About the Mangaka
Masamune Shirow had created several other titles before GitS which made him famous. Several of the earlier series then gained their own fame, thought GitS remains the most famous, and most well known.
About the Manga
While I liked this volume was a great read, and a good addition to the GitS universe, or rather a good base from which the universe expanded; I’m not a huge fan of it.
About the Mangaka
Not a lot of information on Tamaki Nozomu, she has done several other works, the most notable being Femme Kabuki.
About the Manga
What can I say, other than this is one of the best manga I’ve read. Though it has some rather questionable content, but that makes all the more awesome.
About the Mangaka
The writers and creators are De Filippis, and Weir, a husband and wife team who are more famous for their work with Marvel and DC Comics. As was several independent comics, and plot lines used in various cartoons. Destiny’s Hand is their second attempt at an OEL, the first being Amazing Agent Luna, which was released at Seven Seas launch. They have a website which is moderately updated.
The art was done by Melvin Calingo but I couldn’t find anything beyond his working for a filipino magazine called Comics Clash.
About the Manga
This was the second OWL ordered by mistake, and while it lacks the feel of Hollow Fields, was still an excellent read.
About the Mangaka
Madeleine Rosca has only published the three volume Hollow Fields so far, but has already reached international acclaim by being awarded Japan’s International Manga Award, and being mentioned in Wired’s History of Manga in America.
About the Manga
This is the first of two volumes ordered by mistake, that have frankly blown me away.
Synopsis
After losing his sister five years ago, Satsuki Kakeru led a vacant life, only able to return to his normal days with help from his childhood friend Minase Yuka and other friends at school.
Suddenly one day, the sky turns red and the moon turns black. Everyone besides Kakeru and Yuka disappears and monsters start roaming the streets. All that they were able to do was just to run away and hide. After a while, the world returns to normal. But just when they thought everything was a dream, the Red Night occurs again. Kakeru and Yuka manage to find four more humans who are involved in this mysterious phenomenon: Kusakabe Misuzu, a red-haired onmyouji swordswoman, Tachibana Kukuri, a strange mute girl who looks like Kakeru’s deceased sister, Hirohara Yukiko, a lively young girl who reverts to the personality of a cold killer when her glasses are removed, and Tajima Takahisa, a young pyrokineticist.
They get together and try to survive, but six shadows suddenly appear in front of them…
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