Hoshino Yukinobu

This newest instalment of the Munakata Kyouju series will see the titular professor heading to England following an English university's invitation, and digging through the myths and history of the world.

The manga tells of the "life and death" voyages of Ming Dynasty Chinese explorer Zheng He.

Amamiya Taki, an employee - albeit a reluctant one - of the Parapsychology Research Institute, is suddenly notified of the suicide of a twin brother he never even knew existed. This event sets into motion a shocking chain of occurrences, the first of which is the discovery that Taki has no brain. Note: Nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

A collection of horror-themed short stories. Most of the stories revolve spirits. Chibiki no Iwa First Published: Nemuki 2002 March Issue (Asahi Sonorama) The Yomi Vortex First Published: Nemuki 2002 November Issue (Asahi Sonorama) The Hisame First Published: Nemuki 2004 January Issue (Asahi Sonorama) Chigaeshi-no-Tama First Published: Nemuki 2004 September Issue (Asahi Sonorama) The Marebito Mask First Published: Horror M 1995 March Issue (Bunkasha) The Earthen Woman First Published: Comic Tom 1993 January Issue (Ushio Shuppansha)

In 205X, armed forces and conflicts are a thing of the past and people live safe, peaceful lives, all thanks to a cheap, inexhaustible source of energy. One day, something strange is discovered on the moon: an ancient corpse in a spacesuit. The corpse is undeniably human, but it appears to be about 50,000 years old! What does this mean about the history of our species and what effect will this discovery have on current human society?

From all around the world come many legends and beliefs; professor Munakata, an authority on the study of folklore, reveals the invisible historical facts hidden behind the myths. This story is brightly depicted, the main character using keen reasoning and a deep insight to solve one mystery after another.

A condensed biography of Kublai Khan, as told by Professor Munakata. This is the second tie-in to NHK's Road of Civilization special.

When an asteroid threatens to hit the Earth, a strategy is adapted to deflect it through the use of a nano black hole. This black hole successfully saves the Earth from the asteroid, but it then destroys the Moon as well. Now the Earth has lost its valuable partner, and many catastrophes are occurring due to its absence. Will it be possible for the people of the Earth to find a way to recover from this horrible loss?

A series of short stories detailing the exploits of Dr Imibe Kana, a researcher on Japanese mythology and religion, as she travels around the country becoming involved in various occurrences centred around ancient folk traditions.

Deronga Five Alpha is a dying unstable planet which according to studies, used to be a very lush planet with all kinds of different species. The current state of the planet is a horrifying place where vicious carnivorous creatures fight in the “survival of the fittest.” Captain Bugless, the leader of the research spacecraft, is a cold and cruel woman who, despite the warnings, unnecessarily sends a military team down to the planet for research. The end result was a catastrophe with the team being slaughtered by the creatures on the planet. The leader of the team, Cannon, vows vengeance on Bagures before seemingly dying. Jump to 20 years later, a spaceship comes near Deronga Five Alpha to see the end of the planet. As the planet explodes, a foreign object attaches itself onto the spaceship. As nothing can survive a planetary explosion, the crew investigates the object only to find out it is one of the creatures from the planet Deronga. As the story progresses, the creature goes into a rage after seeing Bugless, now an extremely important person in the military, on the monitor screen. Could this creature be Cannon and how do you stop something that can withstand a planetary explosion?

The Temple of El Alamein is a compilation of World War II short stories from the perspective of the German military personnel. As the saying goes, the winner writes history, and these stories are the untold, unwritten part of the history of WWII. Taking place between 1940 and 1945, when the war was at its most violent peak, each story takes place in a different part of the world where Germans were fighting. One story takes place in Egypt where soldiers find an ancient ruin that prove the existence of dinosaurs that helped build the Great Pyramids. Another story tells how one German fighter jet was able to take down a B-47 Stratojet 40,000 ft. in the air, far above what a fighter jet could achieve at the time.

A collection of five short stories.

The Blue Hole is a gateway that takes you back in time to a prehistoric age. In anticipation of the astonishing discovery, the United Kingdom and the United States dispatched a joint team to the Jurassic world 145 million years ago and embarked on a full-scale investigation. Just then, a sudden phenomenon cuts off communications with the modern world. Few people with limited equipment are left behind. Survival in a terrifying world where everything is unknown and dinosaurs roam free has begun!

Stardust Memories is a short story compilation of human beings in the distant future where we have traveled deep into space. Each story describes a moral dilemma that people traveling in space may experience which is something that we have yet to determine in the current world. Stardust Memories talk about such problems as the implications of having people travel for years, even decades, in the cold, quiet and endless universe. A different story tells on how human presence in a foreign galaxy will affect the environment. The topics the author decides to write about are interesting and makes you wonder about the future.

A collection of six science fiction stories. Contents: In the Ocean of the Night (2001 Nights Spin-Off) 2.-4. Arthurian World (Starship Adventure Star Field) The Red Star of Scorpio (Starship Adventure Star Field) Vessel of Wrath The Golden Planet (Space Fantasy Part1) Dollmen (Space Fantasy Part2) Journey to the Edge (Space Fantasy Part3) Phobos and Deimos Planet of Fog

Munakata is an anthropology professor who studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories that most presume to be entirely fictional are actually based on real events. This manga tells the story of Professor Munakata as he follows the clues left from both the imaginary world of fairy tales and the real world historical evidence. This manga is highly educational and entertaining at the same time. The connections between the history of the land and the implications it has on the fairy tales are extremely intriguing. It is a breath of fresh air if all you read are the typical genres and want some diversity.

In the future, in a rush much like the American gold rush, many people emigrated to our solar system's asteroid belt to mine the asteroids. A society developed out in the belt, and the citizens, who were generally looked down upon by Earth citizens, came to be known as "Belters". Eventually, this community sought independence from the earth, ushering in a war. The Belters could not stand against the Earth military, and they were defeated, falling back under the harsh control of the earth. Twenty years later, an old man called Bou discovered a still-living baby in a tank within the wreckage of a ship from the war. He named the boy Cross, after the Belter's greatest hero, and raised him with the hope that he would grow to become a messiah for his people. At the age of ten, Cross is captured by Earth soldiers and forced to leave his guardian's care. What connection does this young boy have to the legendary hero Cross? Will he be able to pass through the trials that lie before him, and fulfill the expectations he does not even know that his people have of him?

Science fiction series about the discovery of a gateway in time and space deep underwater which allows for travel between the present day and the age of the dinosaurs.

A collection of short stories: One Day In The Life of Ivan Dejavu - Business Jump (Shueisha) 1986 March Fangs of the Sea - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1979 January 25th Extra Edition Emperor of Winter - Young Magazine (Kodansha) 1996 July Alice (Part 1) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 August Alice (Part 2) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 September Alice (Part 3) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 October Hunters at Dawn - Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) 1976 Issue 28 Lightning Strike - Monthly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 August A Tale of Seven Cities, Battle of Pell Strait, Extra Chapter - Tanaka Yoshiki Doku-hon (Hayakawa Shobo), 1994 September 30th

There are countless alien beasts (BEMs) inhabiting the planets at the edge of the universe. Sword Lann is a "Bem Hunter" who captures Bems alive on comission. Sword is off to deep space again in pursuit of another dangerous BEM! Episodic chapters published very sporadically from 1986-2015 (2 volumes total). Cover images: Volume 1.0: 1991: Morning KC by Kodensha. Never completed. Volume 1.1: 1996: Sukora by Scholar. Paperback bunko. Volume 1.2: 2002: KC Deluxe by Kodensha. Never completed. Volume 1.3: 2006: Kodensha paperback bunko. Volumes 1.4 & 2.4: 2015: KC Deluxe Afternoon by Kodensha. Finally complete.

A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown. Wikipedia Note: The Japanese cover images and the Chinese cover images are essentially identical. However, if you look in the top-right of the cover image, you will see that the Japanese one is by Action Comics and the Chinese one is not.

A unique publication from before Shogakukan Inc. established Viz Communications in 1987 (the first full-fledged business in the United States by a Japanese Manga publisher), MANGA was an 88-page anthology of 10 short stories in both color and black-and-white: An experiment by Masaichi Mukaide, the publication's editor, this may have been too far ahead of its time, in many aspects.Features a stunning roster of authors of that time: such as Hiroshi Hirata, Yosuke Tamori, Yukinobu Hoshino, Katsuhiro Otomo, Keizo Miyanishi, Noboru Miyama, Yoji Fukuyama, & Noriyoshi Orai (illustration) and with Hajime Sorayama featured on its cover, Back cover by Hiroshi Hirata, and Chika Oya in charge of coloring the illustration indicated.NotesFor detailed ToC, refer to Grand Comics Database page (Link)Description adapted using excerpts from the 2020 article "People who have delivered Japanese manga overseas No.1: Masaichi Mukaide, Editor" (Link)

Read left to right Story 1: Saber Tiger "From tens of millions of years ago, the saber-toothed tiger reigned as the strongest carnivorous animal on land." Told from the perspective of a saber-toothed tiger, Saber Tiger tells a story where time travelers appear in the mist of the Ice Age. Story 2: The Planet of the Unicorn Astronauts attempt to investigate a planet with environmental conditions frighteningly similar to that of the Earth's. Madness ensues. Story 3: Sergeant Story 4: Adamas Diamonds Story 5: Quo Vadis Story 6: Asphaltic Trap Story 7: The Planet of Winter

A collection of short stories: The Distant Dawn - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 Issue 34 The Steel Queen - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 April 28th Extra Edition Escape from the Wastelands - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 Issue 39 Funeral Convoy - Monthly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1976 March A Call from Afar - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1978 September 15th Extra Edition Whiteout - Weekly Manga Action (Futabasha) 1979 Super Fiction August 31 Extra Edition Amazons of the River - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1977 September 10th Extra Edition The Carneades Plan - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1976 August 20th Extra Edition Algae (Part 1) - Monthly Bears’ Club (Shueisha) 1990 August Algae (Part 2) - Monthly Bears’ Club (Shueisha) 1990 September Lightning Strike - Monthly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 August Emperor of Winter - Young Magazine (Kodansha) 1996 July One Day In The Life of Ivan Dejavu - Business Jump (Shueisha) 1986 March Alice (Part 1) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 August Alice (Part 2) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 September Alice (Part 3) - Comic Tom (Shio Shuppansha) 1985 October The Distant Dawn won the 9th Tezuka Prize in 1975.

A collection of sci-fi short stories. Contents: 1-2: Legend of Giants A sci-fi drama about humans, inspired by Prometheus, struggling against their given fate by using fire to end the ice age. 3: Icarus Asteroid A sci-fi drama about a smog-covered world and a daring plan to transmit enough energy from the Sun so humanity can survive. 4: Horizon Patrol: A sci-fi action/comedy about a futuristic Earth covered by a sprawling mess of highways, and two loose-cannon officers who help keep the roads safe.

Midway through the Twenty-first century, an integrated global computer network manages much of the world’s affairs. A proposed major software upgrade—an artificial intelligence—will give the system an unprecedented degree of independent decision-making power, but serious questions are raised in regard to how much control can safely be given to a non-human intelligence. In order to more fully assess the system, a new space-station habitat—a world in miniature—is developed for deployment of the fully operational system, named Spartacus. This mini-world can then be “attacked” in a series of escalating tests to assess the system’s responses and capabilities. If Spartacus gets out of hand, the system can be shut down and the station destroyed . . . unless Spartacus decides to take matters into its own hands and take the fight to Earth. (From: Dark Horse) Adapted from James P. Hogan’s classic science-fiction novel by the award-winning Yukinobu Hoshino, The Two Faces of Tomorrow is hardcore science-fiction manga at its best. (From: MU) Licensed in English by Dark Horse as The Two Faces of Tomorrow.