New Manga Series for the Year 1985
All new manga series reported for this year can be found here. You can sort them by the date they were reported to us, the rating, or based on how active the series was over the past month.
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"Age"
Legendary boxer Keijiro Akagi's second son, Eiji, is a high school dropout and the world's worst rock guitarist. Though his father and elder brother are both boxers, he hates the sport but suddenly takes an interest in it when he meets the local champion's little sister.
Rating: 6.47 (4 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #1767 (+1237)

Banana Fish
From Viz:
Vice City: New York in the 80s. Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold, ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance.
Note: Vol 19 includes the oneshots "Angel Eyes" and "Garden of Light", later reprinted in Banana Fish another story.
Original Japanese: Comico, Flower Comics, Piccoma, Shogakukan
Official Translations:
English, Korean (Kakao Page, Manyeo Comics, MrBlue, Naver Series, RIDI)
Rating: 8.63 (399 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #1927 (+263)

Kinran Donsu
Collection of 13 one-shot stories by ero-guro mangaka Suehiro Maruo.
Includes one story featuring Midori from Shoujo Tsubaki.
Rating: 6.2 (6 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #1952 (+1151)
City Hunter
From Kana:
James Bond meets Lupin the Third! A stylish cocktail of hard-boiled action and raunchy comedy, manga classic CITY HUNTER follows exceptional marksman and compassionate sleazeball Ryo Saeba as he sweeps corruption from the lavish 80's Tokyo nightlife, one evil at a time. Readers follow the City Hunter as he takes on underground odd jobs, ranging from serving as the bodyguard of a captivating madame to executing a vengeful assassination of a corrupt politician, navigating through quick-witted thrills and intense dramas. The City Hunter Ryo Saeba does the dirty work of cleaning up Tokyo’s nightlife with his heart of gold worn on his sleeve.
Official Japanese:
Coamix, Comic Zenon, Mangahot, Mechacomic, Piccoma
Rating: 8.18 (251 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2121 (+664)

Koimonogatari
A collection of oneshot love stories, replete with romantic moods.
Volume 8 contains the side story "Tuberose Serenade" [30 pages], which is the final definitive ending to the Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de series and occurs after Magnolia Waltz.
Rating: 6.49 (9 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2180 (+1060)

Mai, the Psychic Girl
From Viz:
Mai is silly, giggly, and flirtatious - just like any other cute fourteen-year-old girl. As far as Mai is concerned, her telekinetic abilities are just good for practical jokes. But when the secret organization known as the Wisdom Alliance tries to exploit her as a weapon to enslave the world, her father puts his life on the line to protect her. And Mai soon learns the hard way that her powers are no joke, but capable of unbelievable, deadly force!
Rating: 6.59 (87 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2238 (+1079)

Jikan wo Tomete Matteite
The super child, Miriam, has grown up and is perhaps falling in love. Yet Douglas, who used to be the leader of the teenage ruffians and is 9 years older than Miriam (though rumoured to have the mentality of a 17 year old) only sees her as a child. So! Douglas, stop the time and wait for me... while I go off to the next town, fall from a cliff, lose my memory, and find myself involved in a criminal intrigue!!!
Second of Miriam series.
Rating: 8.16 (162 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2239 (+1080)

Honoka ni Purple
From Storm in Heaven:
There's a legend about a certain library at the Doumeikan University: whoever meets there for the first time will fall in love. One fateful day, Shino waits for her date there, but she doesn't meet him. Instead she meets a football player who took refuge there, trying to avoid his angry teammates. Then the two surprisingly find out that their parents are getting married, and so they start to live together...
Rating: 7.27 (130 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2243 (+1109)

Munou no Hito
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.
Rating: 7.31 (63 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2247 (+1099)

Futatabi
Rick has lived a normal life as a mechanic's apprentice in a world underground. That, however, is about to change as he bumps into a strange intruder who is not quite like anyone Rick has ever seen before. Venus, the intruder, claims to be from another world just like Rick's, though slightly different. With the police after Venus, can they figure out what is going on?
The official debut work of famed Berserk mangaka, Miura Kentaro.
Note: Won the Best New Author prize in Weekly Shounen Magazine.
Rating: 6.49 (64 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2249 (+1080)

F
Akagi Gunma is a young, impetuous, and rash teenager who decides to move to the big city to fulfill his dream of racing a Formula One car. The story follows how this simple farmer boy from the country moves on to the city in pursuit of his dreams.
F received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1991 for seinen/general manga.
Rating: 6.39 (14 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2254 (+1085)

Gorgeous Irene
Irene Lapona may have a youthful face and gentle physique, but when she applies makeup, she can utterly transform her appearance to look any way she pleases. Gorgeous, yet "so sadistic," Irene moonlights as a professional assassin. As skilled as she is, however, when another assassin targets her for revenge, she faces the toughest fight of her life.
This also features Araki's debut work 'Armed Poker', and his other early works 'Meet Virginia' and 'Cool Shock B.T.' Some earlier prints also include 'Outlaw Man', but not the one shown here.
1-2. Gorgeous☆Irene
3. Mashounen B.T. (Magic Boy B.T.)
4. Virginia ni Yoroshiku (Say Hello to Virginia)
5. Busou Poker (Armed Poker)
Rating: 6.22 (45 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2268 (+1122)

Elf 17
Ruu, an elf who haphazardly won the Grand Galactic Martial Arts Tournament, and K.K., the runner-up mechanic, go on a journey across the galaxy accompanying Muscat Tylor, the eccentric prince of the Galactic Empire.
Rating: 6.45 (7 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2277 (+1107)

Akujo Bible
A wedding ruined by the suicide of a woman rumored to be a witch. Eiichi's affair ends in disaster as his lover hangs herself during his wedding to another woman. To the horror of the wedding guests, the dead woman gives birth to a girl. Eiichi and his new wife are forced to raise a child they don't want and don't care for. They name her Tsumiko (Great Shame).
Now as a teenager Tsumiko resembles her dead mother more every day. She must compete with a younger sister, Megumi, who is everything she is not. As tensions rise at home and at school, Tsumiko will do everything she can to make her life better.
Rating: 6.62 (29 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2280 (+1130)

Tsurupika Hagemaru
The key word to this story is “stingy”! This is a story of a wonderfully “stingy” boy. A bright, powerful ten-year old hero, Hageta Hagemaru, he is such a tough boy who deals with everything in this “stingy” way.
Tsurupika Hagemaru received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.
Rating: 6.41 (3 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2282 (+1123)

Grey
Grey is a laconic trooper in a rough, futuristic military system which rewards success in battle with high pay and promotions, but only three percent of troopers live long enough for the final goal - citizenship, and the chance for a life above the misery of most of the populace. Grey has managed to keep coming back alive, even earning the nickname "Grey Death", but is the society he's fought for worth it?
Rating: 6.46 (44 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2285 (+1136)

Garouden (Novel)
What does it mean to be strong? What attracts men to fight in hand-to-hand combat? These and many other questions are explained and detailed in Garouden, a novel series by Yomemakura Baku (illustrated by celebrity manga author Itagaki Keisuke).
Fighting expert Bunshichi Tanba enjoys defeating TV fighting champions and celebrities on the street until he stumbles upon the underground wrestling club known as FAW (Federation of Amateur Wrestling), and unfortunately, he is defeated by one of the underdogs of the wrestling world. He forces himself to improve and looks for a rematch.
Years later, he returns better than ever, and his fights attract the attention of the two "monsters" of the fighting world who are in constant competition, Makoto "the Great" Tatsumi, owner of the FAW and possessing a power and charisma unrivaled in the ring, and "the Demon of Karate" Matsuo Shozan, owner of the best Karate schools in Japan and possessing a power and speed that's almost godlike.
Both will try to recruit Tanba to their own side, and Tanba will experience a world of fighting like he has never seen, with friends and rivals everywhere, and he will have to step up to the many challenges that confront him.
Features other martial arts characters from his other fighting novel series, The Gate of the Lions.
Rating: 6.13 (1 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2288 (+1139)

Buta no Machi
One night, under a blood red moon glimmering with demonic beauty, a group of devilish creatures armed with axes and spears came riding into a quiet city on horseback. One by one, they loaded the villagers up into cages and carried them off without any explanation...
I barely managed to escape alive.
Rating: 6.35 (5 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2297 (+1152)

Akai Tsurugi
Ro was abandoned in the wild by his father as soon as he was born. Luckily the Aesir god Loki took him in and raised him. After 13 years, Ro returns to his real home and the secrets around his birth are unraveled. This is the grand tale of the young viking Ro, set on the stage of Scandinavian mythology!
Rating: 6.26 (2 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2298 (+1132)

Jinrui Nekoka
From here:
The basic story: a high-school student (Nanase Hokuto) living away from his parents (who are in Australia) shares an apartment house with three older girls. His exposure to their whimsical and teasing nature leaves him pretty much despising females. However, the high-school idol (Taniyama Maina) ends up having a crush on him. Her best friend is Nakajima Atsumi, your typical sukeban. Hokuto's best friend, Moriyama Syuuichirou, is the young-punk biker. These two friends conspire to hook Hokuto up with Maina, much to Maina's delight and Hokuto's chagrin. Into this setting we interject the jealousy of the rest of the high school, a female rival for Hokuto's attention, a number of fights, the inevitable parents recalling Hokuto, and Maina threatening to run away from home. We could go on, but pretty much everything is in here.
Rating: 7.2 (55 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2299 (+1140)

Choukidouin Vander
A guy and a girl transform to become the Vander - the hyper-policeman. They go on a mission to fight the aliens who had come from outer space to conquer Earth. The transformation is rather interesting, as the girl becomes the guy's armored suit.
Rating: 6.32 (6 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2300 (+1130)

Sakura no Sono (YOSHIDA Akimi)
The drama club of an all girl high school puts on the play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov.
Also includes an unrelated one-shot called Schoolgirl Princess.
Rating: 6.82 (29 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2300 (+1125)

Onaji Kurai Ai
Morio Ai is a lonely girl, daughter of a famous actress who divorced many times.
Ai, unhappy with her family's stuation, petulant at school, disrespectful with her teacher, meets a handsome boy. Toshiya Kishida, that's his name, an ex-employee who has a undefined relationship with a lady called Yukiko.
Although this is the first monographic volume of Fuyumi Souryo, the graphic quality and the narrative are very good, a testimony of the subit talent of the writer.
Rating: 6.42 (2 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2301 (+1138)

Eleven
Rating: 6.19 (3 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2305 (+1140)

Paradise Gakuen
Paradise Gakuen's annual competition Miss Paradise is coming soon! But a major incident occured: one of the girls hoped to be a contestant, Chihiro, had her precious part seen by a boy! Chihiro who holds a principle that she won't let anyone other than her husband to see her naked, wants to become Shiba's wife. Because the latter didn't believe her intention, she decides to prove it, by entering the annual competition!
Rating: 5.95 (10 votes)
Activity (over 3 months): #2306 (+1125)



