**From TokyoPop:** 300 years ago, a powerful warlord rebelled against the Heavenly Emperor. After killing the Emperor, the warlord crowned himself as the new Emperor, starting a cruel reign. But there is a prophecy: Six Stars will one day assemble and overthrow his tyrannical rule … Now, the ruler of the Yasha Clan has found Ashura, the last of the Ashura Clan, and together they set out to find the Six Stars and fulfill the prophecy.

Miyu is an eternally youthful, 13-year-old vampire. Her peculiar appearance; golden eyes, pale skin, and hair tied with a ribbon in a strange fashion, are concealed during the day. Miyu is the Guardian (or Watcher), whose duty it is to return the Shinma - god-demons that prey on humans - to the dark. She has the power to call forth fire, which burns Shinma and sends them to the dark. Her only companion, friend, and protector is Larva, a Western Shinma who is bound to serve her. Together, they hunt stray Shinma across Japan. How Miyu became a vampire is unknown, so is how and why she became the Guardian. However, more mysterious is the gift she bestows on the people she feeds from… Adapted from a 1985 OVA.

(from ebookjapan): Around 1880, the Baron de Portsnell and his family visited a seaside town. They had come from London, and they soon became well known in the city. The baron and his wife and their children, Edgar and Marybelle, exuded an elegance that was out of place in a country town. The sight of them was like looking at a perfect painting. In fact, their beauty was a magical beauty out of time. They were the "Poe's Clan", vampirnellas who consume human blood. The family rented a house on the outskirts of the city and began to search for someone to welcome into the clan, pretending to be human. Edgar was intrigued by Alan Twilight, the son of the city's foremost trader.... [Official English](https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/the-poe-clan-vol-1?_pos=1&_sid=27aa05edc&_ss=r) --- - **Won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 1976, which it shared with Hagio's other serial, They Were Eleven**

"The Great Dark Circus descends from a rotten, cursed, demon-related lineage. Every sin, every flaw and every torment from men are represented in our show. Come and watch, meet the tragedy of the ventriloquist mother, the secret of the butterfly princess and the angst of the mist-man… Going into the roaming black tent of the Great Dark Circus is acceding to the magic of its phenomena, and that magic will be the source of our misfortune, because we are all of them."

One of Osamu Tezuka’s earliest works, The Story of a Miracle Forest (1949) was published as a book-length stand-alone adventure by Tokodo in June 1949. Once upon a time, there was a magical forest, full of miracles, where all the animals lived together in peace and harmony. However, when the Grand Duke of Dahlia sends his men to go cut down the trees, the Goddess of Miracles vows to stop him. Collected in Volume 323 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works "[Four Fencers of the Forest](https://mangadex.org/title/73704e09-d15d-44a4-92fd-b9c2769da6bc/four-fencers-of-the-forest)"

The Iyahaya family, one of Japan's most prominent conglomerates based in Iyahate Prefecture, has decided to take care of a relative named Nantomo while his parents are transferred overseas. Iyahaya Sayoko can't help but be curious about her relative's boy of the same age. What kind of boy is this eccentric Nantomo? In the meantime, a boy in a tattered coat appears before Sayoko's eyes, a poorly dressed eccentric person who eats their dog's food. When she asked him what his name was, he said, "Iyahaya Nantomo (Oh no... Not at all...)", how unclear. Sayoko and her grandmother hurriedly invited him into their house, convinced that he was their relative, Nantomo. Even though he is not Nantomo, the head of the Iyahaya family, Totetsumo, decides to keep the poor, mysterious boy as the Nantomo and sends him to Kenkin school, the same school as Sayoko. The school is in the state of Cold War between the Hatesate family conglomerate and the Iyahaya family conglomerate. With the arrival of Nantomo, the school is dragged into a great explosion of madness.

Suikoden is the Japanese adaptation of the Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh, one of the four great Chinese classical novels. The original story tells how a group of 108 outlaws are granted amnesty when they form an army to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces. Winding through the maze of political and social ancient China, their adventure brings them up against the apathy and conservatism of the current government, where very little regard exists for the truly brave. - || SUIKODEN - Volume 1 -7 || - || SUIKODEN: Gaiden - Volume 8 ||

A pair of twin brothers were raised in poverty - but in reality, they're princes, being raised as such to protect them from a witch's curse... Contains other gag one-shots in the second half. --- **Volume 323 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

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.

Teenage magician Kaito Kuroba has a secret identity: that of Kaitou Kid, a famous internationally-known and wanted "phantom thief". Kaito took the identity after one day discovering that his late father was the original Kaitou Kid. Later on, he discovers his father, who died from an 'accident' during a magic trick, was really murdered because he would not steal the jewel Pandora for an evil organization. As Kaitou Kid, Kaito tries to find Pandora before that organization that killed his father do, and destroy it, leading Inspector Nakamori and his taskforce on the wildest jewel heists imaginable!

1199 - 10 years after the death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune at Hiraizumi. Japan is now under the shogun Minamoto no Yoriie, son of Yoritomo, who had schemed against Yoshitsune. Yoriie hears of followers of Yoshitsune still lurk about, and is more than willing to get rid of those thorns in his side. However, they are more pertinent than he could imagine...for Yoshitsune's orphaned son, Hoshiwakamaru, has survived, and is planning to avenge his father with fellow pirates and conspiring officials! A tale of alternate history set at the dawn of the Kamakura period, with some fantastical elements mixed in.

Arianrhod is a young girl from an island called Erin. She is different from all the other kids her age. All the others in the tribe have blond hair while Arian is the only one with black hair and because of this she was bullied many times. One day a traveler in silver clothing came to Erin and “named” Arian. To be named is very important because it reveals one's true self. After that the Master Drisu takes Arian in as his disciple because she was “named” by the stranger. Balor is the evil leader of Death Valley and one night he murdered all the people in Arian's tribe, and she swears to get vengeance on Balor. (From Esthétique)

The direct sequel to Princess Knight, focusing on Prince Daisy and Princess Violetta, the twin children of Sapphire and Franz. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/the-twin-knights/) --- **Volume 53 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Sapphire is the Prince of Silverland - however, Sapphire is actually a girl. At birth, she was born with both a boy's heart and a girl's heart thanks to a prank pulled by the cherub Tink. Her parents, without a son, decide to raise her as a boy, and even dress her as such. Several plots threaten to undermine not just Sapphire, but Silverland itself. Can Sapphire keep her homeland safe? Note: Different from the 1953 version that was serialized in Shojo Club. This version includes characters (like Captain Blood) that were not in the previous version, as well as a different plot. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/princess-knight/) --- **Volumes 4-6 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Saburo Onishi (or "Sabutan") wanders into a four-dimensional world through a crack in the wall of a underground road under construction. There he gains the ability to stop time. He decides to use this ability to help people. --- **Volumes 56 and 57 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A fantastical hentai comedy manga by Neriwasabi, featuring the perverted escapades of Yanabe Rousuke, who is transformed into a woman after stumbling into a occult ritual.

The Koinobori yakuza family's souls are expensive commodities, a source of great pride to those of the demon world's soul bank. But when the Koinobori heir, Ryuji, is born with a pure soul engrossed with fairies and angels, it's up to Maria to become his personal cupid and reform him so that he continues the Koinobori's lascivious family line!

In a post-apocalyptic 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 Anthrasax!

A princess who came from a magical land to make friends with humans. Sally built a house in the human world and started going to school there, but her father, the emperor, did not like it and tried hard to bring her back to the demon world. **||`The Colored Edition Includes Colored pages at beginning of chapters, Some scenes are also extended and/or altered from the original`||**

(from ebookjapan): Once upon a time there were... 3 brothers. They decided to divide the world into three parts and decide which part of the world each would occupy by drawing their lot. The youngest brother, Zeus, who drew the first lot, became king of the Sky, and the second brother, Poseidon, drew the second lot and became king of the fertile Sea. The unlucky eldest brother, Hades, drew the third and worst lot. He was forced to become king of the dark Underworld... Years later, Arion, a young, and promising, boy is kidnapped by Hades and raised for the day for when he goes to Mount Olympus to deal with Zeus once and for all. Adapted into an anime film by Yasuhiko Yoshikazu himself in 1986, with the titled altered to **Neo Heroic Fantasia: Arion**. The tagline for the film was "There's an Arion in you!" --- **Links:** - [Anime Film Adaptation on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=807) [Official Chinese](https://book.douban.com/subject/3126619/)

In the country of Goldland, it is prohibited to have a princess succeed the throne. When the queen has a daughter, she decides to raise her as a boy, and have her identity be a secret. However, Sapphire would occasionally don girl's clothes. One day, disguised as a girl, Sapphire meets Franz Charming, a prince from another country. Not knowing the truth of her identity, they fall in love. However, Duke Duralumin, a distant relative to Goldland's king, is plotting to overthrow him... Note: Different from the 1963 version that was serialized in Nakayoshi. This version is shorter and does not include characters like Captain Blood. --- **Volumes 85 and 86 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

**From Toriyama's World:** Yaiba's whole life has been spent training to be a samurai and he doesn't know about anything else, not even girls. When he returns to Japan, a pair of cursed swords makes life even more exciting… and hilarious. Note: Starting at chapter 80, EMS Team started using bunko scans, so the volume numbering is a little different. --- - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1993** - Published in Indonesian by Elex Media Komputindo as **Yaiba**

Harumi Sawa is an ordinary high school student finds himself at odds with Ayako Kawahori, a girl who has recently transferred into his school. Not only does he become drawn to her bizarre stench, he also begins to pay close attention to her seemingly odd behavior. After being reminded of harpies - the half-woman, half-bird beasts of Greek mythology - during a lesson in class, Sawa begins to think Kawahori might actually be one of those mythological beasts herself. [*Further reading on the title one-shot*](https://yamagishi-ryoko.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/01/25/001908) Ryoko Yamagishi presents a one-shot compilation with many of her recurring themes, such as mythology and human nature, with horror, comedy, mystery, and the everyday. Self-absorbed leads are also a unifying element in this compilation. Also contains: - **A Visitor From the Rain** (雨の訪問者, Ame no Houmonsha): Itoi is an office lady who's getting up there in years, yet is perfectly content with being single. One day, as the rainy season suddenly arrives, she comes home to a little girl she has never seen before in her apartment... - **Undine** (ウンディーネ): Okada comes to Hokkaido to do some wildlife photography at a pond for his publisher. Okada is known for his standoffish, antisocial disposition, but that begins to change upon saving a beautiful girl, one who evokes the image of the titular aquatic spirit. - **Strawberry Night Night** (ストロベリー・ナイト・ナイト): The ravings and commentary of one woman at a mental institution on those around her who are also lost in their madness.