Twin Spica is the story of Asumi Kamogawa, a young girl in Tokyo who's spent most of her life looking toward the skies, and is just now entering a phase in her life where that aspiration can become something tangible. Thus her ambition is cast …Read more »
If I remember correctly, the original 2006 Vertical edition of Ode to Kirihito was my first true exposure to a dark, somewhat self-contained Osamu Tezuka tale. It also may have been the largest bulk volume of manga I consumed prior to Drawn & Quarterly's release …Read more »
Long-time fans of Castlevania will be stricken with nostalgia the moment they start the first stage of Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth . That has nothing to do with whether or not they're actually fans of the game on which this particular outing is based—a Game …Read more »
Before the latest volume of Black Jack is even a third of the way through, the good doctor fends off sharks with scalpels while adrift at sea with a critical patient. Does something as seemingly preposterous as this make me balk? Oddly enough, no. Instead, …Read more »
I was fairly blind to the work of Natsume Ono prior to Viz's unveiling of their Ikki line of manga, aside from some cursory knowledge of her series Ristorante Paradiso . My first real introduction was House of Five Leaves —a few chapters of which …Read more »
Viz's 2009 publication of Taiyo Matsumoto's GoGo Monster received a lot of love when the time came for year-end Best Of lists, and now this fashionably late reader knows precisely why. This is as good a comic as you're likely to find out there on …Read more »
The tension is palpable in Pluto at this point, but somewhere in the thick miasma of suspense is a subtle hint of disappointment that it's all barreling toward a close. There may be two volumes left, but never before has the light at the end …Read more »
Was anyone else really excited when they announced Dead Space: Extraction ? I remember thinking what a great idea it was to create a rail shooter for Wii in the universe of the excellent 360 sci-fi/horror third person shooter from October '08. Sure enough: am …Read more »
To call Nippon Ichi games ‘esoteric’ barely begins to convey just how impenetrable they really are. To date, there are probably about seven people in the world that actually, truly enjoy games like Disgaea and La Pucelle . They are grindy, stat-heavy, and full of …Read more »
In the latest volume of Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack , the good doctor goes above and beyond the call of duty many times to show that he's just about the coolest manga character there is. He takes rabid dog-bites to the arm to prove a …Read more »
A quick word of warning: though I won't go into much detail, if any at all, by necessity there may be some aspects of this review that give away or hint at big moments from previous volumes. Anyone not at this point should just walk …Read more »
An intense battle against the Arrancar ends somewhat anticlimactically, as the villains retreat, seemingly giving up on the fight altogether. Something more sinister lurks, though, and a new threat rises once Ichigo and the others realize that Orihime has been abducted into their villainous fold. …Read more »
Black Jack can do anything he wants. Money isn't an issue, and there's hardly such a thing as going too far to teach the kinds of lessons he deems important. Take the case of one Mr. Ichigahara, for instance. Formerly involved in the disposal of …Read more »
Raizo looks like a normal enough kid. Well, he looks normal enough until he removes his bandana and parts his hair, making way for a single horn popping right out of his forehead. It's important that he keeps this secret, too, because no one wants …Read more »
As part of the NEW PEOPLE grand opening, the underground Viz Cinema hosted the regional (and red carpet!) premiere of the first part of the 20th Century Boys trilogy: The Beginning of the End . Takako Tokiwa, the producer, and a mysterious character from the …Read more »
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