By Jae-Hwan Kim (TOKYOPOP)
ISBN: 978-1-4278-0188-3
This visually impressive if traditional sci-fi action thriller from the Korean end of the manga world is set in a post-apocalyptic future. 2504 AD: Genetic engineering has created a society where people are second class citizens, playthings of the hybridized animal/human ‘Beasterians’, bred to be our warriors but now occupying the top of the evolutionary food-chain.
This semi-feudal world is a battleground for rival hybrid clans, and humanity is poised to join the Dodo, but there is still The Prophecy. The Post-Testament Bible offers the slim hope of salvation for Mankind, and the militant arm of The Church has its own hybrid super-warriors, known as Angels.
When the Holy Mother – destined to be the mother of the new Messiah – is abducted by the Overlord Tyron’s unstoppable third-generation hybrids, a ragtag band of Angels must retrieve her at all costs…
This is nothing new, and older manga fans might recognise a lot of Buronson and Hara Tetsuo’s ‘Fist of the North Star’ in this fast and furious battle extravaganza, but they probably won’t care. This is the kind of plot-light, adrenaline-party blockbuster that guys drag girls to every summer, and on those disposable terms it excels. Exciting, excessive, entertaining eye-candy.
© 2007 Jae-Hwan Kim and TOKYOPOP Inc. All Rights Reserved.