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How to Draw Robots TPB (Japanese Language Ed.)
 Learn how to draw robots, an essential part in manga and anime! This book teaches you the basics, followed by part-by-part instructions to give your mecha and robots that authentic look! Japanese text. |
Outlanders #32
 Kahm and Tetsuya have vanquished Kahm's father, the Santovasku Emperor, but the victory is short-lived. The Emperor's death unleashes the awesome powers of the Imperial Planet in a cataclysmic eruption that threatens to trap the two lovers in the seething energies of a dying planet! |
Neon Genesis Evangelion TPB Vol. 9 (Japanese Language Ed.)
 Pride in being an Evangelion pilot-that is the essence of the Second Child, Soryu Asuka Langley. But the day she was chosen to be so was the most horrible of her life - and as that truth rises to consume her, Shinji finds a new comrade in the strange, beautiful and disturbing Kaworu Nagisa. Born on the day of the Second Impact, he has been sent directly by Seele, which alone knows him by his real name-Tabris, the Angel of Free Will. Original Japanese version. |
Oh My Goddess!: The Devil in Miss Urd TPB - nick & dent
 When the goddesses Belldandy, Skuld, and Urd win a free trip to a hot springs resort, it turns out they're not the only deities off on vacation. Demon First Class Mara is checked into the same rustic retreat! The old enemies call a truce, but the malicious Mara is once again up to no good. She builds an Urd clone from a lock of the half-demon Urd's hair that she swipes at the hot-springs resort. The purpose of the clone: Mara wants to merge the 50% demon blood of Urd and the 50% demon blood of her clone to make a 200 Proof Demonic Urd, who's hell-bent on seducing mortal earth-guy Keiichi and sending a brokenhearted Belldandy back to heaven! Collecting the five-issue series. |
Oh My Goddess!: Childhood's End TPB - nick & dent
 It's the latest volume of one of America's most popular Japanese comics! Several favorite characters face new challenges in this brand-new collection. Skuld, the youngest of the three goddesses living with college student Keiichi, may be a whiz at inventions, but her immaturity usually gets the better of her. Can she learn the simple joy of riding a bicycle -- and deal with her first crush on a boy? Campus queen Sayoko doesn't believe in goddesses -- but when she's possessed by a demon, Belldandy and Urd have to convince her they have powers...without blowing their secret! Also, readers are introduced to the tough-but-sexy Chihiro Fujimi, former head of the school motor club! She's back in town, and nothing will be the same! |
Oh My Goddess!: Love Potion No. 9 TPB - nick & dent
 This one has it all. The sequel to the best-selling 1-555-GODDESS, this amazing collection will have you bouncing off walls. Wizard calls it "a charmer," but we call it required reading! |
Oh My Goddess!: Sympathy for the Devil TPB - nick & dent
 Life with a gorgeous, live-in goddess sounds perfect, but for Keiichi Morisato, it means a never-ending column of mischievous deities, frightful demons, and mystical bugs in the system marching through his house! As strange as this seems, his human friends are even stranger! |
Outlanders, TPB Vol. 3 - nick & dent
 Outlanders was Johji Manabe's first full-length story to be serialized in Japan -- a full-speed-ahead space opera filled with biomech warships and interstellar (and interpersonal) mayhem. Ordinary earthly photographer Tetsuya finds himself caught up in a galactic war, trapped between the Empire, its enemies, and the Emperor's runaway heir, the lively, lovely -- and lethal -- Kahm. |
Oh My Goddess!: Final Exam TPB - nick & dent
 This final "remastered" volume restores the "lost" Oh My Goddess! stories, presenting the full early storylines of student Keiichi Morisato's life with Belldandy, an honest-to-goodness, full-on goddess. That wish-come-true was looking pretty good there for awhile with the sweet and beautiful Belldandy - until her sexy sister Urd crashed the party with the intent of helping move her sister's Earthbound love life into the fast lane. But goddesses or no goddesses, Keiichi's daily life goes on, however the mundane motions of daily life tend to take unpredictable twists when supernatural siblings are in the mix! Note: includes material from the previously published 1-555-Goddess. |
Gunsmith Cats: Goldie vs. Misty #2 (of 7)
 Misty got away, and Goldie isn't happy. The deadly mafia hitwoman always gets her girl, and now she's laying an elaborate trap to catch Misty when she goes to pick up the incriminating mafia tapes at a downtown bank. But Rally and Minnie-May don't intend to be caught. They're getting out the disguise kits to make sure Goldie doesn't even know Misty's there. The question is, who's going to decoy whom? |
Gunsmith Cats: Goldie vs. Misty #4 (of 7)
 Rally and May followed orders. But when it comes to prisoner swaps, Goldie doesn't always play by the rules. The vicious Italian hit woman has brought Misty along to trade for the incriminating Mafia tapes. But she's also brought a squad of gunmen to make sure that no one, not Misty or May or above all, Rally, get out of the warehouse alive! |
Hanaukyo Maid Team TPB Vol. 2: Blue Silent Bell
 Taro, the new head of the Hanaukyo family, is served by an army of beautiful maids. As Christmas and Valentine's Day come, he grows anxious about his feelings for the head maid, Mariel. But Mariel has a mysterious past, and when she suddenly discovers her shocking secret. |
Gunsmith Cats: Goldie vs. Misty #6 (of 7)
 Goldie's campaign to "have" Rally Vincent begins with what Rally thinks is a normal job -- bringing in a drug addict for a bounty. What Rally is about to discover is that her quarry is no ordinary junkie; he works for Goldie, and his drug of choice is no ordinary narcotic -- it's "Kerasine," the latest, most powerful narcotic-hallucinogen to ever hit the streets. And Rally's about to get an "Injection"! |
Trigun Maximum Volume 1 TPB : The Hero Returns Signed Edition
 The hottest manga on the market enters brand new storytelling territory! As an anime series, Trigun gained a multitude of fans across the otaku landscape, before gaining a burgeoning mainstream manga audience. Now, Trigun Maximum goes beyond the story available in the anime and the first two top selling manga volumes. Our hero Vash the Stampede disappeared for two years after blasting a crater onto the moon above the desert planet he saved from annihilation. But with good people and bad alike trying to track him down, he wont stay lost for long! Count on more crazy gunslinger action, new dastardly villainsand a new outfit, to boot! Signed at the Dark Horse Comics booth during the 2004 San Diego Comic Con International by creator Yasuhiro Nightow! His signature appears in silver ink on the first page. A must for all Trigun fans! |
Gunsmith Cats: Bean Bandit #3 (of 9)
 Rally has finally locked herself onto the elusive Bean Bandit's tail, but she wishes she hadn't. She's trapped in the back seat of his car as he heads out to pick up a drug shipment! While Minnie-May and Misty ransack Bean's apartment for clues about where Chicago's master getaway driver and delivery man has taken their friend, Rally is about to witness a different sort of deal go down than she expected! |
Gunsmith Cats: Bean Bandit #5 (of 9)
 No honor among thieves! When drug dealer Jones decides the best way to outrun Bean Bandit is with an assault gun bullet, the underworld race between Bean, Riff Raff, and Rally Vincent changes from a race to the finish to a death match. Only Rally and her sharpshooting stands between Bean and a bullet in his head. And things don't get better when her own passenger decides it's time to puke all over the windshield! |
Gunsmith Cats: Bean Bandit #6 (of 9)
 Friends or foes? Rally may have saved Bean's life in his showdown with the double-crossing drug dealer Jones. But as far as Chicago's #1 underworld driver is concerned, beating Rally's efforts to get him out of drug running is almost as important as getting his load of drugs to New York on time. |
Tale of Genji
 Yoshitaka Amano has been praised around the world for his lush watercolors and evocative work dealing with myth and legend. In The Tale of Genji Mr. Amano brings his considerable talent to retelling one of the most famous of Japanese myths: written by Murasaki Shikibu shortly after 1000 AD and considered by most scholars to be the first novel ever written, The Tale of Genji is the story of the romantic adventures of Genji, the amazingly handsome prince and his many romantic conquests. Told through stunning paintings, Mr. Amano brings this classic story to life for a new generation. ï As one of the most respected stories of all time, The Tale of Genji holds a worldwide place of honor among lovers of myth and legend. ï Will appeal to the legions of Vampire Hunter D fans worldwide, as well as fans of his work on Sandman (written by New York Times -bestselling author Neil Gaiman) and Wolverine (with award-winning author Greg Rucka). |
Berserk Volume 2 TPB
 The evil Count uses his dark powers to transform a defeated guard captain into an inhuman horror to combat Guts, the Black Swordsman. Puck, Guts' pint-sized fairy sidekick, is captured when he attempts to stop an old doctor's execution, and he is given as a gift to the count's daughter, a sweet girl in a gilded cage, imprisoned by her father in her own room. Guts, determined to make mincemeat of the Count, assaults the castle and carves a swath of blood-soaked destruction through the Count's minions. Face-to-face with the Black Swordsman at last, the Count reveals his true form, and even Guts' super-sized sword may not be big enough to contend with this demonic monstrosity! MATURE READERS |
Intron Depot 4: Bullets TPB - nick & dent
 The next volume in Masamune Shirow's best-selling art book series is orbiting cyberspace and preparing to touch down onto bookstore shelves in late summer. This volume concentrates primarily on Shirow's character, robot, and vehicle designs for interactive games. Shirow is world famous for being equally skilled and creative in the realms of computer-generated graphics and traditional drawing and painting. It is logical then that his unique and imaginative studies are among the most interesting being done in the high-tech game field. With commentary in both English and Japanese, this new collection provides a fascinating insight into the creative process of one of Japan's premiere talents. ï Dark Horse has sold over 30,000 copies of the first two volumes of Intron Depot . ï Dark Horse has a complete line of merchandise based on Intron Depot including lunch boxes, statues, T-shirts, a CD-ROM, and more! |
Ultraman Tiga TPB Vol. 1 - nick & dent
 Hailed as a cultural icon in Hong Kong and Japan, on par with our own Superman or Batman, Ultraman has punched, kicked, and karate-chopped his way into the hearts of fans internationally for nearly four decades. Known and loved the world over, the monster-smashing sci-fi superstar comes to Dark Horse courtesy of writer Tony Wong and Khoo Fuk Lung (Hong Kong's Solar Lord), with dynamic new covers by UDON. This incarnation of Ultraman, now called "Tiga," finds the 100-foot-tall hero revived in the year 2049 and facing a world ill-equipped to handle the onslaught of gigantic beasts that are peppering the globe. Relying on his martial-arts prowess and his three modes of combat, Tiga goes toe-to-toe with the most terrifying collection of monstrous giants and alien invaders ever to plague the planet. This volume collects issues #1-#4 of the series. |
Oh My Goddess!: Miss Keiichi TPB - nick & dent
 Life can be hard under the same roof with the love of your life - especially when she's a literal goddess! Such is the fate of Earthling mortal Keiichi Morisato, a situation made more difficult by the the constant presence of his goddess love Belldandy's two sisters. But when the sisters are called back to Goddess Central for training, Keiichi's fantasies of quality time go into high gear until Belldandy collapses after stopping a ninja invasion! Keiichi must figure out which supernatural medicine to use to revive his love. His only choice: try the potion out on himself first and see what happens! Keiichi gets his girlfriend back all right, along with a new problem: he turns partially into a girl himself! Hey, nobody said love was easy! |
Oh My Goddess!: Adventures of the Mini-Goddesses TPB - nick & dent
 They're cute, they're small, they're... Oh My Goddess! Dark Horse collects for the first time the screwball mini-goddess cartoons by award-winning manga creator Kosuke Fujishima. A pint-sized offering of charming four-panel cartoons of your favorite OMG! characters some never before published in English. A super-deformed collection Oh My Goddess! fans can't be without! |
Style School Volume 2
 Dark Horse's second volume of Japan's leading manga and anime instructional magazine is on the way! Learn the techniques of Japan's top manga and anime artists in Style School , showing step-by-step methods to help today's up-and-coming illustrators master the use of pen, brush, paint, marker, screen tones, computer modeling, and other tricks of the trade. Gain insight into the weapons of choice of today's top creators, especially those brands and tools that are so hard to find outside Japan. See for the first time the eye-popping art of tomorrow's manga and anime stars, with page after gorgeous page of spectacular visual imagination. And find out how to submit your work to be considered for publication in upcoming issues of SS Magazine in Japan! * Eight "how to" techniques: watercolor pen, photoshop style, colored ink, watercolor brush, utilizing Liquitex, and effective use and combination of 2D and 3D software art. * Hundreds of full-color and black-and-white illustrations! |
Appleseed Book 3: The Scales of Prometheus TPB - nick & dent
 A renegade, flesh-eating bioroid (enhanced artificial human) is stalking the ruins of Manhattan, and Olympus' elite ESWAT is sent in to take her down! Will Deunan and Bri emerge as heroes, or as lunch meat? It's a dangerous world outside Olympus, and things aren't exactly rosey within its utopian walls! This third volume is the most action-filled yet, pitting the duo against AWOL laboratory monsters and fanatical terrorists! But in all the action, master manga creator Masamune Shirow still manages to find time to explore the summits and valleys of a relationship between a young woman and her overprotective cyborg companion. Open your eyes to Appleseed: it's sexy, exciting, and always entertaining! |
Newtype Eng Ed Sept 2007
 The leading publication covering anime, manga and Japanese pop culture also comes with a monthly bonus DVD, packed with episodes and trailers from the latest anime releases! Newtype USA is the English-language edition of Japan's number one anime publication, with colorful features translated from the Japanese magazine, alongside original stories of local interest to North American fans. This is the premier gateway to exclusive news, features, reviews, and commentary and director interviews!" |