Yutaka Takeuchi

Dave, an reclusive swing-shift taxi driver, has his night take an unexpected turn after he picks up a mysterious passenger, Cara, who is hiding a dark secret. As she makes him drive through the city on a series of bizarre excursions, things get increasingly more surreal the further into the night they go.

太平洋戦争末期、長引く戦争に終止符を打つべく、原爆の輸送という極秘任務に従事した米海軍巡洋艦の大勢の乗組員たち。当初の任務を無事達成した直後、日本軍の魚雷攻撃によって同艦はあえなく沈没。その後の5日間にわたる海上漂流生活の間に、飢えや渇き、サメの襲撃により、さらに多くの者が命を落とすなど、彼らは過酷な試練に次々と直面することなる。

Kane Madison is an architect working in Los Angeles while his doppelganger-like spirit, an eighteenth century Ronin, wanders a parallel netherworld of masked demons and Japanese swordsmen. When tragedy strikes, Kane embarks on a journey of faith which prompts the Ronin to seek out his true master in the spirit world... both will face many battles along their interweaving roads to peace.

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.

舞台はハワイ沖。アメリカをはじめとする世界各国の艦艇が集結して大規模な軍事演習が行われるなか、沖合に正体不明の巨大な物体が出現する。それは、地球からの友好的な呼びかけに応じて飛来したエイリアンの母船だった。しかし、呼びかけを行った科学者たちの意図とは裏腹に、エイリアンは次々と未知の武器を繰り出し、激しい攻撃を仕掛けてくる。その戦いの最前線に立たされたのは、演習に参加していた米海軍の新人将校アレックス・ホッパーと、彼がライバル心を燃やす自衛艦の指揮官ナガタだった。弱点も戦略も読めないエイリアンに対し、知力と体力の限りを尽くして精鋭たちは立ち向かう！

Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in 1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of the Shogun, but the fear of foreign influence eventually gave rise to persecution. By 1624, Japanese Christians enjoyed only a few more years of peace. Jinbei Mauda comes to a point in his journey were he has to choose between his family or faith. Jinbei Masuda, a Japanese Christian of the samurai class who draws his strength from his faith, family and kenjitsu (Art of the Sword). However, he is caught up in the shogun's policy of religious persecution and must choose between his loved ones or his God.