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Title: Marionette Generation, Vol. 1: Entrances by Haruhiko Mikimoto, Annette Roman ISBN: 1-56931-558-2 Publisher: Viz Comics Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Living Rag Dolls!
Comment: An over looked but great comic. Marionette Generation isn't the best comic out there but it's a nice read. Created and illustrated by the character designer of Robotech , Marionette is the story of illustrator Izumi, junior high students, and the living rag doll Lunch. Yes, Lunch is alive and she's a rag doll. There's an explanation to this oddness, I promise. This comic is featured in Animerica Extra but with about four pages an issues you don't really get a good impression or understanding of anything. A graphic novel view would be better. The artwork in this manga is gorgeous and the story is fun. Marionette Generation isn't for everyone but it's enough for some of us.
Rating: 4
Summary: Guy and Doll
Comment: Izumi Morino is an out of work illustrator with a limited creative palette. One morning, his assistant Kinoko arrives at his home/studio to find him in bed with a doll. As if that wasn't strange enough, the doll walks and talks like a person. Morino doesn't know where she came from, and neither of them is sure what to do with her. This doll, which he names Lunch, has no memory of her past.
Most of the story focuses on Izumi's and Kinoko's relationship: she's got a crush on him, but she's too young for him to pursue (legally, at least.) The mystery of the dolls -- as we discover there is more than one -- almost seems relegated to the background. To be honest, I didn't really mind, as I found the human characters and issues more interesting anyway. It just feels unbalanced.
Mikimoto is an excellent artist and he has a great sense of humor, but his storytelling skills leave something to be desired. There were many sequences I found somewhat confusing. Not a major problem, but somewhat distracting.
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Rating: 3
Summary: Hmmm....
Comment: I decided to pick up Marionette Generation because the artwork was good and the title was interesting- I'm a fan of anime/manga with lifelike marionettes. I admit, this is one of the first manga I have purchased without already knowing a little about it. I sat down to read it and within a few chapters, I was pretty confused. This book is definitely not for the weak of mind! It wasn't *awful* but it was definitely not a series I would continue purchasing. Out of the people I shared this with (all avid anime fans) they too were confused and not excited for another installment. The art is nice, and the characters are cute, but the plot...eh.
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Title: Marionette Generation, Vol. 4 by Haruhiko Mikimoto ISBN: 1591160553 Publisher: Viz Comics Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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