Comic books in 'Manga'

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1st printing.

Story and art by Antoine Revoy.

Two children confront the sinister forces residing in a haunted playground in this horror-manga-inflected graphic novel from artist Antoine Revoy. The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy delivers an eerie tale inspired by the Japanese and French comics of his childhood.

Softcover, 6-in.x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

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Promotional catalog with over 340 comics listed. 48 pages. Ashcan size. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.

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Stories, art and jam cover by Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Ted Nomura. English-language manga publisher Antarctic presents a jam book for the tenth anniversary of Ninja High School and the fifth anniversary of Gold Digger. The Ninja High School cast discusses the strips continuity; the aftermath of a U.S. Navy / Twilight X battle; a feature on Families of Altered Wars #38; characters from the various series watch movies together. Ninja High School; Twilight X; Tigerhawk II; Movie Night. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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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.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Haruka Mitsui. 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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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. 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. 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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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Southern Saint!" 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 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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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Created by Masamune Shirow. Story and art by Iou Kuroda. A prequel to the cyberpunk franchise Appleseed by Shirow Masamune, creator of The Ghost in the Shell. In the 22nd century, New York City is a war-torn place ruled by warlords and a giant robot mayor with three eyes and a three-piece suit. While there, Deunan and her cyborg lover Briareos stumble across two citizens of a legendary utopia. It's up to them to guard what could be humanity's best chance to rebuild. Softcover, 446 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

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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. 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.

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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1st printing.

Based on the Manga by Masamune Shirow.

FROM THE CREATOR OF GHOST IN THE SHELL!

A high-quality digital film grab adaptation of the newly released feature film Appleseed.

At the end of the Third World War, a utopian city is founded from the ashes of conflict. A young female super soldier is recruited from the remains of the battered battlefield to serve as the city's guardian. What she discovers is not the promised land of peace, but rather a city on the brink of committing mass genocide upon its unsuspecting citizens!

Will she uncover the sinister truth and stop the terror before it's too late?

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 160 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $12.99.

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From the creator of Battle Angel Alita comes a new science fiction cosmos of humor, wonder and adventure: the world of Marmundo, where kings rule islands scattered across the great ocean, and knights ride killer whales through the seas. Using an art style similar to Battle Angel Alita, but enhanced with computer generated screentone, Yukito Kishiro gives Aquaknight the same strong characters, original settings, and attention to detail as his earlier series. In this issue: On the remote Island of Faro, not far from the Edge of the World, a stormy night brings a visitor to the lighthouse keeper and his young assistant. When they find a suit of armor washed up near the shore, they open it to reveal a beautiful woman who tells them that she is a knight from a faraway land! After meeting her, the kid decides that he's going to be a knight, too... and travel out into the unknown with just his knife and fishing spear to protect him! Includes a free color poster map of Marmundo! Cover price $3.50.

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by Yukito Kishiro Determined to find a Dragon's Egg so that he can become a knight (a promise our heroine is already regretting), the lighthouse keeper's young assistant rides his Orca to the edge of the map: the Catarata Termino, where the oceans end in a tremendous waterfall which falls into the stars! b&w, 48pg (2 of 6) Cover price $3.50.

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by Yukito Kishiro Alcontra steals the magnetic stone that powers the lighthouse, destroying the structure and bringing about Arrabarus' downfall. Arriving at the battlefield too late to do anything, Ruliya can do nothing but attend to Arrabarus' dying words, and watch as he literally, physically begins his journey into the great beyond! b&w, 40pg (5 of 6) Cover price $3.50.

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by Yukito Kishiro Astride a skeletal seahorse, the Knight of Death, commander of drowned corpses, rises from the sea to take Arrabarus to his grave. Shivering with fear, Ruliya manages to make the only proper reaction... to challenge Death itself to a battle before it takes her friend's soul. b&w, 32pg (6 of 6) Cover price $2.95.

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Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro. Ashika returns to the crew of the Zyfort rather than escape without Zykey. Back under the subjugation of Alcantara, though, Ashika is forced to witness the secret truth of Zykey's humanity -- a secret that keeps her inexorably bound to the brilliant conqueror. Then, take a trip down memory lane and visit the off-kilter childhood of Alcantara to discover what makes his sick mind tick! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro. He's a genius, a conqueror...and a total nut to boot! Travel back in time to the youth of Alcantara for a romp down memory lane in the land of Ybur Knom. See the origin of his problems with authority, his spoiled home life, and the first time he met Zygote aboard a hot-air balloon! Plus: See the beginnings of Zykey's debilitating disease that left her at the mercy of Alcantara. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro. Ruliya and Alcantara face off against each other in the most awesome knockdown drag-out fight this side of the Antipodes! The match seems equal until Alcantara begins to pull off some crafty high-tech tricks that throw Ruliya for a loop...literally! Can her years of training and experience save her from the whims of this genius conqueror? Then, the mysterious ghost-sorcerer returns to hassle Alcantara's landing party. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro. The unexpected conclusion! The ultimate battle between this world and the underworld is on! With the living core of Alcantara's Zyfort out of control and on the warpath, Ruliya has no choice than to call upon the forces of Death Himself one more time. After the fight, Alcantara decides it might be time to call it quits...but is a mad scientist ever really reformed? 48 pages, B&W. 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.