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Category: Manga
Masamune Shirow’s Neuro Hard
If you were a fan in the ’90s, you probably remember that people wouldn’t shut up about Shirow. Here’s one series most diehards never got to read.
Katsuhiro Otomo’s Farewell to Weapons
Farewell to Weapons includes many of the hallmarks that would define Otomo’s success: intricate artwork, a post-apocalyptic setting, obsessively-detailed rubble, and man fighting against his own creation.
Yoshihisa Tagami and the Oddities of Anime Journalism
GREY: Best Collection included an article about artist Yoshihisa Tagami. It’s a bit odd.
Camo Nets, Zimmerit and Grit: The Gundam Manga of Kazuhisa Kondo
There’s been no shortage of creative people who’ve put their touch on the Gundam franchise over the last forty years, few are as under appreciated as Kazuhisa Kondo.
Masamune Shirow’s Legacy of Adaption
Though he’s been out of the manga game for well over a decade, Masamune Shirow’s work continues to be tapped for adaption by the Japanese animation industry.
Yoshihisa Tagami’s GREY
Yoshihisa Tagami’s comic was one of the first manga titles I ever read, and all nostalgia aside, it still holds up as a post-apocalyptic action series with great art and some staggeringly cool designs.