To kick off my discussion of Jormungand, I’d like to make something very clear about my reading preferences when it comes to manga: to whit, I’ll read about anything that amuses me.  Saccharine teenage love stories?  Yeah, been there, did that, do that, and have enjoyed them.  Weird future adventure tales with lots of T&A [...]

Today I’m going to ruminate on one of the longest running fantasy mangas.  The title of the work is Berserk and I doubt there’s anyone who has even a moderate level of involvement with the medium who wouldn’t recognize the name instantly. If I were trying to be pithy and smart ass like the majority [...]

Immortal Witch, Pure Hearted Boy, Blood Thirsty Mermaids There is no point in denying that most manga that hits popularity in the States is based on Japanese high school students and various stereotypes thereof.  The classic coming of age tale, in all the various flavors (both tame and tawdry) play out in the crucible of [...]

I took on the task of writing anime and manga reviews for Naked Reader a while back.  After a suitable interval, I’ll be re-posting those reviews here on Darwin’s Evolutions as well.  The first of these is Raiders by JinJun Park. I don’t like zombies.  Seriously.  I find the whole genre cliché (at least the [...]

To truly appreciate the manga version of The Third, you really ought to seek out the anime version first.  So, for the purposes of this review, I’m going to discuss the both the anime and the manga. The main character of both versions of The Third is Honoka.  With her self-aware AI sand tank, Bogie, [...]

Claymore first came to my attention via the scanlation exchange community.  I’m a sucker for a woman warrior story, especially a story that has such a compelling heroine as Clare.  I soon became enamored of the series not only for its original blending of archetypes that so uniquely identifies Japanese manga, but for the depth [...]