Fall 1980

Joe Yabuki walks away from boxing after a tragedy leaves him unable to face the ring as he once did. Wandering without direction cannot silence the fighter inside him, and encounters with people from his past eventually draw him back to the gym. Yet returning is not the same as recovering: an unseen psychological wound now sabotages him whenever a match echoes the event he cannot forget.World-class Venezuelan boxer Carlos Rivera enters Joe's life at the moment he most needs an opponent capable of reigniting his instincts. Their rivalry pushes Joe beyond fear and back toward serious competition, but the road ahead leads to increasingly dangerous fighters and, eventually, the highest level of the boxing world, where determination alone may not be enough to protect him from the cost of continuing.

A stray proton missile from the war between the Galman Empire and Bolar Federation crashes into the Sun, accelerating its fusion and giving Earth less than a year before lethal radiation makes the planet uninhabitable. The Yamato is sent into deep space to find a new world where humanity can survive.The search carries the crew directly into the Galman-Bolar conflict and reunites them with Dessler, whose people are tied to the Galmans. As political wars spread across the galaxy and the mysterious Queen Ruda enters the struggle, finding a home for Earth becomes inseparable from a conflict that could decide the future of several civilizations.

Robot scientist Dr. Tenma creates Atom in the image of his dead son, but rejects him when he realizes a machine cannot replace the child he lost. After harsh beginnings, Atom is taken in by the compassionate Dr. Ochanomizu, who treats him as a person rather than a possession.Gifted with extraordinary strength and a deeply human sense of right and wrong, Atom repeatedly places himself between people and danger. His battles against criminals, rogue machines, and the powerful robot Atlas force him to confront a society that both depends on robots and fears them, while he searches for a place where humans and machines can truly live together.

Twelve-year-old Rin Yuki has always believed his scientist father, even when everyone laughs at the man's warnings of an alien invasion. Those warnings become real when Rin meets Takoro, a bumbling deputy sheriff from planet Ludo who has followed four shape-shifting Kurodako criminals to Earth.Using Takoro's technology, Rin transforms into the roller-skating hero Muteking and repeatedly clashes with the Kurodako Brothers as they devise one absurd plan after another to seize control of the planet. Saving the world becomes a colorful routine of alien gadgets, reckless stunts, and comic disasters in which the would-be conquerors are often their own worst enemies.

Kaibutsu-kun leaves Monster Land for the human world with Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken at his side. Living among humans gives the mischievous young prince endless chances to cause trouble, but it also puts him in the path of monsters and demonic enemies who threaten his new friends. With his unusual powers and an even more unusual household, he faces each crisis in his own unruly way.

The halls of Versailles are shaped not only by kings and armies, but by women whose ambitions, suffering, and choices alter the course of the court. Madame du Barry rises through royal favor, Madame de Polignac seeks influence, Rosalie searches for truth, and Jeanne de la Motte turns resentment into dangerous schemes.At the center stand Marie Antoinette and Oscar François de Jarjayes, two women bound to very different roles as revolution approaches. Their lives intersect with love, class, scandal, and power, revealing how the women around Versailles each become part of the tragedy unfolding behind the palace walls.