Manga like Jungle Taitei

Tetsuwan Atom

Also known as Astro Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot civil rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capable of.

Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Shounen , Politics , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Aliens , Space , Time Manipulation

Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

Also known as Silver Fang – The Shooting Star Gin –.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

A giant demon bear named Akakabuto has taken over Futago pass. Shortly after, a silver, tiger-striped Akita pup named Gin is born and is trained as a bear-dog. Gin is brought to Riki (the leader of a large pack of dogs and Gin's father) to join the pack. Riki let's him join after proving his strenght and sends his platoons to all parts of Japan to recruit strong males to fight Akakabuto.

Gin, the third generation of bear-dogs goes through many hardships for the purpose of stopping the terrifying bear, Akakabuto.



Tags: Shounen , Animals , Revenge , Snowscape , Archery , Disability , Male Protagonist , Primarily Animal Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Rural , Amnesia , Cannibalism , Ninja , Torture , War , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Suicide , Anthropomorphism

Bambi

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama

Osamu Tezuka’s Bambi (1951) was originally published on November 10, 1951 as a stand-alone book by Tsuru Shobo. It, like Pinocchio (1952), is a more-or-less direct adaptation of a Walt Disney classic animated feature film.



Tags: Animals , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Environmental

Doubutsu no Kuni

Also known as Animal Land.

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

In a world of animals where the strong eat the weak, Monoko the tanuki stumbles across a strange creature the likes of which has never been seen before—a human baby! While the newborn has no claws or teeth to protect itself, it does have the rare ability to speak to and understand all the different animals. Can Monoko and the baby team up to protect the tanuki pack from vicious wildcats?



Tags: Shounen , Tragedy , War , Animals , Survival , Surreal Comedy , Language Barrier , Adoption , Agriculture , Clone , Time Skip , Post-Apocalyptic , Chimera

Shiro no Ou-sama

Also known as The White King.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

An albino boy and a white lion form a unique bond.

Tags: Animals , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anthropomorphism , Fairy Tale , Male Protagonist

Dororo

Also known as Dororo.

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

A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics - lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

Like an unforgettable road movie, Dororo reaches deeper than its swashbuckling surface and offers a thoughtful allegory of becoming what one is, for nobody is born whole



Tags: Demons , Youkai , Swordplay , War , Coming of Age , Samurai , Rural , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Historical , Meta , Shounen , Ghost , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Disability , Curses

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 , Seinen , Episodic , Dinosaurs , Outdoor Activities , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Animal Cast , Historical

Pinocchio

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Osamu Tezuka manga transposition of Collodi's book.

Tags: Kids , Classic Literature , Animals , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence

TEAM PHOENIX

Also known as Team Phoenix .

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

The May issue of Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shounen Champion magazine revealed on Monday that Spanish artist Kenny Ruiz (Telémaco, Dos Espadas) will launch a new manga in collaboration with Tezuka Productions based on various characters of Osamu Tezuka's manga.

In the manga's story, a robot alliance rules over 90% of the universe. The knight Sapphire is troubled over the pain of non-robots, and she makes a decision, for a new future.



Tags: Crossover , Robots , Shounen , Aliens , Anthropomorphism , Ensemble Cast

Dinosan

Also known as Dinosaur Sanctuary.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Dinosaurs are alive! In 1946, a remote island was discovered where dinosaurs never went extinct. Through breeding and genetic manipulation, dinosaur populations increased and dino-mania reached a fever pitch worldwide…until a certain terrible incident occurred. Afterward, dinosaur reserves like Enoshima Dinoland fell on hard times. Enter Suma Suzume, a kindhearted rookie dino-keeper! Can she be the one to save Dinoland from extinction?



Tags: Dinosaurs , Animals , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Female Protagonist , Seinen