Matsumoto Taiyou

Book compiling art and oneshots showcased at the "Moshimo, Tokyo" exhibition. Contains a different oneshot by Inio Asano to the one titled "Moshimo, Tokyo".

The manga will tell stories of those without names buried by history.

Tribute anthologies to Shigesato Itoi’s famous RPG MOTHER. Pollyanna brings together 35 manga artists and creators who love the game to create everything from serious entries to jokes, long-form pieces, drawings, and pixel art. Each creator poured their own unique love for MOTHER into the book, creating a truly special result. Shigesato Itoi also contributed to the book himself, creating a hand-drawn map for the overarching MOTHER series. The book also includes a bonus sticker sheet attached to the binding. Pollyanna 2 brings together another 40 creators for a 2nd amazing book. Pollyanna 2 Links: Official Page Amazon Japan

A requiem for the anguished, lost, and wandering in life over 50. With Japan entering a new era, the story centers on Shiozawa, a former manga editor for a major publisher. After going into early retirement, he now finds himself wondering about what the world of manga means to him: is it work, a form of expression, or friendship?

The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris contains more than just the most famous works of art in history. At night, within its darkened galleries, an unseen and surreal world comes alive—a world witnessed only by the small family of cats that lives in the attic. Until now… Official English

The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak everyday lives. Official English Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 2016

A compilation of noteable submissions to the Afternoon Four Seasons Awards from 1987 to 2000 from major artists from when they were still newcomers. Note: Do not confuse this for the Afternoon Four Seasons Awards CHRONICLE 1987-2000 Selections from 2013, which cut 23 of the 48 oneshots but still spread the remaining 25 across 4 seasonal volumes. Chapters: Spring: 1​. Tsuchida Seiki - Miseinen (1987 Four Seasons Prize) 2\. Takahashi Tsutomu - GOTAVOICE (1987 Spring Semi-Winner) 3\. Matsumoto Taiyou - STRAIGHT (1987 Autumn Semi-Winner) 4\. Irie Noriko - Neko no Te Kashimasu (1987 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 5\. Ohtagaki Yasuo - Ronin Heartbreak! (1988 Summer Honorable Mention) 6\. Sudou Masumi - Shounen-ou ni Shiroi Kumo (1988 Autumn Semi-Winner) 7\. Akizuki Risu - Oku-sama Shinkaron (1988 Autumn Honorable Mention) 8\. Nakayama Masaaki - Ridatsu (1988 Winter Semi-Winner) 9\. Arai Hideki - 8-gatsu no Hikari (1989 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 10\. Hiromoto Sinichi - Western Carnival (1989 Summer Honorable Mention) 11\. Enomoto Shunji - Golden Lucky (1989 Autumn Honorable Mention) 12\. King Gonta - A Mess on a Weekend (1989 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 13\. Irie Kiwa - Haikibun! Sakanahime (1989 Winter Four Seasons Prize) 14\. Hiramatsu Minoru - Ma, Ikka! (1989 Winter Honorable Mention) 15\. Aoki Yuuji - Higan to Shigan no Ma De (1990 Semi-Winner) 16\. Taguchi Masayuki - Shouteki Ningen (1990 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 17\. Sugawara Masayuki - Home Range (1991 Summer Semi-Winner) 18\. Matoba Ken - Mei Tantei ni Hanarenai keredo (1991 Summer Semi-Winner) 19\. Yasuda Hiroyuki - MOZOO (1991 Autumn Honorable Mention) 20\. Oda Hideji - Sakana (1991 Winter Honorable Mention) Summer: 21\. Matsunaga Toyokazu - Killing Paranoia (1992 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 22\. Ohara Shinji - Boku wa Otouto (1993 Spring Four Seasons Grand Prize) 23\. Kuwahara Shinya - YOKO vs (1993 Spring Four Seasons Prize) 24\. Samura Hiroaki - Mugen no Juunin (1993 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 25\. Kuroda Iou - Ka, Nanten, Kuma (1993 Autumn Four Seasons Grand Prize) 26\. Toume Kei - KUROGANE (1993 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 27\. Igarashi Daisuke - Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi & Imada Fuyu (1993 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 28\. Yoshikai Kanji - Kodoku no Oto (1993 Winter Semi-Winner) 29\. Ashinano Hitoshi - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1994 Spring Four Seasons Prize) 30\. Komai Yuu - Sonna Yatsua Inee!! (1994 Spring Honorable Mention) Autumn: 31\. Aramaki Keiko - GENOMES (1994 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 32\. Kio Shimoku - Ten no Ryouiki (1994 Summer Four Seasons Prize) 33\. Abe Yoshitoshi - Ame no Furu Basho (1994 Summer Semi-Winner) 34\. Kiba Kouichi - JAGUA (1995 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 35\. Nihei Tsutomu - BLAME (1995 Summer Special Prize) 36\. Endou Hiroki - Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko dakara (1995 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 37\. Kitoh Mohiro - Vendémiaire no Migite (1995 Autumn Semi-Winner) 38\. Asada Torao - Spoonman 3.18 (1996 Autumn Four Seasons Grand Prize) 39\. Wakana Shouhei - Kamen Tenshi (1996 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 40\. Shinemon - Lunch no B (1996 Summer Honorable Mention) Winter: 41\. Hayashida Q - Sofa-chan (1997 Autumn Semi-Winner) 42\. Kimura Kon - Koube Zaijuu (1997 Winter Four Seasons Prize) 43\. Shinofusa Rokuro - Yasashii Kodomo no Tsukurikata (1997 Spring Honorable Mention) 44\. Higuchi Asa - Yuku Tokoro (1998 Spring Four Seasons Prize) 45\. Manabe Shohei - Yuuutsu Suberidai (1998 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 46\. Urushibara Yuki - Mushishi (1998 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 47\. Kumakura Takatoshi - Gurade (1999 Summer Semi-Winner) 48\. Toyoda Minoru - Love Roma (2002 Spring Four Seasons Grand Prize) Selected Descriptions: Kio Shimoku - Ten no Ryouiki A brief insight into the life of a young graduate student looking for work who finds himself in bed with a mysterious girl he has never seen before. Abe Yoshitoshi - Ame no Furu Basho Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. Kiba Kouichi - JAGUAR As a woman is returning home one night, she runs into a man who was just in a car crash. As he's dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. Hayashida Q - Sofa-chan Hayashida Q's debut work about a female couch spirit. See Also: MDList of Afternoon Four Seasons Award–winning oneshots blog post covering this series Wikipedia article about this series Wikipedia article about the contest, including a list of winners

Book with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002. Content: Otomo Katsuhiro - Cover Illustration Inoue Takehiko - I love this game Kamijo Atsushi - Kaerenai ko hito (Those Who Will Never Return) About a girl name Tchie as she reminsces the time she had with her two best friends. Matsumoto Taiyou - Mie ken no shounen «Mizugame 3» - Lust for Life Tajima Sho-u (Gorilla Kick), Obata Takeshi (Morning Kong) and Asada Hiroyuki (Utan Chop) About a tale of a football shoes as it is used/travelled from one user to the next. Illust Gallery Araki Hirohiko Yazawa Ai Yamada Yoshihiro Nishimura Shinobu Okano Reiko Kusumoto Maki - Netsu Yoshino Sakumi - GOAL!! François Boucq - Sekai wa mawaru Yasuhiko Yoshikazu - Bateren: \<Journey to Western Europe - Prologue> (南蛮西遊記序章, Bateren: Nanban Saiyuuki Josho). This one-shot is the prelude to an tale of alternate history where Amakusa Shiro Tokisada survives the Shimabara Rebellion, and arrives in Spain in seek of aid for Japanese Christians. penthon - A fantastic dream Nicolas de Crécy - Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-à-Mousson Frédéric Boilet - 2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP Nicolas de Crécy - Soccer no dendou Yokoyama Hiroshi - Robot Battle VI D\[di:] - Fire Star Man Taniguchi Jiro - Fuka Emile Bravo - Shinpan wa 12 hitome no senshu! Max Cabanne - Penalty area Kuroda Iou - Schweitzer Terada Katsuya - Box! Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten - Young Soon Yang - Gyoubu Ippei - football image visual Source: MangaUpdates

The story follows a family of mask-makers and their reclusive son who has completely shut himself off from the world…

In a world that has become 70% harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the International Peace Keeping Forces, a team of super-powered global security guardians, have a growing crisis on their hands. No. 5, one of their own and known within the council as their top marksman, has left his post and gone rogue. It's up to the other guardians to track him down–but No. 5, with his mysterious companion Matroshka, won't go down without a fight. Official English

Yuki Tachibana, a withdrawn third grader, is convinced that the fourth floor of his school is home to supernatural creatures that few kids (and no adults) can see and he's worried about a recent influx of new, less friendly creatures and about his ability to perceive the true shape of things waning as he gets older. Most of the other kids mock Yuki - they think he's crazy due to his strange pronouncements and peculiar actions - and, aside from the creatures he sees, his only social interactions are with the school's kindly and open-minded caretaker, a new transfer student named Makoto Suzuki who's allocated the desk next to his and an enigmatic boy named IQ who always wears a box over his head.

The sport of table tennis by Taiyo Matsumoto! High school students and childhood friends Tsukimoto (Smile) and Hoshino (Peco), in the midst of their adolescence, run through the cold and cool world of "sports"! Since their elementary school days when they played table tennis at Tamura in front of the station, Hoshino, who is a genius, always does whatever he wants including skipping club activities. One day, again, he skipped club activities. Tsukimoto is ordered by his senpai to "bring Hoshino to the club"...

A short oneshot about the effects of time travel on Nobita from Doraemon.

Collection of miscellaneous short stories.

Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment? Surreal manga influenced by European comics.

This dark and intense drama is set in a boy's high school where Kujo becomes the official leader of a gang. Kujo must constantly defend his position by playing a dangerous rooftop game with the other boys vying for his position. This manga has also been made into a film which has shown in various festivals throughout the world.

Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school. He despises his father Hanao (who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and a kid at heart, infatuated with the sport of baseball. Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father, and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father).

Goshima is a boxer who has held the world championship title for years and never once lost a match - thus earning himself the nickname 'Zero'. His coach, Araki, describes him as 'a flower that blooms only within the ring'. But with his 30th birthday approaching, everyone begins to question Goshima's worth. Thus he decides to look for the ultimate opponent to give him his final match.

A baseball manga about Araragi and Amakusa, two genius rookies on the Osaka Tigers who are exact opposites. Taiyo Matsumoto's first serialized work.

A picture book written by Tanikawa Shuntarou and illustrated by Matsumoto Taiyou.

Early one New Year's morning, the rounin Senou Souichirou appears in Edo's Katagi tenements. Initially, the inhabitants regard him with fear and suspicion: Kankichi, the carpenter's son, thinks he may not be human; the neighborhood cats remark that he reeks of blood. But soon Souichirou pawns his sword, and, with a bamboo replica at his waist, settles down to a quiet life as the neighborhood school-teacher. Months pass, and all appears to be well. But trouble will not leave the Katagi tenements alone … Won the 15th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize in 2011