Other and Alternative Manga

This list contains both manga series and standalone volumes that don't conform to one of the four major established editorial categories of manga -- shōnen, shōjo, josei and seinen. Many of these titles are one-off publications that weren't included in a major magazine. Expect the unexpected with this collection!

This list also includes some manhwa titles -- manga-inspired books created in Korea.

Updated July 8, 2024
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Chugong
Paper Book
Known as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung's contribution to raids amounts to trying not to get killed. Unfortunately, between his mother's hospital bills, his sister's tuition, and his own lack of job prospects, he has no choice but to continue to put his life on the line...
Betwixt : stories
Conrad, Michael W.
Paper Book
All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito! All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito! Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for...
Gandhi : [online electronic book] a manga biography.
Ebine, Kazuki
Ebook
Through his quietly powerful leadership and influential use of nonviolent resistance in India's struggle against the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi became one of the most revered figures of the modern era. While history has recorded Gandhi's words and deeds, the man himself has been eclipsed by maxims...
Deserter
Ito?, Junji
Paper Book
An ever-increasing malice. A mind-numbing terror. The seeds of horror are sown in this collection of Junji Ito's earliest works. A vengeful family hides an army deserter for eight years after the end of World War II, cocooning him in a false reality where the war never ended. A...
The liminal zone
Ito?, Junji
Paper Book
Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares! What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a "weeping woman"--a professional mourner--sobbing inconsolably at a...
Shiver : [graphic novel] selected stories.
Ito, Junji, 1963-
Paper Book
A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga. This volume includes nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary.  An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a...
Tombs : Junji Ito story collection
Ito?, Junji
Paper Book
Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito invites you to the horrific Tomb Town and beyond. Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito invites you to the horrific Tomb Town and beyond. Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre...
Shuna's journey
Miyazaki, Hayao
Paper Book
Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a...
Hiroaki Samura's Emerald and other stories
Samura, Hiroaki.
Paper Book
Blade of the Immortal creator Hiroaki Samura is always in demand, and Dark Horse's new anthology Hiroaki Samura's Emerald and Other Stories collects seven powerful tales from the manga maestro that have appeared in Afternoon, Quick Japan, Flapper, and other Japanese magazines. In the...
The sky is blue with a single cloud
Tsurita, Kuniko
Paper Book
The work of a visionary and iconoclastic feminist cartoonist--available in English for the first time The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud collects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita's remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are...
Talk to my back
Yamada, Murasaki
Paper Book
A celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists. "Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately. Set in an apartment...

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