In ancient China a young fighter named Chinmi goes to the Dairin temple for advanced training. He eventually must leave Dairin temple to go on a pilgrimage where he meets many challenges to test his skills. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Kung Fu Boy** (1991: tankoubon, 2011: bunko) --- - **Won the 11th Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 1987**

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 ||

The story of a young boy Kamui growing up to become a ninja. His life of training ends when he realizes that he doesn't want to be a ninja and decides to become a nukenin (outlaw ninja), someone who is not affiliated with an organization and is hunted for leaving the clan…

The first ecchi in history. Beginning in the first issue of Weekly Shonen Jump (ch 2). The nature of the content is very extreme with both teachers and students being involved in perverted situations. Over the publication, Go Nagai included more extreme content at the encouragement of his editor. As the manga continued its serialization, it garnered more and more controversy from parents. As a result, the Jump Editorial Dept. decided to cancel the serial. Nagai, in response to the controversy, decided to end off the manga [End of part 1] with the very infamous "Harenchi War" (Shameless War) arc. _(spoiler) The arc kills off the majority of the cast in a very gory and disturbing manner and remains a very infamous arc to this day._ Shameless School is controversial in Japan even today and is regarded as a "traumatic work" by several news publications. The manga consists of 3 parts, with the last left unfinished due to the cancellation. + last volume includes 3 chapters backstory arc for Bearded Godzilla.

Graduation was approaching next week, but Tamiko Komachi, commonly known as Tami, kept failing job interviews because of her huge body. The homeroom teacher who did his best found a place where only one was likely to be hired. It's women's professional wrestling! A huge body that can be seen with strange eyes is also a strong attraction in the professional wrestling world. Komachi was reluctant, but he decided to enter the world of professional wrestling after seeing the echoes of the words of the world's super idol stars that his coach told him, and seeing Princess Maki in a live match. Tammy's legend begins now!

Kojiro is the new English teacher at Sakaue High School. He is a foreigner with blonde hair and blue eyes, he also goes to school by riding his surfboard daily. This is the story of a free-spirited teacher who came across the sea to his mother's homeland.

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**

Ai Saotome is a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was kid, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. Although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Makoto Taiga ' a young man with a scar between his eyes, has had a rough life, but has emerged as a bancho, rough and tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. Is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully? NOTE: Volume count based on the bunkoban. - **Won the 6th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for Children's Manga in 1975**

(from ebookjapan): A boy, Jiro Ryuzen, is imprisoned in Kanto Juvenile Prison for the crime of "killing his father. He was sent to Seiun Gakuen, a prestigious private school, in handcuffs, which was ruled by the immensely powerful Goji Shinryu... Together with five members of the Gokehoren, his allies in the juvenile prison, Nagare's fierce battle has begun!

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

The official manga adaptation of the World Heroes series published by SNK. The series is illustrated by Zac'n Pop.

God's come down to earth and all hell is breaking loose! Enter a world where demons seen only in dreams are real, oceans swallow cities, and the powers of the mind are preferable to guns. It is here in the "Demon City" that Kyoya Izayoi, master of the rare martial art of nenpo, wields the mythical sword Ashura in defense of beautiful Sayaka Katagiri. As the evil Dark Order and the Super Soldiers of the Special Abilities Task Force clash in a race to find the one believed to be God, Kyoya saves a member of the SATF—and lands himself smack in the middle of a mess. Meanwhile, members of the Dark Order ambush Sayaka. Can Kyoya slay the beasts and save the girl? Will Kyoya help the SATF defeat the Dark Order and their plan to destroy the world? It's nature versus the supernatural!

A mysterious enemy from another dimension suddenly attacks a rich country. The vassals panic at the outrageous situation. Genjuro, a samurai, is determined to defeat this huge, unidentified enemy. The only thing he can rely on is his will to be and his determination to survive against an enemy who wants to bring everything to nothing. A unique science fiction work by Masashi Tanaka with his outstanding descriptive skills and ideas!

Noboru Takizawa is an ordinary high school student who has transferred into a new school. His chaotic transfer student life begins the moment he steps on a landmine in the schoolyard. From there, Takizawa often finds himself transferring into other schools, moving others with his hot-blooded passion, and fighting against injustice within the school's structure. This is the tale of a high school legend! --- **Links:** - [Shimamoto's Twitter](https://twitter.com/simakazu) - [OVA on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1148)

The Godzilla Comic is an anthology comic featuring the work of a vast number of different artists and 15 original stories. The tales vary from humorous parodies to darker themes. The chapters are: "Original Story: Godzilla" (ORIGINAL STORY GODZILLA Orijinaru Sutōrī Gojira) by Hiroshi Yokoyama "Godzilla²" (ゴジラ２ Gojira Tsū) by Minoru Kawasaki and Kia Asamiya "POSEIDON" (POSEIDON Poseidon) by Tatsuya Tomimoto "Tokyo Godzilla Group" (東京ゴジラ団 Tōkyō Gojira Dan) by Shinpei Ito "Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter" (ゴジラ対盆栽娘 Gojira tai Bonsai Musume) by Koichiro Yasunaga "Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island" (元禄大戸島異聞 Genroku Ōdotō Ibun) by Yutaka Kondo "Monster Warrior Godzilla" (GODZILLA怪獣戦士 Gojira Kaijū Senshi) by Hurricane Ryu "Godzilla: Nightmare Option" (GODZILLA-悪夢の選択 Gojira Akumu no Sentaku) by Kenichi Matsuzaki and Tamaki Nozomu "Tiny Godzilla" (小さなゴジラ Chīsana Gojira) by Akio Jissoji and Reijiro Kato "Last Seen" (ラストシーン Rasuto Shīn) by Kazuko Yumeno "Warning from G" (Ｇからの警告 Jī kara no Keikoku) by Shinobu Kaze "Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada" (ゴジラ対山田課長 Gojira tai Yamada Kachō) by Ken Ishikawa "Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle" (ゴジラ再び地球防衛決戦 Gojira Futatabi Chikyū Bōei Kessen) by Kazumine Daiji "Gojira-kun" (ゴジラくん Gojirakun) by Yamada Takahiro "Godzilla, Young Guy, and I" (僕とゴジラと若大将 Boku to Gojira to Wakadaishō) by Minoru Kawasaki Chapters

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division has 49 members, with 7 squads of 7 members. 8 Man, however, is part of an 8th squad, with no other members. In reality, 8 Man is a robot who assumes the identity of Azuma, a detective who works with the Metropolitan Police. 8 Man has abilities such as super speed, and the ability to shift his appearance. Only a select few know this secret - not even Ichiro or Sachiko, the two younger companions of Azuma, know this fact. 8 Man deals with all sorts of scoundrels and criminals from all over the world - both as the detective Azuma, and the robot 8 Man!

Mocchie Ogane kills the creator of Neo Australias Jumping Gundam. When Domon is informed, he fights Ogane and defeats him.

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!

Azumi is a manga series that concerns a young woman brought up as part of a team of assassins, charged with killing three warlords that threaten Feudal Japan with an agenda of war and bloodshed. --- **Links:** - [Author's Website](http://www.yu-koyama.com) - [Live-Action Movie on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6166) - [Live-Action Movie (sequel) on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6167)

The Abashiri family has just moved into town. And they're the meanest, toughest, roughest bunch you're ever going to meet. From the grandfather to the daughter to the smallest child. And they take true glee from what they do - from kicking the asses of the town toughs, to kicking a family out of their home, to engineering prison breaks, to maiming cops. No one comes tougher. And oh yes, it's a comedy, a total nonsense gag comedy.

A story about the life of Okita Souji and the Shinsengumi (Newly Selected Corps).

Kuraki Fuzuchi is a quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He later meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar latent powers. The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains for a festival that only occurs every 49 years in order to purify his (now deceased) grandfather’s sword. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki’s initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicably intertwined as they encounter various ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author also provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life. --- - **Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo**

Natsume Kiroemon, the protagonist, is the 45th leader of the Natsume family, and inherit the "Kiryuu no Mimi ", a tool which gives its bearer easy access to wealth and women. As a result of his father's death, he leaves the Italian monastery where he'd been training and rightfully takes the name "Natsume Kiroemon" as well as the power of the "Kiryuu no Mimi". Upon his return to Japan, he falls fatally in love with Kanako, one of the members of the rival Mina family. However, the evil hand of the Mina family attacks Natsume constantly and abductes Kanako. Now Natsume has unlocked the seal, making the Kiryuu's power surge, and he's striking back at the Mina family