A spin-off of the series Ginga Densetsu Weed, Weed Gaiden is a collection of stories about multiple dogs and the trials they face. One story focuses on a character from the main series--Mel--and his journey to reunite with Weed at Ohu after his mother dies.
Alto has always been followed by misfortune and his problems show no sign of coming to an end when he is suddenly kidnapped by pirates. He learns from them that the clover shaped mark on his body proves that he is the descendant of a legendary pirate. Finding the individuals who possess the spade, diamond, club and heart marks is said to lead the way to valuable pirate treasure.
The manga that made Tezuka famous. It is an action-adventure drama inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's book. One day a boy named Pete finds a map of "Treasure Island" that his deceased father left behind. He starts on a voyage to find it together with "Captain," who was a friend of his father. But his ship is attacked by pirates, led by Bowarl, and the two are caught. When a storm hits the pirate ship, the two are thrown into the sea and washed up on the shore of a solitary island in the southern ocean. To their surprise, this island is the one they have been looking for.... The Western-style art and fast-paced storyline attracted much attention, and it became a best seller with 400,000 copies sold, laying the groundwork for the manga craze and its modern style. The original version of "New Treasure Island" was based on Tezuka Osamu's manuscript, but substantial modifications were made by Sasaki Shichima, who cut nearly 60 pages and also changed some of the lines. When publishing "The Complete Works of Tezuka Osamu," Tezuka Osamu remade it based on his memory to make it closer to his original. Was adapted into animation.
A story that takes place on the day Aira turned 14, and learned the devastating truth about the island she lives on, which is completely surrounded by a huge wall...
Fay Tonpou is a Banbetsu (half-man half-animal) who became a mercenary. He is contacted by a young girl who gives him a very special mission. She is in possession of a yeast that would allow to distill a very special alcohol, the Dream alcohol. Eager to recreate the alcohol that has not been manufactured for decades, she asks him to protect her in order to safeguard the precious yeast that she always keeps it on her...
With 18th century Paris as the stage, in the age of automates, the city is attacked and put under siege by a maniacal Count and his giant automate. It's up to Jeep to take up her family's destiny and call upon the support of her imprisoned uncle to defeat the wicked Count before he destroys Paris and its people!
"Can you be your natural self, if you know the truth?" "Can you assimilate into our school?" "Can you pledge secrecy when you are a human being?" Fukuta Neko somehow finds herself applying to and enrolling in a secret school created by and specifically for animal/human shapeshifters, though only after difficult tribulations with those who manage the school. Neko befriends a fellow classmate , the cute Suzuhara Miika, prior to the tough task of enrolling, and afterwards discovers her new found friend's 'feline' side, though this changes nothing in regards to the close relationship just started between them. Join Neko on her journey into the mysteries of the prosperous Moritaka school for the Sons' and Daughters' of this literal Noah's ark.
At the end of the twenty-first century, a rare disease named "Cagaster" began infecting the human race — transforming them into massive insects. Two-thirds of Earth's population had been devoured by these insects before humanity came to a decision: those that were infected must be exterminated.In the year 2125 — thirty years after the discovery of Cagaster — a young exterminator named Kidou finds a man dying from insect-inflicted wounds at the edge of the desert near the insects' "cage". The dying man entrusts Kidou with his daughter, Ilie, and tells him to seek out the girl's mother.
From Dark Horse: In a strange future where gifted, "hybrid" humans police the planet, Mina is a likeable tomboy with growing psychic powers. When a young boy falls into a coma after gazing into her eyes, it's clear that there's more to Mina than her pretty looks. This young boy, Inchang, grows up to be quite a daredevil, and his awkward, secret love for Mina fuels his protective fire when mysterious men arrive, bringing the violence of the "hybrid" world with them!
"A.Mou" is young man who likes Wuxia and machinery. One day, when drawing manhua, he makes the mistake of dipping his pen into a bottle of "Thousand-year Ink" given to him by his childhood sweetheart, "Shona". The two of them are then suddenly sucked into the world of the ink, where all of A.Mou's fantasies come true! Hidden in this fantasy world, however, is a threat that wants to wreck havoc. Out of control fantasies threaten the unsuspecting A.Mou like runaway trains that have lost their brakes... [NOTE : Note Wuxia is a genre of Chinese fiction or cinema featuring itinerant warriors of ancient China, often depicted as capable of superhuman feats of martial arts.]
A guy loves his (guy) friend. But he knows he's unworthly for him.But a desire is a desire nevertheless. And it grows.
A trans-dimensional fantasy. A young boy's curiosity leads him to attempt an urban myth which sends him to a dimension called "The White World". There he meets a young man who sends him to a world called "Devildom", he ends up landing in water in a kingdom called "Kyungma" and nearly drowns until he is saved by a mysterious young girl who seems to control water...