Nihon Tanpen Manga Kessakushuu

A grand 6-volume compilation of the best short stories in shounen and seinen manga. Curated by Jun Ishikawa, Hisashi Eguchi, Tomofusa Kura, Haruyuki Nakano, Tomohiko Murakami, and Tatsuhiko Yamagami.

Volume 1, 1960s:

1. Rakuban (落盤) [Osamu Tezuka]

2. Dokuro ni Tanomu (どくろに頼む) [Masahiko Matsumoto]

3. Jinniku Kenjou (人肉献上) [Hiroshi Hirata]

4. Sensou (戦争) [Sanpei Shirato]

5. Junpaku no Yuuhi (純白の夕日) [Takao Saitou]

6. Higuma no Kaze (ひぐまの風) [Kyuuta Ishikawa]

7. Kijin Club (奇人クラブ) [Shoutaro Ishinomori]

8. Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景) [Yoshiharu Tsuge]

9. Ikinuki (いきぬき) [Yuusuke Aoyagi]

10. Kinryouku (禁猟区) [Ryoichi Ikegami]

Volume 2, late 1960s to 1970s:

1. Ku Ku Ru Ku Ku Paloma ク・ク・ル・ク・ク・パロマ [Shini Nagashima]

2. Youka Araune (妖花アラウネ) [Shigeru Mizuki]

3. Seventeen (セブンティーン) [Kazuhiko Miyaya]

4. Seventeen (セブンティーン) [Maki Sasaki]

5. Shinigami (死神) [Mitsuteru Yokoyama]

6. Hitler Ojisan (ひっとらぁ伯父さん) [Fujio Fujiko A]

7. Yuubae no Oka ni (夕映えの丘に) [Masaaki Sato]

8. Aru Ashika no Hanashi (あるあしかの話) [Tetsuya Chiba]

9. Shitsumon ga Arimasu (しつもんがあります) [Murasaki Yamada]

10. Karera (彼等) [Kuniko Tsurita]

11. Yakeppachi no Blues (焼けっぱちのブルース) [Toshihiko Yahagi as Daddy Goose]

Volume 3, 1970s:

1. Miyoko Asagaya Kibun (美代子阿佐ヶ谷気分) [Shinichi Abe]

2. Susumu-chan Dai-shock (ススムちゃん大ショック) [Go Nagai]

3. Yakou Toshi no Mirai (夜光都市のミライ) [Leiji Matsumoto]

4. Naojirou Aika (from Fuukyou Elegy) (直次郎哀歌) [Kaiji Kawaguchi]

5. Jigoku (地獄) [Yoshihiro Tatsumi]

6. Ryouki no Su (猟奇の巣) [Yukio Kawasaki]

7. Hebi no Ameyadori (ヘビの雨宿り) [Tadao Tsuge]

8. Ore wa Boro Boro (俺はぼろぼろ) [George Akiyama]

9. Autobike Shoujo (オートバイ少女) [Oji Suzuki]

10. Fuan no Ritsuzou (不安の立像) [Daijiro Morohoshi]

11. Shuugaku Ryokou (修学旅行) [Kazuo Kamimura]

12. Chikyuu Boueigun (地球防衛軍) [Tstuhiko Yamagami]

Volume 4, late 1970s to 1980s:

1. Lamp no Shita (らんぷの下) [Kei Ichinoseki]

2. Kagekiri Mori no Gin Harp (from Atagoul Monogatari) (影切り森の銀ハープ) [Hiroshi Masumura]

3. Tooi Yobi Koe (遠い呼び声) [Yukinobu Hoshino]

4. Milk ga Neji wo Mawasu Toki (ミルクがねじを回す時) [Yousuke Takahashi]

5. Koi (恋) [Noma Sabea]

6. Uchuusen Seizouhou (宇宙船製造法) [Fujio Fujiko F]

7. Chikyuu Boueigun wa Makenai (地球防衛軍は負けない) [Tatsuo Nitta]

8. Chiteijin (地底人) [Hisaichi Ishii]

9 Juunanasai no Mekake (十七歳の妾) [Keizo Miyanishi]

10. Tatsumaki wo Uru Otoko (たつまきを売る老人) [Hisashi Sakaguchi]

11. Rikidouzan ga Yattekita (力道山がやって来た) [Etsumi Haruki]

Volume 5, 1980s:

1. Bunkyuu Ninen no Bakuretsudan (文久二年の爆裂弾) [Yumekichi Minatoya]

2. Azemichi Road ni Sexy Neechan (あぜみちロードにセクシーねえちゃん) [Fumiko Takano]

3. Yakou (夜行) [Masayuki Izumi]

4. Yamamoto-san no Ojiisan no Baai (山本さんのおじいさんの場合) [Michio Hisauchi]

5. Watashi no Akachan (わたしの赤ちゃん) [Kenshi Hirokane]

6. Kira Kuyou (吉良供養) [Hinako Sugiura]

7. Kameotoko (亀男) [Kazuichi Hanawa]

8. Fire Tripper (炎トリッパー) [Rumiko Takahashi]

9. Sayonara Mr. Bunny (さよならMrバニー) [Naoki Urasawa]

10. Kyoko no Shiroi Mune (杏子の白い胸) [Jun Ishikawa]

11. Kita no Samurai (北のサムライ) [Jiro Taniguchi & Natsuo Sekikawa]

12. Denkita-san ga Antenna wo Tate ni Kita Hi (電器屋さんがアンテナを立てに来た日) [Mikio Igarashi]

Volume 6, 1990s to 2000s:

1. Hagane no Hito (鋼の人) [Sensha Yoshida]

2. Play It Again (プレイ イット アゲイン) [Gosho Aoyama]

3. Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (初恋・地獄篇) [Kyoko Okazaki]

4. SNOW BLIND [Shinichi Sugimura]

5. Aoi Kuruma (青い車) [Yoshitomo Yoshimoto]

6. Nihon no Kazoku (日本の家族) [Taiyo Matsumoto]

7. Shungeki no Kokuu (舜撃の虚空) [Kazuhiro Fujita]

8. Junpei (甚平) [Moribi Murano]

9. Okamoto Aya (岡本綾) [Hisashi Eguchi]

10. Waga Yoki Wolf (original story by Yasutaka Tsutsui) (わが良き狼) [Miki Tori]

11. Relief (リリーフ) [Mitsuru Adachi]

12. Kyuujitsu (休日) [Keigo Shinzo]