A battle between modern-day spies and Edo Period shinobi begins! "Predator" is an intelligence agency organized in modern Japan. Ichinami and Sankai, members of the organization, are ordered to retrieve a small nuclear weapon. However, during their mission, they're suddenly enveloped in a blinding light. The next thing they know, they find themselves in a completely different landscape than the one they were in before. It's the Edo Period. The two of them had traveled back in time with a small core! The person behind the time slip was Ieyasu Tokugawa. He was planning to conquer the world and obtain the small core. This is where the story begins. A battle between modern Japanese spies and a ninja army led by Ieyasu's vassal, Hattori Hanzo. Don't miss this covert battle that transcends time and space! (Source: Amazon Japan)

Moriyama is a well-off executive director of a high-class company, with a wife and two children. However, Moriyama isn't all he seems: He is in fact a Zainichi Korean who changed his name and identity after the war to shield himself from discrimination. One night, he is asked by an old friend to shelter a fellow countryman, Jo, who has come for his own reasons. Moriyama, who has distanced himself from his roots until now, must confront not only his heritage, but his past. A sealed one-shot of Tezuka's focusing on Zainichi Koreans, it has never been recollected or reprinted in any capacity.

Section Chief Shima Kōsaku is the first in a number of Japanese manga series about a fictional salaryman named Shima Kōsaku, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company, Hatsushiba Electric. ---- - **Won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1991, which it shared with the Josei work Akujo**

Metropolitan Police Department, First Investigative Division, Eighth Criminal Investigation Unit - also known as “The Eighth”. In order to solve vicious and unusual crimes, an elite force serving as both a surpression and execution force was created. Among them is a man with a high arrest rate, in contradiction with his bewildered demeanor. Chigira Hinato: what deep secret lies behind his high arrest rate?

In an era where man has conquered the speed of sound, speed of light is naturally what man wishes to conquer next. Dontaro Aranami is the son of a world-famous pilot. One day, when he and his father attempt to go light speed, his father nearly dies. Dontaro and his mother go overseas to send him to a Swiss hospital when a military group attacks their train. This group, led by Colonel Gorbo of Uramecia, is plotting to seize rule of the land for himself. This is only the beginning of a large-scale frenzy over the Earth, where even unearthly beings participate... An SF action-dventure thriller with chaos, suffering, and a display of the cruelty of war. Also contains **Wonder-kun**: Wonder (real name: Kantaro) is an orphan who lives on an abandoned island lot in Tokyo with a pack of stray dogs. As Wonder begins to reconnect with human society properly, he finds himself having to protect his home from parties who wish to see it altered for their own deadly means... --- **Volume 340 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Itsuki is an assistant at the Folklore Research Institute and is always caught in mysterious cases as he pursues his studies. Follow along as he tries to unlock these mysteries that are tangled with old beliefs and local customs using his keen professional intelligence.

His father is doing time for murder. His brother was arrested for murder. The second son of the family, Ryoga Ishida, is under suspicion of being involved with his brother. Under his fathers order he takes on his boxing pro test

New one-shot featuring art from Shiro Usazaki! This high school disappearance case is a 90-minute four-player interactive murder mystery where you play the role of the characters and investigate the case. You will have to trace back, spin, and think through your own memories. With that, you can certainly find the truth.

The Diary of Ma-chan is the official debut work of Osamu Tezuka, who serialized it in 1946. It follows the life of a little preschooler named Ma-chan, and all of the shenanigans he gets wrapped up in. Also includes: - **Chinnen and Kyo-chan**: The daily life in Kyoto of Chinnen, a monk in training. - **A-chan B-ko-chan Expedition Log**: A long form gag-adventure story. A pair of siblings explore several areas and even worlds as they help find things and deal with issues for others. - **The Antenna Family**: A family comedy with themes of television. - **Gucchan**: The everyday life of the rambunctious little boy Gucchan, his family, and his group of friends. - **Lively Sei-chan**: A glimpse in the life of the spirited young Sei-chan, his family, and their daily troubles and fun. - **Chief Detective Kenichi** (Newspaper Chapters): An alternate serialization of *Chief Detective Kenichi.* An episodic series of two-page cases of differing natures involving the titular chief detective. - **Mrs. Denko**: A short series involving the chaotic daily life of a family while also showcasing electronics. - **Good Morning! Cusco**: Cusco is a widow from Peru who has just moved in with her brother's family. With her curious inventions, Cusco brings lots of chaos to those around her. --- **Volume 129 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s, all regarding some aspect of Tezuka's early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so. - **Record of the Life of Gachaboy** (がちゃぼい一代記, Gachaboy Ichidaiki, ALT. ENG. - The God of Manga): A reflection on Tezuka's career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the God of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka "Gachaboy". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga's presence in Japan. - **Paper Fortress** (紙の砦, Kami no Toride): Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on? - **Hungry Blues** (すきっ腹のブルース, Sukippara no Blues): Directly following *Paper Fortress*, Tezuka is now a hungry, desperate student with little luck on his path in manga. Things change when he comes across a young lady who works for a newspaper, and he manages to land a serial for it. However, in an era rife with turmoil and starvation, Tezuka's own stomach may prove to be a serious intrusion in not just his manga-making career, but his very life. - **Tokiwa-so Monogatari** (トキワ荘物語, ENG. - The Tale of Tokiwa-so): Part of a series recounting memories within the famous apartment complex, Tezuka showcases its history through commentary from the building itself! - **The Letter that Came** (という手紙がきた, Toiu Tegami ga Kita): Tezuka receives an ominous letter that may put him in hot water. - **Animal Tsurezuregusa** (動物つれづれ草, Doubutsu Tsurezuregusa): Two reflections on animals Tezuka had encountered in his early years - the first a horse, the second two tanuki. An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end. This excerpt is a compilation of scenes/segments of Tezuka's scenes. --- - **Animal Tsurezuregusa won the 21st Bungeishunju Manga Award in 1975, along with Tezuka's, very famous, Buddha** --- **Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

The year is 1949. Crushed by the Allied Powers, occupied by General MacArthur’s armies, Japan has been experiencing massive change. Agricultural reform is dissolving large estates and redistributing plots to tenant farmers—terrible news, if you’re landowners like the archconservative Tenge family. For patriarch Sakuemon, the chagrin of one of his sons coming home alive from a P.O.W. camp instead of having died for the Emperor is topped only by the revelation that another of his is consorting with “the reds.” What solace does he have but his youngest Ayako, apple of his eye, at once daughter and granddaughter? [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/ayako/) --- **Volumes 197-199 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

(from amazon.jp): Moonlight Mask, Messenger from the Moon The Treasures of the Paradisian Kingdom, Part I ~Who is Moonlight Mask? The hero of justice "Moonlight Mask", who appears dashingly on a motorcycle and slays the wicked, is back! In 1958, the TV drama was produced by Seikosha Productions, and it was an instant hit, and "Moonlight Mask Games" were played by children everywhere. It was such a monster program that "children disappeared from public bathhouses" during its airing time. Although "Moonlight Mask" has been adapted into manga by many mangaka, it was not until three months after the start of the TV program that the story was told in the form of a manga. The popularity of Jiro Kuwata's version, which was serialized in Kodansha's "Shonen Club" three months after the TV drama started, was overwhelming and contributed greatly to the increase in the magazine's circulation. The biggest reason for this was that Kuwata was good at what he did. The thrilling action scenes produced by Kuwata's sharp touch, was his forte. The expression transcended live-action and was a great hit with children, winning as much support as much as that of TV version. This book is a complete edition (9 volumes) that includes all chapters of Kuwata's version without omission. Some of the chapters are made by Kuwata's close friend and assistant, Koji Kusunoki, when Kuwata was too busy at that time. The complete edition of the book is a must-have for any fanatic. The message of "Let's make peace" is also included. Dr. Yanagi, a scientist, succeeds in developing a powerful weapon called the "H-O super bomb. However, he receives a threatening letter from the mysterious "Dokuro Mask," a monster, threatening to rob him of the weapon. However, a threatening letter arrives from the mysterious "Dark Mask," warning of the weapon's robbery. Sensing the danger, Dr. Kikugoro goes to the famous detective Shukujuro But it is already too late, and the detective has already left for India on another case. But it is too late, and the detective has already left for India on another case. The evil hand of the Dark Mask looms. "Moonlight Mask," a messenger from the moon, appears to save the doctor. --Moonlight Mask Makes His Debut.

A boy called Yamamoto, who is the son of a priest, has a crush on his classmate Reina (the heiress of their little island's largest company). Because of a small kindness she showed him. One day, Yamamoto was called over by Reina. When they share a secret that they should not have stepped into, they are connected. A suspenseful tale of love and escape begins!!

In the 22nd century, Prof. Kagami creates a time machine. Due to an incident, however, he leaves his only son in 19th century Tokyo. His son is taken in by a pickpocket named Konnyaku no Oden, who names him Komasuke. Komasuke's parents locate him, but realizing the futility in separating him from Oden, decide to return to the future - but leave behind a book describing a future world... --- **Volume 51 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

(from MangaUpdates) The Secret of Piron: An alien boy crashed to Earth and hiding from his pursuers, with a little help from two boys he meets. Sangoro of the Mountains: About a boy raised by the creatures of the forest, who act remarkably human… --- **Volume 318 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A near-future sci-fi x TS story about cloning technology!

*A work of two parts: the second never finished due to the magazine suspending publication.* **Part 1 (Vol 1-3)**: **"Long, long ago, humans lived almost the same as beasts… If you got hungry, you could just find something to kill and eat it. If someone attacked you, kill them too. Everything was kill to survive, kill to survive. Then people started acting smart and making laws. The laws kept them from doing pretty much everything they wanted to do. Beasts, on the other hand, still have no laws, or etiquette. I predict the day will come when an almost mutant breed of humans will appear, sinking to the level of beasts for freedom… Here, I will call them *Vampires…*"** A young boy, Toppei, visits Osamu Tezuka at his anime studio, Mushi Pro, one morning imploring Tezuka to hire him. Tezuka hires Toppei, who makes himself an active part of the team, but as time goes on, the Mushi Pro staff begin to pick up on Toppei's bizarre tendencies... **Part 2 (Vol 4)**: A certain fellow has made it out of the events of Part 1, now set on using a newly introduced species, the Weko, to attain domination. The Weko, the natural foil to the Vampires, are a dying species. Past and present are interweaved, explaining the history and sightings of the Weko, as one of them finds himself wrapped up in that man's scheme... Tezuka's parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth. --- **Volumes 142-144, 320 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

*Unrelated to Rainbow Parakeet* A shojo one-shot compilation with themes and elements of dance, music, and theater. Lune Kordok is a young man who has come to Warsaw in pursuit of attending its conservatory, in a time where Russians aggressively make their presence known. He makes friends with both Joseph, a man who works at a second-hand shop , and the young Frederic Chopin. However, Lune had died two months prior of pneumonia. What is Lune's true nature, and how will he affect the two other men? In addition to the above (serialized in Weekly Shocomi, 1975/10/05-10/26), also includes: - **The Curtains Are Also Blue Tonight** (カーテンは今夜も青い, Curtain wa Konya mo Aoi); Shojo, New Year's Special Issue 1958/01 - Chitori, a young theater actress, has a deep fear of the color red. The color red keeps appearing before her, and it seems to be set deliberately - who is after her, and why does she fear red so much? - **The Merchant of Venice** (ベニスの商人, Venice no Shounin); Middle School First Year Course Supplement 1959/04 - Tezuka adapts Shakespeare's famous comedy with a modern flavor and even more humor. - **Peacock Shell** (孔雀貝, Kujakugai); Shojo Club Supplement, 06/58 - A young architect washes up on a certain island that has closed itself off from the rest of the world. He falls in love with Lima, the princess of the island, as he finds himself involved in its affairs. This all intertwines with the legend surrounding four rocks near the island - a peacock-colored shell is underwater near one of them, and should it be found, love will be secured.... - **Song of the White Peacock** (白くじゃくの歌, Shiro Kujaku no Uta); Nakayoshi Summer Vacation Issue 1959/09/15 - Yuri Ogawa never knew what happened to her father, who went missing during the war. However, one day, she and her mother are introduced to a white peacock that he kept on the battlefield. Yuri wants to be a pianist, and she and her peacock become big stars... --- **Volume 87 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Rival gangs from various Tokyo barrios battle over turf, leaving many a foot soldier bloodied in the violent clashes. But when the heat between two of the clans waxes personal, a bitter rivalry explodes into all-out warfare. Manga-ka Santa Inoue's hard-hitting, fantastical tale of Tokyo street thugs battling it out in the concrete sprawl of Japan's capital raises the bar for manga storytelling, transcending genres and conventions.

The first manga based on the world famous game! The story of an attempt to regain freedom, given in exchange for convenience... In Tokyo, the city infrastructure management system "J-ctOS" developed by Blum-Japan has been introduced. The convenience gained as a result of her work in various areas of life has dramatically changed people's lives. But the reverse side of the coin also appeared imperceptibly...

Kameyama Paris, a young leader of the Kamematsu clan, attends a party of the Akaiyakai, Japan's largest chivalrous organization. There, he takes away Elene, the wife of the clan leader he met. Furious, the chairman of the Akaiyakai calls Achilles, a man called "demigod," to go after Paris...

(from ebookjapan): Dr. Augustus S. F. X. van Dozen is the world's greatest detective. His precise mind is called a "thinking machine", and he declares that there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by logic, and he successfully escapes from an impossible prison! From the detective stories of Dr. van Dozen, the same famous detective as Holmes, "The Perfect Jailbreak" and "The Extra Finger" have been carefully selected. In addition to them, "The Maracot Deep" a masterpiece from Conan Doyle's later years, and "Face in the Hand", a horror short story by Jiro Kuwata, are also included in this volume.

Seinen (and one Josei) One-shot compilation focusing on insincerity, revenge, and the two-faced nature of men. Includes the following: - **The Record of Peter Kürten** (ペーター・キュルテンの記録, Peter Kürten no Kiroku, ALT. ENG. - The Tale of Peter Kürten) - Manga biography on the infamous serial killer also known by the moniker *"The Vampire of Düsseldorf"*. Peter Kürten, a former prisoner-of-war, forms an idealistic couple with his wife and is a devoted unionist at meetings. In actuality he is a sexually perverted serial killer nicknamed the Vampire of Düsseldorf who taunts the police with escalating murders. After one of the murders, the police force a fake confession from another man, causing Peter to angrily reveal the truth to his wife, who gives him up to the police. At trial it is revealed that Peter is actually a criminal with a history of incest, bestiality, arson, and murder. When his lawyer tries to defend him by claiming madness, Peter angrily exclaims that his actions are revenge against the bourgeois. Peter is executed by guillotine. (Tezuka based the story on the work of Shunsuke Tsurumi) - **Sensual Nights** (もの憂げな夜, Monouge na Yoru) - A wealthy Japanese playboy visits Vietnam to seduce a woman who has supposedly stopped aging while waiting for her sweetheart who was taken away by soldiers. As he is in the middle of preparing to have sex with her, his contact tells him that the woman's man was taken away by the Japanese army during the Pacific War, causing a deep hatred of Japanese people in her. He panics, but recovers when the woman reacts by offering him her body. When she fights back against his attempts at intimacy, he tells her that her lover is likely dead and forces himself on her. The man then sees a sight of a wrinkled old woman that startles him so much he jumps out of the window. The woman he had seduced was actually the daughter of the unaging woman and her sweetheart, and his contact was her fiancé. - **Lord Iechika Mogami** (最上殿始末, Mogami-dono Shimatsu) - Piipii, a meager farmer, dreams of being a samurai so he can support his wife and their four children. One day he is employed by a lord to be his double, and Piipii's family is secretly killed. Piipii trains to be a lord, grooming and dressing himself to be the spitting image of the lord. As a test, the lord tells him to give the order to open the castle gates. Piipii rides back to visit his family, only to learn about their deaths. On the lord's wedding day, his double is supposed to replace him during the wedding ceremony to protect him from any attempts on his life. During the switch, Piipii murders the lord and consummates the marriage with the lady Sasa instead. When she learns of his identity, the lady has an affair with a syphilitic beggar, and kills herself. The disease spreads to Piipii and Sasa gets her revenge. - **The Lady of the Rhine** (ラインの館にて, Rhine no Yakata nite) - A Japanese woman accompanies her husband on a business trip to Düsseldorf. She catches him having an affair, and when she confronts him, he leaves her. As she desperately searches for him in the streets, the woman is hit by a car and is hospitalized for a month. When she recovers, she visits her benefactor Lady Rathwood, the owner of a castle they had visited earlier. As she lives with Lady Rathwood, the woman learns of her hatred for men and her hatred for her husband is kindled. One day she discovers that the car she was hit with belongs to Lady Rathwood and she witnesses Lady Rathwood taking off the disguise of the woman who seduced her husband. Lady Rathwood calls her husband to the castle and gives the woman a knife, telling her to take her revenge. The woman refuses and goes back to her husband. - **Fire Mountain** (火の山, Hi no Yama, ALT. ENG. - The Thief Akikazu Inoue) - Time is during the Second World War. The ruffian Akikazu Inoue (whose first name could also be read as Showa) went to the Sobetsu village in Hokkaido, became an assistant of Mr. Masao Mimatsu, an observer of Showa Shinzan, which rapidly generated. The description that Mikami lived for the observation and protection of Showa Shinzan was based on a true story. --- **Volume 265 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**