 9 comics.

Jun is an intelligent and resourceful girl who spends her time creating all kinds of inventions. She creates a robot, Kichinosuke, who follows her everywhere and becomes her close friend. She falls in love with Zero, a motorcycle enthusiast who prefers to travel the roads rather than study. Their mutual love of mechanical objects brings them closer together and Jun is determined to have Zero as her boyfriend. Unfortunately for Jun, he doesn’t even seem to notice her feelings!