This installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Natsume Fusanosuke and contains excerpts and stand alone short works that represents the greatest action and sports manga of the 1960's-70's 

1. Zashiki Warashi (ざしきわらし) [Sanpei Shirato] 
2. Tachimochi Umanosuke (太刀持右馬之介) [Hiroshi Hirata] 
3. Kyojin no Hoshi (巨人の星) [Ikki Kajiwara & Noboru Kawasaki] 
4. Ashita no Joe (あしたのジョー) [Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba] 
5. Karate Baka Ichidai (空手バカ一代) [Ikki Kajiwara & Jirou Tsunoda] 
6. Otokogumi (男組) [Tetsu Kariya & Ryoichi Ikegami] 
7. Juukyoden (柔俠伝) [Baron Yoshimoto] 
8. Nikudan Jidai (肉弾時代) [Kazuhiko Miyaya] 
9. Tomo yo Isoge (友よ急げ) [Akihiro Takadera]

This work is a 5-part series, which contains following short stories:
 
1. Zashiki Warashi (ざしきわらし) 
2. Sensou (戦争) 
3. Yama chichi (山父) 
4. Oni (鬼) 
5. Mu Sanshi (無三四) 
Note: Zashiki Warashi was reprinted in first issue of Garo in 1964

Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, ​and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again. 
(Source: Wikipedia)

The story is about Hyuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata on the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge. 
(Source: Wikipedia)

Backed by a fixer who controls the political and economic circles, a high school student, Jinryu Goji, governs his school – Seiun Gakuen. In response, the school authority asks Nagare Zenjiro, a champion of Chinese martial arts who killed his father and was sentenced to a juvenile detention center, to fight Jinryu Goji. The story revolves around combats between the two. The dual develops into extensive conflicts involving high school students nationwide, and eventually leading figures in political and economic circles. The artist represented detailed movements of kung-fu, which was extremely popular at that time. The series was epochal in that is established a new genre of manga highlighted by conflicts on campus. 
(Source: tsoj.manga.org)

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