Amamiya Taki, an employee - albeit a reluctant one - of the Parapsychology Research Institute, is suddenly notified of the suicide of a twin brother he never even knew existed. This event sets into motion a shocking chain of occurrences, the first of which is the discovery that Taki has no brain.

Note: Nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

A condensed biography of Kublai Khan, as told by Professor Munakata.

This is the second tie-in to NHK's Road of Civilization special.

Science fiction manga series about the discovery of a gateway in time and space deep underwater which allows for travel between the present day and the age of the dinosaurs.

A collection of horror-themed short stories. Most of the stories revolve spirits.

Chibiki no Iwa
First Published: Nemuki 2002 March Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Yomi Vortex
First Published: Nemuki 2002 November Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Hisame
First Published: Nemuki 2004 January Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

Chigaeshi-no-Tama
First Published: Nemuki 2004 September Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Marebito Mask
First Published: Horror M 1995 March Issue (Bunkasha)

The Earthen Woman
First Published: Comic Tom 1993 January Issue (Ushio Shuppansha)

A collection of sci-fi short stories.

1) Legend of Giants:
A sci-fi drama about humans, inspired by Prometheus, struggling against their given fate by using fire to end the ice age.

2) Icarus Asteroid:
A sci-fi drama about a smog-covered world and a daring plan to transmit enough energy from the Sun so humanity can survive.

3) Horizon Patrol:
A sci-fi action/comedy about a futuristic Earth covered by a sprawling mess of highways, and two loose-cannon officers who help keep the roads safe.

Munakata is an anthropology professor who studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories that most presume to be entirely fictional are actually based on real events. This manga tells the story of Professor Munakata as he follows the clues left from both the imaginary world of fairy tales and the real world of historical evidence.

Stardust Memories is a short story compilation of human beings in the distant future where we have traveled deep into space. Each story describes a moral dilemma that people traveling in space may experience which is something that we have yet to determine in the current world.

Stardust Memories talk about such problems as the implications of having people travel for years, even decades, in the cold, quiet and endless universe. A different story tells on how human presence in a foreign galaxy will affect the environment. The topics the author decides to write about are interesting and makes you wonder about the future.

Deronga Five Alpha is a dying unstable planet which according to studies, used to be a very lush planet with all kinds of different species. The current state of the planet is a horrifying place where vicious carnivorous creatures fight in the “survival of the fittest.”

Captain Bagures, the leader of the research spacecraft, is a cold and cruel woman who, despite the warnings, unnecessarily sends a military team down to the planet for research. The end result was a catastrophe with the team being slaughtered by the creatures on the planet. The leader of the team, Cannon, vows vengeance on Bagures before seemingly dying.

Jump to 20 years later, a spaceship comes near Deronga Five Alpha to see the end of the planet. As the planet explodes, a foreign object attaches itself onto the spaceship. As nothing can survive a planetary explosion, the crew investigates the object only to find out it is one of the creatures from the planet Deronga. As the story progresses, the creature goes into a rage after seeing Bagures, now an extremely important person in the military, on the monitor screen. Could this creature be Cannon and how do you stop something that can withstand a planetary explosion?

A collection of six science fiction stories.

• 2001 Nights Spin-Off - In the Ocean of the Night

• Starship Adventure Star Field Arthurian World

• Starship Adventure Star Field The Red Star of Scorpio

• Vessel of Wrath

• Space Fantasy

• Phobos and Deimos

• Planet of Fog

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A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown.

The Temple of El Alamein is a compilation of short stories.

• Seelöwe

• Temple of El Alamein

• Where Eagles Dare

• Ardennes Forest

• National Shame Manga

Munakata is an anthropology professor who studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories that most presume to be entirely fictional are actually based on real events. This manga tells the story of Professor Munakata as he follows the clues left from both the imaginary world of fairy tales and the real world of historical evidence.

A series of short stories detailing the exploits of Dr Imibe Kana, a researcher on Japanese mythology and religion, as she travels around the country becoming involved in various occurrences centred around ancient traditions and folklore.