Can a poem save your life?Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams. When a high school boy skipping class to sketch...

On rainy mornings, Takao can never bring him-self to go to school-instead, he spends that time at the beautiful Shinjuku Gyoen gardens and finds a brief reprieve from everything else in his life among the trees...

A lone tower towering over the ocean, two boys, Zen and Toberi, who live there. There are only two people in the empty tower, the empty world. Still, they lived happily as it was. Until that day—

This is a short family manga about the daily life of the Machino family, which includes, Kotoko (5), Taichi (7), dog Wanda, father Sousuke, and mother Yuuko.

About a woman who travels around to food-producing areas teaching about traditonal japanese food.

Kana is just minding her own business at her father's funeral when she suddenly meets Tamahime, her father's mistress. Kana was so outraged at the sight of her that she might have gone a little too far talking....

Ao and Takaomi are two childhood friends living near an industrial area. Keeping their feelings hidden from one another, they carry on with their daily lives in high school. "It's our final summer in school...

Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly...

An anthology to celebrate the release of the live-action movie adaptation. Multiple continuities are used.

Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special operations task force made up of former...

Led by Daisuke Aramaki and Motoko Kusanagi, Section 9 deals with such crimes over the entire social spectrum, usually with success. However, when faced with a new A-level hacker nicknamed "The Laughing Man...

Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this...

March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist net security expert heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the...

This series shows how Batou and Kusanagi met during a civil war and turns into a parallel story to the Arise OVA series with Batou as the lead.

Hackers attempt to assassinate a politician during a speech preaching the advantages of cybernetic prosthetics. Fortunately, Togusa is there to whisk her to safety, and the investigation leads Batou to a...

It is an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world. It is a time when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations...

Follows Nakabo Rintaro, an agent of a special extralegal government agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting individuals guilty of misappropriating funds.

An elite military unit conducts its duties alongside sabertooth tigers trained to assist their human masters. The Royal Kingdom invades the Empire in their desire for world dominion...after the disastrous...