Future Yoshimasa Ikeda projects

The projects are all reissues for Hakusensha and Shodensha. Each of the lines will be blank, whereas each of their manga adaptations are illustrated and written by a manga artist-writer.

For Hakusensha (for Young Animal and Young Animal Zero, all written and drawn by Yu Aida)

The Lone Island series
The Secret of the Lone Island (孤島の秘密)
A Pirate of the Lone Island (孤島の怪賊)
15 Boys on the Lone Island (孤島の十五少年)
An Ocean Adventure Story (海洋冒険物語) 
The Great Pirate’s Treasure (大海賊の秘宝) 
The Phantom Ship (まぼろし船) 

The Sawmill Alley series
To Catch a Hungry Lion (空腹の獅子を捕まえるために): An anthology featuring Joseph Wilton.
To Catch a Hungry Tiger (空腹の虎を捕まえるために): Another anthology featuring Joseph Wilton.
The Deadly Beast Hunt (決死の猛獣狩り): The huge raptors are the breakout stars of this book, and it’s those beasts who would frequently appear in the Baruuba books from 1948 onwards. 
The Partly Deaf Leopard (片耳の魔豹) 
The Jungle Mystery (大密林の怪奇) 
A Huge Ship in the Jungle (密林の大怪船)
The Cryptid Kingdom (魔鏡の未確認): A pair of equivalents to Baruuba likely appear in the story. 
The Drifting Beast Ship (漂う猛獣船) 

The Amazon Treasure series
The Great Amazon Secret (大アマゾンの秘密) 
The Great Amazon Monument (大アマゾンの魔塔): Baruuba (or an equivalent) is a recurring character in this story. 
Winding Through the Big Green Monument (緑の金字塔): A Japanese boy makes uneasy allies with Peruvian locals in this serial. 

For Shodensha (for Shosetsu Non and OnBlue, all written and drawn by Sorata Akidzuki) 

The Deserted Green Island series
The Deserted Green Island (緑の無人島) 
A Sailor on The Deserted Green Island (水夫長平無人島漂流記): A prequel to The Deserted Green Island.
The Deserted Green Island Adventure (無人島の冒險): A soft reboot to the Deserted Green Island story. 
The Terror of Cannibal Island (食人島の恐怖)
The Arctic Star (北極の妖星) 
Under the Southern Cross (南十字星の下に) 

The Devil's Sea series
The Mysterious Golden Island (謎の黄金島)
The Great Adventure King (日東の冒険王) 
The Devil Sea King (魔海の王者) 
The Devil’s Hall of Fame (魔神の大殿堂)
The Magical Sea Treasure (魔海の大秘宝) 
The Magic Shiva Statue (シバの魔神像) 
The Demon Island (魔神島) 
Beyond the Sea of Magic (魔海の彼方) 
The Devil’s Golden Sea Tower (魔海の黄金塔) 

The Flying Ghost series
The Floating Castle (空中魔城) 
The Magical Phantom Tower (魔境怪塔の巻) 
The Treasure of the Great Demon Kingdom (大魔境の秘宝) 
The Magical Demon Kingdom’s Iron Palace (魔城の鐵假面) 
The Ogre Bandit (大鬼賊) 
The Phantom Monsters from Hell (魔境の怪人): Set in Myanmar. 
The Skull Mask (髑髏仮面) 
The Ghost Tower (幽霊塔) 


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