“I’d rather be dead.” Rune Balot was a lost girl with nothing to live for when a man named Shell took her in and cared for her until he tried to murder her. Standing at the precipice of death, Rune is saved by...

Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Rune-Balot, would ever have...as a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been...

In a not-so-far-off future a beautiful, artifically created girl -- unaware of her non-human background -- searches for the non-existent parents she believes must exist, wandering alone in a world populated by...

No one would have ever guessed that nerdy-looking Seongbin Cha is actually Neon Mask, the internet hero popular for punishing violent, bullying teens on ViewTube. He won’t rest until he eradicates every last...

Set on a frozen planet littered with alien artifacts, Ningyou no Kuni weaves a tale of a young man and small but fateful encounter.

The Neo Saitama of the future is a sprawling urban landscape constantly flooded by neon light. And in its shadows lurks a vast criminal world filled with all sorts of shady characters. Among them are the...

In the gritty, futuristic city of Neo-Saitama, the streets run slick with acid rain and blood. Here, an army of cybernetics-clad ninjas runs amok under the menacing rule of the Soukai Syndicate. As incessant...

When a fellow Extended showed up in Inui’s office on the run from the Security Bureau with a kidnapped child in tow and asking for help Inui almost throws the guy out. But Inui’s loyalty to a brother Extended...

As detective Musubi Susono investigates a series of child kidnappings, her own partner is viciously murdered. But when the investigation takes a brutal turn, she is suddenly confronted by the killer--and his...

The year is AD 2048. Japan is connected to the Eurasian continent by a transcontinental railroad. The capital, Tokyo, has become a crucible of criminals and terrorists. And so, in the metropolitan darkness a...

In this prequel to the hit science-fiction crime drama anime series, Psycho Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami reveals how the legendary Enforcer was once an ace detective. Working within the city-regulating Sybil...

In 2025, advertisements have infiltrated fashion, and young people earn lucrative amounts of money by becoming affiliates. However, crimes related to this trend have increased. Law has teamed up with Reisen to...

The civilization of the past, now called "Old World", has produced many "Relics" with its advanced technology. Many rubble of unknown material, high-rise buildings floating in the air, strange medications and a...

The pinnacle of human civilization has come and gone, leaving only ruins in its wake. Society and science now struggle to rebuild, rediscovering scraps of knowledge from powerful ancient artifacts that defy...

He can't run! He can't eat hard food. You can't get any weaker than the boy named Hachimaru. But his dream is to become a samurai. For a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father, that dream...

Rio Mikazuki is a shinobi. That is, a shinobi living in the modern worldーa "shinewbi" of sorts. All of the ninjutsu and ninja tools of the current era are at her immediate disposal and are considerably more...

In the 21st century, just when the human race needs new heroes, the Lucifer Hawks enter Earth's dimension. The members of the A.M.P., six young women with incredible powers, are set to defend the human race...

A sci-fi story about peep rooms, digital angels and a group of mysterious guys called "Serene". Nozomi earns money though street fights, but one day, he meets a stronger guy and loses. He becomes the slave of...

Gauche Suede is on his last delivery before a big promotion. In the outskirts of Yodaka, the darkest area of Amberground, Gauche is surprised to find that the package is a young boy named Lag Seeing. Lag had...

The stories in Global Neural Network bring a 21st-century perspective to its questions of human identity and the border between mind and machine that made The Ghost in the Shell one of the most revered manga of...

Han Xiao, who boosted accounts for users of the online game Star Ocean, traveled through time via unknown power and landed in the world created by the beta version game. He became an NPC with a player's panel...

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...

Tokyo, 2049... Thanks to the Galapagos Reform enacted by the government, Russia, China, America and Japan are now connected by a Hyper Loop system. This globalization has turned Tokyo into the most crime-ridden...

The year is 12,090 A.D. and what little is left of humanity has finally crawled out from the ashes of war and destruction. From the darkness of fallout, mutants and a race of vampires known as the Nobility have...

On the day of Eva, mankind was expelled from Ark City. Seven years later, mankind organized a combat unit consisting of a mechanized Rogel Geaks, which combines the power of super powers and cyborgs, to start a...