From the back cover: Beautiful celestial wizard Lucy has teamed up with the crazy fire wizard Natsu and his bizarre flying cat, Happy. Their job: to steal a book from the notorious Duke Everlue. But the eccentric Everlue has killed wizards before, and Lucy's team is walking right into his death trap! Review: I was getting serious GetBackers vibes from the first mission in … [Read more...] about Fairy Tail 2 by Hiro Mashima: B
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Fairy Tail 1 by Hiro Mashima: B-
From the back cover: Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu's not your typical hero-he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his … [Read more...] about Fairy Tail 1 by Hiro Mashima: B-
Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 4 by Hayao Miyazaki: A-
From the back cover: Now Princess Nausicaä and the God Warrior, a biotechnological abomination of the war known as the Seven Days of Fire, embark on a journey to the Crypt of Shuwa to seal away forever the terrible weaponry hidden within. But everyone seems to be conspiring to prevent Nausicaä from carrying out her mission, even the mysterious guardian of the crypt himself! … [Read more...] about Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 4 by Hayao Miyazaki: A-
Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 3 by Hayao Miyazaki: A
From the back cover: Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi that releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaä, a compassionate young princess, and her allies battle to heal a wounded world and its … [Read more...] about Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 3 by Hayao Miyazaki: A
DVD 1-2 by Kye Young Chon: A-
DVD reminds me of some various and random things—Ai Yazawa's NANA, the short-lived and cult favorite TV series Wonderfalls, and the pilot for the BBC show Being Human—while managing to be something fresh and original. It's true that I have not read a great deal of manhwa, but DVD is the finest example of Korean comics craft that I have yet encountered. DVD is the story of Ddam … [Read more...] about DVD 1-2 by Kye Young Chon: A-