APOSIMZ manga volume 1 features story and art by Tsutomu Nihei, the creator of BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia.

This story takes place on the frigid, massive artificial planet known as Aposimz.

Eo, Biko and Etherow, residents of the White Diamond Beam, are in the middle of combat training when suddenly a girl appears, Rebedoan Empire soldiers in hot pursuit. The girl asks for their help in keeping safe a “code” and seven mysterious “bullets.” This chance encounter marks a major shift in the fate of the entire planet…

APOSIMZ manga volume 2 features story and art by Tsutomu Nihei.

Etherow transforms into a Regular Frame and obtains power far surpassing that of any human. Led by the strange Automaton Titania, Etherow sets out on a journey across the frozen, ruined planet in order to avenge his fallen homeland…

APOSIMZ manga volume 3 features story and art by Tsutomu Nihei.

On the frigid planet Aposimz, the battle being waged between Etherow and the Rebedoan Empire heats up. Etherow just barely manages to defeat Yiyu, who was responsible for the ruin of the White Diamond Beam. Yet immediately after the battle ends, a high-level Reincarnated from the Empire arrives...

APOSIMZ manga volume 4 features story and art by Tsutomu Nihei.

While their fight against the Empire continues, Titania uses her sensing abilities to track King Kajiwan as he heads toward the forbidden place known as the Gosabyo. During their pursuit of Kajiwan, Titania and her allies encounter strange phenomenon and notice the Rebedoan army behaving in mysterious ways. The culprit turns out to be the terrifying power wielded by Emperor Nichiko Suou…

APOSIMZ manga volume 5 features story and art by Tsutomu Nihei.

Kajiwan’s overreaching ambition ended in failure, and the weather-regulating satellite Ume crashed out of orbit. Etherow, who had held on to a sliver of hope that he could defeat Emperor Nichiko Suou, was badly injured and left barely clinging to life when Ume crashed to the surface.

In the aftermath of Ume’s crash, the Northern Composite Slab Region grows ever colder, and a new energy begins to rise…