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Little Battlers Experience #1
LBX: New Dawn Raisers, Vol. 1: New Dawn Raisers
Welcome to the world of Little Battlers eXperience! In the near future, a boy named Van Yamano owns Achilles, a miniaturized robot that battles on command! But Achilles is no ordinary LBX. Hidden inside him is secret data that Van must keep out of the hands of evil at all costs!
Van Yamano loves Little Battlers eXperience, also known as LBXs, the hot toy of the future in present day 2050. And it’s kind of cool that his dad invented them! But now a secret organization is coming after Van to procure the secrets that might be hidden inside his own LBX robot, Achilles!
Van Yamano loves Little Battlers eXperience, also known as LBXs, the hot toy of the future in present day 2050. And it’s kind of cool that his dad invented them! But now a secret organization is coming after Van to procure the secrets that might be hidden inside his own LBX robot, Achilles!
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192 pages, Paperback
First published September 16, 2014
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
March 6, 2018
Due to being a fan of the 3DS game, I decided to pick this volume up to see how it would stack in comparison. Whereas the game presents Van as a novice who has experience using lower quality LBX due to not being able to own his own, the manga gives us a different Van. A Van who is knowledgeable about LBX due to following his friends play their matches. Much of the important details from the game show up in the volume, but the pacing is extremely different. Coming from the game the change in pace was something I expected, yet what made me pause while reading was the sheer Deus Ex Machina devices that constantly showed up throughout the volume. I will not spoil what these devices are, but needless to say these moments did not stack well when compared to the build up the game had.
With that said, the art for both the characters and the mechs are superb. I was hesitant to pick it up when I saw how odd Van looked on the cover, but he becomes animated as the pages flip on. The emotional drama that occurs, when combined with the abnormal levels of action one would not expect from tiny Medabots (anyone remember that series?), makes for an awesome read. This manga certainly can be enjoyed for anyone capable of reading. As a fan of the game, I hope that more elements of the customization options will show up in future volumes, but I doubt it.
With that said, the art for both the characters and the mechs are superb. I was hesitant to pick it up when I saw how odd Van looked on the cover, but he becomes animated as the pages flip on. The emotional drama that occurs, when combined with the abnormal levels of action one would not expect from tiny Medabots (anyone remember that series?), makes for an awesome read. This manga certainly can be enjoyed for anyone capable of reading. As a fan of the game, I hope that more elements of the customization options will show up in future volumes, but I doubt it.
March 25, 2023
I'm always down for more officially translated kodomomuke so I was super glad to be able to read LBX volume 1! Coming into this you might not think the story would be great. This is a manga adaptation of multimedia video game and anime first franchise. But, the story is actual pretty solid. It might be a bit tropy but the tale of a small group of rebels going up against a super evil shadow organization is a story setup I normally enjoy.
The art is really nice! Fujii is a big fan of models, they say so in the foreword, and it shows with the detail he gives the LBXs. Clearly, they hired the man for his great mecha art. Sometimes mecha manga can be hard to read with either too-much detail or too-little detail. Too much screen-tone or not enough. But Fujii ends up doing it perfectly so that they look detailed without being cluttered or hard to read. There's also a bit of a flexible punk-ish flair to the drawing/posing of them with helps give them a lot of personality.
Overall, a great first volume for a kodomomuke I'm glad I was able to read.
The art is really nice! Fujii is a big fan of models, they say so in the foreword, and it shows with the detail he gives the LBXs. Clearly, they hired the man for his great mecha art. Sometimes mecha manga can be hard to read with either too-much detail or too-little detail. Too much screen-tone or not enough. But Fujii ends up doing it perfectly so that they look detailed without being cluttered or hard to read. There's also a bit of a flexible punk-ish flair to the drawing/posing of them with helps give them a lot of personality.
Overall, a great first volume for a kodomomuke I'm glad I was able to read.
August 29, 2024
i really liked this book it was really good and I also liked how creative the weapons are, it is a good introductory book.
April 21, 2015
3.75*
I've been putting this series off for awhile. I really wish I hadn't, since this volume was sooooo good. I enjoyed it alot. At first, I thought: "Kids with little robots? How original!", and remembered how much I wanted to love "Cubix" back in the day. But, this series is alot better, and I should try watching the anime as well.
Van is a fun child with an ambitious attitude. I always enjoy reading about the heroes that go after what they want, especially when they truly have a reason to do so. And, once Van gets his special LBX, and finds out that his father is actually still alive, he and his friends definitely have a reason. I know the whole "The future of the world lies in the hands this small group of children." thing is cliche' and overdone, but it works really well for this series.
I will definitely be continuing this series.
I've been putting this series off for awhile. I really wish I hadn't, since this volume was sooooo good. I enjoyed it alot. At first, I thought: "Kids with little robots? How original!", and remembered how much I wanted to love "Cubix" back in the day. But, this series is alot better, and I should try watching the anime as well.
Van is a fun child with an ambitious attitude. I always enjoy reading about the heroes that go after what they want, especially when they truly have a reason to do so. And, once Van gets his special LBX, and finds out that his father is actually still alive, he and his friends definitely have a reason. I know the whole "The future of the world lies in the hands this small group of children." thing is cliche' and overdone, but it works really well for this series.
I will definitely be continuing this series.
January 31, 2016
Read my full review over at the Anime News Network.
August 22, 2015
Very simple manga about tiny toys
August 28, 2015
Simple story with some cute story elements and plenty of action. Good for most ages.
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