Noda Satoru

“If he wants to go wild at the ice skating rink, isn't he better off as an ice hockey player?”The stage is the proud land of the north - Hokkaidou. The year is 2010.Rou Shirakawa has just received the highest score in history at the All-Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships! But suddenly, he loses control and starts destroying the stage. He is quickly disqualified and banned from the skating world for life.Now nicknamed the “Rabid Prince”, Rou ends up in Tamakomai, an ice hockey town in northern Japan. And on a hockey rink on a frozen lake, he meets the ruthless Genma brothers! Rou will soon learn of the famous Oino-kami high school and their quest to win an unprecedented 20th straight national hockey championship. And also the strong, yet beautiful battle sport - ice hockey!Official English Volumes: VIZ

A tale of high adventure and survival on the Japanese frontier! In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of the Japanese frontier of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows about the treasure!

Silver Kamuy is Golden Kamuy with the characters reimagined as elderly people.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa - to survive.Winner of the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016.Nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and 40th Kodansha Manga Awards that same year.Winner of the 22th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.

Shirakawa Ro has to move to a relative's town in the country side with his twin sister Haruna when their mother suddenly dies in a car accident. Left as orphans at the age of 15, the two have to deal not only with their only parent but an entire new environment. Ro was supposed to succeed his mom's dream of winning a medal in the Olympics but with her dying the day before the big event, Ro breaks down and misses his only chance to reach his dream. Now stuck in the small town of Tomakomai, Ro finds a new passion in ice hockey and regains his focus in life.

History is a story. Shuueisha Edition: Educational Comics make it fun and easy to understand! A definitive edition complying with the latest educational standards, this is the newest manga for learning history!Content:Volume 1: Orient and Mediterranean Civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece Cover Illustration: Hara Yasuhisa Comic: Kikuchi Akio Script: Kondou Takashi Supervision: Takai KeisukeVolume 2: Beginning of Chinese Civilization and the Chinese Empire: Yellow River Civilization to Tang Dynasty Cover Illustration: Asada Hiroyuki Comic: Azuma Sonoko Script: Akagi Takatoshi Supervision: Sugiyama KiyohikoVolume 3: The Glory of the Great Roman Empire: Ancient Rome and Byzantium Cover Illustration: Horikoshi Kouhei Comic: Kondou Takashi Script: Kondou Takashi Supervision: Tanaka HajimeVolume 4: Islamic World and India: Rise and Fall of Dynasties and Religions: Cover Illustration: Morimoto Kozueko Comic: Yoshida Kenji Script: Higashi Taeko, Kazeno Ryouichi, Komae Ryou Supervision: Kouno TaisukeVolume 5: Development of Christianity and Europe: Medieval Europe Cover Illustration: Tabata Yuuki Comic: Kondou Takashi Script: Kondou Takashi Supervision: Katou MakotoVolume 6: Mongols and East Asia: Song dynasty to early Qing dynasty and Korea Cover Illustration: Kuramochi Fusako Comic: Aoki Tetsuo Script: Komae Ryou Supervision: Sugiyama KiyohikoVolume 7: Renaissance and Reformation: Modern Europe Cover Illustration: Demizu Posuka Comic: Noma Yotarou Script: Ikuta Tadashi Supervision: Kimizuka NaotakaVolume 8: European Sovereign States: Absolute Monarchy and Enlightenment Despotism Cover Illustration: Sakisaka Io Comic: Ootsuki Belluno Script: Ikuta Tadashi, Ishikawa Kenji Supervision: Kimizuka NaotakaVolume 9: Industrial Revolution and American Independence: Beginning of Capitalism Cover Illustration: Miyoshi Hikaru Comic: Yasaka Takanori Script: Wada Natsuko Supervision: Kimizuka NaotakaVolume 10: French Revolution and the road to nation-state: Awakening of freedom, human rights, and independence Cover Illustration: Araki Hirohiko Comic: Toriru (Trill) Script: Takayama Chiaki Supervision: Kimizuka NaotakaVolume 11: Progress of Modernization and Imperialism: Powers and Colonial Expansion Cover Illustration: Matsui Yuusei Comic: Satta Naoto Script: Shibata Yoneo Supervision: Kimizuka NaotakaVolume 12: Opium War and Xinhai Revolution: From Late Qing Dynasty to Republic of China Cover Illustration: Morita Masanori Comic: Usui Tomomi Script: Komae Ryou Supervision: Sugiyama KiyohikoVolume 13: WWI and Russian Revolution: From Total War to International Cooperation Cover Illustration: Noda Satoru Comic: Takeda Shuuji Script: Shibata Yoneo Supervision: Ookubo AkiraVolume 14: Mass Political Participation and Great Depression: Prosperity and Turmoil during Interwar Period Cover Illustration: Sakamoto Shin'ichi Comic: Takeda Shuuji Script: Shibata Yoneo Supervision: Itabashi TakumiVolume 15: WWII and United Nations: Greatest Sacrifice in Human History Cover Illustration: Endou Tatsuya Comic: Juujou Aki Script: Shibata Yoneo Supervision: Miyashita YuuichirouVolume 16: Cold War and East-West Conflict: Two Superpowers and a Third Force Cover Illustration: Sakamoto Shin'ichi Comic: Kagano Mihachi Script: Nabeta Yoshio Supervision: Hosoya YuuichiVolume 17: A Multipolar World: Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa Cover Illustration: Yamazaki Mari Comic: Sakaki Yuuka Script: Nabeta Yoshio Supervision: Hosoya YuuichiVolume 18: Globalization Progress: 21st Century Challenges Cover Illustration: Demizu Posuka Comic: RICCA Script: Nabeta Yoshio Supervision: Ogawa HiroyukiNote: This is the 3rd edition of Shuueisha Edition: Educational Comic: World History. It is preceded by the 1986 1st edition (16 volumes) and the 2002 2nd edition (20 volumes).Additional Buy Links:Amazon: 18-Volume Set