Manga like Asteroid

Jun: Shotaro no Fantasy World

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

A experimental manga series about a boy named Jun and his surreal voyages. The character is a alter-ego of Ishinomori himself.

Tags: Drawing , Meta , Autobiographical , Philosophy , Seinen , Achronological Order , Male Protagonist , Magic , Tragedy , Nudity

Ultra Heaven

Also known as Ultra Heaven.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the future, any mood you want is just a pump away. People flock to legal “pump bars,” where licensed medical professionals, known as bar doctors, prescribe their customers the perfect pharmaceutical blend. But when the standard dosage isn’t enough, our protagonist, Cub, turns to an unauthorized source. The results have to be seen to be believed. Rendered in a richly-detailed, clear-line style, this psychedelic sci-fi manga tears apart the basic fabric of reality. What is the truth and what is a dream?

Tags: Seinen , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Dystopian , Philosophy , Alternate Universe , Cyberpunk , Nudity , Tokusatsu

Hi no Tori

Also known as Phoenix.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes.



Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.

Tags: Philosophy , Reincarnation , War , Historical , Episodic , Achronological Order , Environmental , Time Skip , Mythology , Space , Gods , Anachronism , Dystopian , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Cyberpunk , Male Protagonist , Body Swapping , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Aliens , Fugitive , Post-Apocalyptic , Incest , Satire , Love Triangle , Age Regression , Amnesia , Ensemble Cast , Clone , Swordplay

Heaven's Door

Also known as Heaven's Door.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door
3000 Leagues Searching For Mother
Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour
The Ronin and the Sea
Looper
Kenbo's Diary
Sponge Generation
Airway
Horizon
Landed

Tags: Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Body Horror , Dystopian , Anthology , Drugs , Gore

Matenrou no Kage

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

One-shot published in Fantasy Literature Journal Vol. 2 special issue: Cthulhu Club (1987).

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Violence & Peace

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

1) Otoko wa Dokyou (男は度胸)
2) Kokoro no Uchinaru Koe wo Kike! (心の内なる声を聞け！)
3) Uchuu e Mukatte Tobidasenai (宇宙へ向かってとび出せない)
4) Zetsumetsusha (絶滅者)
5) Choukousoku no Kaori (超高速の香織)
6) Government wo Motta Shounen (ガバメントを持った少年)

Tags: Anthology , Shounen

Doumu

Also known as Domu: A Child's Dream.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

A twisted old man, gifted with extrasensory powers, holds silent sway over an entire block of apartments, its occupants puppets for him to control. Life is his to give...and to take. But suddenly there is a new voice in his head, and before he knows it, a young girl with her own battery of psychic abilities arrives to challenge him. Soon, the sprawling complex becomes a battleground between two minds possessing incredible, unimaginable power.

Note: Won the 15th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1984).

Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Police , Detective , Super Power , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Ghost , Guns