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Kinnukuman, a weak and clumsy super hero, constantly getting into wacky situations. As the series progressed, the story began changing from comedy to action as Kinnukuman battles stronger and stronger foes in the wrestling ring. The series continually introduced new Super Human characters, known as Choujins, who would challenge Kinnikuman and his friends for various purposes. (From Toriyama's World) Kinnikuman received the Shogakukan Manga Award for sh?nen manga in 1985.
One day Mami realizes that she has magical powers. Her mother also had those powers, as well as her grandmother. Mami slowly has to learn to live with her abilities, and she gets into a lot of trouble.
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One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z, Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed. Great Mazinger (Sequel) Mazinger Angel (Alternate Story) Shin Mazinger Zero (Alternate Story) UFO Robo Grendizer (Sequel) Z Mazinger (Alternate Story)
In the manga and anime, Tiger Mask (whose real name was Naoto Date) was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood. Feeling that he did not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger was inspired to be a heroic wrestler. The main antagonists in the manga and anime was Tiger's Cave, a mysterious organization that trained young people to be villainous heel wrestlers on the condition that they gave half of their earnings to the organization. Tiger Mask was once a member of Tiger's Cave but no longer wanted anything to do with them, instead donating his money to the orphanage. This infuriated the leader of the organization and he sent numerous assassins, including other professional wrestlers, to punish him. Most of the environment and characters were fictitious, but real-life pro wrestlers Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba were included in the manga and anime as well.
A young boy named Toshio and his friends, while exploring an abandoned factory, are taken captive by gangsters. Toshi unwittingly discovers a signal device that will summon the cyborg superhero Electric Man Arrow. Arrow comes to the rescue, and, after vanquishing the gangsters\' giant robot, entrusts Toshio with the signal device. However, the gangsters\' mysterious leader X Fighter learns of this and uses Toshio in his plot to frame Arrow for a string of deadly sabotages. When Arrow finally confronts X Fighter for an explosive showdown, the shadowy link between the two superhumans is finally revealed. In the final chapter of this volume, Arrow faces an entirely different sort of problem, what to do with a gigantic dinosaur that scientists have discovered deep below the earth.
The Kingdom of Swordland was reduced to ashes in a single night by a dragon that appeared out of nowhere. Princess Fiera, who lost her homeland and family before her very eyes, rises up to slay her sworn enemy, the calamity known as the "dragon," while bearing her brother's will and the unvoiced grief of the people on her still young shoulders!
"One day, let's conquer the Great Labyrinth. Just two of us, okay?" However, Teik wasn't blessed with the talent to become an explorer. He manifested the trash skill [Discard], which could only be used to 'discard' items the size of his palm. Branded useless by his party, Teik lived his hellish life, feeling completely lost. One day, Teik was unreasonably banished and abandoned by them while exploring the Great Labyrinth. But while awaiting his certain doom, his skill suddenly awakened into [Selection]. An abnormal skill that adds the status and skills of the enemies he defeats to his own…?! In order to fulfill the promise he once made, the boy must 'select' his own destiny...! An adventure story of his rise to glory, all for the dream that he couldn't ‘Discard’!
