278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!
This week we revisit the cyberpunk world of BLAME!. It’s Morgana’s first time reading a manga by Tsutomu Nihei and she has a lot to say about the impressive artwork and confusing story. How does returning to this sci-fi adventure hold up for the other hosts? Tune in to find out!!!
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A manga about a man named Kyrii who wanders through an ever growing cybernetic mega structure in search of Net Terminal Genes.
One of the greatest sci-fi manga you will ever find. Tsutomu Nihei’s experience as an architect shines through in the sprawling landscapes of towering buildings that gives his work a sense of scale you just don’t find in other artists. This is one of the ultimate “show, don’t tell” stories I’ve ever seen.
I feel a little bad for Nihei because it’s really hard not to compare his other titles like Knights of Sidonia and APOSIMZ to the excellence of this debut work.
We’ve done a Retrospective on this.
Available from Kodansha Comics.
~dakazu
249 – Darfox Dabbles 5 – Weekly Shonen Sunday & Weekly Shonen Magazine 2
Seamus is away this week so we’ve taken the opportunity to do another Darfox Dabbles! We’re revisiting Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine to check out some of their newer series!!!
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On this episode we take a look at Tsutomu Nihei’s short sci-fi series Abara! We talk about Nihei’s focus on bioorganic designs and compare it to his other works BLAME! and APOSIMZ!!!
Abara is available for purchase from VIZ.
BLAME! and so on
An art book of Tsutomu Nihei illustrations from his manga and other collaboration projects.
This thing is fantastic and a must have item if you’re a Tsutomu Nihei fan. Some of my favorite stuff was his fantasy architecture series he did called Megalomania.
It even contains commentary about every individual piece from Niehi himself. Some of his comments like “This was a mistake” or “WTF is this” are hilarious.
~dakazu
APOSIMZ
A manga about a futuristic world where humans try to survive against extreme conditions, invading armies, and a frame disease that slowly changes you into a robot-like doll.
This series is basically Tsutomu Nihei’s take on a shonen manga and a sentai hero. The protagonist abandons his humanity to gain super powers to fight against an oppressive regime. Even the design of his doll armor is very reminiscent of the insect inspired designs of Kamen Rider.
One thing to note is how Nihei’s art style has evolved since his days of writing BLAME!. While completing Knights of Sidonia, you can tell he started replacing his black inking and leaving them white. This style works well with the snowy setting of Aposimz and gives it a much cleaner look.
Although I miss the ambiguity of his storytelling, this new work by Nihei is still great.
~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!
Continue reading139 – Manga in Motion 17 – BLAME! (2017)
On this episode Seamus revisits Ōoku: The Inner Chambers but hates the early modern English translations, dakazu is sad that Musume no Iede(I’m a Runaway Girl) has ended, he talks about photoshopping Gundam models to create Moblie Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Gaiden, darfox comes for the cat but stays for the lesbian confessions of Watashi no Kawaii Koneko-chan(My Cute Little Kitten), and dakazu is fed up with the filler episodes of ATOM: THE BEGINNING! Then, with a heavy heart, we review the Netflix 3D anime adaptation of BLAME!. Listen as we complain about nearly everything, struggle to find positives things, and discuss what we would have wanted from this movie.
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