Apocalypse Zero

Gantz

Kei Kurono is a cynical high school student who keeps to himself, tired of the cruelty people are capable of. One day at the subway station, his classmate Masaru Katou jumps onto the tracks to save a drunk man who has fallen. On impulse, Kei follows him. They manage to pull the man to safety, but both boys are struck and killed by the oncoming train. Instead of dying, Kei and Masaru wake up in an apartment full of strangers, all of whom have recently died. In the center of the room is a large black sphere called Gantz. It gives them high-tech suits and strange weapons, then sends them out to hunt and kill bizarre alien creatures hidden on Earth. Each mission is brutal and often deadly. Sur

BLAME! Academy and So On

This collection brings together a series of short stories set within the vast and enigmatic 'City' of Tsutomu Nihei's universe. It features the comedic 'Blame Academy!' series, where characters like Killy and Cibo are reimagined in a parody of traditional Japanese school life. Other tales expand the lore in different directions. 'Zeb-noid' depicts a brutal, millennia-spanning war between two soldiers from opposing species. 'Netsphere Engineer' follows a Dismantler tasked with deconstructing nexus towers to protect humans from the Safeguard. The anthology also includes various other vignettes, from a man searching for his brother in 'Kozutsumi' to the far-future adventures of a silicon crea

GANTZ/EXA

Nagatomo is an astronaut and scientist in charge of a secret cryogenics operation aboard the spaceship RETRO, experimenting on human subjects such as assassins and political prisoners. One day, he wakes up to find the ship surrounded by a vast number of black spheres floating in space. Believing they might be debris, he soon detects life activity inside them and brings one aboard, opening it to discover a girl named Kishimoto inside. Suddenly, both Nagatomo and Kishimoto are transferred to a GANTZ room resembling the one in Tokyo. The black sphere in the room plays a radio song and reveals their target: the "comedian alien." They are then sent to a battle area, where Kishimoto wears a GANTZ

Full Metal Lady

In the spring of 1991, mysterious gold metal balls fall from space, too small to be detected by humans. They scatter across the entire Earth without incident, but their presence sets the stage for an extraordinary transformation. A young woman becomes the Full Metal Lady, a powerful being with metallic armor and supernatural abilities. As the Full Metal Lady emerges, she must confront threats that arise from the mysterious spheres and the chaos they unleash. With action-packed battles and a blend of sci-fi and mecha elements, she fights to protect the world from hidden dangers while navigating her own newfound powers and the challenges they bring.

Mazin Saga

Koji Kabuto is a young university student whose life takes a drastic turn after the mysterious death of his father, a physicist of worldwide reputation. Following his father's research, Koji comes into possession of a powerful artifact: Mazinger Z, the Armor of God. This discovery thrusts him into a conflict that goes far beyond anything he could have imagined. As Koji grapples with the legacy left to him, he finds himself facing terrifying forces that threaten humanity. The supernatural and the technological collide as he must master the ancient power of Mazinger Z. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Koji must uncover the truth behind his father's work and the true nature o

Golden Warrior Iczer-One

Ten years before the events of the *Fight! Iczer-1* anime, the android warrior Iczer-One awakens aboard a Cthulhu spaceship. She escapes just before the vessel is seized by the entity known as Big Gold. Crashing onto the planet Ishua, Iczer-One loses all her memories, retaining no knowledge of her identity or past. On Ishua, Iczer-One must confront Magenta, one of the Cthulhu's commanders leading the invasion force on this world. Forced into battle without understanding her own origins, she fights to survive against a relentless enemy.