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Tekkon Kinkreet

Also known as Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment?



Note: Won the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan for the Eisner Award in 2008.

Tags: Seinen , Coming of Age , Gangs , Philosophy , Denpa , Urban , Male Protagonist , Yakuza , Orphan , Primarily Child Cast , Mafia , Nudity

SMOTHER ME

Also known as SMOTHER ME.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

In the oppressive city of Detroit, Akio is sold by his dad and becomes an assassin known as Snake. Day after day, he simply follows orders. But suddenly, he meets a blind girl and finds new meaning in life...!



Tags: Assassins , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Shounen , Philosophy

Dorohedoro

Also known as Dorohedoro.

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

In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they're hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they'll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of "cleaners" into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.



Note: Includes 23 side stories titled "Extra Evil" and the side story "The Lizard Head and the Magic Whistle."

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Seinen , Revenge , Dystopian , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Henshin , Gangs , Cosmic Horror , Body Swapping , Female Protagonist , Class Struggle , Nudity , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Zombie , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

Astro Baby

Also known as Astro Baby.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Thriller

The remote town of North Hill has been quarantined to prevent the spread of the mysterious Couper disease that is turning people into cannibals. Young soldier Billy returns to his hometown for the first time in six years for the woman he loves, but what horrors will be awaiting him...?



Tags: Shounen , Cannibalism , Military , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Guns , Zombie , Aliens

AKIRA

Also known as Akira.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.



Tags: Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Military , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Seinen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Survival , Gore , Philosophy , Delinquents , Drugs , Anti-Hero , War , Gangs , Motorcycles , Cult , Afterlife , Coming of Age , Crime , Terrorism , Nudity , Bullying , Reincarnation , Basketball

S.O.V

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Ken Komatsubara (5th grade) transfers to an elementary school in Ginza. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues a "Caution Advisory" to him without giving any explanation. His presence sends ripples through the police, local gangs, and even private military companies based overseas. In a town lined with luxury brand shops, the fighting abilities of a boy who seems to have been "born out of violence" are unleashed!



Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist

Fukushuu no Metaist

Also known as The Avenging Metaist.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

“Metaist”—one who knows that the world exists inside of a manga. And I am this world's sole metaist.



Tags: Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Unrequited Love , School , Male Protagonist , Tragedy