Alabaster

Land of the Lustrous

In a distant future, Earth is home to the Lustrous, crystalline lifeforms who defend themselves against the Lunarians, invaders from the moon who seek to harvest their bodies for weapons and decorations. Among the twenty-eight gems, Phosphophyllite is the most fragile and brittle, with no visible talent for battle. Longing to fight but deemed too weak, Phos is instead assigned by their master Adamantine to compile a natural history of their world. The task seems dull and pointless, but it brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation due to their dangerous nature. As Phos pursues this seemingly mundane assignment, they begin to uncover deeper truths about their

Neon Genesis Evangelion

In 2015, Earth is still reeling from a cataclysm that melted the Antarctic ice and drowned half the world's population. Now, mysterious beings known as Angels have begun to attack what remains of humanity, and conventional weapons are useless against them. Fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari is summoned to the fortified city of Tokyo-3 by his estranged father, Gendo, commander of the secret organization NERV. There, Shinji is forced to pilot Evangelion Unit-01, a monstrous bioorganic weapon created to fight the Angels. Thrust into a war he does not understand, Shinji must confront not only the alien invaders but also his own fears and the growing suspicion that NERV is hiding a horrifying truth

No. 6

Shion has spent his whole life in No. 6, a futuristic city that offers its citizens comfort, safety, and order. As an elite student, his days follow a predictable routine of school, study, and time with his friend Safu. But on the night of his twelfth birthday, a violent storm brings an injured boy through his window. The stranger, who calls himself Nezumi, is a fugitive from the city's Special Security Area. Shion hides him and tends to his wounds, a decision that costs him his elite status and changes his life forever. Four years later, a series of strange events makes Shion question the authorities he once trusted. When he is falsely accused and nearly taken into custody, Nezumi reappear

Fort of Apocalypse

Yoshiaki Maeda is falsely accused of murder and sent to Shouran Institute, a juvenile detention center that houses some of the most dangerous young offenders in the Kanto region. Placed in Cell 4, he must learn to coexist with Gou Iwakura, Masafumi Yoshioka, and Mitsuru Yamanoi, each locked up for their own crimes. The prison is already tense, shaken by a violent power struggle among the inmates. Before Yoshiaki can adapt to this hostile environment, the outside world collapses. A van crashes into the facility carrying infected humans, and the undead begin to spread through the prison. Inmates and guards alike are forced to fight for survival, trapped inside walls that were meant to keep th

Astra Lost in Space

In the near future, space travel has become a reality. Aries Spring and eight other students from Caird High School set off on their first Planet Camp, a weeklong excursion to the distant planet McPa. Among the group is Kanata Hoshijima, an athletic and determined boy who keeps his wits about him. Shortly after arriving at their destination, a mysterious sphere of light appears and sends the entire group hurtling into deep space. They awaken 5,012 light-years from home, stranded and alone. Their only hope lies in an abandoned spaceship drifting nearby. Now the nine students must work together to pilot the ship and survive the long journey back. But as they travel, they begin to suspect tha

Dragon Head

Teru Aoki is returning home by train after a class trip when the train derails inside a mountain tunnel. Nearly everyone aboard is killed in the violent crash, and amid the bloody wreckage he finds only two other survivors: his classmates Ako Seto and Nobuo Takahashi. Trapped underground with no light, little food, and the stench of death surrounding them, the three teenagers must find a way to survive. Hunger, fear, and isolation begin to take their toll, and one of them starts to lose their grip on reality. As sudden earthquakes shake the tunnel, the survivors realize that escaping to the surface may lead them into an even greater danger waiting outside.