Serialized works •
Blame! – Nihei's first work, detailing the adventures of Killy as he searches through a massive city for a human with special genes that could save the world. Originally published in
Monthly Afternoon, it also gained a 6 episode ONA. Movie released May 19, 2017. •
NOiSE – A prequel to
Blame!, in which a police officer investigates the murder of a gang. Originally published in
Afternoon Season Zōkan. •
Abara – Published in
Ultra Jump,
Abara follows Denji Kudou, a man able to transform into a Gauna – a creature with bone-like armor and weaponry. •
Biomega – Zouichi Kanoe and the AI in his motorbike set out to find humans resistant to N5S, a virus that turns people into zombie-like "Drones". Originally appeared in
Young Magazine. •
Knights of Sidonia – An original story set in the far future about a human colony ship's war against an elusive alien race known as the "Gauna". It was published in
Monthly Afternoon and is the first of Nihei's works to be adapted into a TV series. In 2015, Knights of Sidonia won the "General" category of the prestigious
Kodansha Manga Award. •
Aposimz – Also known as
Ningyō no Kuni (, lit. "Country of Dolls"). Set on an artificial planet where people on the surface face harsh conditions such as extreme cold and "Frame Disease," which slowly transforms people into biomechanical creatures, while people in the core live in luxury. It is licensed by
Kodansha Comics, which releases chapters digitally, and Vertical Comics, which releases print volumes. •
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea – A "boy-meets-girl high fantasy" set in a world where land is being swallowed by the encroaching Great Snow Sea. Manga written by Nihei with art by Itoe Takemoto was serialized in
Kodansha's
shōnen manga magazine
Monthly Shōnen Sirius from February 2022 to June 2024, and an anime was released in 2023. •
Tower Dungeon – A "hack-and-slash fantasy" series focusing on a necromancer, who has assassinated the king and kidnapped his daughter, taking refuge in the Tower of the Dragon. It began serialization in
Monthly Shōnen Sirius in October 2023.
One-shots and additional works •
Parcel – A short
one-shot about a man looking for his brother. •
Blame – A one-shot prototype for
Blame!, collected in
NOiSE. •
Blame!² – A full color, 16-page one-shot published in
Kodansha's
Mandala vol. 2, following up on the story of
Blame! with one of Pcell's future incarnations. •
Blame Academy! – A comedy featuring the characters from
Blame! as students in a school. Published infrequently. •
Blame! Fortress of Silicon Creatures - A full color, 14-page one-shot epilogue for the
2017 film, it came with its Japanese limited edition Blu-ray set. • '''''Blame! Movie Edition: The Electrofishers' Escape''''' - A one-shot manga adaptation of the
2017 film. •
Dead Heads – First issue of a cancelled horror manga series; collected, as thumbnails, in
Blame! and So On. •
Digimortal – A two-part one-shot about a mercenary hired to assassinate a leader of a new
Inquisition. Originally appeared in
Ultra Jump, published in vol. 2 of Abara. •
Halo: Breaking Quarantine – Set in the
Halo universe, the untold story of Sergeant Avery J. Johnson and his escape from the bowels of Halo and the Flood. •
Negative Corridor – A short one-shot, published in
NOiSE. •
Ningyō no Kuni – A short one-shot set on a frozen planet about an encounter between a young man and a mechanical being, acting as a prologue for
Aposimz. •
Knights of Sidonia: The Fourth Gauna Defense War - One-shot spin-off from Knights of Sidonia. • '''''Knights of Sidonia: Tsumugi, I'm addicted to "Blame!"''''' - A short one-shot included in a 2015 Blu-ray booklet and in Blame Academy! and So On new Japanese edition. •
NSE: NetSphere Engineer – A one-shot sequel to
Blame!. •
Numa no Kami – A short one-shot about a man encountering a lake Goddess (Akai Kiba vol. 3). •
Pump – A short one-shot about the last humans reproduction process. •
Sabrina – A short one-shot about a man coming across a girl whose arm is stuck in a hole, published in vol. 1 of
Akai Kiba doujinshi anthology. •
Idaho - A one-shot published in vol. 2 of
Akai Kiba doujinshi anthology. •
(no title) - A 4-page teaser
Gundam story published in
Gundam Ace. •
Wolverine: Snikt! – A 5 issue limited series of the
X-Men character
Wolverine. Originally published by
Marvel Comics. •
Winged Armor Suzumega / Sphingidae – A short one-shot about a battle between alien beings. •
Zeb-Noid – A short one-shot about a hostile encounter between two different species that takes an unexpected turn.
Artbooks • '''''Bitch's Life''''' – An erotic illustrations book, featuring contributions from over twenty
manga artists; four of which come from Nihei. •
Blame! and So On – Published in 2003,
Blame! and So On contains artwork and sketches for
Blame!,
Noise, and
Wolverine: Snikt!, amongst others; it also contains the illustrations Nihei provided for ''Bitch's Life
and the aborted Dead Heads'' as thumbnails. •
Megalomania - (STUDIO VOICE、Published in 2000、INFASパブリケーションズ）Collection of artworks by Tsutomu Nihei depicting large scale megastructures. ==Accolades==