Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike
Love me some Yowamushi Pedal and this manga gives me more content! Spin-off series aren’t usually my thing but the original manga artist Wataru Watanabe is using this book to write backstories for his popular characters, so I’m 100% OK with this one!
~dakazu
Killing Bites
Battle manga about human-animal hybrids fighting for glory in an underground tournament called Killing Bites.
It’s drawn well but pretty shallow with it’s premise. Making the main character a honey badger hybrid makes it super meme-y and there’s a lot of excessive fan service. I had similar thoughts about the recent anime. Skimmed through most of it so I might continue to casually follow it to see how it ends.
~dakazu
Areyo Hoshikuzu
Finished this great manga by Sansuke Yamada last month. Yamada’s simple character designs are done in contrast to the somber drama of ex-soldiers living in post-world war 2 Japan. I loved his use of dramatic closeups and angles within the paneling of the final volume. I wish we could get an official English translation for this excellent series!
~dakazu
Blame!: Denki Ryoushi Kiken Kaisou Dasshutsu Sakusen
Manga adaptation of the Netflix CGI anime film adaptation of BLAME!….
…a manga adaptation…
…of a film adaptation…
…of a manga…
…WHY?
~dakazu
183 – Creator Cross Section 3 – Shotaro Ishinomori
This week we’ll be examining manga by the late, great Shotaro Ishinomori. He was a huge influence on children’s superhero shows in Japan. Does his manga hold up? We’re here to find out!
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Sequel to the popular series Those Who Hunt Elves from the 90′s. It’s apologetically a rehash of the original but I liked it none the less. Yu Yagami’s artwork has changed a lot but his humor remains the same. If you were a fan of the anime and you wanted more of the same, this is for you.
~dakazu
Monkey Peak
Survival horror manga about a group of mountain climbers who are hunted and murdered by monkey-like creature. It follows a lot of typical horror tropes, such as survivors doubting/betraying each other but the art is good and for now I’m interested to see how it ends.
~dakazu
Shogi Meshi
A decent food manga about a female professional shogi player who puts emphasis on what to eat during her matches. Art is decent but I liked how they tied the meal choices as a key factor for victory in shogi matches. It was also adapted into a live-action drama last year.
~dakazu
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark
It’s always interesting to see a manga artist’s take on a western intellectual property. Gou Tanabe’s realistic art style works well with H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror and I really enjoyed his creature designs.
You can buy English editions of Tanabe’s adaptation of The Hound and At the Mountains of Madness right now. Hopefully sales will be good enough that they’ll put out more of these.
~dakazu
182 – Triple Dip 25 – ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Seven Shakespeares, APOSIMZ
On this episode we look at the beginning of ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.,Seven Shakespeares, and APOSIMZ for another Triple Dip!
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