A collaboration between Viz and World Bank. This manga series discusses issues such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, and the environment.

From Dragon Voice Project: About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche and he once believed that he was human and he can even consume food...

It is a world where environmental pollution has spiraled out of control. Most of the land is contaminated desert, and there are only a few pockets along the shore where people can live. Those inhabiting these...

Are the woes of the present meant to be endured for the promise of a better future or to atone for past wrongs? In a captivating epic of love, fate, and faith, seven young people must struggle with this...

Asuka Sunahime, a protagonist who is the last member of the Sunakami clan", a spirit of nature living in the mountains of Hida in Gifu Prefecture. Asuka, usually looks like a maid in a kimono, but she is a...

This is a story of a boy who challenges free diving. "Free diving (skin diving)" may remind you of the film "Le Grand Bleu." It is an extreme sport, and each meter added to its record brings us closer to the...

The fantasy story centers on Zabi, who ventures into the outside world Utopie in order to save his kingdom of Tolso, the last human nation which is fast running out of land and resources.

It's the story of Hiro who since he was a child had the ability to see the energy of all things under the shape of some little men. He is now the head of a team in charge of "hunting" next generation energies...

On a small island, a native boy meets a foreign girl as they work to protect native species from invasive ones.

The world is a desert where trees and flowers are extremely rare.

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 a...

A manga written by Inoue Naohisa featuring all the main characters of Iblard. The book consists of multiple short stories such as “The Legend of Megezo”,“How to get home from the Market”,“The awakening of a...

Fumiki Shimazaki has only one dream: to become a poet. Spending more time in his poems than in the preparation of it his studies, he faces dissaproval from his professors and his best friend Mika... To escape...

Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish...

Nausicaä, a young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world...

In the near future, large mechs called Labors are made to assist in various reconstruction projects in major countries around the world that are being threatened by global warming. In Japan, the government has...

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade - and take control of - a human...

From Easy Going Scans: Sul is a gardener living in the heart of a city - a veritable concrete jungle. He is an avid gardener and his yard is filled with rare plants which he tends with loving care. The...

A short story from acclaimed Japanese auteur Katsuhiro Otomo: Social misfits On, Hanaken and Shinta spend an afternoon in the park shooting the breeze. As they wonder what direction life will take them, a...

All the world's creatures lived in harmony until humanity rose to power. The flora and fauna feared for their lives and hid from the humans, leaving behind a barren world with only rocks and dirt. There are a...

A wildly imaginative trek into the deepest realms of human beliefs and the mysteries of the universe. Daisuke Igarashi's amazing pen can recreate anything he can imagine on paper, resulting in beautifully...

In the year 2999, only eleven cities still survive on Earth. The climate has changed drastically, and a biochemical apocalypse has made women extinct. For centuries, the male population of Earth has survived by...

In the Miyori no Mori series: 1 - Miyori no MoriA young girl abandoned by her parents explores the wooded hillside behind her grandmother's home, encountering the various spirits of the forest in a journey of...

From MangaHelpers: Mori Hatsune is going to live with her grandma while she attends university in Tokyo. She is amazed in Tokyo by the attitudes towards old and new things, and the strict adherence to the 3 R's...