Makai Toshi Hunter Series: Makyu Babylon

            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 untranslated novel by Kikuchi.


          
            Di Gi Charat spin-off novel, consisting of 3–5-page stories by various artists, including Koge-Donbo and Kanan. Most of the stories focus on Piyoko and the Black Gema Gema Gang, the antagonists of the series. Also includes rough sketches of the Gema Gema Gang, interviews with Koge-Donbo, and early Shen Yin Wang Zuo comic strips from the monthly promotional magazine From Gamers. Similar in format to Di Gi Charat Theater: Dejiko’s Summer Vacation, although the books can be read independently of one another.

            An adorably silly tribute to Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack, Doctor is an eye-patch-wearing surgeon-for-hire who roams a Spanish-speaking fantasyland vaguely based on Bolivia, using his surgical skills to solve ailments that magical healing cannot cure. His companion is Medio Liquido, a cute blob who disinfects the operating area and who looks like a slime from the Dragon Quest video game series. The surgical scenes are a mix of earnest anatomical trivia (“Liver, the king of internal organs”) and tentacled monsters erupting from patients’ bodies, only to be cut down by Doctor’s scalpels. Poor image quality and translation mar the English edition.

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