The Box Man Enter the strange world of Imiri Sakabashira in which the denizens are zoomorphic creatures that emerge from one another as well as their equally bizarre environs. The Box Man follows its...

Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in...

What does the girl dream of, what does she plan to do, wrapped in the warm pulse of her chrysalis, embraced by her newly grown wings...? The strange sensation that everyone has a faint memory of at the bottom...

In 1994 the mangaka Kazuichi Hanawa was arrested on firearms offences and sentanced to three years in prison. Once released, Hanawa set about creating this autobiographical record of his life behind bars. The...

"Okinawa Prefecture is home to 75% of all U.S. military base facilities in Japan." Susumu Higa continues to weave stories set in Okinawa. This is a collection of his unique and previously uncollected stories...

This collection of three stories by Akino Kondoh presents some of the cartoonist and animator's best known work for Ax, Japan's premier venue for alternative manga, and a recent story about life in New York...

A horror-comedy manga about two blue-collar factory workers and jiu-jitsu experts who deal with a zombie uprising in Tokyo. When the story begins, Fujio and Mitsuo dream of training in martial arts overseas and...

A bizarre one-shot by Takato Yamamoto. It was featured in Ax: Alternative Manga. Warning: Ero-Guro of a male teen...