Shiriagari Kotobuki

The hero manga “The Amazing Mappaman” written by the genius Shiriagari Kotobuki is now available! An incredible hero who blows away the heroes who are in harmony with the schedule! That's Mappaman! Witness the new Reiwa hero!

A celebration by various mangaka and celebrities of the 2023 Japan Series winning Hanshin Tigers baseball team.

Anthology of oneshots about the Hanshin Tigers, from various authors.

Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in contemporary manga - the flourishing underground of the world’s largest comics industry. Ax has always published manga outside of the more commercial market and not followed manga conventions, thus the titles appearing in this magazine do NOT fall under any of the basic demographics (shoujo/shounen/seinen/josei). This landmark English publication volume includes work by 33 artists: The Watcher by Osamu Kanno Love's Bride by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Conch of the Sky by Imiri SAKABASHIRA Rooftop Elegy by Takao Kawasaki Inside the Gourd by Ayuko Akiyama Me by Shigehiro Okada Push Pin Woman by Katsuo Kawai A Broken Soul by Nishioka Kyodai Into Darkness by Takato Yamamoto Enrique Kobayashi's El Dorado by Toranosuke Shimada The Neighbor by Yuka Goto 300 Years by Mimiyo Tomozawa Black Sushi Party Piece by Takashi Nemoto Puppy Love by Yusaku Hanakuma The Brilliant Ones by Namie Fujieda The Hare and the Tortoise by Mitsuhiko Yoshida The Twin Adults (Two Stories) by Kotobuki Shiriagari Haiku Manga (Two Stories) by Shinbo Minami Mushroom Garden by Shinya Komatsu Home Drama: The Sugawara Family by Einosuke A Well-Dressed Corpse by Yuichi Kiriyama Arizona Sizzler by Yunosuke Saito The Rainy Day Blouse & The First Umbrella by Akino Kondo Stand by Me by Tomohiro Koizumi My Old Man & Me by Shin'ichi Abe Up and Over by Seiko Erisawa The Song of Mr. H. by Shigeyuki Fukumitsu Kataoka Toyo Pathos Theater (2 Stories) by TOUYOU Kataoka Kosuke Okada and His 50 Sons by Hideyasu Moto Les Raskolnikov by Keizo Miyanishi Alraune Fatale by Hiroji Tani Sacred Light by Otoya Mitsuhashi Six Paths of Wealth by Kazuichi Hanawa

The shoot of an exotic tree appears in a Tokyo street. The popular affection turns into astonishment, then horror as the Jacaranda grows to colossal proportions, burning the capital to ashes in the course of a dantean night. Though, as the sun rises survivors discover that it hasn't been a night of annihilation, but of rebirth.

Inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote, the author criticizes heartless individualism and indifference in modern Japan as seen through the eyes of an old man, who, although childish with age, notices the truth of things.

This slice-of-life gag manga follows the exploits of Yomoyama Hanako as she joins the Planning Department of the Greater Japan Trading Company. Yomoyama soon learns to manage the madness of life in a typical Japanese office.

The official Nintendo “Wonder Life Special” guide for Donkey Kong (Game Boy), aka DK94, contained a short comic by Kotobuki Shiriagari about Mario and DK Junior having a little adventure together.

An anthology by various artists to commemorate the 50th death anniversary of Tanizaki Junichiro. 榎本俊二「青塚氏の話」 今日マチ子「痴人の愛」 久世番子「谷崎ガールズ」 近藤聡乃「夢の浮橋」 しりあがり寿「谷崎潤一郎『瘋癲老人日記』×ヘミングウェイ『老人と海』REMIX」 高野文子「陰翳礼讃」 中村明日美子「続続羅洞先生」 西村ツチカ「猿が人間になった話」 古屋兎丸「少年」 山田参助「飈風」 山口晃「台所太平記」

Manga anthology based on stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui (science fiction author who previously wrote The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Paprika.)

Yasunaga Chisumi x Kawai Katsuo 1-3) Watashitachi no Suki na Mono Kaidai: Kawai Katsuo Yasunaga Chisumi x Ueno Kentarou 1.) Chinuchinu to Furu 2-3) Kanon Kaidai: Ueno Kentarou Yasunaga Chisumi x Shiriagari Kotobuki 1.) Nagi Kaidai: Shiriagari Kotobuki