Pentabu to Sensha

Pentabu to Sensha

A wacky comedy about a military otaku who time travels back to join a tank squad during the forgotten Soviet-Japanese war of 1939.

The concept of sending an otaku back in history isn’t unique as I’ve talked about Sengoku Comiket before. The main difference here is the leader of the tank squad has a fetish for tanks and eventually decides to keep fighting so that he can one day attend comiket.

Honestly I’m wasn’t interested in a lot of the moe based jokes so this one fell a little flat for me but I did really like Rem Sakakibara’s character art.

~dakazu

183 – Creator Cross Section 3 – Shotaro Ishinomori

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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