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Living through tough times isn’t easy. Today’s failing economy, the high cost of food and energy, the mortgage crisis, all impact our daily lives. But what if it could get worse? What if, to top off all our current woes, supernatural fiends disrupted our daily lives in ways we could never imagine?
The Tenpo Era was [...]
Takashi Okazaki’s creation, Afro Samurai, struck it big when it made the leap from small time doujinshi to full blown anime in 2007. GONZO headed the animation and created a beautiful five episode series rife with butt-whooping and blood-letting. It aired on Spike TV to rave reviews and had such big names as Samuel Jackson [...]
30 Oct , 2008
Posted by: Rachel In: Manga Reviews
The Code Geass anime has been a popular series in Japan and America. It has a wide following, which has subsequently led to four different manga, at least two games and two light novels. The first manga, Lelouch of the Rebellion, follows the series’ name sake, Lelouch as he tries to overthrow his oppressive homeland.
Plot [...]
Volume Two of Hideyuki Kikichi’s Vampire Hunter D follows the beautiful dhampir into a village haunted by a troubled past.
Plot Summary
D has been hired by the mayor of Tepes to investigate a surge in paranormal activity in the village. The small town has been plagued with suspicious activity that resembles that of the Nobles. And [...]
Our friend Julie over at Manga Maniac Cafe has posted review of the Afro Samurai Manga! Here’s a quote:
Afro Samurai is chock full of action, as page after page of combat flies by. This would be great – if only I could actually see all of that frantic activity. The panels are so [...]
It’s about time: Imagi has finally released a tiny bit of animation from their Gatchaman CG Movie! Here’s the clip, via YouTube:
Thanks to Super Hero Hype for the tip!
While I mostly watch anime and only occasionally read manga, I have my reasons for preferring anime over manga. It’s not that I dislike manga, on the contrary. One of the reasons for forgoing manga is, manga is more dangerous than anime- for me. With manga, it’s easy to pick it up and reread it [...]
Related Reviews
Check out my review of Death Note, Volume One.
Light ups the creepy factor and L gets directly involved in Volume Two of the Death Note manga!
plot summary
Light has hit his stride in offing his opponents, and he’s become more coldblooded in the ways he deals with his enemies. He strikes a huge blow to [...]