Yeah, not actually censoring out all instances of blood is a huge step up.
Still, I dunno if this is really worth the effort. The original anime was tepid enough to make a Hellsing-style total do-over better than a sequel, but it's not like the manga is actually all THAT good. I enjoy it, but there are tons of much more deserving/crazy action-trash manga. Like, Blame could use a another go with an actual budget.
These are the 4 issues of the fanzine we produced a while back (2002-2004). They're rough, but they're also the foundation for a lot of what we've built since then, including this site.
Click on the issues to bring up the full reader.
Issue 1 focused on Berserk, Jin-roh, and Asian live-action movies. It also had a memorable review of Gundress.
Issue 2 was a dissection of FLCL (it explains it all, really) and the work of Taiyo Matsumoto.
Issue 3 tackled Yoshitoshi ABe's traditional Japanese aesthetics, explained Evangelion and looked at the explosion of Korean movies.
Issue 4 was all about horror, laying out what made new wave Japanese horror so unique.
Yeah, not actually censoring out all instances of blood is a huge step up.
ReplyDeleteStill, I dunno if this is really worth the effort. The original anime was tepid enough to make a Hellsing-style total do-over better than a sequel, but it's not like the manga is actually all THAT good. I enjoy it, but there are tons of much more deserving/crazy action-trash manga. Like, Blame could use a another go with an actual budget.