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Ajin

Also known as Ajin: Demi-Human.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grisly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious almost immortal being granted not only the powers of rejuvination but the abilities to see super-natural beings. Scared, he runs away, and is aided in his escape from society by his friend. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on and he will soon be caught within a conflict between mankind and others like him as they prepare to fight a new war based on terror.



Notes:
Includes 13 extra chapters.

Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.
Nominated for the Readers Award in the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Nominated for the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Seinen category.
Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016 in the General category.

Tags: Fugitive , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Super Power , Suicide , Terrorism , Crime , Gore , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Anti-Hero , Guns , Torture , Philosophy , Military , Body Horror , Urban , Police , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Bullying , Cars , Ghost , Delinquents , Satire , Drugs

MAD

Also known as MAD.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Mysterious alien life-forms invade Earth! Most of humanity is wiped off the face of the planet. John, his sister, and the remaining survivors hope to find a new world to inhabit… But one day, they’re targeted by aliens again!



Tags: Aliens , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Henshin , Shounen , Guns , Tokusatsu

Terra Formars

Also known as Terra Formars.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Sci-Fi

After humanity’s first manned mission to the Red Planet was lost, a second expedition arrives. The explorers prepare to exterminate the cockroaches that were used to transform the Martian environment, but are shocked to discover that the insects have mutated into giant, aggressive humanoids with one overriding goal—exterminate the humans! However, this crew of explorers has each undergone the “Bugs Procedure,” terrifying experimental surgery designed to make them more than human…



Tags: Aliens , Henshin , Super Power , Tragedy , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Espionage , Martial Arts , War , Space , Tokusatsu , Gore , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Politics , Military , Dystopian , Conspiracy

Dear Anemone

Also known as Dear Anemone.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

When Gaku lands on the Galapagos Islands, a paradise is the last thing he'll be experiencing. With creatures undergoing horrific evolutions, only one rule still stands--the survival of the fittest!



Tags: Chimera , Survival , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Environmental , Military , Shounen , Gore , Shapeshifting , Foreign , Eco-Horror , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Animals

GANTZ

Also known as Gantz.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for the final time?



Tags: Survival , Seinen , Aliens , Gore , Tragedy , Death Game , Urban , Guns , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Nudity , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Terrorism , Vampire , Assassins , Female Harem , Youkai , Dinosaurs , CGI , Trains

Sidonia no Kishi

Also known as Knights of Sidonia.

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

Outer space, the far future.

A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat.

Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.

Meticulously drawn, peppered with clipped humor, but also unusually attentive to plot and structure for the international cult favorite, Knights of Sidonia may be Tsutomu Nihei’s most accessible work to date even as it hits notes of tragic grandeur as a hopeless struggle for survival unfolds.



Tags: Aliens , Space , Military , War , Male Protagonist , Survival , Post-Apocalyptic , Agender , Seinen , Real Robot , Heterosexual , Clone , Space Opera , Nudity , Female Harem

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

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

In the future, alien invasion is a daily occurrence and everyone must be prepared. Elementary School #9 has assigned three students to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat.

Tags: Aliens , Denpa , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , School , Body Horror , Seinen , Tragedy , Gore , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Proxy Battle , Age Regression , Urban Fantasy , Teacher

KRAKEN MARE

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sci-Fi

Most of humanity has been wiped out by the Kraken, a monster which slumbers inside black holes. In order to prevent the Kraken from reawakening, black hole mining has been prohibited; however, scavengers continue to pursue the rare resources found in black holes. Among these scavengers is Eden, a chef who joins the crew led by Captain Pazé and embarks on his first mining expedition.



Tags: Seinen , Space