The hit manga prequel to Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy continues! This epic series is perfect for fans of mecha anime and manga! A surprise visit from a family member ends with a tale of robots past. After the World Robot Battling Championship, Tenma and the team return home to repair Six and U-Ran. A surprise visit from Ochanomizu’s grandfather results in a tale of a robot boy he knew in his youth.

Godai makes an unlikely friend while preparing for the next stage of Kuuga’s evolution, and Shoichi also meets someone new who helps him deal with the pain of losing his sister. As the Gurongi fight amongst themselves, the police develop a lethal weapon. Have the Rinto finally gained the upper hand in this deadly gegeru? The legendary tokusatsu story continues with the hit manga adaptation of Kamen Rider Kuuga, featuring the legendary Kamen Rider Agito!

ATOM: The Beginning Volume 7 continues the amazing story of the prequel to Astro Boy, created by manga legend Osamu Tezuka! At the first ever World Robot Battling tournament, the entrants compete to be declared the most powerful robots in the world! U-Ran dominates the competition but when she gets out of control, Mars, Six’s eternal rival, shows up to calm things down!

You've never read a fantasy novel like this one! The deep well of Japanese myth merges with the Western fantasy tradition for a novel that's as rich in place and culture as it is hard to put down. Balsa was a wanderer and warrior for hire. Then she rescued a boy flung into a raging river -- and at that moment, her destiny changed. Now Balsa must protect the boy -- the Prince Chagum -- on his quest to deliver the great egg of the water spirit to its source in the sea. As they travel across the land of Yogo and discover the truth about the spirit, they find themselves hunted by two deadly enemies: the egg-eating monster Rarunga . . . and the prince's own father.

Reading the “Tetsuwan Atom” (popularized in America as “Astro Boy”) comic book with his dad is Tsugio’s one refuge from merciless school bullies. And even then, without a single friend, Tsugio can’t catch a break. One day he finds an abandoned kitten, and names it after the robot hero to convince his family to keep it. But after a strange encounter with aliens honeymooning on Earth, Tsugio’s shocked to find his cat can speak – and has all of Astro Boy’s powers! Sworn to secrecy, Tsugio and Earth’s tiniest hero find themselves entangled with demonic cats, pirate ghosts, a crime syndicate, and more! Playful, ingenious and appropriate for all ages, Osamu Tezuka’s fresh take on his classic Astro Boy character will charm nostalgic grown-ups and clever kids. As gentle and humane as it is exciting, Atomcat also nurtures a positive outlook for children who might feel like they don’t quite fit in.

The manga adaptation of the legendary tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Kuuga continues in its seventh volume, now including the infamous Kamen Rider Agito! This epic series is perfect for fans of Power Rangers and superhero manga! After years locked away for a series of murders she did not commit, Yukina Tsugami now wields Agito’s power! She is reunited with her younger brother Shoichi but after a brief meeting, he sets out to get revenge for his sister’s false imprisonment… Meanwhile, Godai has his hands full with Me Ginoga De…

Who will stand against invaders from space, robot slave masters, and a dictator producing human clones? Astro Boy, that's who! The most popular and influential creation of Osamu Tezuka, "the Walt Disney of Japan," Astro Boy is all-ages adventure packed with action, laughs, and a few tugs at the heartstrings. Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2 is 680 pages of Tezuka's classic manga, value priced and ready to rock the 21st Century! Osamu Tezuka is renowned internationally as a master cartoonist, animator, and storyteller. "Tezuka is widely considered the most important and influential figure in post-World War II Japanese animation." -The New York Times "Comics are a bridge between all cultures." -Osamu Tezuka "The Astro Boy stories always end with peace and human supremacy restored, but usually not before both sides, human and robot, have committed great wrongs." -ANIMERICA

The hit manga prequel to Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy continues! This epic series is perfect for fans of mecha anime and manga! A surprise visit from a family member ends with a tale of robots past… ATOM Volume 8 is here, building up to the legendary story of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy! After the World Robot Battling Championship, Tenma and the team return home to repair Six and U-Ran. A surprise visit from Ochanomizu’s grandfather results in a tale of a robot boy he knew in his youth.

Ludwig Boltzmann, an Austrian physicist is considered the forgotten genius who set the atomic revolution in motion. However, he was unaware his vision would lead to the greatest chain of scientific discoveries ever made. His story is presented in this combination of expert storytelling with a deep understanding of physics.

A tribute to Japan's "god of manga" by his longtime American friend and translator.