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Haibane Renmei Anime Manga Volume 1
In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surrounding, however burning questions remain in the back of her mind. What are Haibane and what is their purpose? What lies beyond the town walls? Thus Rakka begins her wistful journey of self-discovery and wonderment. The Haibane Renmei anime manga is a full-color adaptation of Yoshitoshi Abe's fantastic anime series, presented in the "non-westernized" manga format for a fun, Japanese-style reading experience!
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 13, 2006
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Yoshitoshi Abe
35 books51 followersA famous cover and character designer. Got a bearded dragon as a pet.
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December 19, 2009
The illustrations are stunning. I'd like to see if there's an 'artwork of Haibane Renmei' coffee table book somewhere. The story is great, too - very original. I found some grammatical and typographical errors, but you often get that from translating, and it didn't bother me.
April 30, 2019
A teaser for the Haibane Renmei anime. Beautiful art, notably done in pencil rather than ink. Other than that it's just a quick recap of the first and second to last episode, some joke panels, and character concept art. Completely useless if you haven't seen the show, but kinda neat if you're a fan.
June 14, 2017
The story lacks detail about the characters and setting, though the manga itself is beautiful and full color. The editing was not very good.
February 23, 2016
The story starts with a girl in a cocoon. When it hatches she meets others and they tell her she is a haibane. The haibane have no idea about where they come from or who they are. They grow angel-type wings on their backs. The others give the new arrival a name, Rakka.
There are a number of rules the haibane have to follow. They live in a walled town, and they are not allowed to leave the town. The are only allowed to wear used clothes. They cannot get paid for any work that they do. There is a group of people called the toga who are allowed to leave town, but he haibane cannot speak to them.
Rakka tries to figure out what type of work she wants to do, and wonders what is outside the walls of the town.
It's a very interesting beginning to a series, leaving a lot of questions unanswered. It might be a post-apocalyptic-world, but even that is a guess. Very intriguing.
There are a number of rules the haibane have to follow. They live in a walled town, and they are not allowed to leave the town. The are only allowed to wear used clothes. They cannot get paid for any work that they do. There is a group of people called the toga who are allowed to leave town, but he haibane cannot speak to them.
Rakka tries to figure out what type of work she wants to do, and wonders what is outside the walls of the town.
It's a very interesting beginning to a series, leaving a lot of questions unanswered. It might be a post-apocalyptic-world, but even that is a guess. Very intriguing.
June 6, 2013
Am I missing something? I'm not being snarky, just curious- this felt like it was missing alot of exposition, explanation, resolution, etc... I mean, I liked the idea and how it began, but it seemed to peter out and I didn't feel like there was much to it. Is the anime really good?
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