Sora Hiyodori, a housewife who's oddly familiar with machines and programming, went on a trip through space to deliver the ashes of her husband who passed away from illness to her mother-in-law. Accompanying her is her son Chuujirou, a robot installed with an AI.
Sora ni Mairu It is also Known as: 宙に参る, Into Space, Confronting S., 宙(そら)に参る
Genres: Space , Space Travel , Robot , Comedy , Adventure , Drama , Science Fiction , Seinen
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5. Terra e...
In the far future, humans have destroyed their homeplanet, Terra, by carelessly messing with the enviorement. In order to preserve the life of their homeland, Terra, humans have evacuated this world in order to spread life unto other planets. Humanity, now ruled by a super computer that controls the birth of children, sees the emergence of a new human race called the "Mu," whose telepathic powers have alarmed the System running all of humanity. The Mu, now hidden from the rest of humanity, have one dream, to return home, to Terra...
To Terra... has finished publishing and it has 28 Chapters. It is also Known as: 地球へ…, Toward the Terra..., Towards the Terra..., Terra he...
4. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
The story is staged in the distant future within our own Milky Way Galaxy, approximately in the 35th century. Unlike other science fiction stories, there are no alien civilizations. A portion of the galaxy is filled with terraformed worlds inhabited by interstellar traveling human beings. For 150 years two mighty space powers have intermittently warred with each other: the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance.
Within the Galactic Empire, based on 19th century Prussia, an ambitious military genius, Reinhard von Müsel, is rising to power. He is driven by the desire to free his sister Annerose, who was taken by the Kaiser as a concubine. Later, he wants not only to end the corrupt Goldenbaum dynasty but also to defeat the Free Planets Alliance and to unify the whole galaxy under his rule.
In the Free Planets Alliance is another genius, Yang Wen-li. He originally aspired to become a historian, and joined the military only because he needed money for tuition. He was rapidly promoted to an admiral because of his demonstrated excellence in military strategy. He becomes the archrival of Reinhard, though they highly respect one another.
As a historian, Yang often narrates the rich history of his world and comments on it. One of his famous quotes is: "There are few wars between good and evil; most are between one good and another good."
Besides the two main heroes, the story is full of vivid characters and intricate politics. All types of characters, from high nobility, admirals and politicians, to common soldiers and farmers, are interwoven into the story. There is a third neutral power nominally attached to the Galactic Empire called the Phezzan Dominion, a planet-state (city-state on a galactic scale) which trades with both warring powers. There is also a Terraism cult, which claims that humans should go back to Earth, gaining popularity throughout the galaxy. The story frequently switches away from the main heroes to the Unknown Soldier fighting for his life on the battlefield.
Contains 10 main volumes and 4 prequel volumes, as well as 5 uncollected short stories.
Volumes 1-10 are entitled: Dawn (黎明篇); Ambition (野望篇); Biding His Time (雌伏篇); Strategem (策謀篇); A Hero's Chance (風雲篇); Soaring High (飛翔篇); Great Upheaval (怒濤篇); Chaos (乱離篇); Resurgence of Power (回天篇); Sunset (落日篇) (unofficial English translations, edited by MAL)
Prequel Volumes 1-4 entitled: The Star Crusher (星を砕く者); Julian's Iserlohn Diary (ユリアンのイゼルローン日記); Hundred Billion Stars, Hundred Billion Lights (千億の星、千億の光); Spiral Labyrinth (螺旋迷宮)
Short Stories:
The Record of the Battle of Dagon (ダゴン星域会戦記)
The Silver Valley (白銀の谷)
Disgrace (汚名)
Morning's Dream, Evening's Song (朝の夢、夜の歌)
Golden Wings
Won Seiun Award (Japanese science fiction award voted by fans) for Best Novel of the Year 1988.
(Wikipedia)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes has finished publishing and it has 132 Chapters. It is also Known as: 銀河英雄伝説, LoGH, LotGH, GinEiDen
3. Robot
Robot is an all-color manga compilation compiled and edited by the elite manga artist Range Murata, character designer for Studio Gonzo's Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6. Murata's hand-picked contributors come together in a mind blowing experiment of what happens when top manga artists work in the unusual medium of color.
Included Stories:
Volume 1 only.
Super Color Comic: Robots 1: Works in Progress
Angels (KINUTANI Yuu)--Angels is a 9 page manga depicting a woman destroying some kind of machine in order to release "angels" - with unexpected results.
Angels at the Planetarium (TAJIMA Sho-u)
Biting Summer Play (MIURA Yasuto)
Carogna (ITOH Mami)
Clash! Revenge of Hunk Kung Fu vs. Ugly Kung Fu! Find a Groom! (NEKOI Mie)
Dragon Fly (MAESHIMA Shigeki)--In an future apocalyptic world the church once again has regained power, but not to do good, but to serve evil. Cloned priests, called "dragon fly" of the kirihito church use their power, however a shinigami has appeared to stop them and reclaim her past...
Dragon's Heaven (KOBAYASHI Makoto)
Dream of the Empty Cage (MIGGY)
Ebony & Ivory (YASUDA Suzuhito)
Eventyr (HACCAN)
Groundpass Drive (MURATA Range)
Hemohemo (YUG)
Moonlight (SANBE Kei)
Oputon (OKAMA)
A short oneshot about a girl dreaming of a oputon in her dream.
Pez (ASADA Hiroyuki)
Pez & Hot Strawberry
Picnic (NARUKO Hanaharu)
Primary Color Book (HAKUA Ugetsu)
Sedouka (NAGASAWA Shin)--Enraged over the slaughter of its cubs a mighty wolf kills and devours every human it comes across until a strange being suggests something a bit more brutal. By keeping a small child alive wars will rage and millions will die. The wolf would need a new body to guard the sickly girl and that body is named Juujirou.
There Goes Suzume Robo!! (SABE)
Wasteland (ABe Yoshitoshi)
Other artists (only):
Fujijun
WADA Rco
Imperial Boy
Robot has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: 村田蓮爾責任編集 「robot」, Straw, Unidentified Cycling Object, Super Color Comic: Robots 1: Works in Progress, Angels, Dragon Fly, Sedouka, Clash! Revenge of Hunk Kung Fu vs. Ugly Kung Fu!, Ebony & Ivory, Find a Groom!, Oputon, Picnic, Carogna
2. Kanata no Astra
What starts as a pleasant class trip to a planet five light-years away becomes a nightmare survival trip to get back home.
In the year 2063, interstellar space travel has become the norm. What sort of adventure awaits on the new frontier?
It's the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldn't be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship…
Astra Lost in Space has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彼方のアストラ, Kanata no Astra
1. Sidonia no Kishi
Outer space, the far future.
A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat.
Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.
Meticulously drawn, peppered with clipped humor, but also unusually attentive to plot and structure for the international cult favorite, Knights of Sidonia may be Tsutomu Nihei’s most accessible work to date even as it hits notes of tragic grandeur as a hopeless struggle for survival unfolds.
Knights of Sidonia has finished publishing and it has 78 Chapters. It is also Known as: シドニアの騎士, Knights of Cydonia, Cydonia no Kishi
