Yamada Akihiro

Once, a thousand-year-long seal was placed upon a fox spirit whose wrongdoing knew no limits. After the passing of many years, in Keiun Era Japan (Gregorian calendar approx. 900 AD), the death of the previous emperor has left society in chaos. Oniomaru is a courageous young man hardened by the world he lives in, but the faint stirrings of love he feels for his childhood friend Mikuzu are still tender. However, their peaceful days will be all-too-easily overturned…

Naruse Osamu is a top reporter for the Tokyo Times. He’s hardly had a day off in years, so when his free time is interrupted while on a visit home, he is not surprised. Osamu is sent to investigate an abandoned seaplane called the Shirase. The Shirase was the plane used in an expedition to find a lost land that scientists believed to exist. Naruse’s investigation takes him across the world, and into the Lost Continent. He will return with proof, for no one will believe him otherwise.

On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out. Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.

A One-Shot by Yamada Akihiro the illustrator behind Twelve Kingdoms and Record of Lodoss War.

There was a time when Lodoss Island was pure and the forces of light and darkness were in balance. It only took the greed of one man to change the face of Lodoss forever. Now it's up to the warriors of legend to restore the tenuous balance.This is the conflict that will decide the future of Lodoss Island! The forces of Light and Darkness are at odds, and only a rag-tag band of warriors stands between a powerful succubus and the destruction of all creation! This series was published western style (reading left-to-right) in both Japan and the west.