Post by SilvaShado on Jun 4, 2006 2:24:25 GMT
Most of the following info is from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buso_Renkin
Buso Renkin,, literally "Weapon Alchemist," is a manga series written and drawn by Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of Rurouni Kenshin.
Buso Renkin was serialized in the weekly Japanese manga anthology Shonen Jump, with ten tankôbon volumes of it published so far in Japan. The series has been licensed by VIZ Media.
There was a preview of it in the America’s Shonen Jump’s July issue. Here’s a synopsis of the story.
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up and find it was only a dream. However, he soon finds out how real that dream was when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl from his dream, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when rescuing Tokiko, however the girl revived him by placing a kakugane medal in his chest.
The kakugane, Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that when activated can give him the power to fight the homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own buso renkin, an alchemic weapon in the form of a huge lance. Along with Tokiko and her own buso renkin, Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculus and their master.
Buso Renkin ended in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump 2005 No. 21, 22.
VIZ Media will release the official English version of Buso Renkin starting on August 1, 2006.
In Japan in Fall of 2006, the Buso Renkin manga will be adapted into an anime series.
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I read the preview and liked it. It reminds me of Bleach. I'm not going to get it right away, but since it doesn't seem like it'll be a very long series, I'll probably get it after a few volumes are out.
Anyone else read the preview or think they'll get this? I know I'll have withdrawals once Rurouni Kenshin is over next month.
Buso Renkin,, literally "Weapon Alchemist," is a manga series written and drawn by Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of Rurouni Kenshin.
Buso Renkin was serialized in the weekly Japanese manga anthology Shonen Jump, with ten tankôbon volumes of it published so far in Japan. The series has been licensed by VIZ Media.
There was a preview of it in the America’s Shonen Jump’s July issue. Here’s a synopsis of the story.
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up and find it was only a dream. However, he soon finds out how real that dream was when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl from his dream, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when rescuing Tokiko, however the girl revived him by placing a kakugane medal in his chest.
The kakugane, Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that when activated can give him the power to fight the homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own buso renkin, an alchemic weapon in the form of a huge lance. Along with Tokiko and her own buso renkin, Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculus and their master.
Buso Renkin ended in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump 2005 No. 21, 22.
VIZ Media will release the official English version of Buso Renkin starting on August 1, 2006.
In Japan in Fall of 2006, the Buso Renkin manga will be adapted into an anime series.
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I read the preview and liked it. It reminds me of Bleach. I'm not going to get it right away, but since it doesn't seem like it'll be a very long series, I'll probably get it after a few volumes are out.
Anyone else read the preview or think they'll get this? I know I'll have withdrawals once Rurouni Kenshin is over next month.