While I’m still trying to put myself back together I managed to write a few paragraphs to keep the streak of Dragon Quest: Mark of Erdrick reviews going for Anime UK News! It can be viewed HERE.
Still not sure when I’ll be up to resuming here, but receiving a review copy from the publishers gave me that little extra push to get this one done (and it’s still a fun series for the record!)
The next volume of “Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick” came in the post a week or two ago, so let’s take a look! You can see my review by clicking HERE.
Once again its a good bit of fun, so long as you accept it’s never going to be a very “deep” experience…
A quick look at a mammoth book! I reviewed all 800+ pages of “Old Boy: Deluxe Edition Volume 1” for Anime UK News, which you can look at by clicking HERE.
I enjoyed it, it had its flaws characters wise but I couldn’t fault the core storyline.
After enjoying the first volume of this Dragon Quest spin-off manga I was happy to also get the opportunity to review the second volume, which can be found by clicking HERE.
Basically its got a bit more of an edge to it, and doesn’t involve a long training arc, thankfully…
My latest review for Anime UK News, and it’s a manga that honestly I didn’t know existed until I was told about it! Still, it was a good read and I’m looking forward to more.
The review can be found by clicking HERE.
My latest Anime UK News review is for the first three volumes of Blood Blockade Battlefront, and can be found HERE.
Always fun to see your favourite manga turn into an anime (well, so long as it’s handled well…), but it’s also fun to watch an anime and then go back and see what inspired it…
It’s time for our first “final” something in the High Republic range as we wrap up the Manga releases with the last two volumes. Now, I actually read these after finishing “Trials of the Jedi”, but as that’s the final book set after these I thought I’d put this up first, even though they’ll still be the final comics to review after Trials but as I’m reliant on Marvel Unlimited for those I’m not going to wait months to put these up! ANYWAY, Edge of Balance wraps up Lily’s time on Banchii and features the always fun duo of Azlin Rel and Reath Silas, the former having debuted and “turned” during this very Manga run, so it’s rather fitting really, even if his actions here don’t really line up with what happens in Trials…
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That’s a long-arse title, but my review of the Deluxe release of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Volume 1 (which is technically Volumes 1 and 2 of the original release) can be found by clicking HERE.
Good fun, great artwork, ugly cover. That about sums it up!
“Star Wars: The High Republic – The Edge of Balance: Premonition” (blimey, enough subtitles for you?!) is a sort of spin-off manga volume in the High Republic series rather than a Volume 3 (or 4 if you include the Phase II “Precedent” one), as it focuses solely on Yoda rather than the Edge of Balance cast (who will return in volumes 3 and 4 to finish the Manga series off). It’s good though, we get to see him take a bit more direct action and come into contact with the Nameless, as throughout most of the era he’s been a voice to council with and that’s about it (which makes sense and is fine by me as I’ve loved the original characters from this era!) So let’s take a look!
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The next Zelda manga adaptation is, unsurprisingly, the Oracle of Ages, following on from Seasons last time (though the games could be played in either order, for the record). After a magic seasons-changing rod and some talking animals gave Seasons a unique feel Ages feels more in-line with your standard LoZ affair, including time travel and even a battle with Ganon at the end (though again that would happen at the end of Seasons if you played the games the other way around…) So let’s get to it!
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