Manga like Dinosan

MagMell Shinkai Suizokukan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

A tale about a modern deep-sea aquarium employee in Tokyo!

What's living in the overwhelming darkness deep within the sea? Take a glimpse into this strange world about a boy working at a deep sea aquarium.

Tags: Animals , Educational , Seinen , Iyashikei , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Environmental , Transgender , Disability

Tenchi Souzou Design-bu

Also known as Heaven's Design Team.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

In Heaven’s Animal Design Department, designers create a variety of new animals daily while contending with the unreasonable requests of their client: God. Funny, interesting, and full of useful information, this series answers questions such as, “Why can’t unicorns exist?”, “What makes an animal taste delicious?”, “What’s the most powerful creature in the ocean?”, and, “Bird versus snake: who would win?” You won’t believe it’s a manga series when you read up on the featured animals in the included encyclopedia entries. Heaven’s Design Team will make your next trip to the zoo or aquarium 100 times more fun!



Tags: Animals , Educational , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Angels , Primarily Adult Cast , Gods , Seinen , Transgender , Work , Dinosaurs , Drawing , Satire

Kemonomichi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Zoos are made of small and big dreams... but it takes more than a dream to feed the animals! And that, Haruko will realize quickly, as she takes her first steps as a caretaker at the Hidamari Zoo. Despite an overwhelming enthusiasm, her inattentiveness has earned her the dislike of the director of the park, who puts her to the test by entrusting her the care of withdrawn and uncooperative animals... It is now up to the curious talent of the young girl to decipher the secret emotions of the animals through their scent!

Tags: Josei , Animals

Gon

Also known as Gon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Long before the dawn of man, savage dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Now, only one remains — the smallest, wildest of them all! GON marches across the wilderness defending the friendly and furry from the mean and hungry. Told entirely without words, these stories highlight the amazingly detailed art and visual storytelling genius of creator Masashi Tanaka.

Note: Got an additional chapter in Afternoon 2013-11 (to promote the CGI show), and a spin-off in 2006 called "Gon-chan" in Comic BonBon that lasted until 2007.

Tags: Animals , No Dialogue , Episodic , Seinen , Dinosaurs , Outdoor Activities , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Animal Cast , Historical

Hataraku Saibou

Also known as Cells at Work!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

From Akane Shimizu, winner of Shounen Sirius' Rookie Award, comes an informative tale about anthropomorthized cells!
Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone … She’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets—everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!



Note: Contains the spin-off one-shot "Hataraku Saibou: Kansen-hen".

Tags: Educational , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Work , Survival , Gore , Female Protagonist , Pandemic , Urban

Himitsu no Reptiles

Also known as Reptile Secrets.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Iruka was just an ordinary office worker, until one day he happened to pass by a pet shop where he met Nagara-san, a clerk with a deep love for reptiles. Urged by her, Iruka enters the thrilling life of a reptile owner!



Tags: Animals , Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Toshokan no Daimajutsushi

Also known as Magus of the Library.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages!

In the small village of Amun lives a poor boy named Theo. Theo adores books, but because of his pointed ears and impoverished life, he isn’t allowed to use the village library. As he endures the prejudice and hatred of the village, he dreams of going where such things don’t exist: Aftzaak, City of Books. But one day, Theo chances to meet a Kafna—a librarian who works for the great library of Aftzaak—and his life changes forever…



Tags: Politics , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Writing , Primarily Female Cast , Elf , Philosophy , Magic , Travel , Language Barrier , Adoption , Religion , Animals , Desert , Fairy , Bullying , Dragons , Tanned Skin , Environmental , Pirates , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Time Skip , Slavery , Conspiracy , Espionage , Criminal Organization , Dinosaurs

Jungle Taitei

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

In a jungle in Africa right on the equator there was a white lion, Panja, who was called the "Emperor of the Jungle." But Panja is killed by a hunter. His wife, the Queen of Jungle, who has been caught by the hunter, gives birth to the son of Panja on a ship bringing them to a zoo. She names her son "Leo" and has him escape from the ship, saying, "Go back to Africa and become the successor of your father." Then a storm comes and the ship is overturned, and sinks with the Queen on it. Leo is washed up on the beach of a port town in the Arabian Peninsula, not Africa. This is where Leo's long adventure begins.

Tags: Animals , Foreign , Environmental , Travel , Circus , Shounen

Mamoribito

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Tags: Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Elf , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Reincarnation