Haibane Renmei Anime Manga Volume 1 (v. 1)

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In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surrounding, however burning questions remain in the back of her mind. What are Haibane and what is their purpose? What lies beyond the town walls? Thus Rakka begins her wistful journey of self-discovery and wonderment. The Haibane Renmei anime manga is a full-color adaptation of Yoshitoshi Abe's fantastic anime series, presented in the "non-westernized" manga format for a fun, Japanese-style reading experience!

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Review by J. Tolkienberry, 2006-09-18

Not really worth the cost if you've seen the anime. The book is full color, but the screencaptures used seem to be of a poor quality, occasionally being grainy or fuzzy, and really take away from the reading experience. Goes through the first six anime episodes. A very limited use of any sound effect descriptors, and a lot of poor choices for images when used with the speech bubbles; which incidentally seem to pop out of the page and make it harder to read. Anyone who was new to this particular series would probably have a hard time following the plot simply from the book itself.

Review by Donald E. Wallace Jr., 2006-09-13

Beware!



As I said above this is just screen captures of the anime series! Not the original manga by ABe (which is only a few pages long believe it or not.)



The anime series, 5 stars all the way! Darkhorse and Geneon 1 star just to be polite!!!



Skip this if you have seen or own the anime, you WILL be upset to say the least .....