Biomega

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Author/Artist: Tsutomu Nihei

What's he done? BLAME!, NSE, NOiSE, Knights of Sidonia

Made in: 2004-2009 (Japan),

Genre: SF / action / thriller / dystopia

Premise: One thousand years in the future, a virus has decimated mankind and turned most of them into zombies. The protagonist fights through hordes of them to find a girl with a natural resistance.

Show x Show: It's Mad Max meets Night of the Living Dead

Length: 6 volumes, complete

Availability: All 6 volumes have been released in North America and are readily available from sites like Amazon.com and RightStuf.

Manga Review (Volume 1)
Who thought it up? This is Tsutomu Nihei through and through

Is there a plot? As much as you can expect in an action story. Volume 1 is mostly driving fast and shooting zombies. Not that I'm complaining.

Action quality: Short but intense. Nihei favors guns, so the fights are relatively brief. Fortunately, there are a lot of zombies.

Realism: The artwork is quite realistic, in the sense of human proportion and such. Characters stand and run naturally.

Can I show it to my Mom? I wouldn't. There's too much violence (zombies with their heads blown off, weird mutants, etc.).

'''Can I show it to my kid brother? '''Pre-teen? It's pretty violent (thus the "Mature Content" sticker). Teen? Sure.

'''Can I show it to a non-manga fan? '''This is actually a pretty good candidate. It doesn't have underage nudity (well, except for the chapter breaks, kinda) or uncomfortable sexual situations, and it doesn't have specifically Japanese artifacts (honorifics, sailor fuku, etc.).

Underage nudity? Each chapter begins with a cheesecake image of the teenage girl, nearly naked. But it's tasteful and artistic. Ironically, there's no hint of sensuality or sexuality in the story proper.

Does the art quality vary from chapter to chapter? Nope. But then, this is Nihei's fourth manga series, so he's got that down.