Atrium no Koibito

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

Hotel

In a future where humanity has vanished, a lone computer persists for 27 million years to fulfill its mission. Elsewhere, Hanako awakens from a deep sleep with only three days left to live, while her husband Takao grapples with the knowledge that her heart belongs to another. In another tale, Jun Shiozaki dedicates himself to resurrecting the extinct tuna by any means imaginable. Noriko discovers she is pregnant by her lover Matsumura, a prominent doctor with a family of his own. He insists the pregnancy is a rapidly growing cancer that must be removed immediately, leaving Noriko torn between his diagnosis and her own desires. These stories explore the boundaries of science, emotion, and su

Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World

Kino travels the world on the back of Hermes, an unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle. Together they roam from country to country, never staying in any one place for more than three days. Each land they visit has its own customs, laws, and ways of life, and every stop brings new encounters. Through their journeys, Kino and Hermes witness happiness and sorrow, kindness and cruelty, beauty and decay. As they move along the road, they come to understand that the world is full of imperfections. And yet, it is precisely those imperfections that make it a beautiful place.

Clover

In a technologically advanced but tightly controlled future, Kazuhiko is a former black ops agent pulled back into service by General Ko. His mission seems simple: escort a mysterious girl named Suu to a destination she alone knows, a place called Fairy Park. Suu has spent her entire life in isolation, her only contact the distant voices of General Ko and a woman connected to Kazuhiko's past. She is a Clover, a child born with magical abilities and marked with a tattoo indicating her power. As the only four-leaf Clover in existence, she is considered the most dangerous person in the world. As Kazuhiko and Suu set out, their transport is intercepted and they are pursued by Bols, a familiar

Violence Jack

The eleventh of September, 197x. A magnitude 8-9 earthquake tears through the entire Kantou region, volcanoes erupt and buildings crumble, and Tokyo is decimated in a single day. Scholars call it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people who live through it call it the earthquake from hell. Unable to recover the city, the government abandons Tokyo and moves the capital elsewhere, leaving the survivors to fend for themselves. What grows out of the ruins is a society with no laws. In that desolate world, different people try to survive, and their paths cross with Jack, a ten-foot giant who annihilates anyone and anything in his way. Against him stands the Slum King, a villain loc

Ginga Tetsudou 999

Tetsuro Hoshino is a young street urchin who dreams of trading his human body for an android one, which would grant him immortality and the social freedom androids enjoy. Such a body is far beyond his means, but rumor says that at the end of the line of the Galaxy Express, a train bound for the Andromeda Galaxy, there is a planet where they are given away for free. When an Android Count murders his mother, Tetsuro has nothing left to hold him to his home planet. He sets out to board the train alone, seeking both the body he craves and a way to avenge his loss. He meets Maetel, a mysterious woman who offers him a ticket on one condition: that he travel as her companion. Together they ride f