As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who m...

Phoenix is made up 12 complex stories linked by the presence of the mythical bird, an immortal guardian of the universal life force. Read in order, the separate stories jump across time, alternating between ...

In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father -- Gendo, commander of the secret organization NERV -- to pilot the monstrous biomec...

Nearly 2000 years ago, the prosperous Han dynasty of China collapsed. Heroes rose and fell, and three nations emerged--Wei, Shu, and Wu. Historians refer to this period as the Three Kingdoms period. The roma...

A man dies alone after living a stagnant and fruitless life—but that's not where his story ends, as a boy named William is born into a land of fantasy and magic. Raised in a city of the dead by his new fam...

Regularly mistaken for a boy and/or vampire, the traveler Kuro roams the land, clothed in black from head to toe, a Kuro-sized coffin on her back. Accompanied by her snarky bat friend, Sen, the mysterious du...

During summer vacation a group of fifteen children discover a mysterious man living in a cave surrounded by high tech gadgets, the man claims to be a game developer, creating a video game with a giant robot ...

A new manga from the creator of the acclaimed A Silent Voice, featuring intimate, emotional drama and an epic story spanning time and space. A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a...

The Nightmare of Fabrication is a beautifully drawn full-colour manga from Yoshitoshi ABe. The 18 page short story can be found in the Lain Omnipresence in Wired artbook. It's a bonus story which apparently...

Out of sadness, a man curse all of his reincarnations. To alter his unhappy fate, Ryou will travel through time and space, dream and reality.

Stardust Memories is a short story compilation of human beings in the distant future where we have traveled deep into space. Each story describes a moral dilemma that people traveling in space may experienc...

A boy returns to his family home in the country and strikes up an odd friendship with the young child who lives next door, Sora-san, who believes he is God. However, it is Plato, the boy's pet turtle, with w...

Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic man...

A young man is being used as a guinea pig in a mysterious experiment…

An Zhe was a mushroom whose life purpose was to bear his own spore. One day, he lost his spore. After searching all around the world, he finally spotted a familiar spore on television. An Zhe knocked despera...

Kidnapped as a child to be trained in the art of poison, Sohan Jin returns to his hometown in search of the group of New Moon Sword Dancers who raised him. However, upon his return, Sohan discovers the sword...

23-year-old office lady Akari is looking for a marriage partner, with whom she can have a steady and "normal" married life. While she is spending her days hedging risks so as not to become unhappy, she becom...

Chibi-Neko is a young kitten who has been abandoned. She doesn’t know she has been abandoned, and doesn’t know the difference between cats and humans. Indeed, she imagines herself as a human girl and bel...

Told in the form of a picture book, this is the story of a young boy who decides to commit suicide, only to find himself in a strange world after his death.

Eve and Eve begins with a provocative story: a science fiction tale about the apocalypse, and two women who love each other through the rebirth of Earth and beyond. The Eve and Eve collection showcases six s...

After young Utena's parents die, she wanders the streets. Just as she's about to drown herself, a prince comes to her rescue, telling her she must grow up to be a brave noblewoman. From that day on, she stri...

Three delusional high school boys weave an intricate tale as they search for the meaning of life, love, and everything in between.

Hugh is haunted by a dream of a strange Victorian house that he doesn't remember ever seeing in life. This dream, while not at all unpleasant, is becoming more vivid every time he enters it. His close friend...

Living in an electric appliance store at the corner of the shopping district, Ainaga Kouichi realized a weirdly dressed, mysterious girl was standing at the nearby pedestrian crossing. Apparently, she is wor...

"As my life falls apart right before my eyes, he laughs at me as if it's a joke." A tale of a rebellious student and a level-headed assistant professor. The human body is a representation of the world, cont...