Vertical Manga Reviews and Ratings
From Buddha to To Terra and more, read reviews and ratings of popular manga graphic novels published by Vertical.
Black Jack Volume 2 - Review
In the second volume of Black Jack, Tezuka's rogue doctor gets involved in international intrigue, and child-woman Pinoko tries to go to school, with mixed results.
In the second volume of Black Jack, Tezuka's rogue doctor gets involved in international intrigue, and child-woman Pinoko tries to go to school, with mixed results.
Apollo's Song - Review
In Osamu Tezuka's graphic novel Apollo's Song, Shogo Chikaishi is a young sociopath whose disdain for love incurs a curse from the gods: He is doomed to fall in love and lose his beloved over and over again in various lifetimes. Read a review of this bold and surreal graphic novel for grown-ups by the godfather of manga.
In Osamu Tezuka's graphic novel Apollo's Song, Shogo Chikaishi is a young sociopath whose disdain for love incurs a curse from the gods: He is doomed to fall in love and lose his beloved over and over again in various lifetimes. Read a review of this bold and surreal graphic novel for grown-ups by the godfather of manga.
Black Jack Volume 1 - Review
Black Jack is a rogue doctor who cures the incurable and heals the gravely injured, but for a price. But beneath his scarred face and reserved demeanor, Black Jack serves up justice, often in unexpected ways.
Black Jack is a rogue doctor who cures the incurable and heals the gravely injured, but for a price. But beneath his scarred face and reserved demeanor, Black Jack serves up justice, often in unexpected ways.
Dororo Volume 1 - Review
Read a review of Dororo Volume 1, a shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. A fantasy series originally published in 1967-1968, Dororo is the tale of Hyakkimaru, a wandering warrior who’s on a quest to retrieve his 48 body parts that his father, a feudal warlord sacrificed to demons in exchange for power and influence.
Read a review of Dororo Volume 1, a shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. A fantasy series originally published in 1967-1968, Dororo is the tale of Hyakkimaru, a wandering warrior who’s on a quest to retrieve his 48 body parts that his father, a feudal warlord sacrificed to demons in exchange for power and influence.
Dororo Volume 2 - Review
Read a review of Dororo Volume 2, a shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. In this second volume of a three-volume fantasy series, Hyakkimaru is reunited with the father and mother who cast him aside at birth, and who may yet want him dead.
Read a review of Dororo Volume 2, a shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. In this second volume of a three-volume fantasy series, Hyakkimaru is reunited with the father and mother who cast him aside at birth, and who may yet want him dead.
MW - Review
Originally featured in Big Comic magazine from 1976 to 1978, MW is a suspenseful series about an amoral, gender-bending killer, his Catholic priest lover/accomplice/enemy, and the military and political cover-up of a deadly poison gas leak.
Originally featured in Big Comic magazine from 1976 to 1978, MW is a suspenseful series about an amoral, gender-bending killer, his Catholic priest lover/accomplice/enemy, and the military and political cover-up of a deadly poison gas leak.