Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head. 
 
Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks. 
 
(Source: Tokyopop)
 
Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

The story takes place in a city where it's said that has thousands of levels. 
In a shutdown area, thousands of levels overlap each other, you couldn't tell the sky from the ground and you couldn't tell which way is up or which way is down. Maybe the original purpose of this story is to unravel the mysteries bound in this time and world. For the humans who found this vast rare multi-level city, the mysterious main character "Kirii" wanders to search for the "Net Terminal Genes" that were not infected. Kirii's burden and his search for the "Net Terminal Genes" is a goal like no other and is very much the mystery of this story. Log1~Log6 contains the story of Cibo that wasn't done in the original works. The Cibo who strayed away with Kirii and wanders about. A disc thrown away in the rubble. Cibo starts downloading. Just who's "Memory" will he end up with? 
Note: These clips are meant as a bonus to the Manga, and should only be taken as such. Do NOT expect any plot in these. They are merely animated (short) scenes from the Manga.

Steel and rust. The City structure has endlessly propagated itself for so many years that the reason for such growth has long since been forgotten. Even within such a techo-dystopia, humans still exist: The Electrofishers. Driven to the brink of extinction, they are visited by a traveller—a man named Killy. But will his presence bring the Electrofishers ruination or hope … ?
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

A full-color crossover story between Sidonia no Kishi and Blame!.

Welcome to BLAME! Academy and So On, the spinoff set in the same “City” as Tsutomu Nihei’s science-fiction manga classic BLAME! BLAME! Academy and So On is also a parody/comedy about various characters in the main BLAME! storyline set in a traditional Japanese school environment. Various elements of the main BLAME! story are parodied, including the relationship between Killy and Cibo, and Dhomochevsky and Iko.
 
Consists of: 
 
1. Zeb-noid (ZEB-NOID); Champion RED 2004-07 
A bloody war that spans millenniums. Two soldiers set out to kill each other. An encounter that could change their two species’ fate forever. 
2. Blame Gakuen! (ブラム学園!, Blame Academy!); Afternoon 2004-05 
Set in the same "City" as Blame!, it is a parody and comedy about various characters in the main Blame! story in a traditional Japanese school setting. Various elements in the main Blame! story are being parodied, including the relationship between Killy and Cibo, and Dhomochevsky and Iko. 
 
3. Blame Gakuen! Kyoto Nara Aiai-gasa (ブラム学園! 京都奈良相合傘); Afternoon 2007-10 
 
4. Blame Gakuen! Sakura Saku Tou no Shita de (ブラム学園! 桜咲く塔の下で); Afternoon 2008-05 
 
5. Kozutsumi (小包); unpublished, later collected in "Akai Kiba" doujinshi 
A man looks for his brother. 
 
6. Netsphere Engineer (ネットスフィアエンジニア); Bessatsu Morning 2005 
The much-awaited sequel to BLAME! follows a man, called a Dismantler, who is in charge of sub-dividing the nexus towers that incur Safeguard interference upon its detection of humans without the net terminal genes. Although humans are once again able to reside in the Net Sphere, the Safeguard are still a threat. The Dismantler or NSE, or Net Sphere Engineer, goes on a journey to aid mankind in their survival. 
 
7. Pump (ポンプ); unpublished, later collected in "Akai Kiba" doujinshi 
 
8. BLAME!² - Dai 8-keishitai Pcell no Toshi Kouzoutai Dasshitsuki (BLAME!² 第八系子体プセルの都市構造体脱出記); Morning Zoukan Mandala 2008 
The protagonist is a descendant of Pcell. This story happens a long time after the events of BLAME!. This young silicon creature knows well the havoc that Killy brought and decides to move towards the end of the megastructure, to look for him. 
 
9. Numa no Kami (沼の神); Afternoon 2008-10 
 
10. Senshi Kouchuu Suzumega (戦翅甲蟲・天蛾); Young Gangan 2007#3 
 
(Source: Kodansha Comics & MangaUpdates)

Based on the Blame! manga series by Tsutomu Nihei.

Based on the manga Blame! by Nihei Tsutomu.

In a city that is said to have thousands of levels, making it impossible to tell the sky from the ground, the mysterious Killy wanders the bizarre and foreboding levels of this mega-structure, where the boundaries between machine and living organism have been obscured.

Second movie adaption of the Blame! manga.

The Bible has its Genesis. The Matrix has The Second Renaissance. BLAME! has NOiSE. 
Through the eyes of police force member Susono Musubi, this one-volume prequel gives readers a glimpse of the world before the Netsphere went haywire. Witness the events that threw the technologically advanced society into chaos: the cancerous growth of the Megastructure, the birth of the parasitic lifeforms called Silicon Creatures, and the development of the ruthless killing machines known as the Safeguards. 
Also included in the compilation is Tsutomu Nihei's debut work BLAME which served as the prototype of the acclaimed 10-volume series, BLAME!.

Short epilogue story for Blame! Movie bundled with the limited edition Blu-ray Disc release.

Blame!² is a spin-off one-shot chapter that takes place many years after the events of Blame!. 
 
The protagonist is a descendant of Pcell. This young silicon creature knows well the havoc that Killy brought and decides to move towards the end of the megastructure, to look for him.

In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself infinitely in all directions. Now humanity has lost access to the city's controls, and is hunted down and purged by the defense system known as the Safeguard. In a tiny corner of the city, a little enclave known as the Electro-Fishers is facing eventual extinction, trapped between the threat of the Safeguard and dwindling food supplies. A girl named Zuru goes on a journey to find food for her village, only to inadvertently cause doom when an observation tower senses her and summons a Safeguard pack to eliminate the threat. With her companions dead and all escape routes blocked, the only thing that can save her now is the sudden arrival of Killy the Wanderer, on his quest for the Net Terminal Genes, the key to restoring order to the world. 

(Source: Official Website)

Tsutomu Nihei's debut work, the one-shot prototype for BLAME! Won the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize for 1995's Afternoon Four Seasons Awards.

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