Featuring two stories, the title story is about a man building an underground shelter in a small town whose brain is being controlled pert-time by aliens intent on invading the Earth. The other story, written...

The first story is a retelling of the story of Aladdin, with a couple of the names changed – but with a Hope/Crosby movie thrown in with a touch of Cinderella. The second story is yet another Ham Egg story...

Chippo-kun is an unusual kitten. He protects mice – because they raised him! The series was first serialized in 1957, then revived in 1973.

Note: Cover image shown is volume 1 of the 1992 edition.

An anthology of three Tezuka oneshots from the late 1960's. The Runaway Tanker - Newscaster Goro Tsukinashi is invited to board the world's first atomic-powered, computer-operated oil tanker, the Osakabe Maru...

Dr. Hanamaru travels to Egypt looking to uncover the secret of a cabal hidden in the pyramids. The leader is King Rocket, a man with the body of a machine.

In the 17th century, the British government allowed private ships to pirate Spain. A knowledgeable and curious explorer, William Dampier, boarded one of those ships. It is said that he liked unknown animals...

After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and...

The first story is about a heroic junior high teacher working with hard to teach students, while the second half is a collection of short stories about a clumsy boy named Guutarou.

This is a group of short stories centered around different sad-sack or comedic people in the waning days of World War II and the recovery after.

God challenges the meddlesome devil Mephistopheles to throw the elderly Professor Faust into Hell. The devil convinces Faust to sell him his soul in exchange for youth. This is the story of the young Faust's...

Plug works in a company from a parallel world and her job is to secretly revitalize people from our world who are stressed out. Her clumsiness always gets her into trouble and she is constantly in danger of...

Miyamoto Musashi is a boy who has come all the way to the city to check out the studio of Matsuma Dan, a longtime director of manga movies (anime films). After having his work evaluated by him, Dan tells...

Tadashi’s father found a treasure map but before he could bring it home was assassinated by a secret society called The Good Night. He entrusts the map to a dog and her pups to get it to Tadashi, so that he can...

Note: Won the 10th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1979).

A fantasy story for kids featuring a girl named Melmo, who can change her age as she wishes by eating special candies. Melmo's mother dies in a traffic accident, leaving young Melmo and her younger brother...

These are the adventures of Saburo, who discovers a crack in an underground road to another dimension and gains the power to stop time.

Based on the 1941 film “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” (later re-made as “Heaven Can Wait”) this is the tale of a man who is pulled from his body too soon who finds himself traveling from body to body until he can find...