When a unit from Japan's Self-Defense Force is accidently transported back to feudal times, another unit is sent to find them and prevent them from altering the course of history.

Samurai Commando 1: Mission 1549

Ark Performance

Hanmura, Ryo

Fukui, Harutoshi

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The time is long overdue to present the work of Japanese science fiction and fantasy writers to the world in English. The first book in a planned series, Speculative Japan presents a selection of outstanding works of Japanese science fiction and fantasy in English translation... and a glimpse into new worlds of the imagination. Drawing on the talents of some of the most famous and respected fiction writers of Japan, this anthology will guide you to new dimensions of wonder. First released at Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan, it is now available worldwide.

Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy

Kajio, Shinji

TSUTSUI, Yasutaka

KAWAKAMI, Hiromi

Komatsu, Sakyō

Ohara, Mariko

van Troyer, Gene

Mayumura, Taku

Science Fiction

Kurodahan Press

The fourth book in Kurodahan's well-received Speculative Japan series introduces new talents from Japan, and fresh new stories by some of the outstanding authors already introduced to the English-speaking world. From deep in the mountains of the Japanese countryside to the plains of frigid Pluto, from a warm South Pacific isle to a freezing mountainside, to Mars or inside a lonely psyche... a positive smorgasbord of speculative enjoyment, in English for the first time!
Contents:
<ul>
<li>ASAMATSU Ken "Genesis: Dark Birth - Shining Death"</li>
<li>AZUMA Hiroki "The Fish in Chryse"</li>
<li>HANMURA Ryo "The Sparrow Valley"</li>
<li>HORI Akira "Encounters on the Solar Wind"</li>
<li>INOUE Masahiko "Last Words"</li>
<li>KAJIO Shinji "Pearls for Mia"</li>
<li>KOBAYASHI Yasumi "Prototype No. 3"</li>
<li>MAKINO Osamu "Dancing Babylon"</li>
<li>MASE Junko "The Ebb and Flow of the Aurora Sea"</li>
<li>MINAGAWA Hiroko "Morceaux"</li>
<li>SUZUKI Miekichi "Nightfall"</li>
<li>TAKAHASHI Takako "Communion"</li>
<li>TSUKIMURA Ryoe "The Burning House"</li>
<li>UEDA Sayuri "Vermilion"</li>
<li>YAMADA Masaki "Matsui Seimon, on the Case"</li>
</ul>

Speculative Japan 4: "Pearls for Mia" and Other Tales

Literature & Fiction

AZUMA, Hiroki

Asamatsu, Ken

Kobayashi, Yasumi

Inoue, Masahiko

Yamada, Masaki

Hori, Akira

Makino, Osamu

Ueda, Sayuri

World Literature

A diverse cross-section of Japan passes through the bar Lui, and the bartender tends to them all, with all their hopes and their fears. Underneath the black suits--whether crumpled or designer--and the cosmetics, they're all people on the way to somewhere else in Tokyo's glittering boom era. The bartenders and Mama-sans who keep everything running smoothly rely on their own camaraderie, night after night. Winner of the 1975 Naoki Prize. Amayadori (&#38632;&#12420;&#12393;&#12426;) originally appeared as a series of short stories in various magazines from 1973-74, later compiled into this book as Amayadori, with the subtitle "Shinjuku baka monogatari," which could be roughly translated as "Tales of Shinjuku naifs." Written while Japan was close to the peak of the post-War economic boom, Hanmura captures the "economic animals" of Japan, and the countless men and women in their periphery who kept the bars and cabarets running all night long to let them blow off steam. Japan of the 21st century is vastly different, and Hanmura's depiction of a very different era is still popular among those who fondly remember "the way it used to be." While the settings have changed and smartphones provide new modes of interaction, the same archetypical salesmen, bartenders, and bargirls still haunt the night spots of Tokyo, searching for something better.

The Sheltering Rain

Genre Fiction

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