Many years ago, an ancient civilization once ruled Earth. They were known for advanced artifacts and machines, but were destroyed in the end due to the misuse of their creations. Creating indestructible message plates written in Hebrew, these people left messages for later generations, informing them that if they could not find a good use for their creations, they should be destroyed.
Various entities such as paramilitaries, national armies and armed private forces began to secretly search for these "mysterious" artifacts in order to be used for their own good and against their enemies after the end of the Cold War. Only the ARCAM Corporation can stop these forces from destroying themselves with these "advanced" machines. With the help of its military arm, the ARCAM Private Army and their elite secret agents known as Spriggans (or Strikers), ARCAM plans to turn the tides of battle against those who would threaten the safety of humanity by using the dangerous artifacts.
Spriggan, known for a short time as Striker in Canada, France, the Netherlands and the US, was censored in the North American market for excessive violence, blood and quesitonable content (The prominent example: The use of a black ops unit in the US Army with the majority of its soldiers revealed to be brainwashed children and teenagers under the age of 18).
In Northern France there lives a boy by the name of Nicholas. He dreams of becoming a knight like his father was, but people doubt his abilities, as his father is dead, and now he lives with his uncle, a Pig Farmer. Basically the story tells of his adventures as he strives to become a Knight Templar.
Based in year 1212.
It's all about vampire hunting versus man hunting in the series. Akira's brother, Atsushi, was found missing for 2 years. And recently a mysterious woman appeared and told him that she can bring him to Higanjima (an island's name) where she saw Atsushi. But she also asked that he should brings a few more friends there...
A young girl, living in a foreign country until one day becoming orphaned due to war,
begins to wander aimlessly in search of her "Land of Peace." Will she ever find it?
Dororo is a thriller manga, which revolves around a ronin during the Sengoku period. He was born malformed, limbless and without facial features or internal organs. This was the result of his birth father daimyo Daigo Kagemitsu forging a pact with 48 sealed demons so that he might rule the world. In return, he promised the demons could each obtain a piece of his unborn child's body. This enabled them to roam free and commit atrocities along the countryside.
After his mother was forced to set him adrift on the river, lest he be killed by his father, the infant was subsequently found and raised by Dr. Honma, a medicine man who used healing magic and alchemical methods to give the child prostheses crafted from the remains of children who had died in the war. The boy became nearly invincible against any mortal blow as a result of the prostheses and healing magic. Grafted into his left arm was a very special blade that a travelling storyteller presented to Dr. Honma, believing it was fated to be within his possession given that ever since the boy had been discovered, the doctor had been visited by goblins. As revealed in a short tale about the blade's origin, the blade had been forged out of vengeance to kill goblins as well as other supernatural entities.
After the doctor was forced to send him on his way because he was attracting demons, the young man learned from a ghostly voice of the curse that had be set upon him at birth and that by killing the demons responsible he could reclaim the stolen pieces of his body and thus regain his humanity. Across his travels, he earned the name "Hyakkimaru" (????) among other names for his inhuman nature. On one such hunt of a demon, Hyakkimaru came across a young orphan thief named Dororo who thereafter travels by his side through the war-torn countryside.
In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi--a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history... the Shinsengumi! In 2003 Kaze Hikaru won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
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.
In an era where Monsters dominate the sky, earth, and sea, a race of “Hunters” emerge... Equipped with an arsenal of special equipment, they hunt their gigantic prey according to quests given out by a Guild. Although a novice, Raiga is a young Hunter who is reckless and persistent. With a headstrong nature, he will have to cooperate with Keres and Torcche, an archer and a swordswoman with complementary capabilities... but with completely opposite characters! Together, the group launches into hunts of creatures more ferocious than the ones before, including the Rathian, the legendary “Queen of the Land”...
Megami Ibunroku - Persona - Be Your True Mind; Megami Inbun Roku Persona; Persona - Be Your True Mind; Goddess Revelations - Persona; Shin Megami Tensei - Persona; 女神異聞録ペルソナ
While playing a ritual-like children's game called "Persona", students are knocked unconscious. While asleep, they encounter a man named Philemon who bestows several Personas upon them. When they wake up, the youths discover they can summon Personas.
Set in a "futuristic, yet feudal Japan," and stars a samurai named Afro for his hair. The story follows Afro as he tries to avenge his father's murder. In the world of Afro Samurai, it is said that the one who becomes "Number One", will rule the world, wielding powers akin to a god.
Someone becomes Number One by killing the previous Number One and taking his ceremonial headband. However, the only rule in this world is that only the "Number Two" (also designated by a sacred headband) is allowed to fight the "Number One." The downside of this is that anyone (and typically everyone) can challenge and try to kill the Number Two, to gain the right to move forward and challenge Number One. Afro Samurai's father was the old Number One, until he was challenged by a gunman, "Justice" (who was then Number Two), who fought him in a duel to become the new Number One. At the time the gunman challenged his father, Afro had only been a child. The gunman severed his father's head right in front of the young Afro.
Now an adult, Afro Samurai is the current Number Two and a master swordsman; he travels the road seeking revenge on Justice, the current Number One. Lengthy flashbacks interspersed throughout the story detail how Afro rose from frightened boy fleeing the death of his father, to master swordsman, and eventually to become the current "Number Two", while the story in the present deals with the adult Afro making his way to the mountain top keep of the "Number One" to duel Justice, while at the same time the mysterious cult known as the "Empty Seven Clan" sends various agents to kill Afro and take his Number Two headband.
Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry. Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara has made herself into Mikura's shadow, saving him from egotistical delusions and jealous enemies. But just as Mikura is no saint, Barbara is no benevolent guardian angel, and Mikura grows obsessed with discovering her secrets, tangling with thugs, sadists, magical curses and mythical beings - all the while wondering whether he himself is still sane.
Still in her early twenties, beautiful Toshiko Tomura has won the Akutagawa Prize for her story "The Book of Human Insects." The great honor is not her first: she has previously won the New York Design Academy Award, before which she was the lead actress of an established theatrical troupe. Yet, while the media go abuzz, the woman in the limelight slips away from the metropolis; what the sole paparazzo who manages to trail her to an abandoned country house witnesses is an immobile figure of an old woman and the star herself, naked, in a reverie as bizarre as it is erotic...
Jiro Tenge (???? Tenge Jir??), one of the eldest sons of the moderately wealthy Tenge family, has become an agent working for the United States, and his secret murders are discovered by Ayako Tenge (???? Tenge Ayako?), his youngest sister. This problem is aggravated by her discovery of terrible incestuous affairs in her own family; the wife of her older brother is actually her mother, who has to frequently have sex with Ayako's father, the family patriarch Sakuemon. To hide these secrets, the family—under pressure from Sakuemon and his eldest son Ichiro—decides to keep Ayako locked up in the basement for the rest of her life.
Despite the efforts of her mother and younger brother Shiro, she lives for nearly two dozen years under the family's house, while great political and social changes occur above her. Ayako eventually leaves the basement after growing into a beautiful and attractive woman, and seeks affection from others while remaining terrified of the outside world. This sets off a chain reaction of events which spells tragedy for the Tenge family.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Generation Next; Yu-Gi-Oh! Genex; Yu☆Gi☆Oh! GX; 遊☆戯☆王GX; 遊戯王GX; The King of Games GX; The King of Games Genex; The King of Games Generation Next; O rei dos jogos GX
Years have passed after Yugi's adventures and now it's Yuki Judai's turn. Yuki Judai is a new student in the school Duel Academy, a school dedicated to teach duelist the basics and advanced techniques. Judai is determined to be world's #1 duelist, accepting challenges from his rivals (and friends). Although the manga is based on the anime, the story is really different and unrelated.
Hiro's brother Atsuya is dating Hiro's childhood friend and secret crush Hikari. Hiro's affection for Hikari will lead him to commit an un-punishable crime against his older brother. At least, he thinks it is un-punishable, until he is kidnapped and imprisoned by a group of people wearing animal masks. The judging is about to start! Basicly same principles of "gore Game of concealed murderer" as in Doubt.
Madeth and Lalvan successfully obtain a castle but it seems that there is a rumour going on around that says the castle is haunted by a spirit. The spirit is actually an angel that blesses kings that are currently ruling the land of good fortune and that he will be loved by all the people of the land. He will also be most likely ruling the land for a long time.
However, one day, the appearance of a lady has stirred conflict between the two good friends. What will happen to the relationship of Madeth and Lalvan?
Monster weaves the riveting story of brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a famous surgeon with a promising career at a leading hospital. Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. A string of strange and mysterious murders begin to occur soon afterward, ones that professionally benefit Dr. Tenma, and he emerges as the primary suspect. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller.
The setting of Devil Survivor 2 spans the whole country of Japan. It tells the story of Japanese high-school students who receive emails from a website foretelling their friend's deaths. Mysterious creatures invade the country, and the students enter a pact, enabling them to summon demons from their cell phones with a special Devil Summoning App.
As is the case with much of Tezuka’s work, the main plot of Nextworld deals with Earth in the Atomic Age. Radiation and nuclear testing has led to the creation of many strange, almost supernatural species of animals, and it seems that every major nation on the planet wants to discover the secrets of these creatures and how to best harness atomic energy for their own purposes. Tensions rise as political conflicts escalate, and it seems that a third World War is inevitable. A strange mix of scientists, politicians, and young adventurers may be Earth’s last, best hope against corrupt government officials, armed forces, robots, and secret societies. Meanwhile, the boy detective Kenichi, the young Rock Holmes, Shunsaku Ban (Mustachio) and others discover the Fumoon, a race of tiny, telekinetic humanoids who evolved in Australia, and have their own plans for dealing with the impending apocalypse.
Hunt - Le Jeu du Loup-Garou; Jinroh Game; Jogo do Lobisomem; Werewolf Game; بازی جینرو; بازی گرگنما; 人狼ゲーム; 人狼游戏
Action, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, School Life, Seinen, Survival, Tragedy
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May 3, 2024
From Kawa Scans:
One night, senior high school second-year Nishina Airi is abducted. When she wakes, she is trapped in an uncanny, isolated space with other students from her high school and forced to take part in the “Werewolf Game”. Thus, a death game filled with fear and terror that would pit “Werewolves” and “Villagers” against each other, force them to murder – a game with rules so absolute, defiance is punished by gruesome death – begins.
Spring Breeze of Sunegurachika; Harukaze no Snegurochka; Shunpuu no Snegurka; Shunpuu no Snegurochka; Tatazumeru Snegurochka; The Loitering Snow Maiden; 佇めるスネグラチカ(仮); 春風のスネグラチカ
From MangaHelpers:
Set in the Soviet Union, the mysterious girl named Belka and the quiet boy Shchenok help a Socialist Party member to escape from the secret police. Their aim is to infiltrate into a certain mansion that holds what they seek, but the secret police immediately capture the two. Will they be able to find what they seek and endure the torture of the secret police? [DrCoke]
Junji Ito Horror Manga Collection; Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection; Ito Junji Kyofu Hakubutsukan; The Horror World of Junji Ito; Junji Ito's Museum of Terror; Коллекция ужасов от Дзюндзи Ито; 伊藤润二恐怖漫画精选; 伊藤潤二恐怖マンガ; 伊藤潤二恐怖マンガCollection; 이토 준지 컬렉션; 학교괴담
Comedy, Demons, Drama, Ghosts, Historical, Horror, Monsters, Mystery, One shot, School Life, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Survival, Tragedy
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6
May 3, 2024
The first 2 volumes contain thematically linked but self-contained stories concerning Tomie - a beautiful young woman with the power to seduce and dominate any male, from small boys to elderly men. Later, the series leaves these characters behind and focuses on stand-alone gothic horror pieces. Each volume has its own title: 1. Tomie (Scanlated) Included one-shots: Tomie Photograph Kiss Mansion Revenge The Basin of the Waterfall 2. Tomie - Part 2 (Scanlated) Included one-shots: Tomie Part 2 Basement Painter Murder Hair Orphan Girl 3. Flesh Colored Horror (Scanlated) Included one-shots: Long Hair in the Attic Permission/Forgiveness The Bee Hive Dying Young Headless Statues Flesh Coloured Horror 4. The Face Burglar (Scanlated) Included one-shots: The Face Burglar Scarecrows Falling Red String My Dear Ancestors The Hanging Balloons 5. Souichi's Diary of Delights Included one-shots: Fun Summer Vacation (Scanlated) Fun Winter Vacation (Scanlated) Souichi's Diary of Delights (Scanlated) Souichi's Home Tutor (Scanlated) Cloth Teachers Souichi's Birthday (Scanlated) 6. Souichi's Diary of Curses Included one-shots: Souichi's Selfish Curse (Scanlated) The Silent Room The Coffin Rumours Fashion Model 7. Slug Girl Included one-shots: Slug Girl (Scanlated) Out of Its Element / Thing that Drifted Ashore (Scanlated) Mold Coldness (Scanlated) Ryokan The Groaning Drain (Scanlated) Biohouse (Scanlated) 8. Blood-bubble Bushes (Scanlated) Included one-shots: Blood-bubble Bushes Unbearable Labyrinth Sword of the Re-animator The Will The Bridge Demonology The Conversation Room 9. Hallucinations Included one-shots: Hallucinations Bog of the Living Dead Penpal Further Tales of Oshikiri Further Tales of Oshikiri: The Wall 10. House of the Marionettes Included one-shots: Ice Cream Bus (Scanlated) Gang House The Smoking Club Second-hand Record The Sleeping Room The Gift Bearer (Scanlated) House of the Marionettes (Scanlated) 11. The Town Without Streets Included one-shots: The Town Without Streets (Scanlated) Near Miss! (Scanlated) Maptown Village of the Sirens (Scanlated) The Supernatural Transfer Student 12. The Bully (Scanlated) Included one-shots: The Bully House of the Deserter Father's Heart Memory The Back Alley Love by the Book In the Soil 13. The Circus is Here Included one-shots: The Circus is Here Gravetown The Adjacent Window (Scanlated) Sleuth Kids: The Second Daughter's Lover Sleuth Kids: The Assembly of Fallen Ghost 14. The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel Included one-shots: Long Dream (Scanlated) The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel The Bronze Statue Drifting Spores Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village (Scanlated) 15. Lovesick Dead (Scanlated) Included one-shots: The Beautiful Youth of the Intersections The Anxious Woman Shadows Screams in the Night 16. Frankenstein (Scanlated) Included one-shots: Frankenstein A Doll's Hellish Burial Memories of Real Shit Note: Tomie has its own page because of a third volume that isn't part of this collection. Scanlation Groups: Slug-chicks Titania Daniel.AU iemonsy Neggie
2001 Noches; 2001 Ya Monogatari; 2001 ночь во Вселенной; 2001 ليالي; 2001 밤 이야기; 2001夜物語; 2001夜物语; Nisenichi Ya Monogatari; Storie delle 2001 notti
Drama, Philosophical, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural, Survival, Thriller, Time Travel, Tragedy
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May 1, 2024
A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown.
20. Yüzyıl Çocukları; 20世紀少年; 20世纪少年; 20세기 소년; Abad ke-20 Anak Laki-laki; Chicos del Siglo 20; Chłopaki z dwudziestego wieku; Garçons du 20ème siècle; I ragazzi del XX secolo; Jungen des 20. Jahrhunderts; Những Chàng Trai Thế Kỉ 20; Nijuu Seiki Shounen; پسران قرن بیستم; فتيان القرن العشرين; 20 Seiki Shounen; Хлопці 20-го століття; Anak Laki-Laki Abad 20; เด็กชายศตวรรษที่ 20
From here: Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store, he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt you. Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world. Who is the mysterious "friend", and how does he tie into Kenji's youth? Why are there disappearances and deaths tied into Ochanomizu University? The friend's memories hold the keys to the puzzle, but years between cloud the clues. The strange occurances and the reach of the "friend" conspiracy grow by the day. It will all culminate on New Year's Eve 2000. Will Kenji and the rest of the group be able to put together the puzzle and save the world? Note: The last two volumes of the story were serialized under the name 21st Century Boys and are not included here.
From Tokyopop:
After the abduction of his brother Kotaro by the Machine Empire, Teppei Takamiya joins forces with X, one of several highly-advanced, artificially intelligent machines known as B'ts (pronounced 'beat'), to rescue him.
BASTARD!! ~암흑의 파괴신~; Bastard!! Destructive God of Darkness; Bastard!! 暗黑的破坏神; Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy; バスタード!!; バスタード!! 暗黒の破壊神; 伏魔战记; Wizard!!: Bakuen no Seifukusha; Wizard!!: the Lord of the Fiery Explosion
In a postapocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even MORE evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to fight four mighty generals and their plot to resurrect the evil god Anslasax!
When Shouta finally finds a clue to his missing brother’s disappearance, he mysteriously wakes up in a room he’s never seen before.
The events of this room are broadcast online, and the only link with the outside is voice chat with the viewers of the broadcast.
In the midst of this extreme environment, a battle royale style murder game begins!
Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head. Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks. Chapters 1-19: Read from left to right Chapters 20-66: Read from right to left
In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders, and asked those childs to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also because the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the "game."
The storyline follows a-team of pirate mercenaries called Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 90's. Their base of operations is situated in the fictional seaport city of Roanapur in south-east Thailand (someplace in the Amphoe Mueang Trat district, probably on the mainland north/north-east of the Ko Chang island or on the isle itself). The isle is home to an extensive range of all kinds of pickpockets, thugs, mercenaries, thieves, prostitutes, assassins, and Gunmen, the Triad, French and Cuban cartels, and the Yakuza. They transport items in the 80-foot (24 m) Elco-kind PT boat Black Lagoon. Lagoon Company does business with various customers, but has a specially friendly relationship with all the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The group assumes many different assignments--which might involve brutal firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical conflicts--in different Southeast Asian places, even going as significantly as Phu Quoc island of Vietnam and when not doing much, the members of the Lagoon Company spend much of the down time in The Yellow Flag, a pub in Roanapur which is usually ruined in firefights.
The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka.
Received the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and ended in 1984.
The manga Buddha is fiction with many characters who represent various life morals. Example Chapra and his mother show the love of a mother to a son.
From Anime-Planet:
The time is several millennia ago; the place is India. Droughts and famine plague the country, and its people are forced into a strict caste system that rewards only the elite cream of the crop. Across the land animals and Brahmin alike rejoice, for the blessed child with a birthright to become a god is about to be born. His name is Siddhartha Gautama, later to be known as the Buddha. However, Siddhartha's life will not be an easy one. He will experience love and loss, learn about the value of life and influence the lives of many, including Tatta and Pariah, Bandaka the bandit and countless others.
The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka.
Received the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and ended in 1984.
This manga follows the unfortunate life of an extraordinary swordsman - Inoko Gennosuke.
Gennosuke was born into a social group called 'buraku' that was considered to be the filth of society, and because of that he was forced to live a life of misery.
From MangaHelpers:
The Comp is a popular portable game system that also functions as a smartphone. But it suddenly becomes a portal for demons to travel to the human world! Kazuya receives three Comps, from his master programmer cousin Naoya, for himself and his two friends Atsuro and Yuzu. In order to survive the demon invasion, the trio have to use the Comps to summon and subdue the demon that appears in order to fight back against the waves of demons that are about to swarm Japan! [vyc]
Fudou Jun is a highschool teacher and takes a trip with a group of students. While there, a group of martial artists staying nearby take a strange interest in the girls. These men are actually demons and after changing into their true form break into the cabin to rape the girls. One gets Jun and violates her. She feels her soul being torn apart and transforms into Devilman Lady. With newfound powers and strength she kills all the demons and protects the girls from any further harm. What are these demons and why did she turn into a hybrid of one? What does this mean for her and for the rest of humanity?
Nakanishi, delinquent just out of reform school, tries in vain to get free of his past. His new job does not satisfy him and he has to suffer the provocations of his boss. One day, an acquaintance from the net introduces him to a game to help him relieve him of his stress: Duds Hunt.
One rule: no holds barred...
Also contains Awakened Dreams, a colored short story.
From the Animeraider:
Satoshi and a group of his friends are on a lengthy boat ride to Kijijima when the world comes to an end – literally. A huge Tsunami wave 500 meters tall overpowers the boat and he finds himself stranded on an island and alone. Meanwhile the rest of the boat has grounded after being dashed upon the shores and soon Satoshi finds them, and sets off a struggle to survive for the passengers and crew of the ship…
