Manga like Ankoku Shinwa

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 According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the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: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Survival , Female Protagonist , Gore , Lost Civilization , Philosophy , Episodic , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere

Kyomu Senki

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

In Confucian Era 14276, a violent showdown unfolds in the space surrounding Planet Lagra. And with that, the story begins. Unfolding on Earth and in far-off galaxies, in the past, the future, and across dimensions, the curtain has risen on the final war between light and darkness. A great, galactic epic spanning the author's career begins here!
Kyomu Senki is made up mainly of four series: "The Tiger of 5000 Light Years" serialized in 1980-82. "Kyomu Senshi Miroku" and "Jaki-oh Bakuretsu," both of which started serialization in 1987, just a few months apart. Lastly, "Skull Killer Jaki-oh," a mech series set in the 20th century that originally started in 1990.
Along with the four main series, it also includes four short stories: "New Rashoumon," "Ninja Arts at Honnou Temple: The Black Magic of Koji Kashin," "The Strange Living Dimension, Dogura," and "The Dogura War Chronicles."

Tags: Gore , Demons , Samurai , Ninja , Space , Seinen , Space Opera

6000: Rokusen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi

"Here be monsters": this expression has always been used to speak of the ocean - a dark, impenetrable world that can only conceal unimaginable horrors that the human can't see...often not until it is too late. A series of unexplained accidents happen at a submarine platform 6,000 meters beneath the surface and, in response, a group of scientists and cadres are sent to investigate. Before long, the members of the party start to get haunted by horrifying, elusive visions...and the rash of brutal deaths once again resumes. Is it just a collection of freak accidents and hallucinations caused by sheer paranoia, the claustrophobic environment and dysbarism...or is there really something more lurking in this abyssal station?

Tags: Seinen , Survival , Gore , Cult , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Body Horror

Hoshi no Densetsu Agartha

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Remi Tachibana is a girl who adores mysterious phenomena like UFOs - as well as the works of Ishimori-sensei. One day, while she gushes over UFOs to Ishimori, a young man named Shun Kuroki comes in, wishing to become Ishimori's assistant. Remi and Shun take an immediate liking to each other, and Shun gets accepted. However, a series of strange phenomena begin to occur. Shun also appears to be hiding something as well... Soon, Remi will find herself in a bizarre tale straight from the SF manga she loves! Ishinomori's attempt at an authentic long-form shojo manga, a SF romance set within the lush mountains of Akita.

Tags: Conspiracy , Shoujo , Aliens

Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

A boy, a virus which unlocks the primal beast, and desired forgotten memories.



Tags: Philosophy , Monster Girl , Super Power , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Religion , Seinen , Monster Boy , Gore , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Cannibalism

Shutendoji

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

As a baby Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depredations. Ultimately he must embark on a journey through the past, future, and other dimensions to embrace his destiny as Shuten Doji reborn.



Tags: Demons , Mythology , Nudity , Shounen , Cyborg , Time Manipulation , Space , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Time Skip

Tanabata no Kuni

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

A small group of people, descended from a particular bloodline, have the ability to negate a sphere of reality and neatly remove it from existence. Continuous use of this power alters the user's appearance until they come to resemble a none-too-pretty alien.

But what does this have to do with an out-of-the-way town in Japan, a group of university students from Tokyo, and a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Rural , Super Power , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Gore , Aliens , Body Horror

Mizuki Shigeru no Tono Monogatari

Also known as Tono Monogatari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Shigeru Mizuki--Japan's grand master of yokai comics--adapts one of the most important works of supernatural literature into comic book form. The cultural equivalent of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Tono Monogatari is a defining text of Japanese folklore and one of the country's most important works of literature. This graphic novel was created during the later stage of Mizuki's career, after he had retired from the daily grind of commercial comics to create personal, lasting works of art.

Originally written in 1910 by folklorists and field researchers Kunio Yanagita and Kizen Sasaki, Tono Monogatari celebrates and archives legends from the Tono region. These stories were recorded as Japan's rapid modernization led to the disappearance of traditional culture. This adaptation mingles the original text with autobiography: Mizuki attempts to retrace Yanagita and Sasaki's path, but finds his old body is not quite up to the challenge of following in their footsteps. As Mizuki wanders through Tono he retells some of the most famous legends, manifesting a host of monsters, dragons, and foxes. In the finale, Mizuki meets Yanagita himself and they sit down to discuss their works.



Tags: Historical , Youkai , War , Rural , Nudity

Yume Tsukai

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

An ordinary, quiet town is shaken by a series of bizarre happenings brought about by the darkness in human hearts. There are no solutions in the real world: Only "Dream Messengers" can find the answers. Dream messengers connect the fabulous with the real and control the power of dreams. Their leader, Touko Mishima, works with 8 other messengers using the powers given by an old spell and a toy made by Touko's father.

Touko, her younger sister Rinko, Hajime Tachibana, who loves young girls, and the six other Dream Messengers are given the names of days or stars - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Raff and Keito.

Tags: Demons , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Mythology , Alchemy , Reincarnation , Nudity