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Manga adapted into films
- InuyashaInuyasha began its journey on the 13th of November 1996, when it debuted in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine. The series ran for eleven years and…
- NarutoIn 1995, Shueisha published Karakuri, a one-shot manga by Masashi Kishimoto. This early work earned an honorable mention in the 1996 Hop Step Award.
- Astro BoyOsamu Tezuka first introduced the character Atom in April 1951 as a supporting figure within his comic series Ambassador Atom.
- Captain Harlock (manga)The year 1977 marked the beginning of a new era in Japanese comics. Leiji Matsumoto launched his space opera series in Akita Shoten's Play Comic magazine.
- Rurouni KenshinIn December 1992, a prototype story titled Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story appeared in the Weekly Shōnen Jump Winter Special issue for 1993.
- Crayon Shin-chanYoshito Usui introduced Crayon Shin-chan to readers in 1990 through Weekly Manga Action, a publication by Futabasha. The character first appeared as a…
- Ashita no JoeThe 1st of January 1968 marked the beginning of a new era in Japanese comics. Ashita no Joe appeared in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine that day.
- Tetsujin 28-goMitsuteru Yokoyama returned to Kobe as a fifth-grader after being evacuated to Tottori Prefecture during World War II. The city lay flattened and reduced to…
- Tokyo RevengersIn 2017, a twenty-six-year-old part-time worker named Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his ex-girlfriend Hinata Tachibana has been murdered.