As the survivors turn on one another, Sho fights for his life against his own classmates! Can the students of Yamato Elementary School actually return to their own time...and who will make the journey? The epic story of survival on a postapocalyptic earth concludes! Plus a bonus horror story!

Out of nowhere, an entire school vanishes, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground. While parents mourn and authorities investigate, the students and teachers find themselves not dead but stranded in a terrifying wasteland where they must fight to survive. -- VIZ Media

After a disastrous journey to the wasteland beyond the school, Sho and the rest of the surviving students return to their fortress, only to discover an even deadlier danger waiting for them. Former friends must fight a final battle as Kazuo Umezz's horror classic careens toward an epic conclusion! -- VIZ Media

A group of students stranded out of time face an internal power coup, a wasteland monster with a voracious appetite and a plague. As tensions mount, the kidsface a harsh truth: they must venture out into the bleak world beyond the school walls in order to survive. -- VIZ Media

Umezz’s classic horror manga opens with “Sisters,” in which Orochi affects the lives of two wealthy siblings who couldn’t be more alike...or more different. Next, in “Bones,” Orochi helps a man come back to life after a terrible accident, but resurrection can be a deadly business... -- VIZ Media

IN A SINGLE INSTANT, A SCHOOL OF 862 STUDENTS AND STAFF VANISHED FROM THE EARTH. THIS IS THEIR STORY. Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported into a hostile world. Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part horror, part science fiction, The Drifting Classroom is a classic can't-put-down manga series from horror manga master Kazuo Umezu. Guided by the words of a dying student, the survivors leave the school and travel across the desert in search of "paradise," only to find something stranger than they could ever imagine. Maddened by hunger, the students turn to a horrifying, final solution...!

Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. But the spirit which haunts it does not have a name or a body, only a shape: uzumaki the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It possessed the father of teenage Kirie's withdrawn boyfriend Shuichi, causing him to remake himself in its image before he died. It grows in ferns, in seashells, in curls of hair, and in the crooked folds of the human brain. Giant snails are sighted near the high school. An eerie glow shines from the abandoned lighthouse. Mosquitoes fly in drowsy curves and feed on blood. As more people are caught in the pattern, over the town of Kurôzu-cho hangs the spiral smoke of cremated corpses; because even in death, there is no escape...

• Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST! Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or a longtime reader on the lookout for the next hot series, here’s a comprehensive guide to the wide, wonderful world of Japanese comics! • Incisive, full-length reviews of stories and artwork • Titles rated from zero to four stars–skip the clunkers, but don’t miss the hidden gems • Guidelines for age-appropriateness–from strictly mature to kid-friendly • Profiles of the biggest names in manga, including CLAMP, Osamu Tezuka, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others • The facts on the many kinds of manga–know your shôjo from your shônen • An overview of the manga industry and its history • A detailed bibliography and a glossary of manga terms LOOK NO FURTHER, YOU’VE FOUND YOUR IDEAL MANGA COMPANION!

Appropriate for any public library collection, this book provides a comprehensive readers' advisory guide for Japanese manga and anime, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua. Japanese manga and anime, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua are Asian graphic novels and animated films that have gained great popularity in the last ten years and now are found in most public library collections. Mostly Manga: A Genre Guide to Popular Manga, Manhwa, Manhua, and Anime is the first readers' advisory guide to focus on this important body of literature. This guide provides information on all of the major manga and anime formats and genres, covering publications from the early 1990s to the present. It identifies important titles historically and provides a broad representation of what is available in each format. Selected major titles are described in detail, covering the general plot as well as grade level and pertinent awards. The author also discusses common issues related to manga and anime, such as terminology, content and ratings, and censorship.

FICTION: "All In" by Peter Atwood; "How I Got Here" by Ramsey Shehadeh; "Belair Plaza" by Adam Corbin Fusco; "An Invitation Via Email" by Mike Allen; "Mainevermontnewhampshiremass" by Nick Mamatas; "The Stone-Hearted Queen" by Kelly Barnhill; "Ganaranok" by Rory Steves; "Evolution" by Karen Heuler; "Right You Are If You Say You Are" by Norman Spinrad. POETRY: "Fame" by F.J. Bergmann. SPECIAL FEATURE: Summer Reading Weirducopia! Featuring an excerpt from Stephen Hunt's new steampunk novel The Court of the Air. NONFICTION: Interview: Elizabeth Genco talks with Mike Mignola about Hellboy, Dracula, and the weird-pulp influence; Weirdism: Geoffrey H. Goodwin on the affinity between horror and music; Eric San Juan on surviving night terrors; Lost in Lovecraft: Kenneth Hite follows H.P.L. into Dreamland; The Cryptic: Darrell Schweitzer on legendary Scottish cannibalism; Harvey Pelican & Co.: special offers from the esoterica king; The Bazaar: mythic maskmaking; The Library: book reviews.