Hey, huge Battle Angel fan here and I just wanted to let you know it's AWESOME to see someone still writing about the series! I'm still making my way through the archives but I loved your post about book 5. Angel of Redemption was the first book I read in the series (first manga I ever read, in fact) and even without context or knowledge of the story, it totally got me hooked! I think I've come to appreciate it even more over the years, and I enjoyed the insight you brought in that post. Hope to read more on BAA here!
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, people don't really talk about Kishiro any more, even though he's still actively getting material out in English. Kind of a shame, but then Last Order is definitely an acquired taste...
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.
Hey, huge Battle Angel fan here and I just wanted to let you know it's AWESOME to see someone still writing about the series! I'm still making my way through the archives but I loved your post about book 5. Angel of Redemption was the first book I read in the series (first manga I ever read, in fact) and even without context or knowledge of the story, it totally got me hooked! I think I've come to appreciate it even more over the years, and I enjoyed the insight you brought in that post. Hope to read more on BAA here!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words! Yeah, people don't really talk about Kishiro any more, even though he's still actively getting material out in English. Kind of a shame, but then Last Order is definitely an acquired taste...
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