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Alien Nine (manga) Excellent
Apollo's Song (manga) Excellent
Appleseed (manga) Excellent
Aqua Knight (manga) Very good
Azumanga Daioh (manga) Excellent
Black Magic (manga) Very good I read this manga awhile back. I had been reading 'Appleseed' and still worshipping Shirow. I had already owned my first 'Intron Depot' and the illustrations for 'Black Magic' were included in that installment. When I read this book, I found that it was nothing like the OVA 'Black Magic-M66'. However many of the references about the battle droids that appeared in the OVA came from the manga. The original "MA-77" models were droids that were used in combat. They were originally designed with 4 limbs instead of 2. And moved around in a more predatory-like state. In an interview with Shirow they had asked him about the 2 battle droids (MA-66 F6 and MA-66 F5) in the OVA. He stated that he originally wanted the MA-66 F5 to have 4 arms (like the original MA-77 in the manga), but changed his mind because at the time, it would've been too hard to animate. Most of the background behind 'Black Magic' is derived from 'Greek' mythology like 'Appleseed'. Plus, a few other myths. Further observation will show that 'Black Magic' is considered the ground work for 'Appleseed'. Duna Typhon is a prototype for Deunan Knute and Yasha was the prototype for Hitomi. They're like incarnations of each other. There's even a Hecatonchires, which would be an early prototype for 'Briareos'. Considering the world of 'Black Magic', while most of it delves in a techno utopia the bioroids that live in this universe resemble both humans and beasts. Most of which are from Asian mythos. You can almost see an early connection here with the manga 'Orion'. The use of "magic" here revolves more around "esper-like" powers. It's a facinating one-shot. It's definitely worth a read, whether you're a Shirow fan or not.
Brigadoon (manga) Good
Buddha (manga) Masterpiece
Chobits (manga) Very good
Chrono Crusade (manga) Excellent
Death Note (manga) Excellent
Et Cetera (manga) Very good
Free Soul (manga) Excellent
Genshiken (manga) Excellent
Indigo Blue (manga) Excellent
Lady Snowblood (manga) Very good
Love My Life (manga) Excellent
Maka-Maka (manga) Excellent
Maya no Souretsu (manga) Very good
Message to Adolf (manga) Excellent
Monster Collection (manga) Excellent
MW (manga) Excellent
Orion (manga) Good
Peepo Choo (manga) Good
Phoenix (manga) Masterpiece
Pietà (manga) Very good
Saikano (manga) Excellent
Shiroi Heya no Futari (manga) Very good
Spirit of Wonder (manga) Excellent
Swallowing the Earth (manga) Masterpiece
Sweet Lovin' Baby (manga) Very good
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