Shuzo Oshimi is the best-selling author behind works such as FLOWERS OF EVIL and HAPPINESS. His works mix in the struggles of youth along with modern fantasy themes. Oshimi is the winner of the 2002 Chiba Tetsuya Award for New Best New Manga Artist. Since then he has penned a dozen series including the New York Times Best-Selling Flowers of Evil and the cult hit INSIDE MARI.

Shuzo Oshimi

Isao has gone. Mom is gone. And suddenly life is better for Mari. But 
she is not complete. There is still a need for closure that burns 
within. Going home, to Isao's home, might provide that resolution. 
Embracing everything that has ever been inside Mari will be key.

Drama

Mystery

LGBTQ

Digital

Inside Mari

In this final volume, Mari goes home to find herself. But whose home is she going to?

Inside Mari, Volume 9

Ten years after their Comitia debut, panpanya is still exciting indie comics fans with an original artistic style and way of story-telling. Often seen on award lists, including the 2014 Manga Taisho Gran Prix Award, panpanya is poised to beguile the West with this English- language debut.

panpanya

A trip to Tokyo's Asian market district, Ameyokocho, leads the protrag 
on a trip to hunt down the mysterious guyabano fruit! Little does the 
protrag and their crew know that their curiosity will take them on a 
wild and mouth-watering trip to the Philippines!

Comedy

Slice of Life

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Guyabano Holiday

Masakazu Ishiguro was born in Fukui Prefecture in 1977. An multiple award winning artist, he broke though in 200 when we was presented with the Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his work on the short "HERO". 

While he broke through within the sci-fi genre, Ishiguro is possibly best known for his comedies; particularly the Japan Media Arts Award winning AND YES THE TOWN MOVES (Shonen Gahosha). Whimsical, stylish, and often surreal, Ishiguro's works are often put into their own genre - SF (Slightly Fantastical).

Masakazu Ishiguro

Upon meeting with a cult known as the Liviumen, Kiruko and Maru 
are tasked to dispose of some man-eaters. Their project would lead them 
to the people behind the organization known as the Immortal Order. With 
conflicting ideologies fighting for their services and rare working 
machinery in the heart of Tokyo, the two must decide whether or not to 
continue on their quest or to settle down with "civilization".

Action & Adventure

Science Fiction

Thriller

Heavenly Delusion

To See What Can't Be SeenIn a now abandoned Akihabara, Kiruko 
and Maru find themselves in the middle of a cultural war. And as in 
every conflict, the fog of war hides much more than the truth! The same 
can be said at the Academy, which is reeling from some major shakeups 
within its student body and staff.

Heavenly Delusion, Volume 4

Ryuta Amazume is a true manga veteran and possibly one of the most recognized ero-comedy artists in modern history. A
 comic artist since his college days, Amazume broke through in the world
 of adult comics in the late 90's. Eventually his art and story-telling 
caught the eyes of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine. In 2001, his 
debut series Toshiue no Hito set
 into stone his place among some of the greats in romance comedies as it
 immediately made an impact with young adult readers across Japan. Since
 then he has penned nearly twenty titles, most of them focusing on young
 couples finding love under comedic and touching circumstances.

Ryuta Amazume

Kaoru is in love with his childhood 
friend turned idol, Nana. Over the years, their 
relationship has become strained with the differences in their 
lifestyles, but Kaoru still fantasizes about Nana helping him realize 
his ultimate fantasy... a BDSM relationship with her! One day, Kaoru's 
mother finds his toys and gives them to the ever responsible Nana to rid
 her son of his fetish, but Nana finds a leather piece and accidentally 
locks herself inside! This moment awakens something inside of Nana, 
whose stressful life could use some fun and could be the start of 
Kaoru's ultimate fantasy...

Romance

Nana & Kaoru

In his dreams, Kaoru fantasizes about making his neighbor Nana wear a bondage suit -a fantasy that would normally never come true- yet in a strange twist of fate, she appears before him wearing that exact outfit!! Is this a dream?! A prank?! No, this is reality!!

Nana & Kaoru, Volume 1

A lifelong illustrator, You Someya comes from a family of comic artists. Their manga debut was accelerated after one of her sisters was published by an indie manga house. Someya's SquareEnix debut may be a bit on the challenging side, given its subject matter, but it appeared to find a greater international audience introducing English readers to bondage manga.

You Someya

Intimidating a domineering personality like Ayame takes a strong will 
and potentially equally disturbing mind. So, after avoiding several 
direct confrontations, Ayame and her rope arts club are now being 
attacked by classmates who wish to see the student body vice-president 
fall from grace.

Pleasure & Corruption

Pleasure & Corruption, Volume 5

TYPE-MOON

Before the most recent Holy Grail War, Shirou Emiya spent most of 
his days like practically every other high school teen. Growing up 
without his parents, however, meant his evenings were commonly spent 
cooking up meals for the many faces who would pass by his traditional 
Japanese residence. Whether friend or foe; stranger or comrade, Emiya 
gladly whips up classic Japanese dishes that often win over even the 
most seasoned warrior.

Fantasy

Cooking

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family. Volume 4

Akili

Just as Ichika and her family begin to settle down after a funeral, a mysterious young lady appears in their home searching for something. Who is this person? And is she looking for a memento or is she hunting down something more vascular?

Vampeerz

Vampeerz, Volume 1

Born in 1969, Hideki Ohwada is a beloved comedic manga creator. Best known in the West for his long-running mahjong political parody THE LEGEND OF KOIZUMI, Ohwada actually made his debut in 1999 on the baseball comedy FUN KOSHIEN. Since then he has contributed in nearly two dozen series, mostly for Kadokawa Publishing. While Ohwada may be best known for his sensational genre work in the West, he is respected across Asia for his passion for the Gundam franchise. Ohwada has been working within the world of Gundam continuously since 2009 and has created a number of works that have seen multi-media adaptations.

Hideki Ohwada

Yoshiyuki Tomino

In 1978 animation director Yoshiyuki Tomino set forth to change 
the Japanese animation industry. For decades prior, Japanese science 
fiction had churned out numerous tales of semi-autonomous robots that 
would often come to the aide of humanity, but as someone who worked on a
 number of those works, Tomino came to the realization that he wanted to
 see a more realistic robot narrative. His vision was one where the 
robot while just slightly more human in appearance, was utilized more as
 a tool manipulated by man. With renowned artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko by 
his side, and occasionally as his artistic rival, Tomino would change 
the way the whole world came to see Japanese animation and the broader 
toy and comics industries built around it. This evolution would be a war
 in its own right! Battles were fought in the offices of the animation 
studio! Conflicts were equally as heated in the recording booth!

Mobile Suit Gundam

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The Men Who Created Gundam

KamenTotsu is a unique talent within the world of manga. The author made his debut more as a columnist and media critic, drawing his columns within a comic format. With time he moved on to drawing essay comics and eventually moved to the world of children's manga. KamenTotsu is also unique as he was raised in the United States. He grew up in Michigan and would eventually return to Japan to attend the Nagoya University of the Arts.

KamenTotsu

Welcome to Baby Bear's Bakery, a brand new patisserie run by a 
bear cub! While Bear may be a fine baker, he is not much of a business 
animal, so he has plenty to learn about running a small business. 
Finances, customer service and even researching new products are all new
 to this cub. But he is more than willing to dig his paws into the world
 of entrepreneurship.

Children's

Baby Bear's Bakery

Welcome to Baby Bear's Bakery, a brand new patisserie run by a bear cub! While Bear may be a fine baker, he is not much of a business animal, so he has plenty to learn about running a small business.

Baby Bear's Bakery, Part 1

Yom is extremely unique in Japan's pop culture world. An illustrator by trade Yom has been creating illustrations on social media platforms since 2015. Starting around 2018 he began to expand into self-publishing and soon released a series of zines entitled TIGHTS. The TIGHTS series became a cult hit, eventually resulting in an animated web-video series called Miru Tights (2019). Yom would then pivot towards editing artbooks for Japan's GOT Books, once again focusing on leggings for most of his releases.

Collecting 100 full-color pages and featuring 48 different Japanese 
manga and anime artists, Black Tights features some of the best 
illustrators in Japan. With stockings as their primary themes, WIDE takes a deep look at thighs. Overseen by cover artist and art director, Yom, 
audiences have been captivated by their character designs in the 2019 
anime short, Miru Tights.

Art Book

Black Tights

The third book in the cult hit Black Tights art book series focuses on 
short skirts and shapely thighs. Featuring 46 new artists from Japan's 
diverse anime illustrator community.

Black Tights: WIDE

Romy Oishi is the founder of peep, a writers collaborative with a focus on twitter novels. A prolific scribe, Dr.peep now edits and manages other new authors as they try to break into Japan's competitive prose scene.

Romy Oishi (Dr.peep)

meshe

For the longest time Shuhei and Ryoka have been pretty much alone in 
their now abandoned apartment building. But after countless attempts to 
escape, they not only run into a new version of Sai but two familiar 
faces!

Lockdown Zone

Lockdown Zone: Level X, Chapter 13

After going on a wild goose chase through the badlands of 
Kanagawa, Kiruko and Maru are back in Tokyo where they can see a small 
but vibrant refugee community. But with society comes politics and 
economics, so now they have to turn to monster killing and odd jobs to 
survive in the big city.Awards: Selected as the Best Manga of 2018 by the&nbsp;Kono Manga ga Sugoi&nbsp;Committee.

Our most spooky and scary manga to keep you up at night.

Horror

Heavenly Delusion, Volume 3

Another Sai gone and a bunch of "points" collected! But the next Sai is 
apparently four monsters and our young heroes have to not only discover 
what this new enemy is like but they'll have to find all four entities 
to advance to the next "level!"

Lockdown Zone: Level X, Chapter 12

Without Isao in Mari's life her body is just a shell. But what caused 
this catatonic state is more than a disassociation from that college 
dropout. A peak at Mari's past reveals another side of her life that her
 family kept secret. Is that where the split truly began?

Inside Mari, Volume 8

Nobuyuki Fukomoto made his manga debut in 1980 and has penned more than one-hundred and fifty volumes over his illustrious career. In 1998 he was presented the Kodansha Manga Award's Comic of the Year for his work on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji. Known to incorporate both elements of gambling and finance in his works, Fukumoto's most memorable titles tend to focus on the consequences of Japan's economic culture. Kaiji was recognized by the publishing world for how it rendered a changing social landscape after Japan's economic bubble had burst. Outside of Kaiji, Fukumoto is best known for his other international best-sellers, which include: Akagi (Take Shobo), Gin and Kin (Futabasha) and Kurosawa: The Strongest Man (Shogakukan).

Nobuyuki Fukumoto

Having escaped the Espoir, Kaiji returned home with debts over than 
six-million yen still hanging over his head. The life-threatening 
experience has motivated him to change his ways. But real opportunities 
for advancement in the mid-nineties are hard to come by. Japan's 
financial bubble has burst as the country's economy has recently 
collapsed. 
 
 Kaiji, now working part-time at a convenience store,
 resents society for his lack of prospects. So when approached with an 
opportunity to make some big money quick, Kaiji decides he'd rather take
 his chances than toil away at dead-end job for the rest of his years.

Kaiji

Life is nothing but a Human Horse Race!

Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI, Volume 3

Up-an-coming comic artist Shunsuke Sorato is best known for their work on THE GIRL WITH THE SANPAKU EYES. Originally a webcomic on twitter, the series would eventually be picked up by SquareEnix's pixiv service and then released in print. Sorato has previously worked with Kadokawa drawing mostly shorts revolving around high school romances and unrequited love. Their most recent series NATSUME AND NATSUME is being published by MicroMagazine.

Shunsuke Sorato

At long last, the class trip is finally getting underway. Amane's in a 
group together with her crush, Katou! Every hour together feels as short
 as a second, and the distance between them is just as small.... The moment when something changes between them is close at hand.Reviews: The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes is a lighthearted and wholesome rom-com manga that any fan of the genre can pick up and enjoy.&nbsp;The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes
 is simply put, adorable. It's sweet and silly and manages to lean into a
 hoary old trope without feeling like we've read it a thousand times 
before. This is a charmer of a book that's the perfect cure for a bad 
day.

Sanpaku Eyes

The field trip arc is here at last!

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