Summary: When four young orphans, Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura, first meet, their parents' bodies are being turned into dust. They are like zombies; devoid of all emotion. With no family, no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, the young teens decide that the first level of this new existence involves salvaging a gaming console, an old electric bass, and a charred wok from their former...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Makyo

Contents: The third gate of dreams.--Devadasi (Kif mix).--Chandan.--Drupak.--Shringara.--(alaap, gat, dub, om).--A curious yellow.--The second gate of dreams.--Shanti shanti.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Domination Recordings 1998

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Sanda, Makoto

Summary: "Giselle, the ancient secret Queen of Paris, finally tells the story of her youth. What fate befell her in years long past? Do her memories hold a clue about how she can avoid death? What can Ao do for her, as her apprentice -- or as her groom?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021

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Shinkai, Makoto

Summary: "Come Rain or Shine. The skies have reclaimed the Weather Maiden, and Hodaka is on the run! All Hodaka cares about is saving the girl who took his world by storm, but is he willing to tempt the fates to bring sunshine back into his life? In Weathering With You, Makoto Shinkai dives into topics like love and sacrifice to show how far one boy goes to protect the thing he loves most. This manga...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2021

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "After the assassination of King Sweyn and the execution of Askeladd, Thorfinn lost the object of his vengeane, his sense of purpose, and his freedom. Now a broken young man, he labors far from the battlefield, clearing a forest for his slave master's farm alongside the amiable Einar. But a sudden and brutal tragedy will shock Thorfinn out of his apathy, and force him to answer the question,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2014

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "Sigurd returns home to Iceland to face the horrible Halfdan, but a father and a king can only be as good as his word--a blessing he refuses to bestow to Sigurd without a fight. All the while, Gudrid joins Thorfinn and the crew on their journey to Thorfinn's childhood home, where Halfdan's presence looms mightily...However, with some help from fresh faces and promising volunteers, the day the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2021

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "Thorfinn's travels have taken him from Iceland to England, Denmark, the distant trading posts of the Byzantine Empire, and back home again. On the journey, he has amassed scars, losses, and sins to atone for, but also found strength in his friends, in his new wife, and in the dream that he's never let go, of a new land free of brutality and slavery. At last, the moment has come to set foot on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2022

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Shinkai, Makoto

Summary: "This is the story of Miyu, a woman who lives alone with her cat, Chobi. As Miyu navigates the world of adulthood, she discovers both the freedom and loneliness that come with living independently, and Chobi learns of the outside world through her actions. Time drifts slowly for Miyu and her cat, but the harsh realities of the world soon catch up"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2017

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Sanda, Makoto

Summary: "Giselle and her comrades fight to get Ao back, but they struggle to get past Flamme's Albert and Pain's fierce resistance. Meanwhile, Ao wanders the depths of his memories and the past he'd forgotten is finally resorted to him. Lost beneath deep stagnant waters, the black painting Ao created so long ago is trying to blot out the world" -- from publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2023

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Sanda, Makoto

Summary: Flamme spreads a curse that turns an alchemist's pride into binding shackles. Giselle and Ao make for Tour Maine-Montparnasse, hoping to find the source of this devastating magic. Facing Albert atop that modern steel tower, will Ao be able to find and rewrite the curse?!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2023

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Sanda, Makoto

Summary: "Not long into his new life, Ao meets a mysterious man named Albert, and is taken by his cheery, laid-back attitude and altruism. But Albert is not what he seems!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: Graphic Novel. At the turn of the 11th century, the North Sea is in the grip of the Viking terror. The clever Askeladd leads his small band of mercenaries into London, with the aid of the ruthless young Thorfinn, son of a warrior in the dreaded Jomsvikings. But this is an alliance of convenience: Thorfinn has sworn to kill Askeladd one day to avenge his father's death. When a race begins to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2014

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: As Canute plots to become ruler of the entire Danish world, Thorfinn's only ambition is to see a harvest profitable enough to buy his own life back. But the fates of prince and slave will come together once again, as Canute plans to seize Ketil Farm from its kindhearted master. What sinister tricks does the have up his sleeve, and could they dash Thorfinn's hopes for freedom? Meanwhile, Einar's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2015

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "Free at last, Thorfinn sets off on an expedition to Vinland, to establish a place free of war and slavery. In an effort to fund his project, Thorfinn visits Iceland where Halfdan, a wealthy man who shared a dark history with his late father, awaits. Meanwhile, the marriage between Halfdan's son Sigurd and Leif's relative Gudrid are well under way, but Gudrid dreams of becoming a sailor, not a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2016

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Sanda, Makoto

Summary: "The alchemist communes of Paris vie to gain influence over Giselle. While they clash, the resistance group Flamme pulls on the strings that connect them, sowing chaos. Giselle and Ao care deeply for each other, but they are being steered by the hand of fate. The game in which the legendary dragon of Paris and her chosen groom are entwined is about to begin."--Page [4] of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021

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Shinkai, Makoto

Summary: A collection of four interrelated, stream-of-consciousness short stories follows women and their cat companions as they explore the frailty of life, the pain of isolation, and the limits of communication.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022

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Shinkai, Makoto

Summary: "Mitsuha, a high school girl living in a rural town deep in the mountains, has a dream that she is a boy living an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy living in Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As they realize they are changing places, their encounter sets the cogs of fate into motion."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen On 2017

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: In a gambit to become the power behind the Danish and English thrones, Askeladd has taken the prince, Canute, and plunged deep into a winter storm behind enemy lines. Canute's father, King Sweyn, gives him up for dead in his haste to suppress English resistance. But Askeladd's small band can't outrun the tenacious maniac Thorkell forever, and when the warriors finally clash, a storm of sweat...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2014

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "His army starving for resources, King Canute schemes to confiscate Ketil's farm. Ketil and his sons become fugitives, barely escaping the capital aboard Leif Ericson's ship, but Canute follows in pursuit with his best men. Upon Ketil's return, he finds his beloved slave Arnheid has helped her former husband, a runaway who has killed many of Ketil's bodyguards, escape. Beset by betrayal on all...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2015

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "Thorfinn and his crew are on their way to Greece, the first leg of their expedition to Vinland. Having landed near Bergen, in Norway, Thorfinn is attacked by a bear, only to be saved by a fierce huntress name Hild. While sharing a meal together, Hild recounts how her village and family were massacred many years ago-- a story Thorfinn knows quite intimately. Now Thorfinn must face Hild and his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2017

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Yukimura, Makoto

Summary: "After months of hard labor as a farm slave, Thorfinn begins to realize what his father meant by the words, "A true warrior needs no sword." Perhaps he can find a new purchase on life in the mysterious land he heard tell of in his childhood: the continent to the west known as Vinland" -- Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2018

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