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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

We start with our main protagonist, Shichimi, bidding farewell as he readies for his journey into Edo (on our Earth, Edo was the old name of Tokyo before it became the capital of Japan). His mother has just...

In a world faced with a flood of overpopulation, the scientists of the world are called together to come up with solutions. Prof. Leeman suggests for man to live in the sea, but is shunned. In an act of...

Morino, a man who works in agricultural development in developing countries, travels around the world trying to restore the connection between nature and mankind.

It's the Golden Week, and Yuuta Morizono (Age 25) can't wait to spend the next 11 days staying home and conquering all of his games and manga. After a trip to the supermarket to stock up on food however, he...

Toripan is a semi-autobiographical gag series that alternates between a short story and 4-koma formats. Following suit, the art style can be very detailed at times, but usually it's more crude and sketchy. Just...

From Storm in Heaven: Meet the volatile Nakichi and peaceful Seita, the two water sprites that live in a river in the remote countryside. A chance encounter with the human child Yoshiharu reawakens the half...