Noa no Uchuusen
This is another one-volume series by Reiko Shimizu. There are 3 stories in the book, the futuristic « Noah’s Space Ship », sentimental « Metal and the Bride », and « Funeral March ». 1. Noa no Uchuusen (ノアの宇宙船); Wendy 1985 Summer Joey was the head pilot of the space ship. His life was endangered while fixing the ship’s engine. The […]
Tenshitachi no Shinkaron
About a sexless robot, Elena, who won’t die, won’t grow old, and of course will never be able to reproduce. But he has superior intelligence and physical power, and also can communicate with animals. Elena suffers a lot because he lives with humans, but he realizes he can never live like a human.
Nostalgia
A collection of short stories. 1. Nostalgia (ノスタルジア) 2. Renai wa, Futsuu (恋愛は、普通) 3. Akai Jitsu (赤い実) 4. Na Wasureso (な忘れそ)
Gin no Sankaku
The distortion of space-time and the song that amplifies it. The distortion of the world amplified by the song, the tone of which echoes in time with the sound of music. This is a tapestry of sad but beautiful sounds spun by the beautiful space-time god Lagthorin, who tries to stop the collapse of the […]
Hyakuoku no Hiru to Senoku no Yoru
Plato, Buddha, Christ—what brings these men to the far future to witness the end of the world? Ten billion days–that is how long it will take the philosopher Plato to determine the true systems of the world. One hundred billion nights–that is how far into the future he and Christ and Siddhartha will travel to […]
Marginal
In the year 2999, only eleven cities still survive on Earth. The climate has changed drastically, and a biochemical apocalypse has made women extinct. For centuries, the male population of Earth has survived by depending on only one woman, called the Holy Mother, whose ova are harvested to create genetically engineered children. By now, any […]
Star Red
At the end of the 23rd Century, a girl stares at a red star in the sky. Her name happens to be Red Star, born on Mars. The series tells of Red’s adventures at the center of the Milky Way. Note: Won Seiun Award 1980 in manga category.
U wa Uchuusen no U
An adaptation of eight Ray Bradbury stories. 1. R is for Rocket A group of boys dream of one day riding a rocket into space. 2. The Screaming Woman « When you’re living on a street like I’m living on, you just don’t think awful things are going to happen. Like shooting, or stabbing, or burying […]
Umi no Aria
Sci-fi series with ecological preservation themes. Colin had watched helplessly as his beautiful brother and popular top student, Abel, drowned at sea during a freak storm. So he is totally relieved when Abel later reappears only to find out that an alien life form has entered his body, turning his personality topsy-turvy and high-strung! Dark […]
Kidou Senshi Gundam: C.D.A. Wakaki Suisei no Shouzou
A direct sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam, and a prequel to Gundam 0083 and Zeta/ZZ Gundam, CDA tells the story of Colonel Char Aznable directly after the One Year War. He heads toward Axis after the battle of A Baoa Qu with the remaining Zeon forces, where he meets a 14-year old Haman Karn, who […]