Manga
Battle Angel Alita
by Yukito Kishiro
Alita is a powerful cyborg with a soft heart and a mysterious past. Found in a junk heap, she has lost all memory of her past life. But her body still instinctively remembers the Panzer Kunst, the most powerful cyborg fighting technique ever known!
Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura
Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay 1,000 evil men!
Bleach by Tite Kubo
Ichigo Kurosaki is just like any other ordinary 15-year-old high school student, except that he can see ghosts. So when a teenage girl materializes through his bedroom wall, nothing seems out of the ordinary; however, this girl, Rukia, is a shinigami (Soul Reaper) who is battling an evil spirit that consumes souls, which eventually attacks Ichigo's family and wounds Rukia. Since she's injured, Rukia must let Ichigo temporarily become a Soul Reaper by absorbing some of her energy; however, Ichigo inadvertently ends up with all of Rukia's powers, so he must now take on all the responsibilities of a Soul Reaper until Rukia can figure out how to get her powers back. Now this 15-year-old high school student begins a brand new vocation as a hyperkinetic, all-purpose ghost buster.
Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
The year is 2019, and technology is being used to enhance humans and create cyborgs, but it leaves the mind vulnerable to attack. People can now hack into a person's ghost, soul and mind, and take the information they want or even alter the memories of the victims and control them.
Hellsing by Kohta Hirano
A secret war is brewing in the night – a war in which humanity is only a pawn. The mysterious Hellsing Organization operates within the shadows to protect ordinary mortals from the undead legions.
Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
Shinmen Takezo is destined to become the legendary sword-saint, Miyamoto Musashi – perhaps the most renowned samurai of all time. He is a cold-hearted killer who will take on anyone in mortal combat to make a name for himself.
Parasyte by Hitosi Iwaaki
It enters your home while you are sleeping. Silently it slips into your ear and takes over your brain. In a matter of seconds, it consumes your entire head, replacing it with its own grotesque facsimile. You wake up in the morning, and your family doesn't know the difference. At least, not until your head splits open into a toothy maw and rips your family apart. Actually, it isn't you anymore. You are dead. Your body has been infected by a... Parasyte.
Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
The lives of two streetwise teenagers, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when one develops psychic abilities. Tetsuo is targeted by a secret organization that will do anything to capture or destroy him.
Priest by Min-Woo Hyung
In the frontier of the American West, evil threatens to engulf humanity. Servants of the fallen archangel Temozarela are paving the way for their dark lord's resurrection. One man stands in the way of the Apocalypse, a fallen priest who sold his soul for the power to fight evil.
The Ring by Hiroshi Takahashi
According to an urban legend, there exists a deadly videotape, and anyone who watches it will die seven days later. When her niece dies mysteriously, journalist Reiko investigates, finds the tape and watches it. She must find a way to stop the curse – a task that becomes even more terrifying when her son watches the tape, as well.
Dark Angel by Kia Asamiya
Dark is destined to be the magical guardian of his country. Before he can assume that responsibility, he'll have to confront demons, angels and his own insecurities.