Manga like MagMell Shinkai Suizokukan

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

Uchuu Kyoudai

Also known as Space Brothers.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Two brothers looked to the starry skies as children and made a promise ... Now, in the year 2025, the younger brother, Hibito, is carrying his out. He is an astronaut who has been selected as a crew member for mankind’s first long-term base on the moon. Meanwhile, the older brother, Mutta, has just been fired from his job and is unemployed, but decides to trust himself just one last time. A text message from Hibito sends him applying to be an astronaut too and shooting for the stars …



Notes:
Nominated for the 2nd and 3rd Manga Taisho Award
Won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award
Won the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category.

Tags: Space , Educational , Seinen , Work , Astronomy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Tragedy , Aviation , Time Skip , Episodic , Iyashikei , Nudity

Utakata no Minato

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

While everyone knows the story of the sea, no one knows the story of the deep sea.
Minato Wadatsumi was born and raised in a port town. But unfortunately for him, he has an extreme phobia of fish. One day, Minato comes across a fish out of water that changes his life.

Tags: Monster Girl , Mermaid , School , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Coastal

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

Shiroi Suna no Aquatope

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story takes place at Gama Gama Aquarium, a small aquarium in Okinawa, an hour's bus ride from Naha. Kukuru Misakino is an 18-year-old high school student who works there, and she knows about the "secret" of the aquarium: sometimes you can see mysterious things. One day Kukuru meets Fuuka, standing in front of a water tank with flowing hair and a tear rolling down her cheek. Fuuka has given up on her dream of becoming an idol and she has run away from Tokyo to Okinawa. Wanting to find a place to belong, Fuuka earnestly asks to work at the aquarium. The story follows Kukuru and Fuuka as they deal with the issues of the secret of the aquarium and a looming crisis of its possible closure.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist

Hate no Shoutsuushin

Also known as Correspondence from the End of the Universe.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Marko is a young Russian university student who is looking forward to finishing school so he can spend more time with his fiancée. However, those plans go out the window when he’s abducted by aliens! These extraterrestrials have a mission for Marko, one that will take ten years. All Marko can do is make the most of it and get to know the strange creatures who are now his co-workers in this offbeat tale of a life far from Earth.



Notes: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Josei , Space , Work , Aliens , Gods , Amputation , Cannibalism , Clone , Memory Manipulation , Time Skip

Shinozaki-kun no Mente Jijou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

Shinozaki – an utterly ordinary salaryman who has been suffering from a "pain in the neck" – finds his otherwise-typical life suddenly interrupted by a young woman named Yuuyake.
According to Yuuyake, her magician grandmother had modified Shinozaki’s body to an extreme degree such that he’s chock-full of machinery inside! …All of which require regular maintenance that Yuuyake will apparently be performing from now on.

With that, the slightly offbeat daily life begins, between Shinozaki the salaryman, Yuuyake the magician, and a mysterious creature named Grey!

Note: Chapter count includes 43 main chapters, one epilogue, and 14 other extra and bonus chapters.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Memory Manipulation , Shapeshifting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Surreal Comedy , Witch

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Nakami is a studious but cranky and antisocial high schooler who gets on his classmates' nerves. However, his bad attitude comes from the fact that he has a sleeping disorder, and frequently spends nights on end without a single minute of sleep. During the preparations for the school festival, he is begrudgingly sent to the school's astronomy observatory to gather cardboard boxes, a place which is said to be haunted by the dire happenings of the now defunct Astronomy Club. He finds the isolated place a haven ripe for him to sleep, but while rummaging around, he stumbles upon his classmate Magari Isaki sleeping inside a toppled-over locker.

Isaki, unlike him, is a personable and popular girl at class, but who also hides her own problems with insomnia. Looking for a middle ground, they find that there's comfort and ease in sleeping together, so they resort to make the observatory their own private cubby to sleep... Have they found the comfort they're looking for?

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Astronomy , Heterosexual , School , Photography , School Club , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Disability , Female Protagonist , Outdoor , Time Skip

Ningyo Ouji

Also known as Mermaid Prince.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

A collection of stories:

1-2. Ametsukigahara (アメツキガハラ); Wings 2014-11, 12

Yuki no Hi (ゆきの日); Wings 2014-06

4-6. Ningyo Ouji (人魚王子); Wings 2015-08~12
Mugi moves to an island in southern Japan, but he can't get used to it. That's why Matori, his classmate, won't leave him alone for a second. One night, Mugi spends the night at Matori's house. That's when her grandmother tells him a story about sirens who are able to fulfill any wish...

Tags: Shoujo , Anthology , Mermaid , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Rural , Surfing , Nudity , Heterosexual , Coastal

Suizoku Company!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tags: Seinen , Animals , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Veterinarian