Mamoru Hosoda
1) Summer wars
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a part-time job working maintenance on a global virtual reality world, OZ. His was attending a party with his girlfriend Natsuki when he received a mysterious email ending in "Solve me."
Author
Series
Bakemono no ko volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A young boy flees tragedy and mistreatment, ends up in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, and is helped by a rough-living bear, who gives him a new life and a new name.
Author
Series
Bakemono no ko volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Having accidentally wandered into the beast world of Jutengai, Kyuta has gotten himself a master--Kumatetsu. But it turns out Kumatetsu's not quite as good at teaching as he is at brawling. The Grandmaster sends teacher and student alike on a pilgrimage to ask all the wisest beasts in the world a simple question: What is true strength? But are the boy and the beast ready for the answer?
Author
Series
Bakemono no ko volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Suffering in the limbo between human and beast, Ichirohiko succumbed to his despair. Kyuta must leave the dying Kumatetsu in the care of his companions to return to the human world, where Ichirohiko rampages through the streets of Shibuya. As their life-and-death battle begins, Kyuta must contend with both Ichiohiko's darkness and the darkness of his own heart ... But is there any way to save everyone? The times has come for Kumatetsu, Kyuta, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture of family life unfolds. But after what seems like a mere moment of bliss to Hana, the father of her children is tragically taken from her. Life as...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After discovering she can leap through time, high school student Makoto Konno does what any teenager would do. She re-takes tests, corrects embarrassing situations, and sleeps in as late as she wants, never thinking that her carefree time traveling could have a negative effect on the people she cares about. By the time she realizes the damage she's done, she'll have to race against time to set things right.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
日本語
Description
Hana was a student before she was a mother. Then she met a man, who turned out to be a wolf, and together they built a family. Hana loved her mate fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two unusual kids she didn't know how to raise. This is a mother's journey. Teach your children to chase their dreams - and smile through the tears as they disappear into the world in search of who they will become. Hana wasn't always a mother,...
8) Mirai
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
日本語
Description
When four-year-old Kun's new baby sister, named Mirai (meaning 'future'), quickly wins the hearts of Kun's entire family, his world is turned upside down. As his mother returns to work, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai, until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters guests from the past and future, including his sister Mirai as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time, uncovering their...
9) Summer wars
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has - until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI"--Container....
