Review ~ JJBA: Battle Tendency

 

 

 

JJBA: Battle Tendency by Hirohiko Araki

• Publication: 20/10/1987 - 14/03/1989
• Volumes: 4
• Chapters: 69
• Demographic: Shonen
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural
• Adaptation: 2012 Animated TV Series 

Review ~ Akane-banashi

 

Akane-banashi, story by Yuki Suenaga, art by Takamasa Moue

For this review 190 Chapters were read. 

Use of * refers to ‘at the time of writing’ 

• Publication: 14/02/2022 - present*
• Volumes: 20* (14 in Eng.)*
• Chapters: 191*
• Demographic: Shonen
• Genre: Drama
• Adaptation: 2026 Anime

Review Roundup #1

To start the year off, I chose to take a short look at 3 fairly new series that caught my eye. Those 3 manga being A Witch’s Life in Mongol, Tower Dungeon and Akane-banashi. Now that I’ve read 2 volumes from each of these 3 series, I felt it would be a waste to not talk about them at a bit more length in the field where I feel most natural, that being the blog. 

Now, I usually only do reviews for a series I either finish or make significant progress in, so doing a review for only 2 volumes might usually be pointless, especially because of the amount of depth I like to go into. That can be remedied if I just put 3 shorter reviews together into this one larger blog post.

This is what I’m calling a Review Roundup, where I do a shorter review for multiple manga I’ve been reading. Mostly for when I start a new series. 

Let’s begin!

Review ~ JJBA: Phantom Blood

 

JJBA: Phantom Blood by Hirohiko Araki

• Publication: December 2, 1986 - October 13, 1987

• Edition: Standard Hardcover (English JoJonium)  

• Volumes: 3

• Chapters: 42

• Demographic: Shonen

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural

• Adaptation: 2007 Animated Film (Limited Theatrical Release), 2012 Animated TV Series

Research Topic ~ Hirohiko Araki Before JoJo

Early Days for Hirohiko Araki

It’s not uncommon to see that some mangaka spend much of their careers as authors writing their defining series for so long, it spans across decades, becoming synonymous with the author themselves and representing them almost entirely.

Hirohiko Araki is inextricably linked to his almost 40 year old magnum opus, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. He had started writing the series when he was 27 years old, 7 years into writing manga.

 

 

Review ~ Mermaid Saga

Mermaid Saga by Rumiko Takahashi

• Publication: August 1984 - February 1994

• Edition: VIZ Collector's Edition  

• Volumes: 2 

• Chapters: 16

• Demographic: Shonen

• Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Fantasy

• Adaptation: OVA (1991-1993), 2003 Animated TV Series