Top Aviation Manga Recommendations

Wu Lian Dianfeng

Also known as Martial Peak.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

The peak of martial arts is solitary and lonely. It is an endless pursuit for unattainable heights as well. In order to surpass the limits of martial arts, growth and the will to survive in adverse situations is necessary. One day, Yang Kai, a disciple-on-trial (and floor sweeper) of the Lingxiao Martial Arts Sect discovered a Wordless Black Book. That marked the turn in his luck and the beginning of his martial arts journey.



Tags: Wuxia , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Cultivation , Full Color , Magic , Female Harem , Dragons , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Alchemy , Aliens , Aviation , Heterosexual , Travel , Revenge , Super Power , War , Skeleton , Anti-Hero , Space , Demons , Assassins , Slavery , Coming of Age , Adoption , Archery , Battle Royale , Body Swapping , Monster Girl , Tsundere , Twins , Succubus , Amnesia , Nudity , Teacher

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

Also known as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

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

Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaa, a compassionate young princess, and her allies battle to heal a wounded world and its inhabitants...



Note: Won the 26th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1995).

Tags: Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , War , Philosophy , Survival , Female Protagonist , Military , Aviation , Cult , Eco-Horror , Dystopian , Religion , Anachronism , Politics , Kaiju , Tanks , Ghost , Magic , Slavery , Travel , Tragedy

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

Bokurano

Also known as Bokurano: Ours.

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

One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave. There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new video game. This game, he explains, pits a lone giant robot against a horde of alien invaders. To play the game all they have to do is sign a simple contract. The game stops being fun when the kids find out the true purpose of their pact.



The extra story Bokurano: Mou Hitotsu no Bokurano (Yet Another Bokurano) ran after the completion of the main story.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Super Robot , Denpa , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , Alternate Universe , Death Game , Anti-Hero , Politics , Gore , Military , Adoption , Nudity , Urban , Bullying , Dystopian , Body Horror , Aviation , School Club , Age Gap

7SEEDS

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of young healthy people, which allowed them to survive the meteor. After the computer determined that Earth was once again safe for human life, it released them into the world.

The Japanese government created five groups of survivors: Winter group, Spring group, Summer group A, Summer group B, and Fall group. Each group consisted of seven members and one guide. The guide carried small tubes of poison on their necks to allow them to end their lives if their situation became unbearable. The Japanese government prepared seven "Fuji" as refuges for the groups. In each Fuji, the group would find seeds and numerous books instructing them on survival in the wilderness.

Notes:
- Winner of the 52th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo category in 2006.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Survival , Josei , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Skip , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Travel , Wilderness , Heterosexual , Outdoor Activities , Coming of Age , Orphan , Guns , Gore , Love Triangle , Lost Civilization , Mountaineering , Robots , Natural Disaster , Eco-Horror , Shrine Maiden , Desert , Nudity , Baseball , Aviation , Tsundere , Suicide , Achronological Order , Revenge

Asadora!

Also known as Asadora!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

It's 2020 and Tokyo is on fire! A large, mysterious creature rampages through the city destroying everything in its path. Cut to 1959. We meet a spunky young girl, Asa. As one of 11 siblings, Asa is constantly forgotten. Most people can't even remember her name. So, when she is kidnapped for ransom (by a guy who mistakes her for a doctor's kid), no one bats an eye—not even when a typhoon hits! Now Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive the brutal storm. But there's more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye.



Tags: Kaiju , War , Time Skip , Aviation , Historical , Natural Disaster , Tragedy , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Athletics

AQUA

Also known as Aqua.

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

After 150 years of Terraforming, Aqua, the formerly planet known as Mars, now has more than 90 percent of its surface covered in water. A young girl named Akari Mizunashi arrives at the city of Neo-Venezia, an exact replica of the old Italian city of Venice, hoping to become an Undine, the most coveted job on Aqua.



Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Othello Game: Ebony & Ivory

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Work , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Aviation , Shoujo , Episodic

Kuutei Dragons

Also known as Drifting Dragons.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Mika is a draker on the airship Quin Zaza. He earns his livelihood hunting the whales of the sky—dragons! The beautiful beasts are flying treasure troves, providing food and materials, and the Quin Zaza is among the last draking vessels. Mika’s not just a talented hunter; he’s also a gourmand with a refined palette and a taste for the exotic. Between his duties aboard the ship, his ambitions as an eater, and his new job training the rookie dragon hunter Takita, Mika’s days are never boring. But even with the lively crew of the Quin Zaza as his family, the nomadic life of a draker can be lonely and dangerous…



Tags: Dragons , Food , Aviation , Seinen , Steampunk , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Orphan , Ships , Urban Fantasy

Yeongwonhan Neoui Geojinmal

Also known as Your Eternal Lies.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

Infamous jailbreaker Rosen Walker is finally being transferred to the Isle of Monte, the most notorious maximum security prison in the world. Her guard? It’s none other than the beloved war hero of the empire himself — Ian Connor. Now Ian must unravel the truth. Did Rosen really commit the murder? Or is there more to the story?



Tags: Crime , War , Anti-Hero , Arranged Marriage , Full Color , Historical , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Ships , Aviation , Tragedy , Witch , Magic , Medicine , Orphan , Suicide , Class Struggle , Foreign

Dr. STONE: TERRAFORMING

Also known as Dr. STONE: Terraforming.

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

Special one-shot set shortly after the end of the main story.

Tags: Shounen , Work , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Educational , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Ships , Aviation , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast

Jinjja Ttari Dorawatda

Also known as Revenge on the Real One.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Ever since Helga Yutrit found out that she was switched at birth with her half-sister, she has tried her best to shake off the stigma of being a fake by building up her reputation as the perfect daughter of House Yutrit. Helga's efforts all go to waste, though, when her half-sister Hillianne is discovered alive. Now that the real daughter has returned to take her rightful place, Helga is plotting her revenge on the family that never appreciated her and the half-sister who is stealing her life.



Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Villainess , Full Color , Magic , Heterosexual , Travel , Aviation , Royal Affairs

Bouken Erekitetou

Also known as Wandering Island.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Slice of Life

Mikura Amelia is a free-spirited young woman who lives alone with her cat and operates an air delivery service, flying her vintage seaplane to Japan’s small island communities located hundreds of miles out in the Pacific. When her beloved grandfather passes away, she discovers he left her an undelivered parcel, addressed to an island that doesn’t exist . . . or does it? To answer the question, Mikura flies off in search of the truth behind the Wandering Island!



Tags: Aviation , Female Protagonist , Seinen

JORGE JOESTAR

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

After Jonathan's Death, his son, George Joestar II travels with Erina to live in La Palma of the Canary Islands in Spain. There he pledges his love to Lisa Lisa and eventually grows to be a World war Air Pilot.

Tags: Alternate Universe , Detective , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Time Manipulation , Seinen , Coming of Age , Meta , Aviation , Mafia , Body Horror , Space , Vampire , Zombie

Kyouki no Sanmyaku nite: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as At the Mountains of Madness.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent.



Notes: Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Seinen , Cosmic Horror , Foreign , Aviation , Aliens , Lost Civilization , Classic Literature , Historical , Educational , Gore , Mythology , Snowscape , War , Slavery , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast

Kabu no Isaki

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

In the process of growing up, one gains greater freedom and is given more responsibilities at the same time. For Isaki, who had just turned 16, this adventure and challenge comes through his neighbor's Piper Cub. In exchange for paying gas bills and making deliveries, he is given the chance to meet new people and expand his horizons.

Tags: Iyashikei , Seinen , Aviation , Episodic , Rural

Tesla Note

Also known as Tesla Note.

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

Mission T is a secret operation to save the world from destruction. Trained as a ninja from a young age, Botan Negoro, raised to become the ultimate spy, teams up with another excellent spy, Kuruma. Their aim is to recover the legacy of the genius inventor Nikola Tesla, the "Shards of Tesla." Can the two outwit the agents of other countries who are also pursuing these fragments? A super-original spy thriller begins.

Tags: Conspiracy , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tomboy , Urban , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Espionage , Bullying , Body Horror , Crime , Aviation , Super Power , Triads , Mafia

Kajika

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Kajika is a boy of a village with special powers. He was like a little demon. One day he runs mad he ends up killing a fox. The spirit of the fox curses him and thereby partly seals his powers. Half human, half fox Kajika is expelled from his village. Only by saving 1000 souls he can remove the curse.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Monster Boy , Dragons , Aviation , Curses

Turandot no Renkinjutsushi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A collection of surreal, steampunk-inspired short stories. Escapism through music, mechanical dolls, and dragons. Included Stories: 1-3. Turandot no Renkinjutsushi (トーランドットの錬金術師) 4-5. AFTER THE HEAT 6. OXID MUSIC 7-18. Paradise Dragon (パラダイスドラゴン)

Tags: Anthology , Dragons , Robots , Aviation , Steampunk , No Dialogue , Nudity

ST&RS

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

On August 10 of 2019, humanity received a signal, which was verified for its integrity by hundreds of scientists, from an alien life form containing one message: let us meet on Mars on July 7, 2035. Thus began the creation of a space agency representing Earth as a whole named ST&RS. From there, things progressed quickly with man re-landing on the moon in 2022 and constructing many space stations orbiting Earth and the moon. The Space Academy was created to train the upcoming generation of ST&RS.

The same August 10th that Earth received the message, Shirafune Maho spoke his first words and it was “Mars.” Since then, Maho has been an astronomy freak who has nothing but the universe on his mind. He decides he is going to apply for the Space Academy along with his childhood friend, Hoshihara Meguru, and recent transfer and super smart classmate, Amachi Wataru. The trio begins their almost impossible journey of being accepted into the school where only 1% of the applicants are allowed into the academy.

Tags: School , Shounen , Space , Aviation , Aliens , Astronomy , Work , Time Skip

Madofuki Park

Also known as Madofuki Park.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The story is set in the year 2050, in a place called Sky City Tokyo. The main character, Park, is a window cleaner. If you've ever experienced those street windshield washers that descend upon your car when you stop at a red light, you can imagine what Park does for a living. Except worse, because in Sky City Tokyo, the cars travel in mid-air! How does a window cleaner become a hero? Read and find out!

Tags: Shounen , Work , Police , Aviation , Cars