Usually, my cruel taskmaster Franklin will hand me something expecting me to write a review of it. I, in turn, will examine the material and after much arguing and griping (a benefit of which comes from being paid in stuff… Read More ›
Manga
With our eight plus years of experience, we delve deep into the manga abyss.
Black Magic Review: Masamune Shirow Proves That His Mind Is Only On His Machines
Black Magic was originally a fan-made doujinshi put out in 1983, created by a mangaka and illustrator who many might recognize by name as the original creator of Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and Dominion. Yes, Masamune Shirow, known for creating heavy… Read More ›
Love Roma Review: …Or, How to Write A Romantic Comedy
When I first started writing reviews for Children Of the Blazing Fist, Franklin Raines (otherwise known as my taskmaster and evil overlord), confessed to having no way of paying me for my time. He would instead introduce and loan me… Read More ›
Himeyuka & Rozione’s Story Review: Whimsical And Sweet Are Accents, Not Substitutes
I have a conceptually unique subject to review tonight; a short-story collection of Shojo manga. Now, I am not talking about a collection of manga pilots called one shots, but real honest to goodness short stories. In the past, I… Read More ›
Not Love But Delicious Foods Review: Food Priced So High That You Are Obligated To Love It
Of all the tons of manga released in the United States over the last ten years, encompassing various out-there titles, very few would go classified as the adult woman world of Josei. This manga’s demographic, constitutes an audience of older… Read More ›
The Other White Meat: Zombie Powder Review
Released and serialized by Shueisha, Zombie Power premiered in 1999 within Weekly Shōnen Jump. Created by Tite Kubo (Bleach), Zombie Powder follows the story of Gamma Akutabi and his search for the twelve legendary “Rings of the Dead.” The rings are said to… Read More ›
Black Blizzard Review: Hiding From The Past and The Cold
We here at Children of The Blazing Fist are fans of Japan’s famed Colonel Sanders impersonator Kazuo Koike. Series like Crying Freeman, Wounded Man, and Lone Wolf and Cub have entertained us to no end with absurd exploits with this… Read More ›
Velveteen & Mandala Review: Velveteen Could Take Tank Girl Any Day
Many of you have been reading manga long enough to know that most manga were originally released in anthologies. Magazines like Shonen Sunday, Cookie, and Weekly Young Jump (the last one I might add contained Tetsuya Saruwatari’s Tough and Kazuo… Read More ›
Shoulder A Coffin Kuro Review: Every Journey Starts With The First Step
As a fan of hand drawn mediums, I grew to distinguish things based on the style influence of the original creators. As anyone who might have read my other articles, I have a tendency to lean on a works character design…. Read More ›
Lullabies from Hell Review: Hino Knows Horror
When I was younger, a friend of mine taught me about something that spoke to the way I look at a creative medium. He said (and I paraphrase) “If you really want to understand a creators’ mind, see who influenced… Read More ›
Special- First President of Japan Manga Review Essay: Writing about Faux Politics in Japanese Comics
This was an AP Government book review assignment that I wrote last month. I want to say that I got an A minus, but I am not sure. Outside of the beginning and the end of this review, and the usual… Read More ›
Peepo Choo Manga Review: Culture Clash Gone Horribly Wrong
“If I lived in Japan I could be de me, the real Milton” Milton One of the many things that I look at in a work circles around one sentence, “Can you excite me enough through the imagery you create… Read More ›
A.D. Police Part 1 Manga Review: Cyberpunk is back, and they brought cyborg puns
I’ve got some Valkilly (or “Ghost in The Shell” soundtrack, if you prefer) playing in my ears, an image of that one Aerosmith album with the robot on the cover in my head (you know the one I am talking… Read More ›
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