Orbiting serenely above a long-ago poisoned earth, the last bastion of human civilization is the space colonies. After a terrorist attack, the colonists are forced into exile on the blighted planet below. In...

A mysterious boy lies naked and unconscious on the street. The story begins when ninth-grader, Ai Oomori, and his third-grader brother, Seigi, find him. This boy has no memory of the past and doesn't even kn...

Asamiya Aoi is a mysterious, innocent young girl who is traveling through a futuristic land with the help of her "father's" sketchbook. While she may seem naive, she can be surprisingly tough and resourceful...

Okinawa. An ordinary senior high school student, Kio, meets an alien girl who has cat ears and a tail who came to Earth so that she could learn more about it. In the end, he decides to bring her home. Howeve...

Momo, a girl who doesn't know love. Taro, a boy who is a milksop. There's a great contrast between Momo and Taro, who met on the mystery planet Kikyu. Together, they make mighty works. Based on a well known...

Blue Hole, published in French in 1996 as Le Trou Bleu by Casterman, is riffing on the concept of black holes in space to postulate a ‘blue hole’ in the ocean leading to the time of the dinosaurs. -- Sci...

A collection of short stories: • Shima Ikka (The Islanders) - A man is stranded on a remote island that is inhabited by a strange hermetical family. Being here could be the best thing that would happen to...

An old apartment building is on fire and an old man is about to jump into it. Shiro, who happens to be passing by, rushes to hold the old man back, but he is unable to overcome the old man's power and is dra...

Far in the future, humankind has evacuated the Earth in order to preserve it. Humans now reside in a gigantic structure that forms a ring around the Earth, thirty-five kilometers up in the sky. The society o...

In the distant future, humanity is now only made up of women. Kohane Sumino has just enrolled into the prestigious Shirasakuya Academy that contains within it a secluded courtyard garden maintained by the Ga...

(From Last Gasp publishing) Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU is a comic tale of a cute extraterrestrial creature that comes to Earth determined to find himself true happiness in the form of a human bride. Our hero...

How to adapt when you are a different child? Fundamental question, often treated with anguish and pain. To illustrate this, the author tells us two stories. One sees the son of a capitalist during the Chines...

Beings from a different dimension have started a war with mankind. To counter this threat, an academy called "Genetics" that trains female warriors called "Pandora," who can wield special weaponry and armor,...

While vacationing on the moon, Albert, a young Parisian nobleman, meets the Count of Monte Cristo, a fabulously rich aristocrat from the far reaches of the galaxy. Fascinated by the Count's sophistication an...

Five hundred years ago, Rudolf von Goldenbaum united the disparate governments of humankind and established a mighty human empire, a tribute to his own greatness that stretched across the galaxy. Demanding l...

The “golden brat” Reinhard von Lohengramm, a military prodigy and admiral of the Galactic Empire, has ambitions beyond protecting the borders or even defeating the empire’s enemies. He seeks to overthr...

A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike. 1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 2. 3000 Leagues Searching For Mother 3. Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour 4. The Fallen Samurai And The Sea 5. Loopa 6. Kenbo's D...

In 205X, armed forces and conflicts are a thing of the past and people live safe, peaceful lives, all thanks to a cheap, inexhaustible source of energy. One day, something strange is discovered on the moon...

In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the...

Twins, separated by fatal illness and a selective cure. Kasumi and her sister, Shizuku, were infected with the Medusa virus, which slowly turns the victim to stone. There is no cure, but of the two only Kasu...

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by ...