It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing’s original artist . . . but the character’s origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined. (Source: Kana) *Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.*

In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. (Source: VIZ Media)

Taichi Hiraga Keaton, the son of a Japanese zoologist and an English noblewoman, is an insurance investigator educated in archaeology and a former member of the SAS. When a life insurance policy worth one million pounds takes Master Keaton to the Dodecanese islands of Greece, what will he discover amidst his scuffles with bloodthirsty thieves and assassins? (Source: VIZ Media)

Set 20 years after the end of the original Master Keaton story. The series will again follow the half-Japanese, half-English father and multi-talented sleuth as he investigates more cases in Europe. (Source: Anime News Network)

Humanity is in danger of extinction…and it all started in a small Spanish village. In every corner of the world, the mystery behind the mass fatalities remains at the forefront of everyone’s mind. In the latest volume, a strange man claims to know the origin behind humanity’s demise. Who is this man, and how will he change the fate of the world?! *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*

Details the events of the manga from an investigative reporter's point of view.

Kurokouchi Keita is the black sheep of the police force. He works alone, and doesn't think twice about extorting money from the dirty politicians by getting hold of their achilles heels. Using the money and whatever bits of information acquired through underhanded means, he gets closer and closer to the ultimate unresolved crime of the Showa era (1968); the 300 million bank heist. One day, the new rookie Seike Shingo, is assigned as Kurokouchi's partner. Excellent, but naive and idealistic, he is the exact opposite of Kurokouchi, but nonetheless, the duo relentlessly chase down criminals.

The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin, and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. A legal thriller with a dash of geopolitics.

A mysterious Japanese man, known only as "Zig," travels to the world's conflict areas and undertakes various jobs. When the story begins, he's working as a security guard at a bank that's suddenly taken over by terrorists.

There are roughly 150,000 illegal immigrants and illegal foreign workers in Tokyo. Those aliens have established a shady Metropolitan Government of the aliens, by the aliens, for the aliens. Public institutions such as government offices, courts, tax offices and hospitals exist within the shady government. Kubozuka Saki is the only police officer officially approved by the shady Metropolitan Government. This is a story of a mysterious man who protects and sometimes punishes aliens who can only live in the shady world. Today Kubozuka is again daring to and in the alien city of Tokyo. (Source: Anime News Network)

Searching for the lost island Atlantis.

From [MangaHelpers](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1011): Hino Maruka had always wanted to be a detective, but she works a police box. She was raised around lots of cats and dogs, and being around them has sharpened her sense of smell to a superhuman ability--she can even smell feelings. One day, she is pulled in to help with a hostage case, and her sense of smell actually ends up helping her to resolve the situation. After this, it looks like her dream of becoming a detective will come true. There are many more cases ahead of her! [tethysdust]