Tsutomu Nihei

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  • Bibliography:
    85 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2003
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Wolverine Legends, Volume 5: Snikt! (Dec-2003)

Book List in Order: 85 titles

  • Wolverine Legends, Volume 5: Snikt!

    Marvel's X-Men

    Marvel Manga action by Japanese superstar Tsutomu Nihei! Alone in a barren wasteland inhabited by robotic, parasitic organisms, the X-Men's most lethal member devolves further and further into his true, savage, berserker state with each battle. The k...

  • Blame!, Volume 7

    Dhomochevsky and his ghostly companion Ico are unusual Safeguards: they are programmed to protect all the humans on their floor, not just those with pure Net Terminal Genes. But will they be able to protect Killy and Cibo from the Silicon Creatures w...

  • Blame!, Volume 8

    Killy and Dhomochevsky don't trust each other, but they have a more pressing concern: retrieving Cibo's capsule of human genetic information. The capsule has been stolen by the Silicon Creatures, who will use it to attempt a provisional connection to...

  • Blame!, Volume 9

    In the aftermath of an apocalyptic battle, all that remains in the world of Blame! is grim: Killy is on the brink of death, and Cibo's fusion with the Level 9 Safeguard unit has reduced her once-impressive intellect to that of a child. As the mercile...

  • Blame!, Volume 10

    Killy's journey takes him back to where it all began for him. The man of few words that he is, he saves the central city by granting it its greatest wish...the elimination of the silicate creatures. But there is much much more to the mystery...And wi...

  • NOiSE

    "As detective Musubi Susono investigates a series of child kidnappings, her own partner is viciously murdered. But when the investigation takes a brutal turn, she is suddenly confronted by the killer--and his vicious Silicon Creature... "-- Cover, p....

  • Biomega, Volume 1

    Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's zombie sci-fi horror epic!R to L (Japanese Style). Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic! Zoichi Kanoe plunges into the depths of 9JO-...

  • Biomega, Volume 2

    Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's zombie sci-fi horror epic!R to L (Japanese Style). Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic! Zoichi's Lost Eon Green for now, but other ur...

  • Biomega, Volume 3

    Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic! The Data Research Foundation's plan to transfo...



  • Biomega, Volume 5

    Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic!Reads R to L (Japanese Style) M audience. In Tsutomu Nihei's nightmare vision of the future, the N5S virus has swept across the earth, turning most of the populatio...

  • Biomega, Volume 6

    Searching for the key to save a world beyond hope. Tsutomu Nihei's sci-fi horror epic!Reads R to L (Japanese Style) M audience. In Tsutomu Nihei's nightmare vision of the future, the N5S virus has swept across the earth, turning most of the populatio...

  • Biomega, Vol. 1

    Zoichi Kanoe plunges into the depths of 9JO--an island city in the middle of the Pacific Ocean--in search of Eon Green, a girl with the power to transmute the N5S virus. He's not the only one looking for her, though... Agents of the Public Health Ser...

  • Biomega, Vol. 2

    After capturing Eon Green, DRF forces are amassing around Toa Heavy Industry headquarters and have taken Dr. Kurokawa and his daughter into custody. Zoichi must attempt a rescue-Dr. Kurokawa's laboratory may yield critical information on Eon Green....

  • Biomega, Vol. 3

    The Data Research Foundation's plan to transform humanity and the earth itself accelerates as the DRF locates another executor of the apocalypse, General Narein. Toa Heavy Industry agents Zoichi Kanoe and Nishu Mizunoe haven't given up yet, and Zoich...

  • Biomega, Volume 4

    In a bid to remake the planet according to her design, Niarudi--Matriarch of the DRF--has unleashed the Reverse Morphic Polymer. This substance triggers a radical transformation of the earth, preparing it for "restoration." Meanwhile, Zoichi goes all...

  • Knights of Sidonia, volume 1

    Outer space, the far future. A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world cont...

  • Biomega, Vol. 6

    Final Volume!

    Niarudi and the DRF rule the strange cordlike world of the Recreator. Yet without Eon Green, Niarudi will never be able to remake the world as she wishes. Now the biomechanical inhabitants of the Recreator are beginning to suc...

  • Biomega, Vol. 5

    Seeking to remake the world, Niarudi--the matriarch of the DRF and the mastermind behind the N5SV drone epidemic--has unleashed the Reverse Morphic Polymer. But unplanned contact during the transformation reduces the planet to ruin. In its place a...

  • Knights of Sidonia, volume 2

    In volume two, the Sidonia has engaged a new type of Guana. This armored-type is strangely aggressive, and most of the young pilots who have confronted the monster are not prepared for this change in stragedy.Rookie pilot Nagate Tanikaze has even few...



  • Knights of Sidonia, volume 3

    Heretofore unwilling to communicate in all but the most zero-sum fashion, humanity's implacable nemesis attempts to interface in what can only be considered a gruesomely familiar shape and form.Meanwhile, some of the deepest secrets of the Sidonia al...

  • Knights of Sidonia, volume 4

    A faction on the Sidonia that believes humanity's aggressive posture toward the Gauna is responsible for the extraterrestial behemoth's hostility desires to chart a seperate course. Hero Tanikaze and his middle-gendered friend Shinatose are both prom...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 5

    After a forbidden room is unsealed, heroic pilot Saito is no longer the only legendary Sidonian with a deceptive avatar on board.Meanwhile, an incoming asteroid forces the spaceship’s mobile units to skirmish in a positive-gravity environment. Call...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 6

    While innovations including the GC-Piercing Discarding Sabot improve the seed ship Sidonia and her mobile units' odds against the Gauna, for humanity to secure a definitive edge against foes as rapidly adaptive as the space giants, the sciences alone...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 7

    Get to know a new character who may be this futuristic series’ most traditionally virtuous female. Drawing on deep wells of filial piety and perseverance, unfailingly modest, she is Tsumugi....

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 8

    While Captain Kobayashi asserts sole command over the seed ship—and dons ancient armor—ace pilot Tanikaze looks for choice real estate a lot of old ducts are a must, for him and his friends....

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 9

    If humanity’s latest bold experiment, Tsumugi Shiraui, can be said to have a mother, it would be the Hawk Moth, which provided the placenta.

    Their fateful encounter on Planet Nine will spell the end of one of them....

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 10

    In this tenth installment of the science fiction series Knights of Sidonia, the Sidonia and its crew believe that their danger-fraught quest has come to an end when they reach a planet with water and a breathable atmosphere. Author Tsutomu Nihei s...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 11

    The time has come! The Sidonia are about ready to set foot on the planet they wish to inhabit. But before they can embark on this mission they must make certain that the planet is not teeming with Guana....

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 12



  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 13

  • Knights of Sidonia, Volume 14

    Anti-humanist scientist Ochiai’s advent in the form of a hybrid plunges the Sidonia into one of its worst crises since his neutralization decades ago. Meanwhile, a no-less formidable figure seems ready to enter the Tanikaze Romance Stakes....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 10

    If humanity’s latest bold experiment, Tsumugi Shiraui, can be said to have a mother, it would be the Hawk Moth, which provided the placenta. -- Their fateful encounter on Planet Nine will spell the end of one of them....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 11

    The time has come! The Sidonia are about ready to set foot on the planet they wish to inhabit. But before they can embark on this mission they must make certain that the planet is not teeming with Guana....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 12

    When a state-of-the-art warship is dispatched towards Lem, the system's sun, her crew is menaced not only by humanity's nemesis, but by an unwitting Peeping Tom....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 13

    While the Sidonia girds up to take the battle to the Greater Cluster Ship, a lethal threat that has been brewing within finally erupts....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 14

    Anti-humanist scientist Ochiai’s advent in the form of a hybrid plunges the Sidonia into one of its worst crises since his neutralization decades ago. Meanwhile, a no-less formidable figure seems ready to enter the Tanikaze Romance Stakes....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 8

    While Captain Kobayashi asserts sole command over the seed ship -and dons ancient armor- ace pilot Tanikaze looks for choice real estate a lot of old ducts are a must, for him and his friends....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 9

    If humanity’s latest bold experiment, Tsumugi Shiraui, can be said to have a mother, it would be the Hawk Moth, which provided the placenta. -- Their fateful encounter on Planet Nine will spell the end of one of them....

  • Knights of Sidonia Volume 15

    Outer space, the far future. A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world cont...



  • NOiSE Volume 1

    What starts as a routine investigation into a series of child kidnappings turns personal when detective Musubi Susono’s partner is viciously murdered by a fanatical cult. Stymied by her superiors and armed only with a mysterious sword, Susono must ...

  • BLAME! Volume 1

    Tsutomu Nihei's (Knights of Sidonia) breakthrough science-fiction masterpiece is now finally back in print....

  • BLAME! Volume 2

    The Administration contacts Kyrii and Cibo, encouraging them to keep searching for the Net Terminal Gene which will stop the City from its intractable, chaotic growth. The Admin also warns them of the autonomous Safeguards, vicious entities that atte...

  • Blame!, Volume 2

    The Administration contacts Kyrii and Cibo, encouraging them to keep searching for the Net Terminal Gene which will stop the City from its intractable, chaotic growth. The Admin also warns them of the autonomous Safeguards, vicious entities that atte...

  • APOSIMZ 1

    This story takes place on the frigid, massive artificial planet known as Aposimz. Eo, Biko and Etherow, residents of the White Diamond Beam, are in the middle of combat training when suddenly a girl appears, Rebedoan Empire soldiers in hot pursuit. T...

  • BLAME! Academy and So On

    BLAME! Academy and So On is a spin-off series of BLAME! set in the same "City" as BLAME! and is a parody / comedy about various characters in the main BLAME! storyline set in a traditional Japanese school environment. Various elements of the main BLA...

  • BLAME! Volume 3

    Cibo has uploaded herself into Sanakan’s body, and she struggles to suppress Sanakan’s consciousness and the Safeguard commands. Cibo and Kyrii continue their hunt for the Net Terminal Gene inside of Toha Heavy Industries, which appears to be a s...

  • Blame!, Volume 3

    Cibo has uploaded herself into Sanakan's body, and she struggles to suppress Sanakan's consciousness and the Safeguard commands. Cibo and Kyrii continue their hunt for the Net Terminal Gene inside of Toha Heavy Industries, which appears to be a safe ...

  • Blame!, Volume 1

    In a future version of Earth, there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what "land" is. Within this megastructure the silent, stoic Kyrii is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene -- a genetic mutation tha...

  • BLAME! Volume 4

    Sanakan attempts to destroy the Central A.I., as Mensab and her guardian knight, Seu, fight for the lives of the human residents they promised to protect. After the Central A.I. recklessly attempts to forward the whole of TOHA Heavy Industries, Kyrii...



  • Blame!, Volume 4

    Sanakan attempts to destroy the Central A.I., as Mensab and her guardian knight, Seu, fight for the lives of the human residents they promised to protect. After the Central A.I. recklessly attempts to forward the whole of TOHA Heavy Industries, Kyrii...

  • BLAME! Volume 5

    Davine Lu is attempting to access the Netsphere within an unofficial stratum of the megastructure, where temporary access can be granted even without a Net Terminal Gene. After a fierce battle, Pcell steals Cibo’s precious capsule of human genetic ...

  • Blame!, Volume 5

    Davine Lu is attempting to access the Netsphere within an unofficial stratum of the megastructure, where temporary access can be granted even without a Net Terminal Gene. After a fierce battle, Pcell steals Cibo's precious capsule of human genetic in...

  • APOSIMZ 8

    As Etherow, Titania, Keisha, and Wasabu, in disguise as civilians, continue to make their way towards the center of the Rebedoan Empire, they come across Rutohmero, a city on the outskirts that has been decimated by Frame disease. As the illness blig...

  • BLAME! Volume 6

    In this final installment, Kyrii, still searching for the Net Terminal Gene, traces the steps of Cibo, reincarnated as a Level 9 Safeguard, and Sanakan, now a representative of the Administration. As Sanakan guides Cibo to a safe place where her sphe...

  • Blame!, Volume 6

    In this final installment, Kyrii, still searching for the Net Terminal Gene, traces the steps of Cibo, reincarnated as a Level 9 Safeguard, and Sanakan, now a representative of the Administration. As Sanakan guides Cibo to a safe place where her sphe...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 1

    From acclaimed mangaka Tsutomu Nihei, the creator and artist behind BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia, comes his newest Science Fiction epic.


    This story takes place on the frigid, massive artificial planet known as Aposimz.

    Eo, Biko and...

  • Abara, Vol. 1: Complete Deluxe Edition

    A visually stunning work of sci-fi horror from the creator of Biomega and BLAME! A vast city lies under the shadow of colossal, ancient tombs, the identity of their builders lost to time. In the streets of the city something is preying on the inha...

  • Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition

    A vast city lies under the shadow of colossal, ancient tombs, the identity of their builders lost to time. In the streets of the city something is preying on the inhabitants, something that moves faster than the human eye can see and leaves unimag...

  • APOSIMZ, 2

    From acclaimed mangaka Tsutomu Nihei, the creator and artist behind BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia, comes his newest Science Fiction epic.

    The artificial celestial body Aposimz measures 120,000 km in diameter.
    Most of its volume is its core...

  • APOSIMZ 2

    The artificial celestial body Aposimz measures 120,000 km in diameter. Most of its volume is its core space, which is covered by a superstructural shell. Fifty centuries ago, the people who lost the war against the core lost their right to reside leg...

  • BLAME! Movie edition

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artists comes the manga version of the Netflix movie, BLAME!

    Steel and rust. The City structure has endlessly propagated itself for so many years that the reason for such growth has long since been for...

  • BLAME! Movie Edition: THE ELECTROFISHERS' ESCAPE

    One of the manga world’s most intriguing artists comes the manga version of the Netflix movie, BLAME! Steel and rust. The City structure has endlessly propagated itself for so many years that the reason for such growth has long since been forgotten...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Master Edition 1

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.

    Knights of Sid...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Master Edition 2

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.

    Knights of Sid...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Master Edition 3

    Knights of Sidonia has been complied into a Master Edition featuring larger print, colored inserts and omibused volumes. Each Master's Edition volume compiles 2.5 volumes of the original Knights of Sidonia volumes.

    After a forbidden room is un...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Master Edition 4

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.

    Knights of Sid...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 4

    While their fight against the Empire continues, Titania uses her sensing abilities to track King Kajiwan as he heads toward the forbidden place known as the Gosabyo. During their pursuit of Kajiwan, Titania and her allies encounter strange phenomenon...

  • Aposimz, Volume 3

    The artificial celestial body Aposimz measures 120,000 km in diameter. Most of its volume is its core space, which is covered by a superstructural shell. Fifty centuries ago, the people who lost the war against the core lost their right to reside leg...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Master Edition, volume 5

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.


    Knights of...

  • APOSIMZ 5

    Kajiwan’s overreaching ambition ended in failure, and the weather-regulating satellite Ume crashed out of orbit. Etherow, who had held on to a sliver of hope that he could defeat Emperor Nichiko Suou, was badly injured and left barely clinging to l...

  • Knights of Sidonia Master Edition, volume 6

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.

    Knights of Sid...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 5

    From acclaimed mangaka Tsutomu Nihei, the creator and artist behind BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia, comes his newest Sci-Fi epic.

    The artificial celestial body Aposimz measures 120,000 km in diameter.
    Most of its volume is its core space, w...

  • Knights of Sidonia, Master Edition volume 7

    One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.

    Knights of Sid...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 6

    Keisha and Titania continue to hunt down Regular Frames in order to speed along Etherow’s recovery. As Kajiwan creates Regenerateds from those afflicted with Frame Disease, the Empire deploys new weapons in its fight against both Titania’s party ...

  • APOSIMZ 7

    As the Rebedoan Empire continues to increase its ranks of Regular Frames, Etherow and his companions disguise themselves and sneak into Rebedoa proper. Emperor Nichiko Suou has the ability to see the future, making him a formidable opponent. But Ethe...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 7

    From acclaimed mangaka Tsutomu Nihei, the creator and artist behind BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia, comes his latest sci-fi epic.As the Rebedoan Empire continues to increase its ranks of Regular Frames, Etherow and his companions disguise themselves a...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 8

    There's a distinct visual element to APOSIMZ that sets it apart from many other manga, a lightly-inked, barely-shaded style that lends it a dreamlike quality. - Anime News NetworkAs Etherow, Titania, Keisha, and Wasabu, in disguise as civilians, con...

  • APOSIMZ 9

    The population of Frame Disease sufferers continues to explode, and the Empire finds itself on the brink of collapse. As the conflict between Etherow’s party and the Execution Squad takes a very dark turn, the stage for the final, intense battle is...

  • APOSIMZ, volume 9

    There's a distinct visual element to APOSIMZ that sets it apart from many other manga, a lightly-inked, barely-shaded style that lends it a dreamlike quality. - Anime News NetworkThe population of Frame Disease sufferers continues to explode, and th...

  • Wolverine: Snikt!

    WOLVERINE is the lone hope of the last remaining humans in a ruined dimension as they fight to survive against robotic organisms. Will he manage to save the day and keep his own humanity, or will he lose himself to the berserker rage deep inside him?...

  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea 1

    SF/Fantasy visionary Tsutomu Nihei's most accessible and exciting series yet! With a strong influence from classics like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky, Kaina tells the story of two worlds - above and below, both of which lo...

  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea 2

    SF/Fantasy visionary Tsutomu Nihei's most accessible and exciting series yet! With a strong influence from classics like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky, Kaina tells the story of two worlds - above and below, both of which lo...

  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea 3

    SF/Fantasy visionary Tsutomu Nihei's most accessible and exciting series yet! With a strong influence from classics like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky, Kaina tells the story of two worlds - above and below, both of which lo...

  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea 4

    SF/Fantasy visionary Tsutomu Nihei's most accessible and exciting series yet! With a strong influence from classics like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky, Kaina tells the story of two worlds - above and below, both of which lo...

  • Tower Dungeon 1

    Tsutomu Nihei, master of the mysterious architectural monolith, brings his genius to bear on the fantasy genre for the first time. Having established himself with hit series like Blame! and Knights of Sidonia, he has now created a gritty, dark fantas...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tsutomu Nihei has published 85 books.

The next book by Tsutomu Nihei, Tower Dungeon 1, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Tsutomu Nihei, Wolverine Legends, Volume 5: Snikt!, was published in December 2003.

No. Tsutomu Nihei does not write books in series.
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