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This is a list of every Comic/Manga that I've given my impressions on. Each article contains both a written and a video review, plus a few examples of the artwork from the series, to give you an idea whether or not it's for you. | ||
20th Century Boys20th Century Boys is a book full of flashbacks. There’s an overlaying story-arc that slowly unveils, but mainly the focus is on the protagonists growing up then remembering their childhood. Posted Sunday 18th September 2011 by Crazy Choco
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Air GearAir Gear tells a tale full of action, love, gang-warfare and fan-service. All carried out whilst on crazy futuristic Rollerblade-thingies called “Air Treks”. Posted Tuesday 6th March 2012 by Crazy Choco
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Apothecarius ArgentumApothecarius Argentum has the standard medieval-fantasy setting, that’s similar to so many other comics. The series stars Argent - an apothecary - and Princess Primula - a, um, Princess. The main bread and butter of the series is the relationship between the two. Posted Sunday 8th January 2012 by Crazy Choco
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Aqua (a.k.a. Aria)If you’re a busy person, working nine-to-five or longer trying to make ends meet, but don’t want to be busy and would like a laid-back and quiet life, then this is probably a book for you. The main characters have a relaxing life working as tour-guides, smile a lot and generally have a nice time. Posted Saturday 18th February 2012 by Crazy Choco
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Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious PlayIt’s a traditional tale of a school girl transported to a historical fantasy setting. You may be thinking InuYasha and you wouldn’t be too far off the mark, except that InuYasha is more aimed at male readers, where this is slightly more for female readers. Posted Wednesday 20th April 2011 by Crazy Choco
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Instant Teen: Just Add NutsIf that sounds a little bit silly, then let me assure you that Instant Teen is deliberately trying to be very silly. I mean, Tokyopop have even gone so far as to design the cover to look like a serial packet. Posted Tuesday 10th August 2010 by Crazy Choco
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Magical x MiracleAh, Shojo Manga. If the lead heroine got captured in any other genre, there'd most likely be a lot of fighting as her friends attempted to rescue her. Here, all that happens is the reader get a long monologue on how she is feeling. Posted Wednesday 12th August 2009 by Crazy Choco
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei (Goodbye, Mr. Despair)Basically it’s a kind of Japanese Satire. Not all of the jokes translate well to English, but a lot of the humour is quite multinational, so the translators obviously decided that this would be a good Manga to translate anyway even if not everyone will get all of the jokes. Posted Sunday 17th April 2011 by Crazy Choco
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Star Trek the MangaProbably the thing that I like most about each chapter is that while the cast all seem as they were, the plot-lines are all slightly updated for the current age. What do I mean by that? I mean putting the crew of the enterprise up against an anime-style super villain. I mean putting the enterprise up against a small army of giant mecha. Posted Sunday 8th May 2011 by Crazy Choco
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The First King AdventureFirst King Adventure is aimed at a very young audience. However after reading it myself, I didn't feel that it being aimed at kids is going to put off an older reader. Unfortunately the poor pacing will do that instead. Posted Tuesday 1st September 2009 by Crazy Choco
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