Manga, or Japanese comics, have been around for years, but have only recently exploded onto the mainstream scene. Once hard to find, manga is now readily available almost everywhere, and even has its own section in most major bookstores. Whether you're a long time fan of manga, or just want to stop by and see what all the buzz is about, there's something for you in the manga library, located in the Anime Alley. The best part is, our manga library is free to all Gen Con attendees! Stop by any time the library is open (add hours if you can) and check out our extensive catalog, or ask the volunteers for recommendations. Make a selection and hand over your Gen Con badge to the manga librarian, and enjoy your manga in our comfortable and quiet library lounge for as long as you like. Return your manga to retrieve your badge, or to select another manga title. The manga library is a great place to decompress for a few minutes or a few hours at Gen Con, and get your anime fix.
Manga, or Japanese comics, have been around for years, but have only recently exploded onto the mainstream scene. Once hard to find, manga is now readily available almost everywhere, and even has its own section in most major bookstores. Whether you're a long time fan of manga, or just want to stop by and see what all the buzz is about, there's something for you in the manga library, located in the Anime Alley. The best part is, our manga library is free to all Gen Con attendees! Stop by any time the library is open (add hours if you can) and check out our extensive catalog, or ask the volunteers for recommendations. Make a selection and hand over your Gen Con badge to the manga librarian, and enjoy your manga in our comfortable and quiet library lounge for as long as you like. Return your manga to retrieve your badge, or to select another manga title. The manga library is a great place to decompress for a few minutes or a few hours at Gen Con, and get your anime fix.
Manga, or Japanese comics, have been around for years, but have only recently exploded onto the mainstream scene. Once hard to find, manga is now readily available almost everywhere, and even has its own section in most major bookstores. Whether you're a long time fan of manga, or just want to stop by and see what all the buzz is about, there's something for you in the manga library, located in the Anime Alley. The best part is, our manga library is free to all Gen Con attendees! Stop by any time the library is open (add hours if you can) and check out our extensive catalog, or ask the volunteers for recommendations. Make a selection and hand over your Gen Con badge to the manga librarian, and enjoy your manga in our comfortable and quiet library lounge for as long as you like. Return your manga to retrieve your badge, or to select another manga title. The manga library is a great place to decompress for a few minutes or a few hours at Gen Con, and get your anime fix.
Manga, or Japanese comics, have been around for years, but have only recently exploded onto the mainstream scene. Once hard to find, manga is now readily available almost everywhere, and even has its own section in most major bookstores. Whether you're a long time fan of manga, or just want to stop by and see what all the buzz is about, there's something for you in the manga library, located in the Anime Alley. The best part is, our manga library is free to all Gen Con attendees! Stop by any time the library is open (add hours if you can) and check out our extensive catalog, or ask the volunteers for recommendations. Make a selection and hand over your Gen Con badge to the manga librarian, and enjoy your manga in our comfortable and quiet library lounge for as long as you like. Return your manga to retrieve your badge, or to select another manga title. The manga library is a great place to decompress for a few minutes or a few hours at Gen Con, and get your anime fix.
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, had it all: incredible skill at his work, a rich and beautiful fiancee, and a promising career at his hospital. However, after becoming disenchanted by hospital politics, he chose to save the life of a young boy who got shot in the head over the life of the mayor. As a result he lost the support of the hospital director, as well as his position in the hospital and his fiance. A short time later, the hospital director and the doctors that replaced him were murdered, and once again he was catapulted back onto the top. But as the chief suspect of the murders, Tenma did not get a easy life. As a matter of fact, it seems that the boy he saved was much more than he had appeared to be... Now to clear his name and to correct his past mistake, Tenma must get to the bottom of these and other murders, and investigate the truth of the Monster who is behind all of this.
Since Hiro Hiyorimi's parents died, he and his sister Sawawa have lived apart. Now, Sawawa has gotten a new job as the caretaker of a creepy old mansion, and has sent Hiro a letter asking him to come and stay there with her. Finding the mansion boarded up and apparently empty, Hiro wanders around town looking for Sawawa. Instead, he runs into the new resident of the mansion, and ends up pushing her out of the way of some falling steel beams. Unfortunately, he loses his own life in the process. Luckily, or perhaps unluckily, the person he thought he saved turns out to be the princess of the monsters, and she grants him a second life...but only for as long as he will be her servant.
Beauty is the Beast. While a photographer is investigating a mysterious castle, he discovers a captivating young girl who's been trapped there for years&as a vampire. Unknowingly, he frees her and ensnares them both in a struggle for power among the undead and other dark forces that combat them. With the girl's peaking vampire powers, alluring beauty and uncontrollable personality, she has been unleashed upon the world.
After scaling Mt. Everest, mountain climbing partners Saruwatari Gorou and "Lostman" Jack F. Woodbridge see the ISA Space Station, and each vows to make the trek into outerspace. When Helium 3, a new energy source, is discovered on the moon, NASA forms a new project named "Nexus" to harness that energy for use on earth. This is the story of the two and the paths they take to see their dream become a reality in the quest to harness the next-generation energy source.
In the land of Foreland a coup d'état has occurred and the princess, after witnessing the death of the King, is on the run. She meets with battle-hungry bounty hunter Falis, and with a twist of fate they both switch souls, making Alita the maid of the now princess Falis. Named for her bravery in confronting the enemy as 'Murder Princess', Falis must continue to be the princess as well as confronting any new opponent that comes to her way.
They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are unknown to many and only a limited number of humans are aware of them. Ginko is a "Mushi-shi" who travels around to investigate and find out more about the "Mushi". In the process, he also lends a helping hand to people who face problems with supernatural occurances which may be related to the "Mushi".