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- Fist of the North StarAn editor's used-bookshop find led to the manga Fist of the North Star.
- The Rose of VersaillesWhat if the commander of the Royal Guard at Versailles were a woman? The manga The Rose of Versailles asked it in 1972.
- Akira (1988 film)Akira opened in Japan on the same date its story says Tokyo was destroyed. Otomo chose that symmetry on purpose.
- Panda! Go, Panda!In Panda Kopanda, a girl home alone finds a panda cub asleep on her back doorstep.
- Ashita no JoeDid boxer Joe Yabuki survive his final fight in the manga Ashita no Joe?
- TMS EntertainmentLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland took nearly a decade to make and never recouped its cost.
- Sakamoto DaysSakamoto Days, the Japanese manga by Yuto Suzuki, grew out of a chain of small questions that its author asked himself about a strong fighter. In his words: "Why is he fat? Because he retired. Why is that? Maybe because he got married?…
- Baki the GrapplerBaki the Grappler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki, and it has sold in numbers few comics ever reach. By May 2021, the various Baki series had more than 85 million collected volumes in circulation. By…
- Cobra (manga)The manga Cobra opens with a bored office worker who asks for a dream and remembers a hidden life.
- Aim for the Ace!Hiromi Oka's toughest opponent in this 1970s tennis manga is her own fragile confidence.
- AnpanmanAnpanman is a Japanese superhero whose head is a pastry filled with sweet red bean paste. When he meets someone who is starving, he lets them eat a piece of that head. The hero gives away part of himself, and the children watching love him…
- Fruits BasketFruits Basket is a Japanese manga by Natsuki Takaya, and its title comes from a circle game played by schoolchildren. In that game, a leader gives each seated child the name of a fruit. When the leader calls a child's fruit, that child…