a review by s2m: Tekkonkinkreet

I had intended for my next review to be of Stephanie Meyer's novel Twilight, but I didn't feel up to writing it when I finished the book, and now it's been too long since I read it. :P I do intend to share my thoughts on that novel, it will just have to wait until I read it a second time. Which hopefully won't be too long. For now, I submit my review of the unusual manga, Tekkonkinkreet, by Matsumoto Taiyo.

I first heard of this title when Animation Magazine Online printed a short article about the movie that is based on this manga. Intrigued, I made a note to myself to check out the movie at a later date. About two weeks ago, I was in the manga section of my closest Borders when a giant book caught my eye. You can guess which one. I pulled it from the shelf--marveled at its size (7.25 by 10.25 inches and 622 pages long. Ooooh...) and found a chair to give it a try. Twenty minutes and $30 later, I walked out the door with the latest addition to my English-language manga collection.

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