Tamura Shigeru

Follow the daily life and adventures of Dr. Hoop and his assistant, the robot Lancelot, across the planet Phantasmagoria in these short stories brimming with all sorts of peculiar characters. Experience the unique warmth and creativity Tamura Shigeru has to offer in this nostalgic world of his creation - infused with a touch of both humor and sadness.More exploration of the world of Phantasmagoria, created after Tamura's short animation featuring scenes from the same world: a piece of PHANTASMAGORIA.

René pays a visit to Dr. Hoop to have his broken toy robot repaired. There, a real-life wind-up robot makes a surprise appearance and requests for Dr. Hoop to come and repair the generator that powers all of Robot Country–and the robots, too–saving them all. With the wind-up robot leading the way, the ragtag group makes their way 600 meters below ground, destination: Robot Country!A wonderfully fun children's storybook in manga format. Read left to right.

"I am a star. I have been traveling along a predetermined orbit for billions of years now. At some point, I saw a small planet within a hair’s breadth of my orbit..."A large-format, full-color comic from Shigeru Tamura, following the adventures of a star head on the planet of Phantasmagoria.

Another little anthology of Tamura Shigeru's whimsical short stories, one of which he later turned into short animations. 01 - Winter Concert (冬のコンサート) 02 - Night Prowler (夜の徘徊者) 03 - Crystal Hunting 01 (水晶狩り1) 04 - Crystal Hunting 02 (水晶狩り2) 05 - Crystal Hunting 03 (水晶狩り3) 06 - Crystal Hunting 04 (水晶狩り4) 07 - FROM ANOTHER PLANET 08 - THE CUBIC WORLD 09 - Forest Life (森の生活) 10 - Cactus Country (カクタス・カントリー) 11 - Neptune City (ネプチューン・シティ) 12 - Breaching Whale (クジラの跳躍) 13 - The End of the World (世界の終わり)

Colorful little anthology of Tamura Shigeru's short stories, some of which he later turned into short animations. 01 - Glassy Ocean (グラスの海) 02 - Shore of Dreams (夢の岸辺) 03 - Ursa Minor BLUE (銀河の魚) 04 - Airy Ocean (気海) 05 - Eusthenopteron Escape (ユーステノプテロンの逃亡) 06 - Last Train of the Day (終電車) 07 - Blue Marble (青いビー玉) 08 - Frozenland (フローズンランド) 09 - Small Planet (スモール・プラネット)

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering one-shots from every Garo mangaka up until 1984.

Where did the Cactusmen come from?Published in Bikkuri House August 1983.

More ratventures from Tamura.Published in Bikkuri House November 1979.

Comedic 4-koma about a group of mischievous rats.Tamura Shigeru's 1977 debut in the monthly magazine Garo.Yes, they're rats.