Manga like Lost World

Shin Takarajima

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

The manga that made Tezuka famous. It is an action-adventure drama inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's book, about a boy named Pete who discovers a map to Treasure Island and embarks on a voyage to find it. The Western-style art and fast-paced storyline attracted much attention, and it became a best seller with 400,000 copies sold, laying the groundwork for the manga craze and its modern style.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Pirates , Classic Literature , Shounen

Shin Takarajima

Also known as New Treasure Island.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

When Pete's late father leaves him a map of treasure island, the young boy roars down to the dock and hops on a ship headed for adventure. With his friends, the ship's captain and his trusty canine companion, by his side, Pete must face off against the scourge of the seven seas, the dread pirate boar! But when a sudden storm sends everyone into the sea, the race is on to see who will claim the riches of treasure island first... With only man-eating sharks, an island-full of hungry cannibals, and a small army of lions, tigers and elephants, all under the control of an enigmatic Tarzan-like figure named baron, standing in their way.



Note: The original version of "New Treasure Island" was based on Tezuka Osamu's manuscript, but substantial modifications were made by Sasaki Shichima, who cut nearly 60 pages and also changed some of the lines. When publishing "The Complete Works of Tezuka Osamu," Tezuka Osamu remade it based on his memory to make it closer to his original. That's the version this entry encompasses.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Pirates , Classic Literature , 4-koma , Slapstick , Shounen , Ships , Guns

Kitarubeki Sekai

Also known as Nextworld.

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

When nuclear testing creates mutated animals with amazing supernatural abilities, the world and its great superpowers are drawn into political conflict that could light the fuse for World War III.



Tags: War , Foreign , Kids , Ensemble Cast , Environmental

Metropolis

Also known as Metropolis.

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

In a not-so-far-off future a beautiful, artifically created girl -- unaware of her non-human background -- searches for the non-existent parents she believes must exist, wandering alone in a world populated by humans and by the slave-driven robots who serve them.



Tags: Kids , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Robots , Gender Bending , Conspiracy

Wonder 3

Also known as Wonder 3.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

The adventures of three agents from outer space who are sent to Earth to determine whether the planet, a potential threat to the universe, should be destroyed. The instrument of destruction is a device resembling a large black ball with two antennae that is variously called an anti-proton bomb, a solar bomb, and a neutron bomb. Although the three agents (Captain Bokko, Nokko, and Pukko) are originally humanoid in appearance, upon arrival on Earth they take on the appearances of a rabbit (Bokko), a horse (Nokko), and a duck (Pukko) that they had captured as examples of Earth life forms. While on Earth they travel in a tire-shaped vehicle capable of enormous speeds called the Big Wheel, which can travel on both land and water (and, with modifications, through the air).

The series tackles a number of issues which were surprisingly progressive for a manga of that period; particularly ecological concerns and poverty.



Tags: Shounen , Aliens , Space , Environmental , Animals , Military , Ships , Guns , Conspiracy , Espionage

Jurrasic Park

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror

Tags: Dinosaurs

Choujin Taikei

Also known as Tomorrow the Birds.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

In the future, birds have taken over Earth and replaced human kind as the dominant species. With the assistance of bird-like aliens, the birds of Earth gained increased intelligence and began to attack humans. Now humans are treated as livestock by the birds who have moved on to create their own society with laws, currency, countries, and class systems. Ironically, the birds are following the same path as humans did.

Now, the meat-eating predatorial birds and the insect and grain eating birds have begun a war amongst each other that has no end in sight. As they fight, aliens begin to consider what species should replace the birds as the dominant species of Earth in this science fiction thriller.

Tags: Animals

Daichouhen Doraemon

Also known as Doraemon's Long Tales.

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

"Doraemon" is a series about a robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to help a schoolboy named Nobita Nobi. Aside from the normal manga books, their great adventures to different places are specially described in Doraemon Long Stories books.

Tags: Robots , Kids , Shounen , Primarily Child Cast