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            Simple but inspired parody of giant robot power-escalation anime and novel, particularly the Go Nagai Mazinger Z variety. With Earth under attack by the dreaded Zogelians, a mad inventor unleashes Dodekain, a 15,000–mile-high giant robot literally larger than the entire planet. Piloted by your typical hot-blooded hero, Dodekain demolishes the alien monsters by punching and slapping the Earth with his bare hands, in the process causing more damage than the aliens did. Against the gods light novel             In 1995, underground light novel artist Kazuichi Hanawa was convicted for possession of illegally modified model guns and sent to prison for the next two and a half years. His experiences provided the basis for Doing Time, a dreamlike documentary art comic. The book is not a true narrative; it jumps around in time, doesn’t show Hanawa entering ...

            In this stand-alone sequel to  Against the gods , a strange palace appears in the sky above Tokyo’s demon-haunted Shinjuku district. The palace turns out to be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, whose masked lord invites Tokyo’s elite—and most especially the hero’s female friend Sayaka—to a grand housewarming party. Soon, sword-wielding Kyoya is fighting to rescue Sayaka from the clutches of none other than Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of Babylon. Shin-Ichi Hosoma, the ever-adaptable artist, yet again “modernizes” his character designs for Sayaka and Kyoya, who resemble their Against the gods  selves but with wilder hair and different outfits. Compared to Kikuchi’s other light novel, though, it’s a mild letdown—the level of craziness is lower than usual (even lower than the level of historical research), and the formulaic, fighting-oriented plot has the feel of a low-budget anime. Originally based on an untranslat...