Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition

Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition
Author: Tsutomu Nihei
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781974702640

A visually stunning work of sci-fi horror from the creator of Biomega and BLAME! A vast city lies under the shadow of colossal, ancient tombs, the identity of their builders lost to time. In the streets of the city something is preying on the inhabitants, something that moves faster than the human eye can see and leaves unimaginable horror in its wake. Tsutomu Nihei’s dazzling, harrowing dystopian thriller is presented here in a single-volume hardcover edition featuring full-color pages and foldout illustrations. This volume also includes the early short story “Digimortal.”

Biomega, Vol. 2

Biomega, Vol. 2
Author: Tsutomu Nihei
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421531854

Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic! In Tsutomu Nihei's nightmare vision of the future, the N5S virus has swept across the earth, turning most of the population into zombie-like drones. Zoichi Kanoe, an agent of Toa Heavy Industry, is humanity's last hope, and he's not even human! With the help of Fuyu, a digitized intelligence built into the computer system of his Heavy Dual Coil motorcycle, Zoichi's search for the key to salvation will take him on a journey across surreal landscapes and hurl him into battle against mind-bending evil. Prepare yourself for the ultimate trip--prepare yourself for the world of BIOMEGA. After capturing Eon Green, DRF forces are amassing around Toa Heavy Industry headquarters and have taken Dr. Kurokawa and his daughter into custody. Zoichi must attempt a rescue--Dr. Kurokawa's laboratory may yield critical information on Eon Green. Elsewhere, Toa Heavy Industry agent Nishu Mizunoe searches for Kozlov Grebnev and the secrets he knows about the DRF's research, origins and their apocalyptic plan for the entire human race!

BLAME! Academy and So On

BLAME! Academy and So On
Author: Tsutomu Nihei
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2017
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1682333310

BLAME! Academy and So On is a spin-off series of BLAME! set in the same "City" as BLAME! and is a parody / comedy about various characters in the main BLAME! storyline set in a traditional Japanese school environment. Various elements of the main BLAME! story are parodied, including the relationship between Killy and Cibo, and Dhomochevsky and Iko. Irregularly published in Afternoon and compiled as BLAME! Gakuen and So On September 19, 2008, this is its first official English language release in either digital or print.

APOSIMZ, Volume 1

APOSIMZ, Volume 1
Author: Tsutomu Nihei
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1642125318

This story takes place on the frigid, massive artificial planet known as Aposimz. Eo, Biko and Etherow, residents of the White Diamond Beam, are in the middle of combat training when suddenly a girl appears, Rebedoan Empire soldiers in hot pursuit. The girl asks for their help in keeping safe a “code” and seven mysterious “bullets.” This chance encounter marks a major shift in the fate of the entire planet…

Tuttle Concise Japanese Dictionary

Tuttle Concise Japanese Dictionary
Author: Samuel E. Martin
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 1080
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1462910416

Every serious student of Japanese needs a reliable and user-friendly dictionary in their collection. Tuttle Concise Japanese Dictionary, now with 30% more content, is a completely updated dictionary designed for students and business people who are living in Japan and using the Japanese language on a daily basis. Its greatest advantage is that it contains recent idiomatic expressions which have become popular in the past several years and which are not found in other competing dictionaries. The dictionary has been fully updated with the addition of recent vocabulary relating to computers, mobile phones, social media and the Internet. Other special features that set this dictionary apart include: Over 25,000 words and expressions including idioms and slang. User-friendly layout with main entries in color. Complete Japanese-English and English-Japanese sections. Romanized forms and the Japanese script are given for all Japanese words. A guide to pronunciation helps the user to pronounce Japanese words correctly. Different senses of each word are distinguished by multiple definitions.

Wolverine Legends

Wolverine Legends
Author: Tsutomu Nihei
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9780785112396

Marvel Manga action by Japanese superstar Tsutomu Nihei! Alone in a barren wasteland inhabited by robotic, parasitic organisms, the X-Men's most lethal member devolves further and further into his true, savage, berserker state with each battle. The key to Logan maintaining a link to his humanity may lie with a mysterious young girl!

Cult of the Ibis

Cult of the Ibis
Author: Daria Tessler
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2019-02-20
Genre: Alternative comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 168396196X

This exquisite and mostly silent graphic novel takes place in a fantasy cityscape loosely inspired by German Expressionist film. Cult of the Ibis tells a story of an occultist getaway-driver who, after escaping with the loot from a bank robbery gone wrong, orders a build-your-own homunculus kit and goes on the lam.

SHAMAN KING Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-3)

SHAMAN KING Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-3)
Author: Hiroyuki Takei
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781646512003

The action manga bestseller returns, in 600-page editions featuring a remastered translation and new cover art by creator Hiroyuki Takei! Dive into the classic Shonen Jump adventure whose world of mystical spirits and bewitching battles inspired the classic anime. This volume corresponds to Vol. 1-3 of the original release, featuring updated translation and lettering, back in print more than 20 years after its initial release! HEIR TO THE THRONE Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead. High schooler Manta Oyamada doesn't know much about them, but that changes fast when his class welcomes a new transfer student from remote Izumo: Yoh Asakura, a shaman in training! Although he may just be starting out, Yoh’s dream is a big one: to become the Shaman King, the one and only shaman who may commune with the Great Spirit and help remake the world for the better. But the road to this pinnacle of spiritual power runs through the Shaman Fight: a gauntlet of battles with rival mediums who call forth dizzying powers from the world of the dead in their own bids for the crown. It’d be nice if Yoh had a little more time to train and mature...but the Shaman Fight is only held once every 500 years, so he’s going to have to grow up fast!

Satoshi Kon's Opus

Satoshi Kon's Opus
Author: Satoshi Kon
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630081582

Brilliant anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue) died tragically young in 2010 at the age of forty-six. But before he became a director, he was a manga artist, and Dark Horse is honored to remember Kon with the release of Satoshi Kon’s OPUS, an omnibus collection of a two-volume manga from 1996, created by Kon on the eve of his first film. OPUS contains the mastery of both realism and surrealism that would make Kon famous in Perfect Blue, as a manga artist planning a shocking surprise ending to his story gets literally pulled into his own work—to face for himself what he had planned for his characters! * Satoshi Kon was a Time magazine 2010 Person of the Year. * Kon was eulogized by director Darren Aronofsky. * Kon was a chief assistant to Katsuhiro Otomo on the Akiramanga.

The Ballad of Sang

The Ballad of Sang
Author: Ed Brisson
Publisher: Oni Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781620105801

Hit writer Ed Brisson (Old Man Logan, Cable) and newcomer Alessandro Micelli present a homage to Takashi Miike films with THE BALLAD OF SANG, the story of a child assassin raised in violence and out for revenge after his master is murdered. When a mistake on a job brings the wrath of Don Minchella down on him, Sang barely escapes with his life. While Sang swears revenge for his fallen mentor, every gang in the city mobilizes to return him to Minchella... dead or alive.