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To Terra...

Terra e...

1976, Manga, 28 ch, 77%

Recommended by 6 Otherworld Barbara fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy.

A few days before Atalaxian Jomy Marcus Shin's Awakening Day, he has a strange dream of a young blue-haired man. This young man is Soldier Blue, the leader of a group of psionic humans called Mu. The Mu have been fighting for generations for the right to survive against the…

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    2016, Manga, 53 ch, 79%

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    1985, Manga, 24 ch, 71%

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    2013, Light novel, 70 ch, 80%

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    Don't Call it Mystery

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    The Greatest Estate Developer

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Anime for fans of Otherworld Barbara

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About Otherworld Barbara

2003, Manga, 24 ch, 79%

Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there’s a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado… Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements, and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships.

(Source: Fantagraphics)

Note: Winner of Japan's Science Fiction Grand Prize award in 2006.

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