Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in contemporary manga - the flourishing underground of the world’s largest comics industry. Ax has always published manga outside of the more commercial market and not followed manga conventions, thus the titles appearing in this magazine do NOT fall under any of the basic demographics (shoujo/shounen/seinen/josei). This landmark English publication volume includes work by 33 artists: The Watcher by Osamu Kanno Love's Bride by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Conch of the Sky by Imiri SAKABASHIRA Rooftop Elegy by Takao Kawasaki Inside the Gourd by Ayuko Akiyama Me by Shigehiro Okada Push Pin Woman by Katsuo Kawai A Broken Soul by Nishioka Kyodai Into Darkness by Takato Yamamoto Enrique Kobayashi's El Dorado by Toranosuke Shimada The Neighbor by Yuka Goto 300 Years by Mimiyo Tomozawa Black Sushi Party Piece by Takashi Nemoto Puppy Love by Yusaku Hanakuma The Brilliant Ones by Namie Fujieda The Hare and the Tortoise by Mitsuhiko Yoshida The Twin Adults (Two Stories) by Kotobuki Shiriagari Haiku Manga (Two Stories) by Shinbo Minami Mushroom Garden by Shinya Komatsu Home Drama: The Sugawara Family by Einosuke A Well-Dressed Corpse by Yuichi Kiriyama Arizona Sizzler by Yunosuke Saito The Rainy Day Blouse & The First Umbrella by Akino Kondo Stand by Me by Tomohiro Koizumi My Old Man & Me by Shin'ichi Abe Up and Over by Seiko Erisawa The Song of Mr. H. by Shigeyuki Fukumitsu Kataoka Toyo Pathos Theater (2 Stories) by TOUYOU Kataoka Kosuke Okada and His 50 Sons by Hideyasu Moto Les Raskolnikov by Keizo Miyanishi Alraune Fatale by Hiroji Tani Sacred Light by Otoya Mitsuhashi Six Paths of Wealth by Kazuichi Hanawa

Murata Range's new project! The birth of a monster comic book series that sparks comics × illustrations × video × music!! Contributions from various artists! **Adviser:** Murata Range **Contents:** **Volume 1** Cover: Murata Range 1. Hayashida Q - Underground Underground 2. Malter - CONFESSIO 3. Kamo - Awakoi 4. TOKIYA - ACID JPG 5. Takamichi - Eijisu 6. Kataoka Jinsei & Kondou Kazuma - Fabrikbesichtigung 7. Miura Yasuto - Gorogoro 8. JNTHED - 111xx 9. Toume Kei - Skit Scooter 10. Tada Yumi - Ana Clift 11. Author: JD Morvan (Jean-David Morvan), Artist: bengal (Bengal) - congcongcong 12. Shiina You - Iseki Genki ~a daytime vision~ 13. Suzumi Atsushi - BLOOM IN BLACK 14. Miggy - The Shape of Happiness 15. Manji - IRIE 16. Touyou Kataoka - Koedame-shiki no Blues 17. JohnHathway - MAGIC ROCKET STATION 18. toi8 - Liar 19. kawayoo - OTOKOYUONn/ayu 20. Mechikuro - 909 / QUEST OF QUAKE 21. Matayoshi - No Makeup **Volume 2** Cover: Hayashida Q 22. Author: Tada Yumi, Artist: Murata Range - The Planetarium In Midsummer 23. Kodama Yuuki - SPOT THE WORLD 24. Itou Yuu & Maeshima Shigeki - Soukiji 25. Igarashi Ran - Elise 26. Takamichi - Eijisu -the latter part- 27. Touyou Kataoka - Sonna Michiyo no Manna San 28. Enomoto - TWILIGHT ZONE 29. Kamo - UbuCos 30. kawayoo - Machiko & Stopko 31. toi8 - Nepentosu 32. Author: Hiramatsu Masaki, Artist: TOKIYA - Astral Mails 33. Matayoshi - Nanatou no Himegimi 34. Mechikuro - 909 / QUEST OF QUAKE 35. Nathan Fox - TTLK 36. JohnHathway - Space logistics 37. Malter - CONFESSIO 38. fuzichoco - Renmei 39. walter - Futuristic ___ **Volume 2 Links:** - [Official Site (WANIMAGAZINE)](https://www.wani.com/product/138e2/) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4862692575) - [CDJapan](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1507415)