Demons exist and their power is beyond what humans can fathom. In fact they are so strong that humans do not stand a chance against them in a fight. The only thing strong enough to defeat a demon is another demon and it is through this logic that Ryo Asuka hatches the plan to have his good-hearted friend Akira Fudo possessed by a demon. If a person is of pure of heart then he might be able to control the demon that possesses him and thereby acquire power equal to a demon. After raising some hell in a club the plan works and Akira is possessed by the powerful demon known as Amon. Now Akira is mankind's sole champion of justice against the hidden demon menace that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time. [Official English](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/devilman-the-classic-collection/)

September 11, 197x, In the whole Kanto region a magnitude 8-9 violent earthquake occurred. Scholars called it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! Volcanoes erupted, buildings crumbled, Tokyo became decimated in a single day. The government, after failing to recover the city, abandons Tokyo and moves the capital. The survivors form a society with no laws. In this harsh lawless world emerges Jack, a 10 foot giant who annihilates anyone and anything in his path. The manga details his journey. The numbering is from the Complete Edition, with around 20 Chapters per volume.

After a nuclear apocalypse, a group of death row inmates finds themselves the only survivors unaffected by the blast and radiation. Unleashed on a devastated world, they vow to "bloom one last time - as flowers of death"!

High school journalist Kojiro Soma has always had a nose for the occult, but when a greater demon threatens his school, he must join forces with the supernatural to prevent his classmate from summoning hell on earth.

(from ebookjapan): **"If you can't stand your sadness, just look up to the sky and call me. I'll be watching you from this train, that is running through the Galaxy. Since I've started this never-ending journey, I've never forgotten you. I'm always beside you, so please don't cry."** A boy, Tetsuro Hoshino, and his mother dream of getting a machine body that can live for 1000 years. However, his mother is killed by Count Mecha's human hunters. Tetsuro escapes and collapses in a snowstorm, but is rescued by a mysterious beautiful woman named Maetel. She offers him a pass on the "Galaxy Express 999" train to Andromeda, to a planet where he can obtain a mechanical body for free, if he accompanies her... This masterpiece was adapted into an anime and became a huge hit. Through the boy Tetsuro and the mysterious woman Maetel, who travel from the Milky Way to Andromeda on the Galaxy Express 999 in order to obtain a mechanical body, this full-length drama explains what "life" means to human beings. **Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban. 1st part "Andromeda" concludes on vol 12 chapter 91. 2nd part "Eternal" concludes on chapter 138+**[138 is last collected in the Bunkoban version but there are 7 more chapters only collected in the Eternal collectors edition vol 4] --- - **Won the Shougakukan Manga Award in 1977 for Shonen**

Shintaro Kago's debut work, originally published in 1988 in the magazine "Comic Box", was reprinted as a bonus pamphlet included with the 2015 collection "Uchuu (Sora) Kakeru Junjou". The story is about two biologists who land on a strange planet and study the confusing lifeforms they encounter...

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering one-shots from every Garo mangaka up until 1984.

Collection of MASAYA Tokuhiro One-Shot from 1982 to 1987, serialized in both Weekly shonen jump, Fresh jump Magazines ect. *One shots Included:* - **What's Onyanko** [What's おにゃん子] (𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗡𝗼.𝟭𝟴, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲) - **Kanojo no Miryoku wa Sankakukin?** [彼女の魅力は三角筋?] (𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯) - **Nanpa Ganryuujima** [軟派巌流島] (𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯) - **Jungle King Tar-san** [ジャングルの王者ターちゃん♡] (𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲) - **Sotsugyou** [卒業] (𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯) - **Saint Ken-chan** [聖ケンちゃん] (𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟴) - **Sonjo Sokora no Love Story** [そんじょそこらのLOVE STORY] (𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯) - **Bijo wa Nikuryouri ga Otokui** [美女は肉料理がお得意] (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟮 𝗔𝗸𝗮𝘁𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱)

Takashi Shiki is a ronin student who has nothing going for him. One day, he sees fighter planes flying above the sky - as well as a man who died from a gunshot to the head on the ground. The next day, after tanks start to show up, a mysterious young woman named Yuki Kitano begins to accompany Shiki. Shiki also is given the task of watching over his wealthy neighbor's mansion for a hefty sum. But this fortunate turn of events for Shiki is too good to be true: before long, the truth of the matter becomes clear to him - *World War III is about to begin.* In addition to the title story, also includes: - **Mirai of the City of Nocturnal Light** (夜光都市のミライ, Yakou Toshi no Mirai): Adachi resides in a city far from the sun - so far from it, there is no night or day. One day, a surprise encounter leads him to meeting Mirai, a young lady who not only lives in a place even further below Adachi's, but wishes to obtain a flower in the city of light above. - **The Yellow Rabbit** (黄色い兎, Kiiroi Usagi): A glimpse into the life of a pathetic factory worker, and the various scandalous matters he catches wind of. *Note: In the original Sun Comics tankobon, the one-shot Black Bird of Death 4444 (黒死鳥44444, Kuroshitori 44444) was also included. This one-shot was the manga writing debut of Buronson after his brief time under Hiroshi Motomiya. It was included for its similar themes to Panic World, but is absent in the digital edition.*

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!

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.

Yuka Katsuragi, a beautiful TV news reporter, has attracted the affections of a Yakuza thug, Katsuji Yashima, who travels with his brother all the way to Spain to find her, only to have his affections rebuffed by Yuka. A terrible earthquake hits, and Katsuji, his brother, and Yuka, along with four high-schoolers in Spain on a field trip, all fall deep underground. While trapped below the surface, they encounter a mysterious old woman who reveals to them prophecies that the wealthy nation of Japan will meet the same demise as the once-prosperous city of Carthage. Katsuji and the others insult the old woman, who then sends them to see the world of the future with their own eyes, a future of desolation and death…

Nora (1977)

After the great war of the late 1990s as Japan begins construction on a new capital city, earthquakes cause massive destruction and rumors of demons have begun to emerge. The protagonist receives a warning and a demon summoning program.

On the surface, Yukitou Youji is a young part-time rider who aims to cycle around Japan, but behind the scenes, he is a "Black Angel," an executioner of the dark who punishes the criminally insane with a single spoke of his bicycle. As Yukitou gets caught up in various cases, he finds allies in former detective and immortal monster Matsuda Kyouji and beautiful assassin Leila, who double-crossed the enemy, and challenges the giant evil organization Dragon Fang Society to a fight. A fierce action-romance that you won't be able to stop reading!

In Kitakaruizawa, a human larger-than-life springs forth from the Kobayakawa Research Center in the middle of the night. That same human, in an instant of pain and agony, turns to dust and is swept away by a forceful gale across the landscape, a tremendous sight witnessed only by clan of truck drivers rushing down the late-night highway. The experiment of Doctor Kobayakawa ends in a disappointing failure, yet the elder brother of a young Akio makes the acquaintance of the Doctor, unmistakably a trap, one bearing the danger of a new experiment…

The story follows the struggles of street gangs in a near-future version of Tokyo. Between The (SARU) and (HANDS) in 48 hours Race of Time

Amidst the chaos of World War II, two Japanese soldiers hear of Zephyrus, an utterly captivating woman rumored to exist on an island in the South Pacific. The tales of this bold enchantress seducing men to their dooms are both chilling and fascinating. Over twenty years pass, and Zephyrus resurfaces in Japan, seemingly unchanged, to wield her mysterious power over men once more. The one man immune to Zephyrus' charms is simple drunkard, Gohonmatsu Seki, son of one of the wartime soldiers. Employed to spy on Zephyrus, what will Gohonmatsu uncover about her ultimate plot to create international discord and consume the world of men? What brought this woman to conspire for decades against patriarchal society -against an entire gender- and can anything be done to stop her plans? [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/swallowing-the-earth) --- **Volumes 259 and 260 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In post-apocalyptic Japan, a nameless mahjong player ascends a massive tower, facing formidable opponents in life or death gambles.

A series of natural disasters has reduced the world to rubble, with the survivors doing whatever they must to survive in a world gone mad. But one young boy, Kakugo, gifted with amazing martial arts and a superpowerful suit of armor by his late father, has been charged with making the world (or at least his school) a safer place. But his brother has a matching set of skills and equipment, and he's on a mission to bring peace to the world… by wiping out humanity!

On the 15th of October 1990, World War III breaks out. It only lasts for 40 minutes, but industrial establishments were nearly wiped out by the 1000 megatons of nuclear weapons used in the war. The Earth was then cloaked by in a nuclear winter which lasted for 6 months, and all the grain plants died. Each government fell into anarchy and transport and communication networks could not be restored easily. Soon, declarations of state establishment from the citizens in various areas came one after another, and America was split into 6 parts, adding other unapproved small states, it was divided into more than 20 countries. The story is set in 2021, 31 years after World War III. Filicia Epstein, a bionics genius, came to Sabano and Sergent Mutou was ordered to protect her. Searching for her only brother, Lyon, Filicia encountered with 1019, a cybernoid, who directed them to the phantom city, OZ, which is a shelter created by Lyon. As the story unfolds, they gradually realised what 'OZ' actually was… Very loosely based on some parts of *The Wizard of Oz*. Two OVAs were made. --- - **Won the 24th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1993**

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**

"The Moon" is a giant robot created by the millionaire Baron, spending 2.5 trillion yen (at that time). Baron proclaimed that **"God is Dead"** and created The Moon as a replacement, to serve as a new power to bring justice in a world of wickedness. He entrusts the operation to kids with a pure heart, as he believes only children are the ones able to enact true justice. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.

MazinSaga is a manga written and produced by Go Nagai between 1990 and 1998; currently incomplete and up to the sixth volume, it's the summa of Nagai's works, for the complexity of the plot and the treated thematic content. Mazinsaga tells the story of the young Koji Kabuto, university student who finds himself having to collect the fruit of the researches of his father, physicist of world-wide reputation who died in mysterious circumstances. The boy is thus given a powerful artifact, Mazinger Z, the Armor of God.