Manga and Comic Reviews
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 […]
Getting a special above-the-board mention this month is B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth #135. Why? Because the solicitation text mentions that this is the start of the final “Hell on Earth” arc. This doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the series. Were I a betting man, I’d assume that the series will be getting a new […]
Ever since we started getting Kon’s manga over here, I’ve been waiting to read the one which would live up to the genius of his films. “Tropic of the Sea” was an early work which showed some promise, but was largely unremarkable. “Opus” felt like it would’ve made for a great movie, but along with […]
There are two significant character deaths in this volume. One of them involves someone who has been relatively sympathetic throughout most of his tenure in this series. His turn towards hatred in the last few volumes has actually been one of the more believable character developments of this final arc of “Gantz” as his reasons […]