Adult Manga Core collection List
As a staff, we’ve considered nominations, voted, and created a series of recommended core title lists. These are the titles and series that we believe belong on all library shelves. Some are the most popular, others classics of the format, and some the most engaging titles for both fans of graphic novels and new comics readers.
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20th Century Boys
Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it ...
Akira
Akira is set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of 2019, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated ...
Blade of the Immortal
A cursed, seemingly immortal warrior aids a young girl in her quest for revenge, as the students of a brutal new ...
Drifting Classroom
Out of nowhere, an entire school vanishes, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground. While parents mourn and ...
Emma: A Victorian Romance
Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an ...
Ghost in the Shell
Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the ...
Golden Kamuy
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager ...
Helter Skelter
If you are aware of fashion in Japan you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years she has been at the ...
Lone Wolf and Cub
A samurai epic of staggering proportions, the acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub begins its second life at Dark Horse ...
Maison Ikkoku
Yusaku Godai didn’t get accepted into college on the first try, so he’s studying to retake the entrance exams. But ...
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her ...
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
Shigeru Mizuki is the preeminent figure of Gekiga manga and one of the most famous working cartoonists in Japan ...
Ôoku: The Inner Chambers
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within ...
Push Man and Other Stories
Legendary cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the grandfather of alternative manga for the adult reader. Predating the ...
solanin
Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is ...
Tekkonkinkreet
Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. ...
Tokyo Ghoul
Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in ...
Uzumaki
Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn ...
Vagabond
At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young ...
Vinland Saga
As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the ...
Way of the HouseHusband
He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him ...
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Shiro Kakei, lawyer by day and gourmand by night, lives with his boyfriend, Kenji Yabuki, an out-going salon ...