Satoshi Kon

Aketezokesa wa (あけてぞけさは) KIDNAPPERS Okyaku-sama (お客様) Waira (わいら) PICNIC Taiyou no Kanata (太陽の彼方) Joyful Bell (JOYFULBELL) Sabaku no Iruka (砂漠のイルカ) Basho-ou no Bouken (芭蕉翁の冒険)

Toriko (虜) Curve (カーヴ) Baka Sawagi (ばか騒ぎ) Yakyuu Kozou (野球小僧) Kinchou no Natsu (キンチョーの夏) Focus(フォーカス)

Dream Fossil is a collection of 15 short stories by the late Satoshi Kon. These stories, serialized in a variety of magazines in the 1980’s, give a rare glimpse into the early stages of Kon’s uniquely compelling style of storytelling. The buds of dream-like themes and imaginative worldviews that would blossom in his later animated works are also readily apparent. Yet the flights of fancy are anchored by knowing, empathetic portrayals of the very human nature of each story. Official French Official English

The story of a mangaka who's pulled into the manga world he constructed and forced to confront his own characters. Incomplete as Kon had moved to anime directing before serialization could finish, shown in the omake for the manga and included in the English version. Official English, Archived

A future Earth is devastated by the "Angel Plague," a pandemic that induces apocalyptic visions in the afflicted, even as it ossifies their bodies into dead, seraphic forms. A cult-ridden, army-backed medical unit journeys into the heart of a dying Asian city accompanied by Sera, a mysterious girl linked to the phenomenon itself. Have they come here to kill or cure? And is the Angel Plague a withered branch on the tree of life, or somehow a new flowering of existence?

Collection of 4 short stories by Satoshi Kon: World Apartment Horror: Manga adaptation of Otomo's self-directed live-action film of the same name. A bumbling Yakuza member is sent to rid an old and rotten apartment block of its foreign occupants, but finds it a lot harder than expected when he discovers an evil spirit still resides there. Visitors Waira Joyful Bell Stories 2, 3 and 4 were included in Dream Fossil anthology.

The legend has it that once upon a time, a pact was sealed between the Shinto priest of the town of Amide and a mermaid. Ever since, abundant fishing has guaranteed the town’s prosperity. This pact has always been honored by the priests of the Yashiro family. However, the legend has attracted both media and property developers, and the acting priest has acceded to their demands. Yosuke, youngest of the Yashiro family, has doubts about the existence of the mermaid, but will soon change his opinion as strange occurrences begin to unfold…