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Blame! [ブラム!]
BLAME! 電基漁師 危険階層脱出作戦 [BLAME!: Denki Ryoushi -Kiken Kaisou Dasshutsu Sakusen-]
人間を拒絶し、無限に増殖した都市構造。その因果も幾星霜の彼方に忘れ去られた世界を彷徨う者がいた。その名は――霧亥。弐瓶勉の原点『BLAME!』。その壮大な設定と世界観から不可能といわれた映像化を、ついに現実のものとした劇場版アニメ。このＳＦ超大作を独占コミカライズ！
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Tsutomu Nihei
218 books728 followersSee also 弐瓶 勉.
Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.
At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.
Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...
Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.
At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.
Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...
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November 14, 2019
Did you like the book? Why or why not?
I liked the book mostly for the artwork and what it was trying to do.The artwork is never what makes a reader go back to reread a graphic novel it's usually there so they get a visual representation of what they're reading but with BLAME! it's different. The story is okay as it's the graphic novel version of the movie not the original one. The story is good for what it is it's not straight forward and may be confusing on the first read but it's best to read it fully first then read the back description of it.
Would you recommend this book to readers? If so, why should they read this book?
I would recommend it because though the book has some faults it's still one that should be read as it's a different story but in the books universe. I did not read the original series as i thought this was the only one but as i read this I became to be interested in that universe it takes place in. So this being my first look at what the original Blame! is going to bring i'm interested as the authors way of drawing looks really abstracted.
I liked the book mostly for the artwork and what it was trying to do.The artwork is never what makes a reader go back to reread a graphic novel it's usually there so they get a visual representation of what they're reading but with BLAME! it's different. The story is okay as it's the graphic novel version of the movie not the original one. The story is good for what it is it's not straight forward and may be confusing on the first read but it's best to read it fully first then read the back description of it.
Would you recommend this book to readers? If so, why should they read this book?
I would recommend it because though the book has some faults it's still one that should be read as it's a different story but in the books universe. I did not read the original series as i thought this was the only one but as i read this I became to be interested in that universe it takes place in. So this being my first look at what the original Blame! is going to bring i'm interested as the authors way of drawing looks really abstracted.
August 30, 2019
An adaptation of the Blame! movie, which is an adaptation of bits of early Blame!, principally the first half of the Electrofisher arc and the segment where Killy meets Cibo. The background art is an excellent Nihei ripoff, though the characters sometimes look a bit goofy, and Killy is much more of a beefy action hero than the reedy guy from the original manga. Slightly longer than a typical manga volume, overall an okay read, but there isn't really any reason to read this over the original.
Fun note: this manga implies Killy's skull is made of megastructure, which would certainly explain a lot.
Fun note: this manga implies Killy's skull is made of megastructure, which would certainly explain a lot.
December 20, 2022
Comic adaptation of the Blame! movie.
Story wise it is an adaptation of electrofisher story line from original comic series. Story itself follows the main narration but aims at the more of the happy ending (which I, currently at master edition vol 2 of original comic series, do not see at all).
Art is great, hero Kyrii (here called Killy) looks and feels more as a full fledged hero than young man from original comic who suffers a lot but whose strength and capabilities grow with time.
Environment, City's entities, bio-mechanical creatures - they are very faithful to the original comic.
Excellent adaptations, truly does the source material the service.
Recommended as introduction to Blame! source materiel and in general to SF and cyberpunk dystopia fans.
Story wise it is an adaptation of electrofisher story line from original comic series. Story itself follows the main narration but aims at the more of the happy ending (which I, currently at master edition vol 2 of original comic series, do not see at all).
Art is great, hero Kyrii (here called Killy) looks and feels more as a full fledged hero than young man from original comic who suffers a lot but whose strength and capabilities grow with time.
Environment, City's entities, bio-mechanical creatures - they are very faithful to the original comic.
Excellent adaptations, truly does the source material the service.
Recommended as introduction to Blame! source materiel and in general to SF and cyberpunk dystopia fans.
August 12, 2020
This fell between the Netflix movie and the manga for me. It follows the same arc of the manga that the film adapted, with Killy, a mysterious stranger arriving at a dystopian futurist frontier town that's on the brink of starving. You don't need to have seen the movie or the manga to pick things up.
It's more action oriented than the manga, but the ambience felt closer to the source material than the movie. I'd been rereading my Nihei collection, so it was nice to add something new from his Blame! universe to it albeit a bit different in style.
It's more action oriented than the manga, but the ambience felt closer to the source material than the movie. I'd been rereading my Nihei collection, so it was nice to add something new from his Blame! universe to it albeit a bit different in style.
December 22, 2019
Interesting adaptation from anime film. It had moments of suspense. It had some darkness to it, but not necessarily like the original manga. Fast paced, if one knows how to read sequences backwards. Still, recced if one wants to get an idea what BLAME! is about.
February 29, 2020
The “Blame!” Series is pretty good, lots of cool action and interesting art but can’t give a 5⭐️because it lacks in the story👍😁❤️
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