Sunday, October 31, 2010

Cage of Eden --- YAMADA Yoshinobu

Cage of Eden --- YAMADA Yoshinobu

Synopsis:

Akira and his classmates are traveling on a plane when it crashes onto an island inhabited by a species thought to be extinct. Things get even more complicated as some of Akira's classmates are eaten alive, while some kill others in desperation. Now Akira and the few other survivors are trying to survive what seems to be a horrific nightmare.

NOTE:

  • 21 volumes (END)

Thursday, September 30, 2010

School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin

School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin
School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin
School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin
School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin

Synopsis:

SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS! She is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones–School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: Over-the-top comedy!

NOTE:

  • 11 volumes (END)

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi

Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi
Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi
Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi
Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi
Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi

Synopsis:

Weak, dirty and short (149 cm)! That is the description of SORA KURUMATANI, a high school student who dreams of following in his mother's footsteps to become a professional basketball player. With only "wings" (worn shoes given by his mother), he tries to achieve his dream by forming a strong basketball club at Kuzuryu High School (where he goes to school). However, it turns out that this is not easy for Sora because it turns out that the male basketball players at his high school are all delinquents.

Sora's adventure begins to recruit and form a solid basketball team. This team consists of Sora himself (shooting guard), Kenji Natsume (small forward), Momoharu Hanazono (center), Chiaki Hanazono (point guard), Masahiro Chaki (point guard), Ryuhei Nabeshima (guard) and Shinichi Yasuhara (guard), and lastly Kaname Shigeyoshi (198 cm tall!). Supported by Nao Nanao, the beautiful and strategic female manager, they prepare for the official match! Follow the story of Sora and friends in Sora, The Wingless Duck...

NOTE:

  • 51 Volumes (Hiatus)

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Shibatora -- ANDO Yuma & ASAKI Masashi

Shibatora -- ANDO Yuma & ASAKI Masashi
Shibatora -- ANDO Yuma & ASAKI Masashi

Synopsis:

Officer Shibata Taketora works in a local koban (a small police office). He may have a child-like face on the outside, but he's more serious than anyone in his pursuit of justice! With his goal being to become a detective, Taketora confronts everyday problems that happen within the town! Various incidents within the street make him chase after and apprehend criminals!

NOTE:

  • 15 volumes (END)

Sunday, July 18, 2010

DIVE!! -- MORI Eto & IKENO Masahiro

DIVE!! -- MORI Eto & IKENO Masahiro

Synopsis:

Tomoki Sakai is a member of the MDC. The "Mizuki Diving Club" aka: MDC is not doing very well. Their sponsors are getting ready to pull their support, but they do give the team a ray of hope. They tell them that if the new coach Kayoko Asaki can make one member enter the Olympics, that they will not pull their support. Can they accomplish this feat within a year? or just "drown in their own sorrows"?

NOTE:

  • 5 volumes (END)

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Beck -- HAROLD Sakuishi

Beck -- HAROLD Sakuishi
Beck -- HAROLD Sakuishi

Synopsis:

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one of those boring guys. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life is about to change forever when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year-old new to America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after Frankenstein's patched-up dog--Beck.

NOTE:

  • Won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen in 2002 (shared with Cromartie High School)
  • 34 volumes (END)

Friday, June 18, 2010

The Ruler of Nabari -- KAMATANI Yuhki

The Ruler of Nabari -- KAMATANI Yuhki

Synopsis:

There is a Hijutsu (secret technique) that rules the world of Nabari (Shinobi) and the surface world called Shinra Bansho (creation technique). Whoever possesses this technique will rule the world. This Hijutsu now resides within Miharu Rokujo, a normal middle school student, despite his aloofness.

Miharu suddenly becomes the target of the ninja clans of the Nabari world: Banten, which seeks to seal the Hijutsu, and Kairoshuu, which seeks to exploit it.

To save the lives of his teacher and friends from Banten, Miharu is forced to accompany Yoi-te to Kairoshuu. Yoi-te then asks Miharu to master Shinra Bansho so he can eliminate him. Together with Kairoshuu, they must collect the five Kinjutsushusho (secret scrolls) from each ninja village to discover the secret of Shinra Bansho. The situation becomes difficult because Yoi-te himself is dying from the Kira technique he has mastered, and they also have to fight Kairoshuu, who is trying to separate them. What will happen to Miharu and Yoi-te next? Just read Ruler of Nabari.

NOTE:

  • Japanese title: Nabari no Ou
  • 14 volumes (END)