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**

Collection of one-shots. Also includes an extra chapter of California Story, "Garden of Dreams".

Your ballad: Sakae, born on Innoshima island, had a normal childhood. She has recently come to Tokyo to pay her little sister, Yukiko, a visit. There she meets Seo, an aspiring actor that looks like Masanori Sera from “Twist” who she gradually gets drawn to. Sakae moves in with Seo, even though her fiance is waiting for her in Innoshima. Let’s waltz to the sound of rain: Highschool student, Isako Yoshinaga, arrives home the next morning after having her first time where she discovers her mother, Hatsue, has gone on a trip. What will she do!?

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**

*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**

(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.

Collection of early works by Jiro Taniguchi. Table of Contents: Saketa hōkō (裂けた咆哮) Za pakku (mure) (ザ・パック [群れ]) Yūkara no mori (ユーカラの森) Irataka no juzu (イラタカの数珠) Arano o ayume (荒野を歩め) Kareshibanada (枯柴灘) Taka (鷹)

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**

After a catastrophe destroyed their continent, the inhabitants of Mu adapted to living in the ocean in cities covered by huge domes. After many years in the ocean, the inhabitants began to possess psychic powers. During an annual battle held to determine who is the best Mu psychic, Osper, a boy with a strong sense of justice, battles Drome, an older, brutish boy who is vengeful and evil. Osper wins the battle, though after Drome is defeated, he destroys the dome in revenge and escapes to Earth. Osper is sent to chase Drome and avenge his people. Above ground, Osper meets the International Crusader Police, who aid Osper in hunting down Drome to stop him once and for all.

Collection of short stories by Maruo, includes The Golden Notebook (Kin no Techou), Farewell Showa, and Poison Strawberry.

(from ebookjapan): Highly intelligent birds have exterminated humans and become the rulers of the earth! 　However, the bird society that was born to correct the evolutionary distortion on the earth is not an ideal world, and it soon begins follow the same path as human society. What will become of the decadent avian society...?! Also contains the Otona Manga (Adult Manga) "The Story of Fumbling Animals". Licensed in English by Ablaze as "Tomorrow the Birds". --- **Volumes 94 and 95 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

This dark and intense drama is set in a boy's high school where Kujo becomes the official leader of a gang. Kujo must constantly defend his position by playing a dangerous rooftop game with the other boys vying for his position. This manga has also been made into a film which has shown in various festivals throughout the world.

This is a collection of short stories that Tezuka wrote about transformation and its many forms. (from DMP): The world is nothing but a series of metamorphoses, from changing who you are internally to be a better person to the actual act of growing from a baby to an adult to the elderly. In the world of Osamu Tezuka, transformations show the darkness of humanity. One machine turns humanity's cast-offs into easily-hunted prey. A dancing farmer is turned into a put-upon vagrant only supported by his cat. A giant oaf turns out to be the sweetest and effeminate best friend you could hope for. --- **Volume 88 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

(from ebookjapan): Inspired by Arabian Nights, Michiko Satonaka presents 12 mysterious one-shots. An idol whose ambition backfired, a woman who lived the moment of destiny twice, a woman who obtained the magical power to make three wishes come true, and even an android old woman in ancient China...? Love, friendship, humor even.... A masterpiece collection of one-shots challenging new frontiers!

Aya, the ace and captain of her high school swim team, was suddenly attacked by a water demon! Aya's body was instantly mummified as all the water was sucked out of her. The evil spirits that lurk within the school cause a variety of fearsome phenomena. **Note:** Original edition was discontinued, but the reprints are considered complete.

An anthology of horror one-shots by various artists. 1. Shirayuki-hime (白雪姫, Snow White) [Ito Junji]; Manga Grimm Douwa 2014-12 2. Prologue de Owaru Monogatari (プロローグで終わる物語, The Story that Ends with the Prologue) [Takahashi Yousuke] 3. Shinrei Naika (心霊内科, Spiritual Medicine) [Inuki Kanako] 4. Bungaku Seinen (文学青年, The Bookworm) [Amagappa Shoujogun] 5. Circus Kitan: Onishi Haha to Oni Hahaji (サーカス奇譚 –鬼死母と鬼母児-, A Circus Tale) [Hino Hideshi]; 1987 Zouken Young Jump: Seisjun-go! Vol. 9 6. Iyana Ehon (嫌な絵本) [Noroi Michiru]; Hontou ni Kowai Douwa 2011-07 7. Kurayami no Onna-tachi (暗闇の女たち) [Inuki Kanako] 8. Kago no Tori (籠の鳥, Caged Bird) [Osada Noto] 9. "Mujina" Hajimemashita ("むじな"はじめました, The "Badger" Has Begun) [Takahashi Yousuke]; Kadokawa 2015-01-30

A collection of 3 "hard boiled type" stories by Akihiko Takadera, Haruka Takachiho and Katsuhiro Otomo.

Serialized in Gakken's "-th Grade Science" magazines from 1978-1980, this is the precursor to Ishinomori's later gag comedy work Chikkun Takkun. This early version does not feature the antagonist characters "Dr. Bell" or "Giji Giji" seen in Chikkun Takkun, but instead features an episodic format focused upon a different educational topic each chapter.

Contains two stories: I. Migiko Nipponichi!! - As children Sakon confessed his love for Migiko and promised to protect her, but not long after suddenly cut all ties with her. Now, many years later, Migiko is determined to make Sakon take notice of her by becoming Japan's Number 1 idol. - From Solaris-SVU. II. Takuya of the 7 Wonders.- There's a rumor in the school that if a person steps into the school at night, they will disappear. Sanami, a middle school student who is oblivious about the rumours, decides to prove those rumors out. She gets her best friend missing and now must save her before she disappears.

Young Clara's life changes when her cousin Bianca moves in to their country estate. - **Lulu and Mimi** (ルルとミミ, Ruru to Mimi) - **Fantastic Magic** (すてきな魔法, Suteki na Mahou) - **Cool Cat** (クールキャット) - **Explosive Company** (爆発会社, Bakuhatsugaisha) - **Bianca** (ビアンカ) - **Girl on Porch with Puppy** (ポーチで少女が子犬と, Porch de shoujo ga koinu to) - **The Tale of Bell and Mike** (ベルとマイクのお話, Bell to Mike no Ohanshi) - **Snow Child** (雪の子, Yuki no Ko) - **Senbon Pin** (千本のピン , Senbon no Pin) [Official English](https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/a-drunken-dream-and-other-stories)

(from ebookjapan): The phone calls to Sanae night after night... "I told you clearly 5 years ago that I have someone I love and I'm still crazy about him, so don't bother me!" Sanae is bothered by the phone calls that keep coming in and out...? In addition to "Telephone," horror manga prodigy Nori Ochazuke brings you this collection of horror masterpieces!

With the airplane, humanity's longing to take to the skies was realized. The development of science and technology has even made it possible for them to advance into space. And thus have the skies, once an object of longing, been transformed into a place of fierce international conflict. Compiles the title story and other short classics by Satomi Mikuriya.

An anthology of three Tezuka oneshots from the late 1960's. - **The Runaway Tanker** - Newscaster Goro Tsukinashi is invited to board the world's first atomic-powered, computer-operated oil tanker, the Osakabe Maru. While on its maiden voyage, everything that could go wrong, does go wrong. Can the passengers survive aboard this voyage of the damned? - **Land of the Tigermen** - Television director Goro Ibukuro makes his living exploiting the talents of others on his most popular show, World's Cruelest Acts. After hearing about a tribe of "Tigermen" that live in the hinterlands of Borneo that apparently have a miracle cure in the form of a ceremony, he decides to set off and film them. However, he might have taken on more than he bargained for… - **The Spaceman's Base** - Set during the Occupation of Tripoli during World War II, two American soldiers and a German soldier are held hostage by a Japanese boy who hijacks the Americans' Jeep. The boy's destination is the mysterious ruins of Wadan-Wadan, located in the middle of nowhere. What is the connection between the boy and these ruins? --- **Volume 66 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**