Manga like Alexandros

Historie

Also known as Historie.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological

After shocking the world with Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki is back with a series he's been aching to tackle since even before his pro manga debut! A historical epic set in ancient times, Historie tells the story of Eumenes, a young man with quick wits and a vast destiny to fulfill. In time, he'll become a famed army commander and personal secretary to Alexander the Great—but the road to this glory is fraught with danger… "



Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Grand Prize in 2012 and the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Politics , Foreign , War , Medieval , Slavery , Gore , Body Horror , Time Skip , Nudity , Dissociative Identities

Waga Na wa Nero

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

With the nonaccidental death of Claudius, the emperor of Rome, his emotionally and psychologically unstable adopted son Nero takes the throne. A historically based Roman adventure, full of political intrigue, murder, rebellion, incest, and all the things a boy wants!



Tags: Historical , Seinen , Biographical , Foreign , Nudity , Royal Affairs , Male Protagonist , Incest

Heureka

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Heureka is a manga set in antiquity, during the Second Punic War between the small city state of Syracuse and the Roman Empire. The comic is based around the life and times of the famous mathematician Archimedes. Archimedes was not only a gifted mathematician but also an engineer of repute. During the conflict with the Romans, Archimedes was supposedly responsible for creating a number of war machines that devastated the Roman legions before they eventually got the upper hand. The exact nature and use of these devices is controversial, and exists more in the realm of legend than actual historical fact.

Tags: Foreign , Historical , War , Seinen , Military , Tragedy , Gore , Conspiracy

Kublai

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

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

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

Tags: Historical , Foreign , Biographical

Cesare: Hakai no Souzousha

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Bookish and naive, Angelo da Canossa is unprepared for life as a student in a university that hums with tension and intrigue in Renaissance Italy. Will his innocence remain intact when a chance encounter with the charismatic Cesare draws him ever deeper into the darker side of the Renaissance?

Souryo Fuyumi collaborated with a Dante scholar while creating Cesare, in order to portray Renaissance Italy as accurately as possible.

Tags: Historical , Politics , Philosophy , Medieval , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Swordplay , College , Nudity

Manga Roma Teikoku no Rekishi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The birth and development of imperial Rome during the rule of the Giulio-Claudia family: from Julius Caesar to Nero. The first volume is entitled Julius Caesar, the man who held the fate of the world in his hand. A comics attentive to historical coherence, documented and complete: for a compelling approach to great history and its protagonists. The first volume is entirely dedicated to the extraordinary figure of Julius Caesar, the senator who, centered on himself the power and all the major republican offices, laid the foundations of the Empire. The conquest campaigns of the great Roman leader are retraced; love for Cleopatra; the dictatorship and death by Brutus, the adopted son.

Tags: Historical , Biographical , Educational