The Pipe Machine, Volumes 1-2 (Digital)

By Takuji Umihara

Saburo is a normal kid—or at least he tries to be, but the bizarre finds its way to him with alarming precision. First, a weirdo with a samurai haircut clad in just undies is hanging around his town, then his father builds an honest-to-god time machine that looks like a giant metal smoking pipe. A quick test of the pipe time machine flings the poor boy into the outer realms of space where robots, space captains and a girl who looks very similar to a friend at home await him. Keep all limbs in the pipe and prepare for a funny, fast-paced, and very bizarre adventure in the Pipe Machine!

An ongoing 6-volume series in Japan, first released in 1991!

Release Date: March 31st, 2026
Age Rating: 13+
Format: DRM-free PDF & CBZ
Pages: 168

Localization Credits:
Translation: Dan Luffey
Lettering: Marcos Vinicius Ribeiro
Editing: Jan Mitsuko Cash
Cover & Logo Design: Darren Vogt
Prepress Technician: R. Gupta

Staff Credits:
Licensing Director & Publisher: Varun Gupta
Operations Director: Siddharth Gupta
Publishing Consultants: Michael Jokoh (Strict Algorithm LLC), Victoria Esnard
Senior Advisor: Miles Thomas Atherton
Managing Editor: Erica Friedman
Marketing Director: Rafael Antonio Collazo-Rodriguez
Marketing Associates: Nina Oldenburg, Michael “Marion” Peña
Multimedia Production: Colton Solem, Jessica Silva
Accounting & Sales Manager: Nicholas Hodges

Also available in print format!