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

Ultra Heaven

Also known as Ultra Heaven.

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

In a world where all feelings are artificial and where everyone is a potential drug addict, nothing is really changed: the excess is near at hand and very few substances are considered dangerous and put under a strict control by a hygiene office which has full power on the drug addicts who are in extreme condition.

The main character is Kabu, a little peddler and heavily addicted. Used to any kind of hallucinogenic trip, he is able to feel
the happiness through the ecstasy of the drug, while at the same time hypocritically hating who gave birth to the society that forced him the excess. After an overdose caused by mixing two incompatible drugs, he spends his days looking for stimulants until the encounter with an enigmatic man who offers him a new kind of illegal substance: Ultra Heaven.
From that moment, his incredible journey begins, where dreams and reality are fused in an undivided world, causing him hysterical and joyful reactions and unrestrained pains.

But what really is Ultra Heaven and who's really behind it? Who is the guru who is promoting the meditation as a powerful way to influence the whole universe surrounding us exploiting the quantum theory?

With the help of a special amplifier helmet, Kabu starts a trip into the deep and hidden layers of his conscience, diving into a nightmare he would never discover...

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 , Episodic , War , Historical , Mythology , Time Skip , Achronological Order , Environmental , Dystopian , Anachronism , Space , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Gods , Cyberpunk , Body Swapping , Artificial Intelligence , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Post-Apocalyptic , Revenge , Robots , Aliens , Satire , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Age Regression , Amnesia , 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 Fallen Samurai And The Sea
Loopa
Kenbo's Diary
Sponge Generation
By Plane
Horizon
Landed

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

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) Zetsumeisha (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 , Detective , Police , Gore , Super Power , Guns , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , Suicide