Everyone who lives there has a "reason" for doing so. Towards the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Fuji, a translator, moves into "Kaika Apartment," a luxurious housing complex overflowing with elegance...

The story is set in France in the early 20th century, called the Belle Epoque (Beautiful Era). In the country of art that boasts the splendor, there was a thief, who repeatedly involved in stealing in genius...

Kakuriyo Monogatari takes place in an ancient city where only spirits live, and no human knows that this city even exists. Join the story of the spirits, the tale of the afterlife!!

A series of short stories detailing the exploits of Dr Imibe Kana, a researcher on Japanese mythology and religion, as she travels around the country becoming involved in various occurrences centred around...

In the first years of the Meiji era, when Tokyo still named Edo, Senba Heishirou, a former policeman at the Minami-cho magistrate's office, was leading an uneventful life as the kept lover of a geisha. Until he...

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! When a handsome college student shows up with a new case, he ends up assigned as her new assistant! Join Mitsuko and Saku as they solve cases...

Adaptations of Edogawa Ranpo's detective stories featuring genius detective Akechi Kogorou and his apprentice, young prodigy and leader of the Shounen Tanteidan (Boys' Detective Agency), Kobayashi Yoshio.

My lover has lived 150 years ago. In that place, called the end of the Edo period, we are fighting desperately for Japan tomorrow. It is a new member of the group Shinsengumi named Sanosuke Harada. A gentle...

The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honnnoji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his ally Oda Nobunaga and holed up in Arioka Castle—but a string of strange incidents within the castle walls has him...

Starts on May 23.

A condensed biography of Kublai Khan, as told by Professor Munakata. This is the second tie-in to NHK's Road of Civilization special.

title The original anime film this was based on has released alongside the movie Kurayukaba, which shares the same universe. In the busy day-to-day life of those in the ever changing coal mine town nicknamed...

In the Kuro Hakubutsukan (Black Museum) series: Vol 1 - Springald:The Black Museum holds criminal memorabilia from the many cases that have been investigated by Scotland Yard. In this fictional re-imagining of...

The 3rd from the "Kuro Hakubutsukan" series, after "Springald" and "Ghost and Lady."

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she doesn’t long for a life of...

From J-Novel Club: In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an...

In the imperial court, Maomao, a young woman is put into servitude. The tale is just beginning for the woman doctor/pharmacist from the red-light district, as rumors circulate about the emperor's children's...

Get immersed in the historical setting and intriguing characters of The Apothecary Diaries, the original light novel series that inspired the hit manga and anime! This jacketed, hardcover volume includes more...

One-shot compilation featuring works written and illustrated by Tezuka between 1968 and 1973, and is very highly regarded in Japan and by Tezuka himself. Spans a variety of genres, from SF to Military to Wild...

The heretic folklorist Kyuuki Juuzou and the girl Kureito who has flowers in her chest. The two finally determine that the source of the flowers is “dark water”, but what is that?Takes place in an atypical...

January 25, 1931: an expedition team arrives at a campsite in Antarctica to find its crew of men and sled dogs strewn and dead. But a still more horrific sight is the star-shaped mound of snow nearby for under...

"If there's such a thing as a soul, does it remain in this world as long as the bones exist? Will all of my sins and sorrows remain in this world forever?" Tokyo, 1952. A beautiful, mysterious woman who's...

In a village where all residents die upon reaching fifty lives a girl named An, whose older twin sister was sacrificed to the “other world” that lies beyond the mountains. This village, called “our world” and...