Eden: It's an Endless World!

The series spans 18 tankōbon volumes, serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine in Japan from 1997 to 2008. Dark Horse Comics published the English-language translation in collected editions.

Eden shares thematic ground with both, particularly in its cyberpunk aesthetic and exploration of transhumanism, but it is more grounded in geopolitical realism than Akira and darker in tone than most Ghost in the Shell storylines. Creator Hiroki Endo was influenced by works like Battle Angel Alita and the cyberpunk genre, but Eden distinguishes itself through its focus on Latin American drug cartels, paramilitary politics, and the human cost of a pandemic.

Yes, the manga concluded in 2008 after approximately 11 years of serialization in Monthly Afternoon. The complete story is available across all 18 volumes, though the English release from Dark Horse Comics experienced significant publication delays before completing the full run.

The story's post-apocalyptic setting is driven by a fictional pandemic called the Closure Virus, which kills approximately 15 percent of the global population and causes rapid aging in survivors. The narrative then follows characters navigating the political and social fallout decades after the initial outbreak.