Forum - View topicREVIEW: Apocalypse Zero GN 1
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Captain Crotchspike
 Posts: 355 Location: Phoenix, AZ |
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By the way, everyone should buy this. :D
lol "artistry" |
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Kagemusha
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Oddly enough, I'm tempted to read this just to see if it matches the lows of Deus Vitate or Beyblade. If I have the odd desire to throw away 20 minutes of my life next time I'm in BandN, maybe I'll look into it.
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18461 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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The anime version has one of the highest jaw-dropper contents of any animation I've seen in addition to being to being thoroughly disgusting, so I'm not surprised the manga turned out the way it did.
In the anime, though, the sibling was a sister. . . wasn't she? |
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Captain Crotchspike
Posts: 355 Location: Phoenix, AZ |
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They touch upon this briefly in the second half. spoiler[His/Her body is a super human form, stronger and more flexible than that of a normal person, apparently allowing him to change his form. This is all thanks to merging with the Kasumi armor. I'm still not entirely sure if this has to do with the armor being evil by nature or Harara tainting it with whatever dastardly reasons he had beforehand or both (gotta wait for the rest of the manga, I suppose - I still need volumes two and up).] Anyway, I guess I should briefly explain why I enjoyed it. Yes, this is basically cliche, stupid, disgusting, offensive, doesn't have any apparent point (aside from the one outlined by the author in the back, although I suppose some would dismiss that as an excuse), and it's fun as hell. A good plot is by no means a bad thing, but there are times when it's fun to cast those things aside for a little while to see how a guy in an awesome suit of armor defeats some perverted, grotesque monster. If you don't have a strong stomach, then yes, you should probably stay away. If you wouldn't mind a little gross, ridiculous fun, then get this. |
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Izlude
Posts: 323 Location: Wherever The Wind Takes Me |
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I loved the Apocalypse Zero OVA, it was proof ya don't need some genius plot or realistic complex characters to make an anime enjoyable. Oh hell no.
You just need a wild imagination, brutual violence, sex and disturbing images. |
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LPMtheAWESOME
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I actually thought it was pretty good as simple fun, and didn't really find the gore all that heavy or surprising ( a few deaths every once in a while...) The second volume sucked ass though, the lead just a tool and dull info (or at least the way it was presented.) Hopefully it'll get back on track for me the third volume, but an F!?!?!?!?!???!??!?!???!?!??!??!??!?!?!??!?
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mangajunky
Company Representative
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Obviously Apocalypse Zero is not for everyone. Yamaguchi knows his way around grotesque. I can see some people giving this an "F" just because it isn't their taste.
One thing I CAN say is that every comic artist that I've shown Apocalypse Zero wants a copy of it. -Franky Managing Editor Media Blasters Press |
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LeoKnight25
 Posts: 319 Location: Puyallup, WA |
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I agree with most everyone here...this is definitely not one for the squeamish. I would say the violence level surpasses Fist of the North Star and even Urotsukidouji at certain points. It's really nasty but, kinda ridiculous at the same time. I don't know how anyone can take it so seriously. It's not meant to be the most intelligent thing out there...far from it I would imagine. A lot of newer fans seem to have a problem with the older style of character design...just kinda curious why that is?
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