Mangas

The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryo-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While the plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of mundane characters with the bizarrely incongruous (Nakagawa's wealth, Maria's appeal, everyone's lack of actual police work), most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest.

The state of progress is one where one must look to the past in order to protect the future...but what must be done for the present? From legendary WSJ mangaka Osamu Akimoto comes a one-shot where memories are the key to understanding all: past, present and future...

Toki wa… is a manga about two guys who travel back in time and visit Tokiwa Manor in the 1950′s. Tokiwa Manor is an apartment building where Osamu Tezuka, the father of modern manga / anime, and many other early influential mangaka once lived.