Future War Year 198X - Recommendations

• Vol: 2; Ch: 50
• 1951

As the countries of the world continue to fight each other over seemingly trivial matters, the human race continues to experiment with solar and atomic bombs. For many years, the Nation of Star has conducted their nuclear research on the secluded Horseshoe Island and, as a result, the creatures living there have begun to rapidly evolve. One such species, known as the Fumoon, have recently emerged and are able to harness the power of gravity to send not just people but even warships flying! Though with the world at war, and a new race of creatures threatening the human race, Earth is in further peril as a dark gaseous cloud is rapidly heading for the planet and will extinguish all life when it arrives...

• Vol: 28+; Ch: 210+
• 2015 - ?

This manga tells the story of a distant future within the Milky Way Galaxy, where the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance are constantly at war. The story begins with the young Reinhard von Müsel, a boy in the Galactic Empire that lives with his drunk father and his beautiful sister Annerose. He becomes close friends with the boy next door, Sigfried. After his sister is taken to become the Kaiser's concubine, young Reinhard is determined to take down the Empire in order to rescue her. He and his loyal friend Sigfried join the military academy together as the first step in Reinhard's plan. 

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 1988

Six tales of mecha war and redemption. Civil war has broken out on the planet Sodom, and the only way to survive is by using the mechas left behind by a mysterious alien race. The two sides must find common ground in their humanity or they will annihilate each other.

• Vol: 14+; Ch: 103+
• 2011 - ?

Glory won over the roar of cannon fire, peace exists simply as a time to prepare for the next battle. A soldier in a militarily-advanced nation, Balzer quickly advanced in rank. However, his career takes a sudden turn when he is reassigned as an adviser at a military school in a neighboring allied nation. Faced with little military power, untrained students, and civilian opposition to firearms, will Major Balzer be able to win over the soldiers and civilians?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 1984 - 1985

• Vol: 1
• 2018

The dog trainer, Al, and the military dog, Luke, who resigned from the army due to a bomb injury, were re- employed at a private military company. A veterinarian who took care of them recommended them to the company. A prototype robot dog BDY-9 was waiting for them. Al and Luke were dispatched to a desert country, still fighting the civil war. Their mission was to “train” BDY-9 so that BDY-9 could fight the battlefield. All BDY-9 could do was “hand” and “sit.” While serving this mission with friends, they were being confused by the robot's unique behavior but started to feel attached to the robot dog. Soon they met Parrill and visited her village in response to her request. However, it was a danger zone where armed forces with snipers and hounds await. In an unaided situation, Al and Luke give orders to BDY-9 to break through the desperation. A soulful story together with a dog in a desert country under civil war!

• Vol: 1+
• 2023 - ?

They were in the midst of youth, even on the battlefield…Shin, Lena, and their friends experience brief moments of peace and happiness while facing certain death, enjoying a short break, plunging into battle once again, and setting foot in the frigid United Kingdom for the first time—sharing these moments with their comrades, friends, lovers, and family.

• Vol: 12+
• 2017 - ?

The Republic of San Magnolia has long been under attack from the neighboring Giadian Empire's army of unmanned drones known as the Legion. After years of painstaking research, the Republic finally developed autonomous drones of their own, turning the one-sided struggle into a war without casualties-or at least, that's what the government claims. In truth, there is no such thing as a bloodless war. Beyond the fortified walls protecting the eighty-five Republic territories lies the "nonexistent" Eighty-Sixth Sector. The young men and women of this forsaken land are branded the Eighty-Six and, stripped of their humanity, pilot the "unmanned" weapons into battle...

• Vol: 9+; Ch: 52+
• 2012 - ?

In the year 2199, unrelenting attacks from the planet Gamilus have forced all life on Earth into underground dwellings and raised radiation levels to near-toxic levels. The only way to clean up all this harmful radiation is by using the Cosmo Cleaner, which the Queen of the planet Iscandar has generously offered to humanity. Unfortunately, Iscandar is 148,000 light years away, but Earth only has one year before rising radiation levels make it uninhabitable! The only vessel capable of making the journey is the Yamato - a spaceship equipped with advanced technology and modeled after the famous WWII battleship. Can the crew of the Yamato make it to Iscandar and back before the extinction of all life on Earth?

• Vol: 20; Ch: 115
• 2009 - 2021

In the future, warfare has been revolutionized by the invention of mechanical weapons called “Objects.” These Objects are overwhelmingly powerful, rendering traditional weapons like guns, tanks and fighter jets completely useless. Qwenthur is an un-athletic, but smart soldier who aims to work as an Object mechanic. Stationed at an Alaskan Object base, he meets Milinda, a stoic but beautiful Elite Soldier who pilots her own Object. As they learn to support each other in battle, Qwenthur begins to uncover the grim secret behind the Heavy Objects