Manga and Comic Reviews
After years of not going to North America’s largest anime convention, I dropped by for a day yesterday after some friends said they were going and wanted to know if I’d be interested. I figured that regardless of how the day went, it’d be worth it to hang out with them regardless of how my […]
If you’re wondering who this Garma person is and why he’s so important that this volume bears his name, you can rest assured that your questions will be answered by the end of the volume. As head of the Principality of Zeon’s North American forces, it has become his job to capture White Base and […]
As we were led to believe at the end of the previous volume, Sakuragi leads the charge in getting Shohoku’s momentum back through means both unconventional (yanking on a player’s jersey) and skilled (swatting a player’s lay-up down onto his shoe). Even though he’s doing his best, there are still other issues at hand, such […]
I’ve talked about mangaka Tsutomu Nihe’s evolution as a creator from “Blame!” to “Biomega,” and this volume manages to continue that trend. Now, the growth of Nihei isn’t the same as other writers as “Blame!,” for all of its fantastic art and mysterious nature, left me with the impression that he doesn’t quite get the […]
So you’ve got a series about a bath engineer from Roman times who makes a habit of falling into water and waking up in modern day Japan. Once there, he observes some notable aspect of their bathing culture and then tries his best to replicate it after he falls into water again and winds up […]
Today (at least at the time I started writing this) marks the fifth anniversary of the first post ever made to this site. More than anything, I continue to write, podcast, and post to this site because I don’t want to remain just a consumer of the comics I read. Before I started writing this, […]
The journey of young upper-atmosphere window-washer Mitsu and his friends wraps up in satisfying fashion with this volume. After the plant explosion, the lower levels have been sealed off from the middle and upper ones to prevent the chaos and rioting from spreading. Everyone down there prepares for the worst, and Mr. Nishimaru seizes this […]
Going back to “The Beat” again, there was an article from last week that asked the question, “Is Dark Horse Entering a Golden Age?” Writer Hannah Means-Shannon, who also did the article about the “Essential DC Graphic Novels” cites the company’s long reliance on (quality) licensed titles like “Star Wars” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” […]
Everyone who has read my reviews of this series so far should know by know that while I enjoy it a great deal, there’s always been one thing holding it back. The “romance” between Moritaka and his “girlfriend” Miho; or rather, the complete lack thereof due to their idiot promise at the start of the […]
When we last left our protagonists, THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH FUCKED! Thrust into Italy along with several other Gantz teams right into a mission gone horribly, horribly wrong with the aliens in question slaughtering everyone. That continues straight into this volume as Kei, Kato, and the rest of the crew try to handle the chaos […]