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The Empire of Corpses (manga) #1

El imperio de los cadáveres núm. 01

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A finales del siglo XIX, se desarrolló una tecnología para reanimar cadáveres. El estudiante de medicina John Watson se convierte en agente secreto del Imperio británico y sale a recorrer el mundo. Va tras el lenguaje y el alma, con sus 21 gramos de peso.

La última e inacabada gran obra de Project Itoh, terminada por Toh EnJoe y adaptada espléndidamente al manga.

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 9, 2016

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Project Itoh

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Project Itoh (伊藤 計劃 Itō Keikaku?), real name Satoshi Itō (伊藤 聡 Itō Satoshi?, October 14, 1974 – March 20, 2009), was a Japanese science fiction writer.

Born in Tokyo and graduated Musashino Art University. While working as a web designer, he wrote Gyakusatsu kikan and submitted to Komatsu Sakyō Award contest in 2006. Although it did not receive the award, it was published from Hayakawa Publishing in 2007 and was shortlisted to Nihon SF Taisho Award. A poll by the yearly SF guidebook SF ga yomitai ranked Gyakusatsu kikan as the number one of the domestic SF novel of the decade.

Since 2001, he had to be hospitalized time to time for recurrent cancer. He died at age 34 on March 20, 2009. The video game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was dedicated to his memory.

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Profile Image for Gianfranco Mancini.
2,350 reviews1,081 followers
July 26, 2020





Herbert West John Watson Re-Animator vs. Il Mostro di Frankenstein in una originale ed avvincente ucronia steampunk.
Avendo visto ed adorato pochi giorni fa il film d'animazione, ho prontamente recuperato il manga in tre volumi pubblicato da Star Comics qualche anno fa.
Questo primo volume chiarisce parecchie cose, ma il film, curato dallo stesso studio che ha realizzato la serie di Attack on Titan (L'attacco dei giganti), secondo me è decisamente migliore.
Profile Image for Sushi (寿司).
611 reviews161 followers
February 11, 2018
Molto interessante. Intanto approvo la sovracopertina. Una cosa che alla mia dipartita era solo agli inizi alla Star dopo tanti anni di volumi senza. Insomma un esclusiva e infatti quando l'ho messo nel carrello me l'aspettavo senza. Non ho letto nemmeno le info su Amazon avendo comprato migliaia di volumi della Star per tantissimi anni.
Per chi ama leggere posso dirvi subito che ci sono molte citazioni letterarie. Iniziamo con Frankestein, poi c'è Friday che non ho collocato subito in quanto è il secondo nome che salta fuori e ancora non ti rendi che i nomi sono famosi. Ci si arriva dopo un pò e anzi un pò molto se come me l'avete sempre conosciuto come Venerdì. Poi c'è John Watson che è citato anche nella trama. A seguire Van Helsing, Pinkerton e Alexei Karamazov. Quest'ultimo ho dovuto cercarlo. I nemici attualmente paiono essere i Russi e io di letteratura Russa non me ne intendo.
Abbiamo anche Frederick Burnaby che aiuterà John Watson e Friday al capitolo uno. E' accompagnato da una certa Hadaly che non riesco a collegare. Non ho poi letto tutti i libri del mondo vi pare? Altri che non riesco a collegare sono un certo M che sta con Van Helsing e Grant e Lytton.
Questo solo il capitolo uno. Niente altri spoilers. Se volete sapere che altri nomi compaiono dovrete leggerlo.
Profile Image for marianina.
99 reviews31 followers
July 17, 2019
Next time you experience an unexplainable weight loss of very precisely 21.3 grams, consider that your soul has left your body.



I watched the movie a while ago and I'm trying to get as much info on it as possible cause it was pretty vague and confusing, yet too intriguing to just let it pass. The manga has beautiful art and, fortunately, things are much better explained. There are mentions of Friday and Watson's past from early on, so I imagine there is more to come in the next volumes considering their theory (I'm still not sure about what they were trying to prove - or I've forgotten?). Also, the fact that Friday's identity is known makes everyone's lives much easier and the story gets immediately darker and so much more compelling (well it might have been known in the movie as well but I didn't realise until the second half). I particularly like some details that I don't recall existing in the movie but add a lot of emotion, like Watson and Friday playing chess.

Generally, the characters are very solid and well developed and the pace doesn't slow down. Adequate amounts of action, mystery, drama are combined in a very good execution. Nice stuff.

(I still do love the movie a little more though)

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556 reviews8 followers
April 13, 2020
J’ai lu ce manga sur la recommendation de mon neveu et je ne le regrette aucunement. Pourtant le récit n’est pas particulièrement bien mené et, si le dessin est plutôt agréable, la mise en page manque un peu de fluidité. Ce serait donc un manga plutôt moyen si ce n’était de sa prémisse vraiment géniale.

The empire of corpses n’est pas une histoire de zombies — mais presque. C’est une superbe histoire sur de beaux dessins de Tomoyuki Hino et, même si le récit laisse un peu à désirer, c’est un bon manga, à lire absolument surtout pour les fans de steampunk.

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Profile Image for La Stamberga d'Inchiostro.
169 reviews12 followers
February 9, 2018
Il titolo lo dice chiaramente, “The empire of corpses”, “l’impero dei corpi”, un tentativo disumano di cadaverizzare l’umanità per liberarla dal fardello della vita, il piano diabolico di un vero e proprio folle.
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478 reviews1 follower
March 21, 2018
Recensione presente anche sul canale Youtube Nali's Shelter

Un manga con una trama molto interessante ma che spero migliori nei prossimi volumi visti i diversi difetti che vi ho riscontrato! Se volete saperne di più, trovate la mia recensione qui -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCUF6...
Profile Image for Ab.
65 reviews67 followers
May 19, 2018
Parece interesante pero me toca la moral que la única mujer que salga en todo el tomo esté TAN sexualizada
Profile Image for ADSE les étoiles.
23 reviews1 follower
February 20, 2021
Pas terrible, les dialogues sont peu interessents et les mise en scènes des personnages un peu grotesque. Le scénario original aurait pû être mieux exploité...


Juvé.
Profile Image for Shany.
234 reviews18 followers
October 12, 2019
Don't want to talk about this one.
I thought it was gonna be something, it wasn't at all what I was expected.
The graphics was good, but the story is a big argh.
Profile Image for Stéphanie.
466 reviews1 follower
February 18, 2019
Je suis dubitative. Le dessin est correct mais rien de transcendant. L’exercice de mélanger dans un même récit plusieurs personnages issues de fictions d’horreur/fantastique du 19ème est une recette mainte fois employée (la Ligue des Gentlemen extraordinaires, Penny Dreadfuls…) et qui peut bien fonctionner, mais je reste ici sur ma faim… Je ne m’attache pas aux personnages (ici le docteur Watson, entre autre… ) et je trouve la narration un peu brouillonne… Bref je ne suis pas convaincue.
Profile Image for Myriam.
479 reviews286 followers
June 23, 2019
C'était... intéressant. Je ne suis pas vraiment certaine de pouvoir mettre des mots sur mon ressenti vis-à-vis de cette lecture...

Je lirai certainement les deux autres tomes (pour une fois que ce n'est pas une saga à rallonge) juste par curiosité.
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