A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand, you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life. --- - **Won the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in 2008**

A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura bringing the news of their father's death, which they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister. Umimachi Diary won the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. It was also nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho, where it came in 3rd place, for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, where it came in 2nd place, and for the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Winner of the 2013 Manga Taisho Award.

Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-biker. He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a split-second temper. His unlikely goal: to be the Greatest High School Teacher in the World! Of course, the only reason he wants to be a teacher is so he can try to score with the hot students… Before he can become a full instructor, he's got to work as a student teacher to earn his credentials. Onizuka may think he's the toughest guy on campus, but when he meets his class full of bullies, blackmailers, and scheming sadists, he'll have to prove it. --- - **Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen**

A little tapir boy comes from his planet to immigrate to the Earth. All of the things here are entirely new for him. Let's have a fantastic adventure with this brave boy! Baku-chan, a little tapir from the planet Baku, immigrates to Earth and comes to live with Hana, a human girl who has come from Nagoya to live in Tokyo. Baku-chan comes into contact with new and different things in everyday life and encounters discrimination toward immigrants. However, he also gets support from Hana and other friendly Earthlings, and also from his immigrant friends, and lives a cheerful and robust life. Masumura's experiences as an immigrant in Canada are reflected in a story depicted through colorful and fantastically designed drawings. While heartwarming, the story also depicts immigrant situations and feelings that could come about in the real world, including thoughtless violence, pressure to conform, and the difficulty of adapting to a new land. It is an adventure that poses questions for society.

A human-eating queen, and the human she falls in love with -- what lies at the end of the recipe for these two? Prize winning oneshot from the second round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's February 2022 Issue No.91.

Just what kind of world is beyond the gate across the river? Prize winning oneshot from the first round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's August 2021 Issue No.86.

Second-place prize winning oneshot from the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's March 2022 Issue No.92.

Second-place prize winning oneshot from the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's November 2022 Issue No.99.

Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders? [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/mobile-suit-gundam-the-origin/) [Alternate Official English](https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_CW01000002020000_68/) --- - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2012** --- **Links:** - [OVA on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13105)

Essay Manga covering Mangaka Yoshihiro Tatsumi's life from the post-war period in the 50s, leading into the 60s. Tatsumi also covers many of the significant elements in his life. Ranging from his familial situation, and the discrepancies that he had with his brother, also a Mangaka, to his relationship with Osamu Tezuka, his works and the brief time that he met him, and, of course, the start of his career in manga and working towards what he would later call "Gekiga". Gekiga Drift was published in English as "A Drifting Life" by Canadian based publisher Drawn and Quarterly in 2009. Unfortunately, the release was flipped and had the SFX redrawn. Despite multiple printings and high regard for the work, it is currently out-of-print with no digital edition. --- - **Won the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize in 2009**

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(from ebookjapan): Sawako Matsumoto works for Manhattan Trust, one of the largest banks in the United States. This Sawako has returned as the vice president of the Japan branch. Corporate competition between Japan and the U.S. unfolds in the banking industry. This best-selling work depicts the turbulent period of the Japanese economy in the 1980s. Winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award and the Grand Prize of the Japan Cartoonists Association Award. It has also been made into an Anime! --- - **Won the 33rd Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1987, which it shared with Ishinomori's other famous work, Hotel** - **As mentioned in the description, Manga Intro to the Japanese Economy Won the 17th Japan Cartoonists Association Award Grand Prize in 1988**

The elite Cosmo Academy attracts applicants from every stellar nation in the galaxy. One young hopeful is Tadatos Lane, an orphan esper from Terra. The final stage of the academy's entrance exam is a perilous mission simulation aboard an actual derelict starship. The applicants depart for the ships in groups of ten, but when Tada's crew arrives on the Esperanza, they are horrified to discover that they now number eleven. As the test progresses, things go awry and the atmosphere grows increasingly tense. The crew members begin to suspect sabotage, and Tada appears to be the likely culprit. The original printing of this manga were volumes 13 and 14 of the Hagio Moto Works Collection.

After moving to Tokyo, Itou Kaiji is living a life of self-indulgence when one day he is forced by Endou, a financier, to pay off a debt he once co-signed. At Endou's invitation, Kaiji boards the gambling ship "Espoir," which offers debtors the chance to pay off their debts in full. The game is "Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors" using 12 cards. If he wins, his debts are wiped out, but if he loses, his life is forfeit...

The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 60th Shogakukan Manga Awards.

One day, a young man named Himuro Shousuke shows up out of nowhere, claiming he wants to become a shogi master. When he is told that he must follow the appropriate channels to become a pro shogi player, he produces a recommendation from a highly respected master, Mikami Sankichi. Shousuke claims he trained with Sankichi in Kochi, and now he's ready to skip the early steps of becoming one of the elite. People are understandably skeptical, but Shousuke begins to beat the skilled players they match him up with. Some are unhappy about an outsider coming into their hierarchy at a high level, but will they be able to stop his rise? The future is full of the internal politics of the shogi world and exciting shogi matches! [tethysdust] A manga about the Japanese board game of "shogi," similar to chess. Gekka no Kishi won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1997.

A story about how two friends tries to stop the antichrist, while the are making efforts to deal with their lives.

Tenki-san, a girl whose personality changes depending on the weather. Tsutomu Sasaki loves her, but what stands in the way of their love is today's weather...!

On a night out drinking to get over being duped and ditched by her last boyfriend, Koda Minare ends up providing a massive drunken rant--while blackout drunk--for Matou, the director of a radio station. The next day, she is shocked to hear her own voice being broadcast on the radio! She rushes to the studio, leaving her job at a curry soup and bread restaurant in jeopardy. However, her drunken rant and the next day's impromptu damage-control live broadcast end up earning her an invitation to try working at the radio station!Nominated for the Manga Taisho Award 2016

In the future, mankind has been able to create machine bodies so they can be able to live for thousands of years. Humans are now second class citizens and if they do not acquire an mechanical body, they are either hunted or forced to live a life of poverty.Tetsuro Hoshino is a young boy who mother is killed by the machine men for a hunting trophy. Outraged, Tetsuro seeks out revenge and vows to keep his word to his mother to get a machine body. He soon meets a woman named Maetel who gives him a free ticket on the space train Galaxy Express, which if he rides, he will be able to receive a free mechanical body. But nothing is as it seems as rumors rise that all who board the train never return.This is a story of how one boy learns about the world and his quest for a new body.Note: Viz released five volumes of the second Galaxy Express manga. The original manga has yet to be translated into English. --WikiNote: Reprinted under the new name Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999.

140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, man slayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji . Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend. Ten years later, a young woman's life is saved when she happens upon a strange wandering swordsman named Kenshin. The young woman accepts the wanderer into her dojo, despite his secretive past, and the two become fast friends. As their relationship grows, they meet and make more friends (as well as enemies), and they grow accustomed to their life together. However, one man can only run from his past for so long, and it isn't long before Kenshin is forced to face the life he thought he'd left behind. Now, together with his friends, he must fight the ghosts of his past if he wants the people he loves to have any kind of future. Contains a side story called Yahiko no Sakabato.

Current-day Japan is facing the serious issue of population decline due to low birthrates and the concentration of the populace in only a few major metropolitan areas. Tottori-kun, the local god of Tottori Prefecture, least populous in all of Japan, must face these problems and other social issues as he and the other gods of Japan's prefectures battle it out to become the new capital. The series features real social, economic, and historical issues, with a dash of humor and creativity--and is also a fun way to learn about the different charms of each of Japan's 47 Prefectures. (This is an anthropomorphized battle manga) Synopsis from MangaUpdates: The story follows local gods of each Japanese prefecture as they battle to rule in Japan's capital.

Based on the life of a famous Mahjong Novelist, Asada Tetsuya, this manga chronicles the history of the man who is now known as the "Mahjong Saint" in his journey through the world of Mahjong and gambling in general. In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlors where he is wiping the floor clean with his adversaries. However, Tetsuya meets the intensely-skilled Boushu-san, this is when he realizes that his skills are still lacking. --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 2000**

"The ordinary me...? The most beautiful in the world from today? By the way, who decides that standard?" Kang Hana, an aspiring actress who always failed auditions because of her ordinary appearance despite her outstanding acting skills. Then, one day the global beauty company stated that 'her appearance is her ability' comes at her with a scout offer. And one person is bound to learn Kang Hana's greatest secret...? [2021, 1st place Award-Winning Work]

The terrorist organization known as the Animal Liberation Alliance (ALA) attacked a biological research institute and rescued a pregnant chimpanzee. That chimpanzee gave birth to a "humanzee" (half-human, half-chimpanzee) who was named Charlie. After being raised by human parents for fifteen years, Charlie enters his first year of high school. There, he meets the intelligent but socially misunderstood Lucy.

Sue is a single mother who lives with her three year old daughter Nozomi. Their life is hard and difficult, but the discovery of a beautiful and tranquil daily life is waiting for them...The loving story of Sue and Nozomi that I want to send to your heart is like the feeling of opening a small jewelry box... Won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo in 1995.

It was the Sengoku Era, a time when warring Daimyō usurped each other constantly. There was a man whose soul was overtaken by the ways of tea and material greed as he worked his way up toward greater power and status. His name was Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of Oda Nobunaga. With his world broadened by the genius Nobunaga and his spiritual insight learned from Sen no Sōeki, Master of Tea, Sasuke travels the road of the Hyouge Mono or comical fellow. To live or not to live. For power or the arts. That is the question! --- - **Won the 14th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize Award** - **Won the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize in 2009**

The runner-up of the 10th "One-Point Breakthrough Manga" Award! A high school girl suddenly appears in the batter's box! The puzzled pitcher has a history with the high school girl...? Prepare yourself to be shot through with the "cuteness" of the new age!

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A collection of short stories of cats showcased with colorful art, delicate textures, warm and dreamy colors as they take you with them to enjoy and experience their journeys within this peculiar café.

The story follows a young Karate practitioner named Tsukumo Mutsu, 40th master of the deadly Mutsu Enmei Ryu style. --- - **Won the 14th Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 1990**

"They were attracted to that light, and then ———." Winner of the Distinguished Work Award at Sirius's 51th Newcomer Awards!!

In a world where humans were invaded by kaiju-like dragons, a boy meets with one that can take the form of a little girl. Winner of the 108th Weekly Shounen Magazine Rookie Manga Award

Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone … She’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets—everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!

Award winning manga from the early days of Shigeno Shuichi, the creator of Initial D. Vroom Vroom Legend entails the events in the life of high schooler and street racer, Gun Koma.

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