Pacific Rim: Amara

by Cavan Scott

 

First time in print. Pacific Rim: Amara is an official prequel series to the major motion picture, Pacific Rim Uprising. This softcover edition collects the entire Pacific Rim: Amara story that was published on Webtoons. and new material for the first time.

 

As the Kaiju Wars rage on, Pacific Rim: Amara follows the young heroine whose life shattered when she is orphaned during a devastating monster attack. Fighting to survive as her city is destroyed, she finds shelter with a grumpy mech-inventor named Kai and his closest companion, Hannah. The trio forms an unlikely family in the aftermath of the invasion, looking out for one another and scavenging old mech parts to build their very own Jaeger, a pilotable giant robot with the power to protect Amara from the monsters that took everything from her.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

72 pages, Paperback

Published December 3, 2019

About the author

is a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar.

Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.

Reviews

[Entre.paginas.y.libros]

Me gustó mucho este cómic, se lee súper rápido al ser corto, además de que es entretenido. La historia es sencilla y predecible, sirve para presentarnos a un personaje que sale en la película de Pacific rim: uprising.

El personaje principal es Amara y nos cuenta como perdió a su familia a los 5 años por culpa de los Kaijus, vemos los problemas que esto le ocasiona y su manera de actuar.

Hubo unas partes en las que me molestó el actuar de la niña (cuando ya creció), entiendo que le quedó el trauma, pero a veces se comportaba muy mal con las personas que la cuidaban y la protegían. Lo bueno es que para el final, se ve que la niña cambia y piensa más las cosas.

Las ilustraciones me gustaron mucho, son muy visuales en ciertas partes, te ayudan entender mejor el Jaeger o Kaiju que presentan.

El final es un poco triste y queda abierto, porque después de eso siguen los acontecimientos de la película 2 (que a veces desearía que no existiera 😠😤) y en ella vemos el crecimiento de Amara en los entrenamientos para ser piloto de un Jaeger.

[Jiro Dreams of Suchy]

My weakness is giant robots and monsters- that alone will get me to check out most movies or shows- I’m a huge fan of the pacific rim films (one is amazing and they get progressively worse but f it, giant robots fighting monsters).

This doesn’t have nearly enough of the reason people enjoy the franchise, and the story told instead is not all that interesting to keep me hooked. I like the idea of a child growing up in a post-kaiju world and dealing with that trauma but this story just becomes a kind of cheesy racing story and never really takes off.

It is short, the art is solid. You won’t really waste time picking it up but it’s not a highlight. If you’re a Pacific rim obsessive why not, if you thought those movies were dumb skip this for sure.

[Kajol (faeries.alley)]

The origin story of Amara, the character who is also in the second movie of Pacific Rim.

The story is short and simple. The twists and development was expected and predictable. It didn't really impress me.

Extra star for the artwork.

[Katie]

A very touching story about how Amara grew to be the fiesty young Jaeger tech and pilot that she is in the movie and next book. It made me tear up a bit.

[Robin Bunbury]

The comic matches the expectations I had after this horrible sequel movie.

[Andrew]

This was incredibly charming and creative.

Great artwork with a fun story.

[Robert]

So derivative that you'll have deja vu reading something you've never touched before. So probably don't waste your time.

[Orson Witte]

GGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDD

[Cecil Pulley]

I enjoyed the character designs and the basic concept of an Amara origin story, but it's short length leads to pretty noticeable pacing and character development issues, and I personally don't think that the blue/grey/green tones of the entire book nor the focus on mechs really allow the artist's best work to shine. also... technically this book retcons the fact that Amara built Scrapper herself so do with that what you will.

[Maciej]

Pacific Rim: Amara to prequel do filmu Pacific Rim: Uprising i jako komiksowy prequel się sprawdza, gorzej z przekonywującą zamkniętą historią. Gdyby nie patrzeć na płytkie postacie i mało esencji franczyzny to byłoby super bo rysunki są bardzo dobre.