Tag Archives: Naoki Urasawa

Pluto – Volume Three – Manga Review

The third volume of Pluto doesn’t really focus on Inspector Gesicht like the previous volumes, instead it builds the world around him further and sets up more pieces for the rest of the story. Gesicht still appears throughout the volume, … Continue reading

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Asadora! – Volume 6 – Manga Review

Asadora! is a fantasy/historical drama manga by Naoki Urasawa that follows Asa Asada, a school girl who also works as a secret pilot for the government to monitor a potential kaiju (giant monster) situation that has been spotted off the … Continue reading

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Pluto, Volume 1 – Manga Review

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki is based on the ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ story arc of the legendary and highly influential Astro Boy. Urasawa and Nagasaki took the relatively short story, and turned it into a cyberpunk … Continue reading

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Asadora! – Volume Five – Manga Review

Naoki Urasawa’s Asadora! continues with another fast paced and thrilling volume. At the end of Volume four Asa has just spotted the Kaiju just off the coast, and this volume picks up at that exact moment. Asa has to make … Continue reading

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Sneeze – Naoki Urasawa

Sneeze is a manga collection of Naoki Urasawa’s short stories from all over his career and a wide range of genres. For any fan of Urasawa, this is a must read. There isn’t a bad story in the bunch, it’s … Continue reading

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