It’s the 17th century in Japan. Child outcast Kamui lives on the fringes of a miserably stratified society. Fueled by pure grit, rage, and a dash of cunning, his only way out is to take up the mantle of ninja...

After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. Shipwrecked on an island, he meets another apostate ninja, a woman...

A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be...

The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryo-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and...

In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and...

At certain period of time in the Shogunate, fighters in the battlefield would have nothing personal against each other, but fighting in name of a different master. This led to a convoluted type of trade in the...

In a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. It's a world full of vengeance, greed, and violence. A world of depravity...

It's about young people in postwar Hiroshima getting involved in the black market for weapons. The main character is an A-bomb survivor whose hatred drives him to kill an American black marketeer. He asks the...

Created in the late 1950s, BLACK BLIZZARD is Yoshihiro Tatsumi's remarkable first full-length graphic novel and one of the first published examples of Gekiga. With BLACK BLIZZARD, Tatsumi explores the dark...

A collection of short works by cult gekiga mangaka Ichirou Iijima, all originally published in Manga Black Punch between 1971-1972. This is the third and final entry in the Ichirou Iijima Manga Black Punch...

A fanciful retelling of the life of a young Ludwig Van Beethoven.

From the mangaka who told his life story in A Drifting Life, and gave you Abandon the Old in Tokyo and The Push Man and Other Stories, comes this collection of gekiga of the 1970s which have never before been...

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering stories from every Garo author up until 1984. 収録作品　『ざしきわらし』 - 白土三平　『ねこ忍』 - 水木しげる　『海原の剣(武蔵の巻)』 - 諏訪栄(小島剛夕)　『顔の曲がった男の物語』 - 星川てっぷ　『真昼』 - 渡二十四　『愛 : 新釈武士道物語』 - 加治一生 (平田弘史)　...

A former mangaka falls into poverty after becoming disillusioned with life and abandoning his trade. He unsuccessfully attempts to start a business selling rocks by the riverside to feed his family.

A period drama masterpiece recounting the remarkable feats of an outlaw bounty hunter renowned as Rabid Dog. Following the hero as he rescues the weak and battles the mighty, master artist Takao Saito’s dynamic...

Michio Yuki has it all: looks, intelligence, a pedigree as the scion of a famous Kabuki family, a promising career at a major bank, legions of female admirers. But underneath the sheen of perfection lurks a...

Follow Ryuu as he plays mahjong with gangsters, crooks, and all sorts of dangerous people.

A collection of Yoshiharu Tsuge one-shot stories featuring an assortment of Tsuge's "dream" stories as well as his tales of travel. All originally published between 1972-1975, the stories represent a period in...

Collection of short stories including: • NejishikiA man gets bitten on the arm by a jelly fish on a village beach foreign to him. He sets off desperately searching for a doctor who can heal his bleeding veins.....

Silent and taciturn, a cat demon wanders through the world of humans, encountering creatures as monstrous than desperate. Mixing references to mythology Japanese and surreal quotes, this collection of short...