Beet the Vandel Buster

A manga about a boy warrior who inherits the weapons of his idolized heroes and begins his journey to rid the world of demonic Vandels who plague the lands.

Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada worked together on Dragon Quest – Dai no Daibouken, which is one of my favorite manga I read growing up. Beet the Vandel Buster is very similar but allows these two to create an original adventure without the trappings of Dragon Quest that’s just as good.

I was really saddened when the series went on hiatus in 2006 after Inada became ill. Miraculously it’s been revived a decade later and I’m super happy I get to keep reading this great shonen series.

I also loved the anime and it’s opening themes by the now defunct music duo sunbrain. Our podcast outro will always be wishmen from the 2nd opening!

~dakazu