In Rising Stars of Manga: United Kingdom and Ireland, Tokyopop has awarded 9 aspiring artists and writers a unique opportunity to be published and receive a well-deserved jump start on their creative careers...

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade...

During the violent upheaval of the Bakumatsu era, Hitokiri Battosai was a feared and ruthless assassin. But now that the Meiji Restoration has begun to heal the wounds of civil war, Battosai has taken up a new...

From xkazemg: Tomomi left Hokkaido to stay with her relatives, the Sendouji family, during the course of her university study in Tokyo. The Sendouji is renowned locally for its karate dojo that is instructed...

“This cute sweet-tooth samurai is forever mine…” Kenzaki Ryuunosuke, also known as Samurai-sensei, is an Ω who often gets mistaken for an α because of his manly look and strong power.He took over his...

The main character Udagawa Gosuke has received his father's dojo, mainly because his father and older brother were made to commit hara-kiri. He wasn't really supposed to get it simply because he's a second son....

Sugata Sanshirou has been studying martial arts in the wilderness, becoming strong and fast. When Sanshirou’s grandfather tells of a promise made long ago to a family friend he tells Sanshirou it is time to go...

Akamori Mitsuo wants to be an ordinary salaryman but... He is a genius murderer born into a family that has been practising the ancient art of killing for centuries. Akamori faces obstacles like Yakuza...

From Essence of Purity: Takuma Ban, only son of the Ban familly from Hokkaido, comes to Tokyo on a quest: to find a fitting wife... with the help of Meari his cow. Jumping over a school fence while carrying...

Shirahama Kenichi is a book lover who has just entered high school, but he is often bullied by others. One day, he became good friends with the new transfer student, Fuurinji Miu, who was also looking for a...

The story is about Mutsu Tsukumo, a young and normal looking youth who challenges great foes to prove that his style of fighting is the best in the world. His Ryuha, or fighting style is called Mutsu Enmei Ryu....

In the turbulent final years of the Tokugawa Shongunate, Shieikan Dojo was the birthplace of one of Japan's most famous militias: the Shinsengumi. Many of the members have acheived legendary status for their...

Danny is an American teenager living in Japan. He came to Japan to improve his karate, but fell in love with Shinobu, master of a dojo.

Tatakae! Ryouzanpaku Shijou Saikyou no Deshi, relates the story of a peaceful yet weak boy, who one day, after being beaten up really bad by some of his school comrades, decides that being bullied around isn't...

Aika is a 13-year-old girl who is the heiress to her family's dojo, but she doesn't want it. She is very strong and good at martial arts, better than her older brothers Kanzen and Shouri, but she would rather...

This is not history as we know it. The year is 1600. Ten years have passed since Oda Nobunaga unified the whole of Japan. When Nobunaga realizes he is nearing the end of his life, he announces that he will hand...

Showa 4th year, Tokyo. In the café “Tento Mushi,” a secret customer visits today to meet the “boy who appeared in the dream.” A high school student with mysterious ability, Takatsuki and a new waitress, Miwako,...

Jihan Han is your typical high school student -- minus the fact the he’s acquired the special ability to view the world around him as a video-game. Not long after this discovery, he stumbles upon a hidden world...

“HE NEVER TREATS ME LIKE A GIRL!” Tomo and Jun have been best buds since they were little kids, but now that they’re in high school, Tomo wants to be more than friends…too bad Jun just sees her as ‘one of the...

Koharu, the tough daughter of a martial arts family, was childhood friends with Masumi, an angelic boy who she often had to protect because he was bullied due to his mixed blood. When he moved away, Koharu went...

The series starring one of illegitimate children of Kiryu Miyazawa, Ryuusei Nakamura. Years after Kiibo founded the new dojo, both him and Kiryu mysteriously disappeared. Ryuusei, after losing his mother to...

Dramatic series about Keiji Mogami and his half-brother Naoya Amamiya who is suddenly adopted into Keiji's family which highly prizes martial arts prowess. Naoya is several years older, and therefore better at...