Manga and Comic Reviews
“Wounded Man” managed it for nine volumes. “High School of the Dead” gave us seven volumes that trended downward in quality before it just stopped. “Terra Formars” gave us one hilariously awful volume before improving just enough to be boring. “Tenjo Tenge” was… Well, that was mostly good and never less than “readable” for the […]
This wraps up the main story with the fourth volume “Exhibition” set to contain… I dunno, maybe side stories set before, after, or even during the events of the previous three volumes. Anywhoo, vol. 3 wraps things up in better fashion than what I was expecting after vol. 2. It’s nothing fantastic by any stretch […]
Among the news coming out of Comic-Con last week included Greg Rucka bringing “Tevinter’s Boba Fett” to a “Dragon Age” miniseries, Joss Whedon answering the question of “Why isn’t there a female Victorian steampunk Batman?” in his new series “Twist,” Paolo Rivera and Chris Roberson contributing to the Mignolaverse, and Larry Hama doing a “Call […]
The war between the Federation and Zeon continues apace in this volume, with Amuro and Char playing their parts either on the battlefield or behind closed doors. Yet their struggles, and those of the supporting cast, aren’t the most interesting part of this volume. The Siege of Solomon is Dozle Zabi’s story and even if […]
“Fullmetal Alchemist’s” Hiromu Arakawa takes on a new kind of fantasy with her adaptation of the “Heroic Legend of Arslan” novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. We’re introduced to the title character as the Prince of Ecbatana, the capital of the Kingdom of Pars. Arslan is a kind and gentle sort, a far cry from his imposing […]
This year’s con was a huge improvement over the previous one. If only for the fact that I didn’t lose my badge on Saturday. Then again, I was only there for two days, so the window for things to go wrong was just that much smaller. Aside from the always enjoyable (and usually fruitful) searches […]
Now there are two “Evangelion” manga from Dark Horse that are worth your time! Tony Takezaki provided several of the more memorable contributions to that other manga, the “Evangelion Comic Tribute,” as he asked the big questions like “How would Shinji really respond to an aquarium of naked Rei Ayanami clones?” You can expect more […]
It had apparently been rumored for a while, but the return of Tokyopop was made official at their panel at Anime Expo. Their plan is to publish “hidden gems” from smaller publishers that have yet to be snapped up by companies that release manga in the U.S. In addition, they’re also planning to put out […]
I was hoping that the assassination duel between Ms. Jelavitch and her teacher was going to have the end result of making her into a worthwhile character. I was wrong. If anyone comes out of this looking better, it’s Karasuma. Not only does he take down the senior assassin, his capitulation to his fellow teacher […]
There’s been a major development for this series in the time since my last review. It was announced that “Ajin” will become an anime film trilogy in Japan sometime soon. While this is good news for creator Gamon Sakurai, I can only hope that whoever is making these films uses this as an opportunity to […]