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]

1. Tatsumaki wo Uru Otoko (たつまきを売る老人) [Hisashi Sakaguchi]
   
2. 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]