My Name is Shingo

20th Century Boys

Kenji Endo manages a convenience store and has long since left behind his childhood dreams of becoming a rock musician. His quiet routine is shattered when a friend from his youth dies under mysterious circumstances. The death appears to be connected to a strange cult led by a figure known only as Friend, whose influence is spreading across Japan. As Kenji digs deeper, he discovers that the cult's symbols and ideas come from a story he and his friends invented as children. The group reunites to understand how their childhood games became the blueprint for a dangerous organization. With the turn of the century approaching, they realize that the fate of the world may depend on uncovering the

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

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!

In a far future, Earth is buried beneath an endless, chaotic megastructure that has grown beyond all control. Its scattered inhabitants no longer remember what land is, surviving in small enclaves while monstrous creatures and rogue machines roam the steel labyrinth. Killy, a silent and stoic figure armed with a devastating Graviton Beam Emitter, wanders this hostile world in search of the Net Terminal Gene. This genetic mutation once allowed humans to access the NetSphere, and he believes it may hold the key to restoring order. As he fights through cyborgs, silicon-based lifeforms and other threats, Killy moves from one isolated community to the next, gathering fragments of information. E

Pluto

In a world where humans and robots live side by side, the legendary Swiss robot Montblanc is found destroyed. Beloved for his service in the 39th Asian War and his dedication to nature, his violent end shocks the public. Around the same time, a prominent figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two cases share a strange detail: the victims' bodies have been arranged into bizarre collages with makeshift horns placed near their heads. Europol assigns the robot detective Gesicht to investigate. As he digs deeper, he uncovers evidence of a mysterious entity known only as Pluto. He also learns of a plot to dismantle the eight specialized robots who participated in the war, a group that in

Akira

In 1988, a mysterious explosion of unknown origin devastates Tokyo and triggers World War III. Thirty-one years later, Neo-Tokyo rises from the ashes, a sprawling metropolis of neon lights and advanced technology, but also of poverty, violence, and social unrest. Tetsuo Shima and Shoutarou Kaneda are two teenage friends and rivals who ride with the same biker gang. During a confrontation on the highway, Tetsuo has a strange encounter that awakens latent paranormal abilities within him. His newfound power draws the attention of a shadowy government agency determined to prevent another catastrophe at any cost. As Tetsuo's abilities grow unstable and dangerous, he becomes entangled with a sec