Miyori no Mori - Recommendations

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2009 - 2010

The country is in the midst of a heat wave, and with a lower than average rainfall there's a serious water shortage. As such, Chinami Kawamura and the rest of her school's swim club are relegated to running laps instead of swimming them, and in the heat of the mid-day sun, the young girl collapses. While unconscious, Chinami finds herself beside a clear, sparkling river in a deserted rural village where she meets a young boy named Sumio and his elderly father. But even after she awakens and returns to reality, Chinami continues to pass out and visits the same refreshing place - much to her mother's concern...

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2015

The forests are in danger! Tina and Tai stumble upon a space pod that has crash-landed onto earth! Befriended by two space aliens, they are unwittingly dragged along on a recovery mission that takes them deep into the forests around the world. However, the kids soon discover that the forests are disappearing! What is going on?! Can they learn the science behind the forests' disappearance and do something before it’s too late?!

• Ch: 22
• 2016 - 2018

Chika Ono spent most of her life in the city, but due to her mother being sent overseas for work, she goes to live in the countryside with her father for a year. After finally returning to the place she sent the first few years of her life, she soon realizes she can see the spirits and mystical creatures of the forest. The memories of when she lived in the forest are still hazy, but the creatures of the forest still remember her. Will Chika be able to uncover the secrets of the forest and her forgotten memories?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 1990

Yosuke Yashiro's ancestors have been Shinto priests at the local shrine for generations, and the high school boy is poised to take over the family tradition. Their shrine is different from most - it houses the mysterious "mermaid's egg", which is said to ensure the town's safety and the sea's prosperity. However, mere stability isn't enough for some people, and one day Yosuke's father shows the egg to reporters in order to increase tourism for the small town. Soon, crowds of tourists start to accumulate, and huge buildings spring up along the shoreline. But there's not much room for the old beliefs amidst this rapidly urbanizing and tourist-obsessed town, and as the surrounding sea becomes increasingly volatile, it is apparent that certain local legends are real, and do not approve of recent developments.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 12
• 2005

• Vol: 1
• 2011

3/11... As a result of the biggest earthquake disaster in history, everything changed that day. It has now been 50 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake hit Japan. The Earth has finally run out of oil, and society is undergoing a huge shift as it migrates away from its dependence on fossil fuels. People now get their electricity from solar and wind, and use as little of they're able to produce as possible - meaning a life without automobiles or flashy neon signs. An elderly person who lives on the coast where a nuclear power plant once was became resentful upon recalling how well-off Japan was at the time... until being moved to tears after noticing the beautiful star-filled sky that never could have been seen back then.

• Vol: 5
• 1997

With the rise of the Iron Age in feudal Japan, man and nature grow increasingly at odds. As mankind infringes more and more into the kingdom of the beasts, many of the elder animal gods begin to succumb to their rage, cursing themselves as they lash out at rural and urban settlements alike. When young Ashitaka, hero of his village, is imparted with one of these curses after slaying a crazed god, he forces himself into exile to prevent further harm to his village. As he ventures out into the world, however, he discovers just how dire the straights have become - with man and beast ready to break into all out war, his curse becomes the least of his problems. As both sides teeter dangerously on the side of outright slaughter of one another, Ashitaka sets his own problems aside and, using his charisma and honor, seeks to quell the hatred before it gets beyond repair - but will he be in time or is he simply delaying the inevitable?

• Vol: 26; Ch: 226
• 2008 - 2016

In the year 2016, a catastrophic incident at the Odaiba nuclear power plant contaminated the city with radiation and turned Tokyo into a ghost town devoid of life. 20 years later, Japan still struggles with the environmental consequences of that fateful day, and actively looks for survivors using Coppelions: genetically-engineered, radiation-resistant girls who scour the streets when SOS calls occur. With military support and funding to back them up, these young ladies continue to explore Tokyo and discover just who, and what, managed to survive.

• One Shot
• 1969

Sanpei is a boy beekeeper and the sole survivor of an accident that killed his entire family. Sanpei meets Chiyo, a girl who gets stung by a bee, and starts a new life in her village. Eventually, Sanpei cultivates the land that the villagers had abandoned, and then disappears. In the land now filled with flowers, Chiyo waits, believing Sanpei will return.

• Vol: 7; Ch: 59
• 1982 - 1994

One thousand years ago when humanity was at its peak, the world was destroyed by in an event known as the ‘Seven Days of Fire’. In the centuries that followed, nature took over leaving humans living in fear of a toxic jungle and the giant insects that protect it. Amongst this threat of disease lives Nausicaä, the young princess of a province known as the Valley of the Wind, who possesses a kind heart and an inexplicable ability to commune with the natural world. While all the young girl wishes is for the world to live in peace, her normally quiet land finds itself dragged into war alongside the battle-hungry Torumekian soldiers. Now, Nausicaä must fight for peace and attempt to find a way to save both humans and insects without losing herself to hatred.