TOKYOPOP - A.I. LOVE YOU GRAPHIC NOVEL Hitoshi Kobe doesn't do well in school. He's no good at sports. Girls don't even talk to him except to make fun of him. The one thing he is good at is computers. He's designed artificial intelligence programs and Number 30 is his favorite. Hitoshi promises Thirty that if she ever becomes a real girl, he'll be her boyfriend. One dark and stormy night, his house is struck by lightning and Thirty emerges from the computer screen ... Creator: Ken Akamatsu Tokyopop | 224pg. | softcover A.I. LOVE YOU TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL A.I. Love You |
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TOKYOPOP - AI YORI AOSHI GRAPHIC NOVEL Just as Kaoru Hanabishi resigns himself to going through his college years alone, he runs into the childhood sweetheart he hasn't seen since leaving home. Her name is Aoi Sakuraba and she has come to be his wife. Creator: Kou Fumizuki Tokyopop | 232pg. | softcover AI YORI AOSHI TOKYOPOP -GRAPHIC NOVEL AI YORI AOSHI |
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TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL - BATTLE ROYALE VOL. 1 In the future, random Jr. High School classes are chosen to compete in a game called Battle Royale. The rules: only one student can survive after 3 days on an island or else they all perish. Weapons are handed out and each student is sent out into the field alone and unprepared for the horror that awaits them. The classmates turn upon themselves in a battle for survival, treaties are made and broken, and former friends become foes as the relentless countdown continues. Amid the betrayals and rising body count, two classmates confess their love for each other and swear to survive this deadly game together. Based on the live-action feature film that became a cause celebre and polarized much of Japan. A random class of 9th graders have been chosen for the 'program.' They must now kill each other until the final winner is decided. In protest, it's up to Shuuya to gather a group to fight back and deliver a counter-punch to the government that ruined their lives. But they must be careful, for there are those among them who have decided to try to 'win' this cruel game. Writers:Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi| Artist: Masayuki Taguchi | English Adaptation: Keith Giffen | Publisher: TokyoPop 192 pg. | B&W | Softcover | 7.5 x 5.0 inches | For Mature Readers 18+ "BATTLE ROYALE" (C) 2000 Koushun Takami/Masayuki Taguchi All right reserved First published in Japan in 2000 by Akita Publishing Co,.Ltd. Tokyo English translation rights arranged through Akita Publishing Co,. Ltd. BATTLE ROYALE VOL. 1 Battle Royale Volume 1 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 2 GRAPHIC NOVEL Shuuya continues his search for friends so he can create an alliance to destroy the government's plans for the 'program.' As Shuuya avoids the attacks of his classmates, he comes across the mysterious transfer student, Kawada. Will Shuuya be able to convince the transfer student to join him or does Kiriyama have other plans? Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 216pg. | softcover BATTLE ROYALE VOL 2 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Batle Royale volume 2 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 3 GRAPHIC NOVEL The mysterious transfer student, Kawada, has an escape plan! But can Shuuya trust him when he discovers that Kawada was last year's program's winner?! Meanwhile Mimura finds his buddy Yutaka as they plan their own revenge on Yonemi. Sugimura has less luck as he runs in search for a certain 'someone.' As if the machine gun-toting Kiriyama wasn't enough trouble, Mitsuko gets her hands on a heater, as well. How many will die today? Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 224pg. | softcover BATTLE ROYALE VOL 3 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 3 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 4 GRAPHIC NOVEL Soccer player, Kazushi Niida gets a kick out of 'the program' when he decides to think of it as an exhibition game. How many goals will this all-star player make before his time on the field runs out? When Takako Chigusa's leg is on the receiving end of his bow-gun, Kazushi may experience a permanent time-out from Sugimura. Only 25 students remaining! Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 216pg. | softcover TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 4 GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 4 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 5 GRAPHIC NOVEL Shinji Mimura's attempt to hack the government's computer that monitors The Program's progress is a big success. His plan to end The Program suffers a major setback, however, when he discovers that the collars are bugged and that the men in charge have been listening in from the start. Unwilling to give up, Shinji drafts a new plan, one that involves the use of the explosives his late uncle left him ... Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 216pg. | softcover TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 5 GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 5 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 6 GRAPHIC NOVEL If the smart and athletic Shinji, hot-blooded musician Shuuya, and the kind-hearted kung fu master Hiroki were to work together, it might be possible to end this death game. But will this dream become reality? Is the god of destiny working for or against them? Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 208pg. | softcover BATTLE ROYALE VOL 6 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 6 |
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BATTLE ROYALE VOL 7 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL If Shinji could only defeat the government troops controlling The Program, he could get out of this hell. With this in mind, he outlines a plan to visit the troops with his hand-made bombs. Now all that's left is to put that plan into action. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done. If only he hadn't been in that accident! Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 224pg. | softcover BATTLE ROYALE VOL 7 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 7 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 8 GRAPHIC NOVEL By the end of the first day of The Program, more than half of the 42 students in Class B have been lost. Most of them were victims of their classmates, who were willing to put aside their humanity and play the game to survive. One of those killers, Mitsuko Souma, lulls her victims into a false sense of security by getting them to believe she's too beautiful and delicate to kill anyone ... Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 216pg. | softcover TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 8 GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle royale Volume 9 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 9 GRAPHIC NOVEL After Shuuya is nurtured back to health, he discovers his savior is a group of girls with plans to defeat The Program and escape the island. But hope turns to despair when Yuko's paranoia makes her believe that Shuuya is the devil ... and she will stop at nothing to cast him into darkness! Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 216pg. | softcover BATTLE ROYALE VOL 9 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 9 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE ROYALE VOL 10 GRAPHIC NOVEL As Shuuya comes to grips with the fact that he was unable to save the girls that rescued him, Yuko is pushed over the edge by the tragic deaths of her friends. Realizing she was wrong about Shuuya, in a final act of atonement, Yuko may have to pay the ultimate penance. Story by Koushun Takami, Art by Masayuki Taguchi, English Adaptation by Keith Giffen Tokyopop | 216pg. | softcover BATTLE ROYALE VOL 10 GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Royale Volume 10 |
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TOKYOPOP - BATTLE VIXENS VOL 1 GRAPHIC NOVEL Hakufu Sonsaku, a young girl blessed with a large chest but a small brain, lives in the country with her mother. She is a Toushi, and as such she has a burning desire to beat people up, but her mother has forbidden it. One day at school she encounters a Toushi who wants her to join Yoshuu school, and says if she refuses her new best friend will be a hospital bed. Hearing this, she immediately refuses. After the ensuing battle, Hakufu's mother asks her to leave home and go to Tokyo, where she can develop her abilities as a Toushi, and fight to her heart's content. Creator: Yuji Shiozaki Tokyopop | 168pg. | softcover BATTLE VIXENS VOL 1 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Battle Vixens Volume 1 |
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TOKYOPOP - BLADE OF HEAVEN VOL 1 GRAPHIC NOVEL After an imprisonment of five days in Heaven, which equals five years on Earth, Soma is sent to the human world to recover the lost sword. Under the supervision of the heavenly princess Aroomee, Soma must deal with the chaos that his deeds have produced. Story by Yong-Su Hwang and Art by Kyung-Il Yang Tokyopop | 296pg. | softcover BLADE OF HEAVEN VOL 1 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Blade of Heaven Volume 1 |
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TOKYOPOP - CHOBITS VOL 1 GRAPHIC NOVEL Chi isn't your average humanoid computer. She can't do word processing, she can't connect to the net, and she's incapable of interfacing with other persocoms ... but when the hapless, technophobic Hideki rescues her from the scrap heap and takes her home, he finds that she may be more advanced than her childlike behavior lets on ... Creator: CLAMP Tokyopop | 192pg. | softcover CHOBITS VOL 1 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Chobits Volume 1 |
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TOKYOPOP - COWBOY BEBOP VOL 1 GRAPHIC NOVEL Spike, Jet, Faye and Ed - cowboys on the new frontier. Together this band of interplanetary bounty hunters takes on the jobs that anyone in their right mind would turn down. Based on the smash hit anime series, Cowboy Bebop Volume 1 features four all-new comic misadventures featuring the Bebop crew as they prove that they'll do anything for cold, hard cash. Art by Yutaka Nanten Story by Hajime Yatate Tokyopop | 184pg. | softcover COWBOY BEBOP VOL 1 TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL Cowboy Bebop Volume 1 |
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D.N.ANGEL VOL 1 GRAPHIC NOVEL TOKYOPOP Daisuke Niwa is an ordinary middle school student who has inherited an interesting family condition. Upon seeing Risa, the girl he adores, he transforms into a daring phantom thief. When the phantom thief sees his own object of desire, he turns back into Daisuke. The only way to cure this craziness is if Daisuke can get Risa to fall in love with him, but how can she love someone she can't see? Creator Yukiru Sugisaki Tokyopop | 184pg. | softcover TOKYOPOP GRAPHIC NOVEL D.N.ANGEL VOL 1 D-N Angel |
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