Manga like 6000: Rokusen

Dragon Head

Also known as Dragon Head.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger...



Note: Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1997.

Tags: Survival , Tragedy , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Conspiracy , Trains , Natural Disaster , Bullying , Drugs , Eco-Horror , Guns , Cult , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist

Maken Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror

A pair of decadent young men pursue the abhorrent thrill of grave robbing...a German submarine's crew is driven mad by the call of an underwater temple...an explorer in the Arabian desert discovers a hideous city older than mankind. This moody and evocative manga gets back to the dark foundations of the Cthulhu Mythos, adapting three of H.P. Lovecraft's original stories that first shaped the outlines of cosmic horror!



1-2. Shinden (The Temple)
Maken (The Hound)
Na mo naki Miyako (The Nameless City)

Tags: Anthology , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Historical , Classic Literature

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Body Horror , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Gore , Episodic , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere

Ankoku Shinwa

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

A story of old myths, an ancient destiny, godly powers... And the young man who's expected to choose whether to be a saint or a devil while seemingly powerless against the forces that push him towards darkness.

Note: Contains the oneshot "Jofuku Densetsu (徐福伝説)", Gekkan Shounen Jump Zoukan 1979-01

Tags: Mythology , Religion , Detective , Rural , Conspiracy , Historical , Travel , Gods , Super Power , Time Manipulation , Shounen , Cosmic Horror , Demons , Aliens , Urban Fantasy

Smiley

Also known as Smile!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

A journalist risks everything to uncover the truth behind a sinister cult...

Yuushi Kamome is a freelance journalist who lost his beloved daughter in an unforeseen accident. His descent into despair following her death drove his wife to leave him, and he lives each day a shell of the man he once was. But his fate changes one day when members from a religious organization he had never heard of, the Smiling Hearts Society, knock on his door and hand him a flyer. He’s ready to dismiss them until he notices the face of his estranged wife on the flyer, smiling ever so softly. And so begins a tale of religion and insanity. What kind of sinister darkness lurks behind this religion and its strange smiles?



Tags: Cult , Seinen , Religion , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Police , Espionage