*Reads from left to right.* A collection of poem manga and full color manga filled with warmth and childhood innocence. Includes: - **Rosebud Rosie**: A precocious little girl named Rosie finds a kindred spirit in Paco, a boy from the circus. A short serial that was one of the launch titles in *Lyrica*. - **The Bright Gray House**: A girl reflects on herself, her neighborhood, and her home in the period where two-story homes were only just beginning to become widespread in this full color poem manga. - **The Child in the Box**: A full-color picture book (ehon) manga on a little boy who isolates himself from others. - **My Neighbor Ippei-kun**: The daily life of a little boy named Ippei and his family. - **The Light in August**: A short poem manga about a girl and a game of hide-and-seek she played when she was younger. - **Etchings of the Seasons**: Two-page poem manga by Kimura that cover various subjects, often reflective and contemplative.

"I am a star. I have been traveling along a predetermined orbit for billions of years now. At some point, I saw a small planet within a hair’s breadth of my orbit..." --- A large-format, full-color comic from Shigeru Tamura, following the adventures of a star head on the planet of Phantasmagoria.

The 17-year-old Bat Duran has returned to her birthplace, Rainbowria, where her mother grew up. As the heir of the Black Knight Queen title, she rouses the sealed planet Starship from its sleep. This is the story of her adventures on the mysterious planet.

More ratventures from Tamura. --- Published in Bikkuri House November 1979.

Saturday night. A child from the Moon came to visit.

In this 1980 short story by Rumiko Takahashi, a young ronin adopts a zashikiwarashi, a spirit that is supposed to bring good fortune into his home, however looks can be deceiving.

On Feb 9th, 1989, legendary manga author Osamu Tezuka died after a prolonged hospital stay due to Stomach Cancer. Months later, Asahi Journal ran a Special issue as homage to Tezuka's legacy. In this issue, a bunch of his contemporaries, as well as some of his own assistants, drew up tribute pages to mourn their fallen colleague. This listing is for the translated tribute pages.

The magazine-sized (B5 size) "Tetsujin 28-go", which was published by Kobunsha as "Kappa Comics" in 20 volumes around 1965, has been reprinted. The original 4 colors and 2 colors are faithfully reproduced.

Jun of Ishinomori's Fantasy World Jun returns, this time as a younger boy. While he may be younger, the sights he sees are as fantastic as ever, taking one on trips throughout different worlds as he tries to make sense of things. Serialized in two magazines, including Sanrio's shojo magazine Lyrica.

A series of 5 'picture book' manga for very young children, Ishinomori crafts his own tales that fit right at home with well-known Japanese folklore, gracing them with dozens and dozens of gorgeously done two-page spreads. - **Child of the Stars** - Hikaru is a boy of mysterious parentage, said to have come down from the stars. One day, Hikaru comes to face an oni with his own reason for attacking Hikaru, one connected to Hikaru's past. - **The Dragon's Whiskers** - Taro's mother is ill, but legend has it that if she drinks a boiled dragon's whisker, her illness will be cured. Taro goes on his quest to obtain this whisker. - **Tale of the 1000 Year-Old Cedar** - A tengu father suddenly finds himself responsible for several human children. A yamauba offers to care for the children by becoming their mother, but he refuses. Frustrated, the yamauba is set on making him suffer... - **Aim For It! Saburota** - Saburota's father was killed by a whale ('the white monster'), and his mother dies from the shock. Now orphaned, Saburota aims to become a great harpooner to avenge his parent's deaths. - **Kon Kon Kon** - A young boy who doubts kitsune ends up crossing paths with one, as he suddenly ends up in different worlds, much to his confusion...

This 16-page manga/strategy guide with some very slight gamebook/puzzle elements was included with the July 1986 Ninensei edition of Shogakukan’s Shogaku Gakushu Zasshi magazines. It introduces the story and gameplay of the original The Legend of Zelda game, running through the complete events of the game.

*Reads from Left-to-Right* (from ebookjapan): Unicorns are legendary animals that bring happiness to those who have an honest heart. The unicorn child Unico, who lives with a young girl Psyche, is driven out of the mythical land by the trickery of Venus, the goddess of beauty. Wandering through time and space, Unico repeatedly encounters and parts with various people... A fancy fairy tale that will light a warm fire in your heart! --- **Volumes 285 and 286 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A Rockman origin story comic included in the *Rockman Character Collection* booklet.

Violence Becomes Tranquility was published in Heavy Metal Heavy Vol. III #11, March 1980 Heart and Steel was published in Epic Illustrated #10, February 1982

Short Sci-Fi story based off of Hideo Kojima's cyberpunk-themed adventure game of the same name.

Exactly what the title says. It could be described as [Gon](https://mangadex.org/manga/2092) only with a gentler tone and a penis instead of a dinosaur

The Super Metroid comics, drawn and written by Benimaru Itoh, were released in Nintendo Power issues 57 to 61 in the summer of 1994. They contain a highly paraphrased version of the game's storyline, and the introduction of new characters such as Old Bird, Chairman Keaton and Armstrong Houston.

The story begins near Berlin at the end of WW2 when Hans, a German chief tank mechanic, and his commanding officer are racing west toward the American front lines… Serialized originally on the Model Graphix magazine.

*A work that was not collected in the Tezuka 400 released in 1978 due to Tezuka losing the originals, but collected in the Tezuka bunko.* More-or-less a direct adaptation of the classic Walt Disney animated feature film of the same name. (from ebookjapan): In the deep mountains of Australia, a life was born. The fawn, named Bambi, grows up together with the animals of the forest. One night in the forest, Bambi encounters a stag with magnificent antlers. As he follows it deep into the forest, he is surrounded by terrifying wolves....... A fantastic work by Osamu Tezuka, based on the Disney animated masterpiece!

Preschool girl's manga that won the 5th(1959) Shogakukan Manga Award and tied with Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by UEDA Toshiko. Not quite a one shot, a serial with one off stories

Written from a boy's point of view, a manga in the form of a painted poem. The boy dreams he and his sick twin sister fly and travel around the world, so he can bring her happiness. **Note** Published in "Miyazaki Hayao, Otsuka Yasuo no Sekai" book in 1982.

Serialized in Photo Japon across seven chapters, from December 1985 to June 1986. Each chapter was printed on one page. The format is that of a contact sheet, with the pages shrunk to fit on a single page.

A heartwarming story about leaving one's home, fighting enormous opposition, persevering in spite of it, and love. An original manga presented in full color watercolor by renown Anime director Hayao Miyazaki. [Official English](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250846525/shunas-journey)