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Dragon Ball

Also known as Dragon Ball.

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

Dragon Ball follows the adventures of Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls for their own desires. Along the way becoming the strongest warrior in the universe.

Part II of Dragon Ball is also known as "Dragon Ball Z" in North America.

Note: Chapter count includes 519 regular chapters and 1 extra. (Volume 33's "Trunks: The Story").

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen , Travel , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Cultivation , Time Skip , Aliens , Henshin , Coming of Age , Cyborg , Afterlife , Anachronism , Tragedy , Magic , Gods , Adoption , Military , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Robots , Rural , Dragons , Dissociative Identities

Neko Majin

Also known as Neko Majin.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Neko Majin is a parody of Dragonball Z by Akira Toriyama. The protagonist Neko Majin fights evil-doers and has a few other Dragonball Z-esque adventures.

Tags: Parody , Shounen , Aliens

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken

Also known as Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai's dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan's other student Pop are doomed a mark appears on Dai's forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world.



Notes:Chapter count includes the respectively two and three chapter short stories "Derupa! Iruiru!" and "Dai Bakuhatsu!!" which were published in earlier Weekly Shonen Jumps pre-serialization and collected in the volumes.

Tags: Shounen , Magic , Demons , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Martial Arts , Dragons , Animals

666: Satan

Also known as O-Parts Hunter.

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

In the not too distant future, mankind battles over O-Parts, relics from an ancient civilization. It takes a special kind of person to unlock the full potential of these remnants from the past, and a unique breed of humans known as O.P.T.s (or O-Parts Tacticians) become a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, O-Parts can be used for good or evil purposes.

Jio is a young boy with a tragic past who only trusts one thing in the world: money. Little does he suspect that he is actually a very powerful O.P.T., and inside him sleeps a demon of incredible ferocity. He meets up with a girl named Ruby, and together they decide to embark on a dangerous quest to discover as many O-Parts as they can. Will Jio help Ruby realize her dream of becoming a world famous treasure hunter? More importantly, will Ruby help Jio realize his dream of--world domination?!



Notes:
Includes 1 extra story.
Includes the one-shot "Trigger" (トリガ)

Tags: Shounen , Time Skip , Demons , Gods , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Angels , Lost Civilization , Mythology , Cultivation , Aliens , Super Power , Coming of Age

Cowa!

Also known as COWA!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Supernatural

A contagious Monster Flu is spreading around town like wildfire. Can the town's troublemaker and his friends get the medicine in time to save everyone?! Paifu, a half-vampire half-werekoala, is always getting into trouble. With his trusty sidekick, Jose the ghost, he's out stealing watermelons, befriending murderers and causing a ruckus. But not everything is fun and games when the contagious Monster Flu sweeps through town. If the sick monsters don't get some medicine within a month, everyone will die! But only the one who has the medicine is the Witch who lives high atop Horned-Owl Mountain...750 miles away! With the help of a former sumo wrestler, Paifu, Jose and tagalong Arpon are off on an adventure! But, will they get the medicine in time or will they become victims themselves?!



Tags: Shounen , Ghost , Vampire , Demons , Chibi , Primarily Male Cast , Rural , Medicine , School , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Travel , Urban Fantasy

Sand Land

Also known as Sand Land.

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

In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help...and got the king's son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all... the King's army itself! It's travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball Z!



Tags: Demons , Post-Apocalyptic , Desert , Travel , Military , War , Conspiracy , Tanks , Shounen , Martial Arts

+Anima

Also known as +Anima.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Beings who possess animal-like powers walk among humans in this alternate universe. These mysterious mutants, the +Anima, are shunned by society. Four outcasts in particular--Cooro, a boy with crow-like powers; Husky, a fish-boy; Senri, a bear +Anima; and a girl named Nana, who wields the power of the bat--search for others like themselves while trying to gain acceptance in a world cruel to anyone or anything that is different.



Tags: Shounen , Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Disability , Travel , Kemonomimi , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Slavery , Mermaid , Amnesia , Rural , Femboy , Ensemble Cast , Royal Affairs , Orphan , Desert , Male Protagonist , Crossdressing , Nekomimi , Nun , Super Power , Episodic

Dragon Ball Minus: Hanatareta Unmei no Kodomo

Also known as Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child.

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

The story covers the time period up to Goku being sent to Earth, and marks the first appearance of Goku's mother Gine in the Dragon Ball franchise.

This is a special manga featured in the collected volume of Jaco the Galactic Patrolman



Tags: Shounen

Saihate no Solte

Also known as World End Solte.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

The war is finally over, but the land has been ravaged. Magical pollution runs rampant, distorting time and space. Solte, an orphan whose mother and father were killed trying to eliminate this blight, decides to follow in her parents’ footsteps. But rather than cleansing the pollution, she wants to venture into it, like the Salvagers who reclaim treasure from its depths. Solte wants to push farther and see if she can find the other side–and perhaps even the answers she seeks.


Tags: Magic , Time Loop , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Demons , Post-Apocalyptic , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Reincarnation , Survival , Isekai

Toriyama Akira Marusaku Gekijou

Also known as Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Compilations containing many of Toriyama's one-shots.

Volume 1 (1983)
Wonder Island (1978-1979)
Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe (1979)
Pola & Roid (1981)
Mad Matic (1982)
Chobit (1983)

Volume 2 (1988)
Today's Highlight Island (1979)
Escape (1982)
Pink (1982)
Dragon Boy (1983)
The Adventure of Tongpoo (1983)
Mr. Ho (1986)
Young Master Ken'nosuke (1987)
The Elder (1988)

Volume 3 (1997)
Little Mamejiro (1988)
Karamaru and the Perfect Day (1989)
Soldier of Savings Cashman (1990)
Dub & Peter 1 (1992-1993)
Go! Go! Ackman (1993)

Tags: Parody , Anthology , Shounen , Police , Samurai , Cars , School , Henshin , Tokusatsu