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In a futuristic Japan, astrologist Tsuneo Ooguro has made a monumental achievement: he has discovered a new planet from another universe. The discovery propels the professor into the public eye, where he is met with accolades, acclaim, and the rights to name the planet. Deciding to let his daughter Remina serve as the namesake, the shy girl quickly finds herself thrust into an uneasy life of stardom. Unlike its human counterpart, planet Remina shows nothing but odd behavior. Its movements are unpredictable and show no clear orbital patterns. Even more mysterious, any star it nears soon disappears. The enigma heightens when Professor Ooguro's assistant claims that planet Remina has stopped moving and looked him directly in the eye. Before going mad, the assistant announces one final thing: the planet is now heading toward Earth. Soon enough, planet Remina enters the solar system, leaving a trail of emptiness and causing worldwide panic. In an instant, popular adoration transforms into hostility; the populace have declared that the Ooguros have orchestrated this disaster and must be destroyed to avert it. Now deemed Public Enemy No. 1, Remina must escape a rabid population, all while the looming threat of the hellstar approaches. Included one-shot: Okuman Bocchi
In this collection of speculative fiction written between 1968 and 1973, Osamu Tezuka brings to life a series of unsettling and suspenseful short stories. A Nazi lieutenant, sentenced to death for his war crimes, arrogantly believes he can escape his fate, but he soon learns the error of his ways. A female android follows her heart and marries for love, only to find herself lost and struggling to manage the consequences of her decision. When a married man uncovers a secret experimentation on his city, he wrestles with both his desire to save the people and his temptation towards adultery. On a dim and deserted road, a cab driver picks up a suspicious passenger who turns out to be completely unaware of the cab driver's true identity. An educated man falls hard for a mysterious woman who holds a life-altering secret. Young American students come face to face with the brutality of war. A revolutionary's attempts to overthrow the government falter. And when space hippies break the rules of a crucial interstellar peace conference, the expected results remain out of reach. These unsettling stories will leave readers grappling with the depths of despair and the hope that persists against all odds.
A common individual finds themselves enamored with a planetary guardian superhero! Though vastly dissimilar in their situations, capabilities, and backgrounds, they gradually build a connection, provide mutual aid, and eventually embark on an unparalleled tale of interstellar love!
For as long as he can remember, Chuuta Kokonose, a 14-year-old boy, has been tormented by an elusive voice in his head, causing his peers to ridicule him for talking to himself. One day, an otherworldly creature, resembling a jellyfish with three eyes, pays him a visit, and he is transported to a galactic police station where he meets a diverse cast of inhabitants. The bureau's chief, Laine Brick, sees great potential in Chuuta and invites him to join their agency, ēlDLIVE. Chuuta's crush, Misuzu Sonokata, already a member of ēlDLIVE, opposes his joining, citing his lack of qualifications. Nevertheless, encouraged by the mysterious voice, Chuuta takes the qualifying exam, only to discover that the voice is actually an extraterrestrial coexisting within him all along. Together with Misuzu and their fellow agents, Chuuta dedicates himself to maintaining order and protecting the various worlds under the agency's jurisdiction.
Commander Char Aznable, an ace pilot for Zeon, believed he could thwart the Federation's mobile suit construction by assaulting their research base located on colony Side 7. Unfortunately, he miscalculated. The Federation already had a functioning prototype, which they utilized to counterattack and wreak havoc. In the midst of the chaos, Amuro Ray, a skilled electronics expert, is steadfast in his resolve to prevent his loved ones from perishing due to the conflict. Nevertheless, how can a lone boy fend off invaders equipped with mobile suits?
A thousand years into the future, Earth has been destroyed by powerful aliens known as Gauna. Although mankind has fled into space, the giant spaceships they now call home are still constantly being targeted by the strange creatures. Piloting mobile weapon units called "Gardes," humanity is able to take a stand against their adversaries by destroying their cores, preventing the monsters from regenerating their protective shell of placenta. Within the vessel Sidonia, a boy named Nagate Tanikaze surfaces from its depths for the very first time in his life. With an incredible amount of time clocked into pilot simulators during his isolation deep within the ship, he quickly proves to be an indispensable asset to humanity's defense force. With the opportunity to pilot the legendary Garde Tsugumori, he fights to protect Sidonia from a grim demise.
In Confucian Era 14276, a violent showdown unfolds in the space surrounding Planet Lagra. And with that, the story begins. Unfolding on Earth and in far-off galaxies, in the past, the future, and across dimensions, the curtain has risen on the final war between light and darkness. A great, galactic epic spanning the author’s career begins here! Kyomu Senki is made up mainly of four series: “The Tiger of 5000 Light Years” serialized in 1980-82. “Kyomu Senshi Miroku” and “Jaki-oh Bakuretsu”, both of which started serialization in 1987, just a few months apart. Lastly, “Skull Killer Jaki-oh”, a mech series set in the 20th century that originally started in 1990. Along with the four main series, it also includes four short stories: “New Rashoumon”, “Ninja Arts at Honnou Temple: The Black Magic of Koji Kashin”, “The Strange Living Dimension, Dogura”, and “The Dogura War Chronicles”.
Saying bye-bye to Earth and blasting off to school in space was a dream come true for Nux. But no one told him how mediocre he would seem stacked up against the brightest minds in the universe. With lackluster grades that could never afford him a scholarship, he's forced into illegal part-time work just to pay the bills. But when a handsome alien propositions him with an offer to make his money problems disappear, he realizes it comes at an astronomical price.
Motivated by his duty as an older sibling, Mutta Nanba has always felt compelled to stay ahead of his younger brother, Hibito. Consequently, when the brothers witnessed a peculiar occurrence in the night sky back in the summer of 2006, they vowed to pursue careers as astronauts. Hibito set his sights on traveling to the moon while Mutta aspired to explore Mars. Fast forward to 2025 and Hibito is preparing to become the first Japanese person to set foot on the moon while Mutta has been dismissed from his job at an automotive development company. Despite facing challenges in securing alternative employment, Mutta's life changes dramatically when he receives a letter from JAXA, informing him that he has been accepted to participate in the next astronaut selection. It seems fate has presented Mutta with an opportunity to honor the pledge he made to his younger brother all those years ago, and he eagerly embraces the arduous challenge of going to space.
The Universal Century began when humans migrated to outer space, and in the year UC0079, the Side 3 colonies declared independence as the Principality of Zeon, sparking a war with the Earth Federation. The conflict has been ongoing for almost a year, with intense fighting in the Thunderbolt sector—a region filled with remnants of destroyed warships and space colonies—as the Earth Federation seeks to reclaim Zeon-controlled territory.
Centuries in the future, in the year After Colony 195, Earth is surrounded by orbiting space colonies. The colonists are cruelly oppressed by the Earth Alliance, which uses huge humanoid fighting machines called "mobile suits" to control the populace. Behind this tyranny is the secret society called "Oz," which has infiltrated the Alliance military and steered it towards its repressive course. Now, the space colonies are ready to strike back. Five young pilots, equipped with advanced mobile suits called "Gundams," are sent to Earth to wage guerilla war against Oz and its Alliance puppets. The war to decide humanity's destiny begins... (Source: MU)
The Earth was left behind by humanity in order to preserve it and now, they reside in a massive circular edifice that hangs 35 kilometers above the planet. One's position here determines their social status; the higher the floor, the greater the prestige. Mitsu is a young man who just graduated junior high school, and his father used to work as a window cleaner. However, Mitsu is forced to take over his father's job when he goes missing and is believed dead. Through this new occupation, Mitsu gains a distinct viewpoint on the living conditions in the Saturn Apartments.
