Comic books in 'Manga'

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The greatest shôjo and shônen manga! A brave young swordswoman who wants to be a prince; an artist, his stepsister, and a doll that came to life; adventure in a fantasy world not unlike ancient China; crime and mystery in the Gothic metropolis of Steam City; a girl who came from a video tape, and more. 176 pages of beautiful art and stunning stories, plus fan art and manga features! Special: The stunning conclusion to Revolutionary Girl Utena! In Depth Feature: Lycanthropy is everywhere! You don't know if your pet cat or dog is actually a villain (or hero) in disguise! Animerica Extra examines, under the light of the full moon, the multifaceted shape-shifting manga! NOTE: Not available outside the U.S. and Canada. Magazine, 160pg, b&w Cover price $4.95.

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The greatest shôjo and shônen manga! A brave young swordswoman who wants to be a prince; an artist, his stepsister, and a doll that came to life; adventure in a fantasy world not unlike ancient China; crime and mystery in the Gothic metropolis of Steam City; a girl who came from a video tape, and more. 176 pages of beautiful art and stunning stories, plus fan art and manga features! Special: Considered one of the great Japanese science-fiction writers (regardless of medium), Leiji Matsumoto may have brought more Japanese followers into the manga and anime "fold" than any other author in Japan save Tezuka. See his amazing work! Plus, Akimi Yoshida's latest hit series Yasha! NOTE: Not available outside the U.S. and Canada. Magazine, 160pg, b&w Cover price $4.95.

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The greatest shôjo and shônen manga! Fan-favorite Fushigi Yûgi: Fantasy adventures in ancient China; Adolescence of Utena: a brave young swordswoman who wants to be a prince; Banana Fish: intrigue on the mean streets of New York City; Wild Com: gritty drama from the author of Basara, and more! 160 pages of beautiful art and stunning stories, plus fan art and manga features! NOTE: Not available outside the U.S. and Canada. Magazine, 160pg, b&w Cover price $4.95.

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The greatest shôjo and shônen manga! Fan-favorite Fushigi Yûgi: Fantasy adventures in ancient China; Adolescence of Utena: a brave young swordswoman who wants to be a prince; Banana Fish: intrigue on the mean streets of New York City; Wild Com: gritty drama from the author of Basara, and more! 160 pages of beautiful art and stunning stories, plus fan art and manga features! NOTE: Not available outside the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Magazine, 160pg, b&w Cover price $4.95.

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The greatest shôjo and shônen manga! Fan-favorite Fushigi Yûgi: Fantasy adventures in ancient China; Adolescence of Utena: a brave young swordswoman who wants to be a prince; Banana Fish: intrigue on the mean streets of New York City; Wild Com: gritty drama from the author of Basara, and more! 160 pages of beautiful art and stunning stories, plus fan art and manga features! Magazine, 160pg, b&w Cover price $4.95.

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America's Only Shojo Manga Magazine! Shojo represents the future of manga! Its concentration on beautiful art, impressionistic symbolism, character-driven stories, and spectacular layout is the cutting edge of the manga medium and has garnered not only its originally intended female readership, but also a male readership who are "ahead of the curve" when it comes to sophisticated manga storytelling! And Animerica Extra is on the very blade-tip of the cutting edge with four of the most diverse and exciting stories serialized every month! Perennial fan favorite Fushigi Yugi is a fantasy adventure of a modern girl in an ancient Chinese epic! Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena is the only official adaptation of the surreal movie that has been gracing movie festivals everywhere! Perhaps the most popular Shojo series of its era, the gritty NYC realism of Banana Fish makes it an underground must-have story; and WILD COM is a set of emotionally revealing short stories by the best-selling artist Yumi Tamura (Basara, Chicago)! With information-packed features and columns, Animerica Extra readers know the best and most up-to-date info in shojo! Magazine, 160pg, b&w Cover price $4.95.

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Add to cart Very Good $5.10

Volume 2, 1st Printing - Written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. Cheeky fun and flying food are merely appetizers at the Antique Bakery! Be ready to taste-test tales that range from bitter-sweet to belly-busting. And, just like a decadent desert that beckons from the baker's tray, this special series also contains a gooey surprise center that no truly hungry reader can resist. Softcover, 6" x 8", 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Haruka Mitsui. Translated by Melissa Chiam/amimaru. Love in the time of COVID-19? This new series pits the the crushes, nostalgia, and friendship of shojo manga against a crushing pandemic. Can it be that a determined high school girl is more resilient than anyone expected? Guaranteed to delight fans of popular romance comics like Komi Cant Communicate and Skip and Loafer. It's 2020, and Mizuha's seventeenth birthday is the pits. Her dad forgot, the sempai she likes isn't interested, and her social calendar is getting cleared out by a mysterious virus. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change could mean. And her feelings may not be the only ones changing...! Romance stands up to a global pandemic in this series about how to maintain the hopes and joys of high school life when everything is upended. But romance is resilient, and crushes and confessions flourish among Mizuha's friends. A brand-new school love story from the author of I Fell in Love After School! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

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Volume 10 - 1st printing. Story and art by Haruka Mitsui. Translated by Melissa Chiam/amimaru. An irresistible shojo manga offering an all-you-can-eat-buffet of high school drama, adolescent crushes, and childhood nostalgia. Guaranteed to delight fans of popular romance comics like Komi Cant Communicate and Skip and Loafer. Kizuki longs to rekindle his romance with Mizuho, but it may be too little, too late. After graduating high school during the tumultuous pandemic, his childhood friends are now thriving in their careers. Kizukis return brings relief, but Mizuho and the others cant forgive his selfish decisions. However, the intensity of first romance is persistent, and the heart wants what it wants… Will a second chance mend a broken heart? An all-you-can-eat buffet of teenage drama, romance, and nostalgia. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Original Story by Fehu Kazuno. Art and cover by Yasaiko Midorihana. Character Design by Jun. Translated by Ko Ransom. "I reincarnated as an evil god." Takuto Ira, after dying from illness at a young age, is reborn into a world just like the strategy simulation game he loved in his past life, "Eternal Nations." There, what appears before his eyes is a girl, Atou, whom he had used before in the evil civilization he previously subdued in the game, Mynoghra. The two resolve to create a new nation in this world once more.?? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Original Story by Fehu Kazuno. Art and cover by Yasaiko Midorihana. Character Design by Jun. Translated by Ko Ransom. There's no better cheat code than experience! Reborn into the fantasy nation management game he'd mastered in the real world, Takuto and his loyal hero unit, Atou, set out to build the evil nation of Mynoghra into a fearsome empire! With the Dark Elves now under their control and the first settlement well underway, things were going rather smoothly- until the good-aligned holy kingdom took notice... Can Takukto confront this continental superpower? Or will it be game over for the infant nation of Mynoghra...? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Original Story by Fehu Kazuno. Art and cover by Yasaiko Midorihana. Character Design by Jun. Translated by Ko Ransom. Takuto has successfully brokered an alliance between Mynoghra and the neighboring nation of Phon'Kaven-- who've settled the city of Dragontan atop a vital strategic resource known as a "Dragonvein Grotto". His next move is to send a research party. After much deliberation, Takuto elects to send the twins Cary and Maria, along with a suspicious looking medic. How will they fare on the evil nation of Mynoghra's first mission...? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Original Story by Fehu Kazuno. Art and cover by Yasaiko Midorihana. Character Design by Jun. Translated by Ko Ransom. A seasoned gamer like Takuto Ira can draw only one conclusion from the inexplicable events outside Phonkaven—he isnt about to go to war with another faction in a grand strategy game, but rather with characters from a roleplaying game. And while Atou is occupied on the Phonkaven front line, their wicked (and peaceful) nation faces a surprise invasion! With only Isla and the warriors to defend them at home, can Mynoghra hold its own against an enemy from a different genre? The rules have changed, and the stakes have never been higher as GSG goes head-to-head with RPG… And one wrong move could spell doom. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Original Story by Fehu Kazuno. Art and cover by Yasaiko Midorihana. Character Design by Jun. Translated by Ko Ransom. A massive explosion rocks Mynoghra, as the RPG villain, Flamin, uses his last ounces of spite to curse Isla, the Elfur sisters, and everyone afforded the freedom hes been denied for so long. The casualties may be significant, but theres no time to mourn. For amidst the chaos of the scarred battlefield that remains, the Demon King—final boss of the RPG—enters the fray. Mynoghra is at war... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 188 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Written, Art, and Cover by Tsutomu Nihei. The 200,000 KM diameter artificial celestial body of APOSIMZ. Most of its volume is its core space, which is covered by a superstructural shell. Fifty centuries ago, the people who lost a war against the core lost their right to reside legitimately in APOSIMZ, and were left behind on the extremely cold surface. They face the spreading Frame disease. And aggressive automatons which appear frequently on the ruins level. Yet even so, somehow people survive. 32 pages, B&W.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Tsutomu Nihei.

The artificial celestial body Aposimz measures 120,000 km in diameter. Most of its volume is its core space, which is covered by a superstructural shell. Fifty centuries ago, the people who lost the war against the core lost their right to reside legitimately on Aposimz, and were stranded on the frigid surface. They face rampant Frame Disease and aggressive automatons which appear frequently on the Ruins Level. Yet even so, somehow the people survive.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 330 pages, PC/PB&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $12.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Ultimate Party is Born: Part 1 of 3!" Based on the Original Story by Shinta Fuji. Art by Masaki Kawakami. Character Design by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Daniel Hutton. Veteran adventurer Nick's life is falling apart. Despite all the knowledge and expertise he's devoted to his adventuring party, his respected leader kicked him out, his girlfriend dumped him, and his teammates shamelessly accused him of embezzlement. Tired, heartbroken, and looking for a drink, Nick chances upon a few kindred spirits who are jaded as he is. Together, these disillusioned adventurers form an unstoppable team out to save their bleak, depressing world! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Ultimate Party is Born: Part 2 of 3!" Based on the Original Story by Shinta Fuji. Art by Masaki Kawakami. Character Design by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Daniel Hutton. A former noblewoman, an excommunicated priest, and a female dragonian warrior have joined Nick in creating the adventuring party, the Survivors. Teamwork doesn't come easily to these kindred spirits disillusioned with the world, but they manage to earn a name for themselves. Now, they are tasked to explore the Labyrinth of Bonds for treasure-specifically, for the Sword of Bonds. Will these jaded souls be able to succeed where other adventurers have failed? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Ultimate Party is Born: Part 3 of 3!" Based on the Original Story by Shinta Fuji. Art by Masaki Kawakami. Character Design by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Daniel Hutton. A band of reject adventurers who were all kicked out of their original parties (and have now been deemed a practically ideal team by the adventurers guild for some reason) sets out for a labyrinth to find an ancient artifact called the Sword of Bonds. The gang breezes through the newbie-friendly labyrinth with hardly a scratch-when suddenly a mysterious passageway not shown on the map appears before them... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Lonely Paladin: Part 2!" Based on the Original Story by Shinta Fuji. Art by Masaki Kawakami. Character Design by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Daniel Hutton. Nick's duel with Leon comes to a head! Can a wiry adventurer who was once kicked out of his party outbox a tiger man? Can a naïve country bumpkin dragon girl do better on a math test than the cunning swindler Claudine? And are a fallen noble mage and a debauched priest any use at all, or are they just there to throw in the towel when their friends lose? Hopeless apart, these adventurers might just have a chance together...! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 162 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "The Lonely Paladin: Part 3!" Based on the Original Story by Shinta Fuji. Art by Masaki Kawakami. Character Design by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Daniel Hutton. Tiana and Nick's visit to the casino was only meant to be a way to blow off some steam, but when Tiana runs into a certain wealthy young lady getting taken for a ride by her loser boyfriend, she has a chance to show off and do some good at the same time! Meanwhile, Leon stews in his defeat and imprisonment... If only he had some chance, if only he was offered some sliver of power... Then the Survivors would not have seen the last of him yet! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Ultimate Party is Born!" Written by Shinta Fuji. Art and cover by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Luke Hutton. Nick used to be a member of a veteran adventurer party, helping his undisciplined friends with the accounts whenever he could. But what was his reward? Getting accused of embezzlement and kicked out by the leader he respected. Before long, he finds a few other jaded adventurers and kindred spirits, and together, they form their own unstoppable party! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 268 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $15.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Lovely Paladin!" Written by Shinta Fuji. Art and cover by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Luke Hutton. Nick used to be a member of a veteran adventurer party, helping his undisciplined friends with the accounts whenever he could. But what was his reward? Getting accused of embezzlement and kicked out by the leader he respected. Before long, he finds a few other jaded adventurers and kindred spirits, and together, they form their own unstoppable party! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 252 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $15.00.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Southern Saint!" Written by Shinta Fuji. Art and cover by Susumu Kuroi. Translated by Luke Hutton. The Survivors were formed when four adventurers decided to band together after being betrayed, but thanks to the Sword of Bonds, the tentative trust they've built has made them more powerful than ever. After Nick and Tiana took down the Iron Tiger Troop and the Sword of Ruin as the Lovely Paladin, the Survivors have returned to funding their vices-until they hear of a mysterious monster lurking in the city! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 252 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $15.00.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Beginning Eclipse's serialization of Japan's first mega-successful graphic novel! With new material still being done in Japan, Appleseed has earned Masamune Shirow the Japanese equivalent of our Hugo award, and Shirow's Appleseed artwork today hangs in a major display at the Osaka Art Gallery! Escaping nuclear destruction, Earth has nevertheless been laid waste by the conventional/biochemical conflagration that was World War Three. Two survivors, after years of seclusion, return to looking for the remnants of humanity. What they least expect to find is humanity looking for them! Deunan and her cyborg mentor, Briareos, must fight off a full-scale tank assault and learn the purpose of their assailants! 48 pg. B&W Classic Format. Cover price $2.50.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. The English serialization of Shirow's award-winning graphic novel continues! Deunan and Briareos' arrival in Olympus City is quickly noted by those who sought their deaths last issue! The further they go into the city, the more Briareos notices the split political factions struggling to control the self-styled utopia on a war-wasted earth. But will his warnings of caution fall on deaf ears when he and Deunan are invited to join the Olympus police? The action all takes place on "Civvy Street"! 48 pg. B&W Classic Format. Cover price $2.50.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Plots within plots take form as Athena tries to set herself up as the savior of Olympus City's central computer by capturing its combat-trained assailants before the Director's forces can! When the dust clears, the city's power structure looks very different! Will Deunan's new position lead her into even more trouble? Brought to you by Eclipse International and Studio Proteus. 48 pg. B&W Classic Format. Cover price $2.75.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. The guerrillas' assault on Olympus City's super computer is thrown into confusion when Deunan takes over for the Director's incompetent S.W.A.T. team, and steps into action with her deadly new Landmate. Soon she finds herself battling the guerrilla leader, Chiffon, who is also Deunan's newest friend! Can Deunan bring herself to fight Chiffon to defend the computer, and what will Athena's E.S.W.A.T. team bring to the fray--support or treachery? Translated by David Lewis and Toren Smith of Studio Proteus. 48 pg. B&W Classic Format. Cover price $2.75.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Cover: Art Adams. A terrorist kidnapping leads off the second volume! Obviously, Hitomi did not bring Deunan and Briareos to Olympus by accident as revelations about Deunan's father indicate. But when Hitomi's chief rival, Athena, requisitions Deunan for her private, elite SWAT unit, Deunan is caught in a power struggle wherein the stakes keep getting higher! And what is the connection between Deunan's father and Olympus' origins? 48 pg. Classic B&W Format. Cover price $2.75.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Cover: Art Adams. The human race is in danger of being subverted by the bioroid majority in Olympus. Loyalties are challenged when the Council orders Hitomi to "obtain" a special computer program which will help the Council control the human population, and she runs smack into Athena's ESWAT unit and her good friend Deunan! Can Deunan obey her orders to kill the burglars and her friend? 48 pg. Classic B&W Format. Cover price $2.75.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Cover: Art Adams. Deunan has problems enough without having to deal with a rampaging computer. But Gaia gives her no choice when it brainwashes its keepers and orders the New Olympus police gun platforms to go on a shooting spree. The target: Tartarus, the computer center responsible for managing the city's bioroid population. Deunan and Briareos must spring Hitomi from jail in a desperate bid to stop Gaia from forcing its "final solution" on Olympus! 48 pg. Classic B&W Format. Cover price $2.75.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Cover: Art Adams. Gaia, Olympus City's main computer, is on a killing spree, sending out the police gun platforms to obliterate Tartarus, the center in charge of creating the city's Bioroids! Hitomi's DNA is encoded with a STOP command, but can Deunan and Briareos find a way to get Hitomi past 50-meter-high robot spiders to Gaia's main terminal? It doesn't look good! 48 pg. Classic B&W Format. Cover price $2.75.

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Story & art: Masamune Shirow. Cover: Art Adams. This action-packed finale begins with a laser attack on the Olympus nuclear fusion plant by the city's central computer, Gaia! Deunan, Briareos and Hitomi strike into the heart of the computer, but before destroying it, they must decide whether the computer has actually gone berserk or if it is the only one who knows the real truth about this utopian society! 48 pg. Classic B&W Format. Cover price $2.75.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Masamune Shirow's acclaimed cyberpunk epic is back! The APPLESEED DATABOOK contains technical data on all the major characters, machinery and locales of this fascinating future world. In a special flip feature, Deunan and Briareos make their return in an all-new short story as they track a saboteur in the troubled utopia of Olympus. Cover price $3.50.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Part 2 of Masamune Shirow's compendium on the fascinating future world of Appleseed. Included are technical descriptions of Shirow's detailed machinery, as well as the people, places and organizations in this acclaimed cyberpunk epic. Plus, in a special flip feature, Deunan and Briareos are back! It's up to the ESWAT operatives to track down a terrorist who's threatened the highest members of Olympus' cyborg council! Cover price $3.50.

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Regular Cover. Art and story byTomoko Tomoko Taniguchi. Tomoko Taniguchi, the popular artist of Call Me Princess, returns with her second series from CPM, continuing the Shojo (womens' and girls' comics) line begun last year. In Aquarium, a young girl named Naoka fails the competitive exam for the high school she wanted to attend. Her hobby has always been going to the aquarium to see the fish and dolphins, and she spends more time there to find solace after her disappointment. At the aquarium, she meets a boy, Haruki. At first he tries to befriend her, but she is not able to return his friendship because she is still saddened by her failure. If you have ever experienced disappointment and the fear of change that new love can bring, Aquarium will touch you like few other works. Tomoko Taniguchi's elegant style is at its most moving and expressive in this all-new series. Cover price $2.95.

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Colleen Doran mermaid variant cover. Art and story byTomoko Taniguchi. Tomoko Taniguchi, the popular artist of Call Me Princess, returns with her second series from CPM, continuing the Shojo (womens' and girls' comics) line begun last year. In Aquarium, a young girl named Naoka fails the competitive exam for the high school she wanted to attend. Her hobby has always been going to the aquarium to see the fish and dolphins, and she spends more time there to find solace after her disappointment. At the aquarium, she meets a boy, Haruki. At first he tries to befriend her, but she is not able to return his friendship because she is still saddened by her failure. If you have ever experienced disappointment and the fear of change that new love can bring, Aquarium will touch you like few other works. Tomoko Taniguchi's elegant style is at its most moving and expressive in this all-new series. Cover price $2.95.