A family moves into a new home on a windswept hilltop in suburban Tokyo. Around them is the sky, forests, and farms. But developers are coming, and the children are growing up. There are meals, quandaries, conversations... Junzo Shono's portrait of this family's daily life has the resonant power of fine photography, where the most minute details suggest a changing, unforgiving universe.

Naota's life is not simple. He lives with his eccentric father and grandfather in a city distinguished by a gigantic hand-iron shaped factory perched on a hill. His brother's ex-girlfriend makes passes at him. And to top it all off, an impish, playful alien has run him over with her Vespa and smacked him in the head with a bass guitar! Little does he know that this is only the beginning of his involvement in an interplanetary ideological war.

The youth of Tatsumiya Island lived ordinary lives, but their peaceful existence was all a lie. The invasion of the Festum, the shining golden enemy, transforms their peaceful island into a high-tech military fortress. The beginning of a whole new Fafner, this novel includes the thoughts of Soshi, Maya, Shoko and more that didn't appear in the anime series along with battles of the Fafner and Festum.

Faust is a collection of fiction inspired by the fantastic world of manga and featuring artwork by some of the best in the business. Also included are columns, interviews, and other bonus features!

An anthology featuring manga-inspired fiction from today's best writers with artwork from top manga creators.

On the night of the year-end party, in high spirits and under the influence of the party's free-flowing alcohol, Satori ends up sleeping with Asou. Since then, every day that Asou comes over he does nothing but kiss Satori over and over, and as much as it perplexes him, Satori is unable to resist his kisses. But one day Satori hears a nasty rumor that Asou has a girlfriend. Satori begins to wonder, "Why does he kiss me so? And why can't I refuse him?"

This book follows five determined women in their always amorous and usually illicit adventures. The five heroines are Onatsu, already wise in the ways of love by the age of sixteen; Osen, a faithful wife unjustly accused of adultery; Osan, a Kyoto beauty who falls asleep in the wrong bed; Oshichi, willing to burn down a city to meet her samurai lover; and Oman, who has to compete with handsome boys to win her lover's affections.

Set in eighteenth-century Japan, The Flower Mat unravels the story of a young bride born into a traditional family, groomed in the virtues of ideal womanhood, and finally tempered in tragedy brought about by political intrigue. This book is an account of personal development and responsibility in the life of one Japanese woman.

Jindai High School was a relatively safe place, right up until Sousuke Sagaka transferred there. A total nut, he wreaks havoc on the school's student body and gets into a world of trouble with the teachers! But there's more to Sousuke than meets the eye - not just a hell-raising student, he's actually a member of an elite military unit, on an undercover mission to protect the beautiful schoolgirl Kaname Chidori from the KGB.

Edward works as a State Alchemist, but his true goal is to return his younger brother Alphonse to his true form. Ed and Al travel to the town of Xenotime, once a rich gold-mining community, following a lead on researchers developing a Philosopher’s Stone, the legendary alchemical artifact that can work wonders, and possibly even restore Al's body.

Alphonse and Edward get caught up in a string of terrorist bombings. Enlisting the help of Col. Roy Mustang, the two alchemists must hunt down the insurrectionists and stop their reign of terror.

Under direct orders from their commanding officer, Edward and Alphonse journey to a remote city deep within the wasteland borders of Eastern Command. Almost immediately, the Elric brothers discover that Wisteria isn't exactly a normal place. Veiled in shadows, it appears to be a utopian wonderland ruled not by military command but rather by the very laws of alchemy that guide their own personal fate.