WAbandon the Old in Tokyo is a collection of gekiga short stories by manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. It collects eight stories by Tatsumi from 1970, which were serialized in various manga magazines including Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Garo, and was published by Drawn & Quarterly on August 1, 2006. The manga won the 2007 Harvey Award for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material, sharing it with the first volume of Tove Jansson's Moomin. It was also nominated for the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books.
WAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater is a Japanese manga anthology consisting of three tankōbon volumes released between 1983 and 1997 that collect several one-shots written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. The stories were originally published in various Shueisha magazines between 1978 and 1994.
WAuthor's Pet is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Deathco Cotorino. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on August 26, 2008.
WAwaken Forest is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuna Aoi published by Taiyoh Tosho on March 15, 2006. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on May 6, 2009.
WBlack Knight is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kai Tsurugi. It is licensed in North America by Blu Manga, the boys love division of Tokyopop, which released the four volumes between July 2006 and February 2009.
WThe Black Museum is Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It is an anthology of dark fantasy stories in a British setting. Two stories, Springald and Springald Ibun: Mother Goose, were published in Kodansha's Morning from May to August 2007, and collected in a single tankōbon volume. Another story, The Ghost and the Lady, was published in Morning from November 2014 to June 2015, and collected in two tankōbon volumes. In North America, Kodansha USA licensed The Black Museum: The Ghost and the Lady for English language release.
WBlue Spring is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It is an anthology collection of short stories, all revolving around teenage boys at high school and the lives they live. A live action film adaptation was released in 2001. The manga was licensed for English-language release by Viz Media.
WBōken Shōnen (冒険少年) is a manga series of short stories by Mitsuru Adachi which appeared about once a year in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original between 1998 and 2006. The title translates to "Adventure Boys." All seven stories deal with grown men, each dealing with some aspect of his past. Some of the stories have slight fantasy elements to them, while others use flashbacks. The only common feature is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past.
WCan't Win With You! is a Japanese manga written by Satosumi Takaguchi and illustrated by Yukine Honami. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga's three bound volumes through its imprint, Juné, between August 15, 2007 and March 11, 2008. The manga is licensed in Germany as High School Nights by Tokyopop Germany. Houbunsha releases the manga three tankōbon volumes between April 2003 and April 28, 2004.
WA Capable Man is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hinako Takanaga.
WCigarette Girl is a Japanese short story manga collection written and illustrated by Masahiko Matsumoto. Matsumoto originally wrote the stories for several magazines from 1972 to 1974. Seirinkogeisha collected and published these stories on September 20, 2009. Top Shelf licensed the manga in North America in 2010, publishing it on May 24, 2016. The manga has also been published in France by Cambourakis and in Spain by Gallo Nero. The French edition was nominated at the 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival for "Best Heritage Comic".
WCut is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Toko Kawai. It was serialized in Biblos's magazine, Magazine Be x Boy, finishing at 5 chapters. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on March 25, 2009. It is licensed in France as Juste au Coin de la Rue by Taifu Comics. Biblos released the manga on March 10, 2003.
WThe Devil's Secret is a Boys Love manga by the Japanese manga artist Hinako Takanaga, who also authored Little Butterfly, Challengers and The Tyrant Falls in Love. It is licensed in English by 801 Media and in German by Tokyopop Germany.
WA Drunken Dream and Other Stories is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Moto Hagio, collecting a variety of her short stories originally from 1970 to 2007.
WFour Shōjo Stories is a shōjo manga anthology released by Viz Media in February 1996. It contains two stories by Keiko Nishi, and one each by Moto Hagio and Shio Satō. This was one of the earliest shōjo titles released in English in North America.
WFragments of Horror is a Japanese horror anthology manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It was serialized in Nemuki between April 2013 and February 2014 as seven separate short stories, with an eighth being added for the tankōbon release. Viz Media published it in North America under its Viz Signature imprint. The Junji Ito Collection anime anthology, which premiered in January 2018, adapts several stories from Fragments of Horror.
WFuture Lovers is a yaoi manga series by Saika Kunieda. The first volume was published in Japan under the Japanese title "未来の記憶" in 2002 by Biblos. The second volume was published in Japan under the Japanese title "風の行方" in 2004 by Biblos. Libre Shuppan reprinted both volumes into one complete collected volume titled "未来の記憶/風の行方" in 2008. Aurora Publishing licensed the series for an English language release in North America in 2008. Aurora released both volumes under their yaoi manga imprint "Deux Press" as a two volume series under the title Future Lovers. The first volume was published in September 2008, and the second volume was published in March 2009. The English release contains an unrelated story by the same author, Winter Rabbit.
WGlass Sky is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Yugi Yamada. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its June imprint, on December 12, 2007.
WGlass Wings is a one-shot manga anthology by Misuzu Asaoka. Kadokawa Shoten originally published it in Japan on December 17, 2003 under the Asuka Comics label. Tokyopop released it in the United States on February 7, 2006. In 2005, they also released it in Germany under the title Der Prinz mit den gläsernen Schwingen. Asaoka noted that she prefers her character designs to look both attractive and intelligent, and that she put more effort into developing some characters' bodies than their faces. Glass Wings has received several primarily negative reviews from Western critics.
WGood-Bye is a collection of gekiga short stories by manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. It collects nine stories by Tatsumi from 1971 to 1972. Drawn & Quarterly published the manga in North America on June 1, 2008, with Adrian Tomine as editor and designer. The manga was nominated for the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books.
WHate to Love You is a yaoi manga by Makoto Tateno and published by Ohzora Publishing. It has been published in English by Aurora Publishing and in German by Egmont Manga & Anime.
WHatsuinu is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Inu about a series of short hentai stories but "The Strange Kind of Woman" story continues throughout the three volumes. Issuisya has released the 22 chapters of the manga into three bound volumes between April 22, 2006 and July 11, 2008. The manga was adapted into two original video animation series, named Hatsuinu The Animation and Hatsuinu 2 The Animation - Strange Kind of Womans ~again~, respectively.
WHeavenly Body is a yaoi manga anthology by Takashi Kanzaki and published by Daitosha. It is licensed in English by Aurora Publishing, which released the manga in August 2008.
WHenshin no News is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Natsujikei Miyazaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two from May 2009 to December 2012, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.
WKajiba no Baka IQ is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Shunji Enomoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from January 2013 to September 2014, when the magazine ceased its publication, and continued its publication directly in tankōbon format. Shogakukan released three volumes.
WKazuhiro Fujita Short Stories is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita and published by Shogakukan. The first collection, Yoru no Uta, contains five stories and was released in July 1995. The second collection, Akatsuki no Uta, contains four stories and was released in February 2004.
WKoyoharu Gotouge's Short Stories is a Japanese anthology manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge and published by Shueisha. It features four one-shot stories published between 2013 and 2015.
WLove Quest is a Japanese boys love manga written and illustrated by Lily Hoshino. It was released in English by Yen Press in October 2008.
WLovers in the Night is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. Biblos released the manga in March 1999. Libre Publishing obtained the license in 2007 and released its own volume on January 4, 2007.
WThe Mammoth Book of Best New Manga is edited by ILYA. The book contains works by a variety of artists. The first book was released in North America by Running Press on 3 December 2006. It was licensed by Carroll & Graf Publishers before it was phased out by parent company, Perseus Books Group. The second book was released in the United Kingdom by Constable & Robinson on 25 October 2005. The third book was released in the United Kingdom by Constable & Robinson on 6 November 2008 and in North America by Running Press on 1 December 2008.
WMassive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It is a 2014 manga anthology edited by Anne Ishii, Chip Kidd, and Graham Kolbeins, and published by Fantagraphics Books. Collecting works from Gengoroh Tagame, Jiraiya, and numerous other artists, it is the first English-language anthology of gay manga.
WMermaid Saga is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It consists of 9 stories told in 16 chapters irregularly published in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Zōkan and Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1984 to 1994.
WMy Only King is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lily Hoshino. It was released in English by Digital Manga Publishing on March 15, 2006.
WNickelodeon is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Seiman Douman. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from September 2010 to August 2014, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.
WNot Enough Time is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shoko Hidaka . It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on July 25, 2007. It is licensed in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press and in Germany by Carlsen Verlag.
WPetit Apple Pie is an 18-volume bishōjo lolicon manga anthology series published by Animage Comics from November 10, 1982 to March 10, 1987. The first volume was released under the name Bishōjo Manga Best Anthology , before the series was renamed to Petit Apple Pie with the original title as a subtitle.
WThe Push Man and Other Stories is a collection of gekiga short stories by manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. It collects sixteen stories by Tatsumi which were serialized in the manga magazine Gekiga Young as well as in self-published dōjinshi magazines in 1969. Drawn & Quarterly collected the stories and published them on September 1, 2005. In 2006, the manga was nominated for the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection and the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
WRed Blinds the Foolish is a Japanese yaoi manga written and illustrated by est em. Initially serialized in Mellow Mellow, the individual chapters were published in a single tankōbon volume by Ohzora Publishing in January 2008. The volume also includes some one-shots, including "Baby, stamp your foot" and "Tempos extra", that were originally published in the gay men's manga magazine Gekidan.
WRobo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Toranosuke Shimada. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two from July 2018 to June 2019, with its chapters collected in two wideban volumes.
WRumic Theater , or Rumiko Takahashi Anthology , is a Japanese manga collective composed of short stories written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine since 1987.
WRumic World , can refer either to a series of short manga stories written by Rumiko Takahashi or to a series of original video animations (OVAs) based on those stories. Rumic World was later reprinted in Japan as Rumiko Takahashi Masterpiece Collection , and released in English by Viz Media as Rumic World Trilogy. Most of the stories are comedies. The OVAs were released in North American and United Kingdom by Central Park Media and Manga Entertainment.
WSeduce Me After the Show is a Boys' Love manga by est em released in English by Aurora Publishing in April 2008. It will be republished in English by Digital Manga. It was released in French as Tango by Editions H. Seduce Me After the Show contains five short stories set in the artistic worlds of dance, painting, and music. Rachel Matt Thorn, est em's former teacher, retranslated the work prior to its publication. The author has said that she drew the book in around two months, and had her friends help to erase background elements in the draft pages.
WSensitive Pornograph is a Japanese yaoi anime OVA based on a BL manga anthology of short stories by Ashika Sakura, who also authored the manga series Sekirei under her other pen-name, Sakurako Gokurakuin. It has one episode which is made up of two separate and unconnected parts, the title story and the fifth story in the book, "Trophies Belong in the Bedroom". It was animated by Phoenix Entertainment.
WSex Nanka Kyōminai is a Japanese anthology manga series written by Nanki Satō and illustrated by Akira Kizuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from March 2009 to April 2012, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.
WShort Program is the title of a series of unrelated short manga collections by Mitsuru Adachi. Four volumes compile stories selected from shōjo, shōnen, josei and seinen works released from 1985 until 2009.
WA Single Match is a Japanese short story gekiga manga collection written and illustrated by Oji Suzuki. Suzuki originally wrote the stories during the 1970s for Seirindo's alternative manga magazine Garo, which collected them in 1985. Drawn & Quarterly published the manga in North America on January 4, 2011.
WSneeze: Naoki Urasawa Story Collection is a Japanese anthology of manga written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It collects eight varied short stories that are loosely thematically linked, and which were originally published in various magazines and publications between 1995 and 2018. The single volume was released by Shogakukan in April 2019. Viz Media licensed it for English-language release in North America and published it in October 2020.
WA Strange and Mystifying Story is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tsuta Suzuki. The manga was published by Libre Publishing. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the first volume through its imprint, Juné, on May 27, 2008, the second volume following on August 19, 2009. It is about a man who is sick with a disease cursed to affect all of his bloodline who summons a therianthrope, his family's guardian, to heal him.
WTrash Market is a volume of semi-autobiographical gekiga short stories by Japanese manga artist Tadao Tsuge. The stories were serialized mainly in the Japanese alternative manga magazine Garo from 1968 to 1972. They were published by Drawn & Quarterly in English on May 12, 2015. Many of the stories are based on Tsuge's life experiences, such as his time at a blood bank, and critics have noted the realism of the stories.
WTruly Kindly is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. Biblos released the manga in March 1997.