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In the year 20XX, the state of world affairs is changing at a dizzying pace. This is particularly clear in the growing military strength of countries neighbouring Japan, the issue of resources on the sea floor, disaster relief, underwater transport, maintaining order on the high seas and island defence. In response to a near-skirmish with China over the much-disputed Senkaku Islands, Japan builds the aircraft carrier "Ibuki" and organises a new fleet...
Ayame is 25 years old. She lost her father fifteen years ago, and is now in search of the pub that she had once frequented with him. Night after night, she stops in at pubs on her way home from work, and on one particular night happens across a man who might be able to help her find what she's missing...
From Tokyopop: In the year 2068, the Brain Computer, created by humans to be the core of a machine-driven Earth, itself creates Leave, an android that far surpasses the abilities of humans. With mankind now an unnecessary aspect of the Earth ecosystem, Leave, along with her 'father' Fenrir (the human scientist who raised her), destroys humanity and in its stead creates the four 'Mothers' who in turn create an android race modeled on Leave known as the Selenoid. They divide the world into four parts, each ruled by a Mother, and then further sub-divide the android population into hierarchical levels with the strong at the top and the weak at the bottom. A virtually perfect society ... And it would have remained perfect if some of the surviving humans hadn't formed a revolutionary group together with some of the lower caste Selenoid with the explicit purpose of overthrowing Leave and delivering the Earth back into the hands of the humans.
An expansion of the Strike Witches series, World Witches - Contrail of Witches details the short stories of various witches from areas of the European front of the Neuroi War.
From Mangascreener: The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs."
Space Adventure Cobra is a popular Shounen Jump manga from the late 70s, early 80s. Cobra is a notorious Space Pirate with a laser gun as his left arm. But, he was tired of being chased by the agency in space and decided to lead a regular life by changing his face & being wiped of his memory. 3 years later, he is a regular person leading a regular life. He is tired of his lifestyle. For fun, he goes to see a "Trip Movie" that allows him to see the dream of his choice. When he saw his "dream", he saw his memories of when he was the notorious Space Pirate Cobra. However, he didn't know that was his memories. As he is going home, he meets up with someone who had a grudge with him. There is a little scuffle, and learns that he actually has a laser gun on his left hand.
Compilation of various stories and art by various authors like Sora Egumi, koi, and many more to coincide with the release of 1st season of the TV adaptation of Hara Yui's golden comedy, Kin-iro Mosaic.
A connected short stories about artists living in a rowhouse in Kyoto.
A condensed biography of Kublai Khan, as told by Professor Munakata. This is the second tie-in to NHK's Road of Civilization special.
This is a collection of 17 short stories that all involve coffee in some way.
