Comic books in 'Manga'

Volume 9 - 1st Printing. Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino. The villagers have chosen handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa to compete in their famously competitive sports-festival relay race! While Handa strives to keep his morning practices out of the public eye, Hiroshi goes job hunting, Tama writes a manga, and the kids do their best to keep up with the adults! Softcover, 208 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 11 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino. Calligraphy meets the countryside in this slice-of-life comedy manga! Damn it! I'm getting married and leaving this crazy island! (teary) Handa's parents' true motivation for coming to the island is made clear - an arranged m-m-m-marriage? Will handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa find the resolve to meet his fate? Add in a fight with the neighboring village's own handsome young guy, Kazuma Higashino, and Hiroshi's spate of delinquency, and you get this super-chaotic hot 'n' hearty island comedy! Softcover, 192 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 12 - 1st Printing. Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino. Jingle jingle jingle jingle....Christmas has come to the island! Handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa tries his hand at the Santa business for the first time! But could it be that Handa Claus isn't the only one who's come to visit all the nice little children? The love of every dad warms the world in Volume 12 of this hot 'n' hearty island comedy! Softcover, 192 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 14 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino. Reality is tough, but surely, the future must be bright. Handa-sensei has returned from Tokyo with a new declaration: he's going to start his own calligraphy school! But will he find any students? But when an unusually cold winter brings rare snow to the island, is Handa prepared to hibernate the time away? Softcover, 224 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 15 - 1st Printing. Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino. Severely overestimating the villagers' wealth, Handa-sensei finds himself quite short on students for his calligraphy school upon announcing his exorbitant tuition rate. But as his hopes begin to fade, a savior appears!? Softcover, 192 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 16 - 1st Printing. Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino. Life never seems to get easier for Handa-sensei in this funny, heartwarming slice-of-life series! Softcover, 192 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 18 - 1st Printing.

Story and art by Satsuki Yoshino.

It's been a year since Handa arrived on the island, and a lot has changed for the residents of Nanatsutake Village. Hiroshi's in Tokyo, Miwa and her friends have graduation on their minds, and Naru and her classmates are going into their second year of elementary school. With everyone looking to the future, the time to say goodbye approaches in the final volume of Barakamon.

Softcover, 208 pages, B&W, 6 x 8 1/2-in.

Cover price $15.00.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Noriaki Kotaba. Translated by Ella Donaldson. A captured knight finds herself betrothed to the leader of the very tribe she was sent to fight in this fantasy manga. Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she's captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she'll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand...in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren't as barbaric as she was led to believe? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Older Teen (15+) Cover price $14.99.

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Story and Art by Seongkyu Lee. "Barchetta" is the name of a weapon "Kill" has attached to his arm. Kill is a criminal, and the only thing that he knows is fighting. One day, Kill is offered immunity... if he is willing to fight the evil pope who reigns over their village. Elsewhere, a band of people marches into the village to take over. And it is said that Kill will not leave the village alive! A fast-paced Western-style fantasy series! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and Art by Seongkyu Lee. "Kill" is a criminal who lives to fight. "Barchetta" is the name of the weapon he has attached to his arm. He's going to need it when he's offered immunity for his crimes if he can defeat the evil pope who is reigning over the village. Because at the same time, another band of people are marching into the village! A fast-paced Western-style fantasy comic that will have you reeling! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

3rd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima!" Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa. Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was 7-years-old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Starting a few months before that event, the four volume saga of young Gen shows life in Japan after years of war and privations. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $14.95.

3rd Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Day After!" Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa. Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations. Volume Two, The Day After, tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb. This long story can be compared in scope and intensity to Maus. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $14.95.

3rd Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Life After the Bomb!" Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa. Volume three follows Gen, his mother and baby brother as they search for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath. Facing rejection, hunger and humiliation, they come to realize that they still have - and can share - self-respect, hope, and inner strength. Volume four, resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Part 1 of a planned 10-part series. Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was 7-years-old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Starting a few months before that event, the four volume saga of young Gen shows life in Japan after years of war and privations.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Day After!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Part 2 of a planned 10-part series.

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations. Volume Two, The Day After, tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb. This long story can be compared in scope and intensity to Maus. This is an all-new translation. Introduction by Art Spiegelman.

Nominated for a 2005 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "The Day After!"

NOTE: Covers On Reprints May Vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 284 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Life After the Bomb!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Volume three follows Gen, his mother and baby brother as they search for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath.

Facing rejection, hunger and humiliation, they come to realize that they still have - and can share - self-respect, hope, and inner strength. Volume four, resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. "Life After the Bomb!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Volume three follows Gen, his mother and baby brother as they search for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath.

Facing rejection, hunger and humiliation, they come to realize that they still have - and can share - self-respect, hope, and inner strength. Volume four, resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 284 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Out of the Ashes!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka.

Volume Four resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion. This is an all-new translation, with new lettering.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printingss. "Out of the Ashes!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen though the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Part four of a ten-part series.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 284 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Never-Ending War!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Hiroshima's citizens face massive food shortages and horrendous health problems. Gen is in school, but he is forced to choose between making money to support his family or staying in school. His choice is further complicated when his mother becomes sick, and his old friends reappear as part of a street gang. There is no help for his mother, save for the costly medicine procured on the black market. Gen becomes entangled with black market gangs and faces an internal struggle of honor, ethics, and duty to resolve his problems.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. "The Never-Ending War!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Part five of a ten-part series.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 266 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Writing the Truth!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

The story of life in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb continues!

Gen fights against a corrupt medical system, the discriminatory practices of his neighbors, and the American presence in Postwar Japan. Gen's brother, Koji, has gone away to work in the coal mines, but has since disappeared. To make up for the shortage, he and his friends must resort to more drastic measures, which lands one of the bunch in a juvenile detention center.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 268 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. "Writing the Truth!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Part six of a ten-part series.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 262 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Bones into Dust!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume Barefoot Gen saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen has grown old enough to think about the legacy of the victims of the atomic bombing. Gen searches for a printer willing to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing written by "Papa," the journalist who serves as a father figure to Gen's war orphan friends. By hook and crook Gen and Ryuta manage to get the book printed and distributed, only to arouse the wrath of U.S. Army censors, who teach them a hard lesson about the politics of memory.

Meanwhile, Gen's brother Koji returns home at last, only to find that their mother is on her deathbed.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. "Bones into Dust!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume Barefoot Gen saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen has grown old enough to think about the legacy of the victims of the atomic bombing. Gen searches for a printer willing to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing written by "Papa," the journalist who serves as a father figure to Gen's war orphan friends. By hook and crook Gen and Ryuta manage to get the book printed and distributed, only to arouse the wrath of U.S. Army censors, who teach them a hard lesson about the politics of memory.

Meanwhile, Gen's brother Koji returns home at last, only to find that their mother is on her deathbed.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Merchants of Death!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

In 1950, Gen is now in middle school, where he meets both a progressive-minded schoolteacher at odds with his conservative superiors, and a brilliant but cynical classmate who challenges the teacher's - and Gen's - values at every turn. Gen also finds himself confronting the corrosive effects on postwar Hiroshima society of drugs and the arms industry. With the Korean War offering new business opportunities, a new generation of death merchants holds sway in Japan. Gen, his teacher mentor, and other peace-minded citizens are forced to struggle against red-baiting school officials, violent nationalists, and government censorship.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. "Merchants of Death!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, and autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere.

Featuring a sleek new cover design, this landmark ten-part series has returned to print!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 260 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Breaking Down Borders!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Gen continues to confront one setback after another when a chance encounter gives new direction to his life. In Volume 9, an impoverished but talented artist takes Gen under his wing and teaches him to paint. Inspired by the artist's assertion that art has no borders, Gen vows to become an artist himself, and takes a job as apprentice to a local poster painter.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 9 - 2nd and later printings. "Breaking Down Borders!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Part nine of a ten-part series.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Never Give Up!"

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A.

Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. As Volume Ten begins, the year is 1953. Now an apprentice sign painter, Gen has become a skilled artist, while his friends run a thriving dressmaking business. Gen falls in love for the first time, but fails to notice that a good friend has been caught in the clutches of drug addiction. Heartbreak and loss await Gen as the atomic bomb continues to wreak havoc on the lives people in Hiroshima years after the fact. Yet these tragedies also inspire Gen to make the big move to Tokyo to pursue his career as an artist.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 10 - 2nd and later printings. "Never Give Up!"

NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa.

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, and autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Featuring a sleek new cover design, this landmark ten-part series returns to print in this 45th anniversary year of the series' debut.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1, 1st Printing - Story and art by Aoi Hiiragi. When awkward schoolgirl Haru rescues a cat on her way home from school one day, the last thing she expected in return is to be honored by a feline royal family! Before she knows what's happening to her, Haru is drawn into a world inhabited by talking cats - and is recruited to be the next cat princess! Only the dapper Baron and his friends, a magical crow and a comical fat cat, along with a friend from Haru's past, can help her return home. Softcover, 5"x 7", B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1, 2nd or later printing - Story and art by Aoi Hiiragi. When awkward schoolgirl Haru rescues a cat on her way home from school one day, the last thing she expected in return is to be honored by a feline royal family! Before she knows what's happening to her, Haru is drawn into a world inhabited by talking cats - and is recruited to be the next cat princess! Only the dapper Baron and his friends, a magical crow and a comical fat cat, along with a friend from Haru's past, can help her return home. Softcover, 5"x 7", B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Created by Rudy Gobert. Written by Hellef Bay. Arta nd cover by Vince Serrano. Translated by Christopher Pope.

CREATED BY RUDY GOBERT, FOUR-TIME ALL-NBA TEAM MEMBER, BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR! AN ANIME INFLUENCED BASKETBALL ADVENTURE ACROSS THE COSMOS!

Young Rudy comes from the poor neighborhood of Nevilia, but dreams of a being a star of BASH (a brutal, high-octane version of basketball), and his talent might just make it happen: but can he make it while threats come from every corner of the galaxy?

YA OGN PERFECT FOR BASKETBALL, SCI-FI AND SPORTS MANGA FANS!

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $17.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. The bloody battle to rule Japan has begun: The Iga and the Kouga clans are locked in a fight to the death. Driven by a centuries-old hatred, each clan will do anything to annihilate the other. The Kouga clan is engaging in a little espionage, and has planted a shapeshifter, disguised as an Iga ninja, in the Iga palace. Meanwhile the Iga clan turns to its last, best hope: their new leader, Gennosuke, the only one who can defeat the Kougas formidable leader, Oboro. But is she willing to kill the man she loves? As the war grows more desperate, will true love be the next casualty? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. Thanks to the machinations of the Ieyasu Tokugawa, the age-old truce between the Kouga and the Iga clans is no more–and now a fight to the death will decide which clan reigns supreme. Oboro has blinded herself in order to avoid having to kill Gennosuke, her lover and her rival. Meanwhile, Gennosuke has urged the Iga clan to join him on a journey to Sunpu to find out the real motives behind Ieyasu Tokugawas orders to fight. But the Iga has other plans. The hirsute Nenki and the butterfly-wielding Hotarubi rush to assassinate Gennosuke, while Tenzen has sinister intentions for a defenseless Oboro. The epic battle of blood and betrayal continues! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 240 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. Thanks to the machinations of the Ieyasu Tokugawa, the age-old truce between the Kouga and the Iga clans is no more–and now a fight to the death will decide which clan reigns supreme. Oboro has blinded herself in order to avoid having to kill Gennosuke, her lover and her rival. Meanwhile, Gennosuke has urged the Iga clan to join him on a journey to Sunpu to find out the real motives behind Ieyasu Tokugawas orders to fight. But the Iga has other plans. The hirsute Nenki and the butterfly-wielding Hotarubi rush to assassinate Gennosuke, while Tenzen has sinister intentions for a defenseless Oboro. The epic battle of blood and betrayal continues! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 240 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. The titanic battle between the clans rages on. Akeginu and the blinded Oboro of the Iga clan encounter a powerful aristocrat named Ofuku, who will do whatever it takes to make her godson, Takechiyo, the next Shogun. If Ofuku and her troops join forces with the Iga, will the Kouga still have a chance at victory? Meanwhile, the Kouga leader Gennosuke, also blinded, and his comrades–including the shapeshifter Saemon and the deadly seductress Kagerou–embark on a long journey to Sunpu to find out exactly why the truce was dissolved. They will face the fury of the calculating Tenzen and the whirlwind-wielding Koshirou. In the end, who will survive this bloody game of deception and politics? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. The titanic battle between the clans rages on. Akeginu and the blinded Oboro of the Iga clan encounter a powerful aristocrat named Ofuku, who will do whatever it takes to make her godson, Takechiyo, the next Shogun. If Ofuku and her troops join forces with the Iga, will the Kouga still have a chance at victory? Meanwhile, the Kouga leader Gennosuke, also blinded, and his comrades–including the shapeshifter Saemon and the deadly seductress Kagerou–embark on a long journey to Sunpu to find out exactly why the truce was dissolved. They will face the fury of the calculating Tenzen and the whirlwind-wielding Koshirou. In the end, who will survive this bloody game of deception and politics? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Written by Futaro Wamada and Masaki Segawa. Art by Masaki Segawa. With only three ninja remaining on each side, the battle between the Iga and the Kouga clans is nearing its bloody end. Believing he has slain Yakushiji Tenzen, shape-shifter Saemon Kisaragi morphs into Tenzens body and infiltrates Iga territory. But what Saemon doesnt know is that Tnezen is an immortal ninja, and that he has his own plan to dispose of Saemon and the Kouga clan. Meanwhile, Oboro, leader of the Iga clan, has sworn that she will die rather than fight against her lover, Gennosuke. Every death brings these two star-crossed lovers closer to confronting each other on the battlefield at last! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Wizard!! Part 1 of 2 - Story and Art by Kazushi Hagiwara. The favorite RPG and heavy metal-influenced manga comes to America! The kingdom of Metallicana is under attack by four evil armies, and the desperate defenders must turn to a legend that a virgin's kiss may awaken 'Dark Schneider,' an ancient evil wizard sealed within the body of Lucien, a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy. Yoko, Lucien's teenage stepsister, does the deed and as the castle falls, Lucien metamorphoses into a silver-haired demigod! Dark Schneider, the chaotic, lecherous wizard, has returned, only barely restrained by the magic that forces him to obey Yoko! But a world of demons, dragons and the four evil generals awaits him -- and bloodstained Metallicana may never know peace again! 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Wizard!! Part 2 of 2 - Story and Art by Kazushi Hagiwara. They swore never to do it again... but in their hour of need, Metallicana again calls on the evil wizard Dark Schneider to save them from their enemies! But Dark Schneider turns against the Metallicanans, swearing to kill the high priest for imprisoning him 15 years ago! Now the country is under attack by a fire-breathing hydra, a golem...and a very pissed-off, powerful wizard -- and only teenage priestess Tia Noto Yoko may be able to control him! 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

1st Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kazushi Hagiwara. Bastard!! Heavy Metal/Dark Fantasy! - People just can't keep their hands off Dark Schneider - their sword-wielding, knife-toting, deadly assassin's hands, that is. Leaving the besieged kingdom of Metallicana, the mighty wizard goes traveling alone with only Lars the dragon for company - but finds himself under constant attack as his former lover Arshes Nei, now one of the leaders of the Dark Army of Chaos, sends her strongest underlings to kill him! Will it be Kai Harn, the fighter? Or will death come in the form of the Vampire Di-Amon? At the worst possible time, Dark Schneider turns back into his helpless alter ego, the pathologically wimpy Lucien Renlen...and Yoko, his teenage stepsister, may be the only one who can save him! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are American-style GNs and are meant to be read left-to-right. Cover price $12.95.

1st Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kazushi Hagiwara. Bastard!! Heavy Metal/Dark Fantasy! - In a postapocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even more evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to fight four mighty generals and their plot to resurrect an evil god! Wielding the legendary Sword of Lightning and ultra-high-level elemental magic, Arshes Nei and her armies are poised to devastate the kingdom of Metallicana, and only D.S. stands in her way. But can there be any doubt of the outcome when the prophet's crystal ball has already showed a vision of Dark Schneider... dead?! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are American-style GNs and are meant to be read left-to-right. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Kazushi Hagiwara.

Bastard!! Heavy Metal/Dark Fantasy!

In this first volume of ultimate sword and sorcery manga, the kingdom of Metallicana is under attack by the dark forces of four evil armies sweeping the world. As orcs and giants besiege their citadel, the desperate defenders turn to a legend that a virgin's kiss may awaken "Dark Schneider," an ancient evil wizard sealed within the body of Lucien, a seemingly normal 14-year-old-boy. Yoko, Lucien's teenage stepsister, does the deed and as the castle falls, Lucien metamorphoses into a silver-haired demigod! Dark Schneider, the chaotic, lecherous wizard, has returned, only barely restrained by the magic that forces him to obey Yoko! But a world of demons, dragons, and the four evil generals await him - bloodstained Metallicana may never know peace again!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Kazushi Hagiwara.

Bastard!! Heavy Metal/Dark Fantasy!

In this first volume of ultimate sword and sorcery manga, the kingdom of Metallicana is under attack by the dark forces of four evil armies sweeping the world. As orcs and giants besiege their citadel, the desperate defenders turn to a legend that a virgin's kiss may awaken "Dark Schneider," an ancient evil wizard sealed within the body of Lucien, a seemingly normal 14-year-old-boy. Yoko, Lucien's teenage stepsister, does the deed and as the castle falls, Lucien metamorphoses into a silver-haired demigod! Dark Schneider, the chaotic, lecherous wizard, has returned, only barely restrained by the magic that forces him to obey Yoko! But a world of demons, dragons, and the four evil generals await him - bloodstained Metallicana may never know peace again!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Kazushi Hagiwara.

Tia Noto Yoko, the only one who can control Dark Schneider, has been captured by the Dark Rebel Armies! After making their way through a perilous dungeon, past giant eyeballs and fiery demons, D.S. and Princess Sheila face his old ally Ninja Master Gara in a duel that pits sword against magic! Far away, news of D.S.'s resurrection reaches the long ears of Arshes Nei, the elven sorceress who was once his pupil and lover - and now commands a regiment of her own. Remembering past injustices at the hands of the egomaniacal (and two-timing) wizard, she sends her greatest fighter and deadliest assassin to bring her Dark Schneider's severed head!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.95.