1968

A time-warp experiment goes catastrophically wrong, tearing a caveman family out of prehistory and dropping them into the modern age. Cars, machines, buildings, and everyday technology are completely alien to the newcomers, who naturally respond with the tools and instincts they understand best.Their stone axes and tremendous strength make adapting to civilization anything but peaceful. Every unfamiliar object becomes the start of another chaotic encounter as the family tries to make sense of a world separated from their own by thousands of years.

Prince Kaibutsu leaves the Monster Kingdom for the human world as part of the training required before he can become king. Accompanied by Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, the short-tempered young prince meets human children and repeatedly discovers that ruling others is much easier to imagine than understanding them. Friendship, responsibility, and bizarre monster trouble become lessons in what leadership actually requires.

Nine people transformed into cyborgs by the sinister Black Ghost organization rebel against the fate chosen for them and escape under the guidance of scientist Dr. Gilmore. Each carries a different artificial ability, from underwater combat and flight to devastating firepower, while 009, Joe Shimamura, possesses extraordinary acceleration.Rather than become weapons for someone else's wars, the nine use their altered bodies to protect people from criminals, hostile machines, aliens, and other cyborgs. Their battles repeatedly force them to confront the same question that follows them after their transformation: how much of their humanity can survive inside bodies built for combat?

Hyuma Hoshi has been raised for one purpose: to become a great professional baseball pitcher. His father Ittetsu, whose own baseball career was destroyed by war, subjects him to relentless training and places the dream of reaching the Yomiuri Giants above nearly everything else.As Hyuma advances through school baseball and toward the professional stage, talent alone is never enough. Powerful rivals such as Mitsuru Hanagata force him to refine his dangerous pitching techniques, while victories, injuries, relationships, and his father's crushing expectations test what it truly costs to become a star.

Kitarou is one of the last survivors of the Ghost Tribe, a strange but compassionate boy who lives between the human world and the realm of youkai. When supernatural beings prey on people, cause unexplained disturbances, or upset the fragile balance between the two worlds, he steps in with his unusual abilities and the guidance of his tiny father, Medama Oyaji.Alongside allies such as Neko Musume, Sunakake Babaa, Konaki Jijii, and the unreliable Nezumi Otoko, Kitarou confronts creatures drawn from old legends as well as threats born from human greed and fear. Not every youkai is evil, and not every human is innocent, leaving Kitarou to solve each strange encounter on its own terms.

Dororo, a quick-witted young thief, travels alongside Hyakkimaru, a swordsman whose body was taken from him piece by piece before birth in a bargain with 48 demons. Artificial limbs and hidden blades keep Hyakkimaru alive, but only defeating the demons can restore what was stolen and allow him to become whole.Their journey carries them through a land filled with monsters and human cruelty alike. Dororo's resourcefulness and Hyakkimaru's relentless determination make them unlikely partners as each battle brings the cursed warrior one step closer to recovering his body and uncovering the cost of the deal that shaped his life.