Messiah no Tettsui - Recommendations

• Vol: 3
• 2002

• Vol: 7; Ch: 42
• 2013 - 2016

Before the formation of Section 9, Batou was captain of the Ranger unit. There, he is forced to work alongside Motoko Kusanagi, then a member of the 501 Organization… This original story ends where Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell begins!

• Vol: 6
• 1972 - 1973

After a terrible accident occurred at the lab, Professor Komyouji vanished - and with him, the hopes for completing his most recent creation: Jiro, a robot with a malfunctioning conscience circuit. With no memory of who he is or what is his purpose, Jiro is mentally lost; his saving grace is the Professor's daughter, Mitsuko, who - though afraid of Jiro - pledges to help him either repair his circuit or destroy him if his emotions become out of control. Unfortunately for Jiro, there is a far more sinister danger at hand: Professor Gill and the evil organization Dark are sending countless robots to destroy him, forcing Jiro to transform into his full cyborg self, Kikaider. With the help of Mitsuko, Jiro must ward off the forces of Dark while trying to discover what it means to be human...

• Vol: 5; Ch: 50
• 2008

The life of a cyborg, programmed to protect his overprotective older brother and ordered to conceal his identity from his classmates.

• Vol: 10; Ch: 87
• 2016 - 2019

Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however–robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one ‘man’ can stop them –their prototype: ORIGIN.

• Vol: 2+; Ch: 17+
• 2018 - ?

• One Shot
• 2016

The story of a young man's revenge on the heroes that failed him.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 8
• 1999

PIPPI, a humanoid computer developed to predict earthquakes, estimates that a global-scale cataclysm will occur in eight years. Though the computer also announces that the accompanying danger of human extinction can be avoided by taking a series of specific steps, the process deviates so far from normality that people are thrown into a state of chaos and doubt.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 29
• 2010 - 2012

In the future, androids live side by side with humans – but not as their equals, as their slaves. Though they look identical, these androids must display a holographic ring over their heads so the difference is clear. One day, a boy named Rikuo finds abnormal activity patterns in the logs of his own android, and alongside his friend Masaki, he sets forth to find where the android has been. Much to their surprise, the duo discovers a secret café known as Eve no Jikan with a single rule: within its walls, there must be no discrimination between humans and robots. In this place, androids appear to be human and are even displaying signs of independence – a trait that should not be possible. Rikou finds his perceptions increasingly challenged as he struggles to come to terms with his own android, and the relationship between man and machines...

• Vol: 5; Ch: 38
• 2013 - 2015

A secret social experiment is led by two Japanese engineers, having an android every move, expression and decision decided through a majority vote from a collective of ca. 3000 randomly chosen people. The vote system offers the opportunity to any member of the collective to set forward his/her proposition. The 3 most proposed actions as well as two propositions made only once are submitted to the majority vote.Rules and systems have been set to ensure the dynamism of that community, and to prevent identification of people and places where the android evolves in modern-day Japan. And so the Dēmokratía android came to life.