Kana – serie

A cozy, poetic manga illustrating studio apartments and the lives of the women who have curated them for comfort, splashed with multicolor snapshots of the modest joys of lifeToday, as was yesterday, the day called “today” is being woven./Whether it’s a joyful day or not,There is a place that will always warmly embrace it.The many small joys scattered in everyday life.A poetic full-color comic and illustration collection depicting the warmth of everyday life shared with one’s home.

In this gorgeous hardcover, mystery and folklore intercept with a story about souls on their way to the afterlife and the demons who seek themSummer, Meiji Era 19. Rapid modernization is about to revolutionize Japanese society, and long-established social and cultural boundaries have never seemed more fluid.As the world of the living changes, the world of the dead stays the same. An errand-runner from the afterlife, the Oni child Torasuke, collects souls of humans whose lifespans have come to an end. Even though he’s supposed to be invisible to humans, one day a human named Souma approaches him. Torasuke, who has never been involved with people in the living world, is dragged into mortal affairs when Souma asks him to exterminate a ghost!Children of the Afterlife is a touching and mysterious historical fairy tale about the bridge between the living world and the hidden world of the afterlife, with a unique twist perfect for fans of the genre.

A brush with mortality brings an unaccomplished assistant artist to reexamine his life’s directionA testicular cancer diagnosis at age 35 rips through Kazuyoshi Takeda’s life but also brings unexpected love, friendship, and the courage to tell his story. Treatment pulls him into long hospital days, yet he still notices the moments that keep him going—the kindness of nurses, the quirks of his roommates, and the bond he forms with a fellow patient who understands his fear. As his illness worsens, the people in his life show up with a tenderness he never expected. Their care pushes him back to the manga he has dreamed of finishing, giving him a reason to keep cheery even on the hardest days. Bye-Bye Beanbag is a moving manga memoir about fear, hope, and the small connections that make life worth fighting for.

An autobiography in manga form from legendary anime director Rintarô. Fully illustrated and with a foreword by director Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of Akira, this inspiring memoir is the unique journey of an animation trailblazer.Grand Prize Winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize!Born in 1941 in Tokyo, Rintaro joined the Japanese animated film company Toei Animation in 1958 at the young age of 17. Even in his humble beginnings, when he was involved in putting the finishing touches on the animated film Legend of the White Serpent, Rintaro made unfathomable waves for anime as we know it, with Hayao Miyazaki citing it as a core inspiration in becoming an animator and director rather than a manga artist.In 1960, Rintaro transferred to Mushi Production, an animation studio established and overseen by the “god of manga” Osamu Tezuka himself. He made his directorial debut with the TV anime Astro Boy (1963–66) and served as the chief director for the first-ever full-color TV anime in Japan, Kimba the White Lion, which aired from 1965 and made peerless contributions to the development of technical Japanese anime culture during its early years.Rintaro returned to Toei in 1977 and began work on Jetter Mars. In 1978, his directorial work on Space Pirate Captain Harlock caught the attention of the then-president of Toei Animation, leading to his appointment as the director of the theatrical version of Galaxy Express 999. Released in 1979, this film became a record-breaking hit.After being chosen by Haruki Kadokawa to direct Genma Wars in 1983, Rintaro shifted their main activities to studio Madhouse, directing major films such as The Dagger of Kamui, Yona Yona Penguin, and the critically acclaimed Metropolis.A unique journey that will take us from postwar Japan to the release of the film Metropolis in 2001, My Life in 24 Frames per Second is a journey filled with encounters, opportunities, endless nights, jazz, cigarettes, but above all, cinema. Follow Rintaro’s memoir as key milestones in the history of Japanese animation are unearthed in insightful clarity.

A single-volume horror manga, perfect to binge. Delivered in heavy, grisly art, comes a psychedelic descent into madness . . .Junji Ito meets The ShiningThe cave beckons.Deep in the rainforest of a southern resort island, where bones of forgotten soldiers abound, another corpse is nothing special.A young couple grieves the death of their young son, but the husband sets out in search of a waterfall said to bring those who see it newfound happiness.The wife is a skeptic, opposed to the trek, but “anything to start afresh,” he says, so they try it.Anything . . .A fast-paced survival horror-thriller manga with twists on every corner. For fans of the movie The Shining and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Full-color pages from the magazine serialization, fully preserved!