BLAME! 4
BLAME! 4 book cover

BLAME! 4

Paperback – Illustrated, June 27, 2017

Price
$27.09
Format
Paperback
Pages
370
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1942993803
Dimensions
7.2 x 0.92 x 10.23 inches
Weight
1.65 pounds

Description

"Blame! presents the dark side of transhumanism, where human beings unencumbered by humanity readily use technology to remake themselves into walking monstrosities, gaining incredible abilities even as they doom themselves to extinction. In Blame! ’s world, the Singularity arrived a long time ago, but rather than usher in a new golden age, it’s left nothing but decimation in itsxa0wake." - Opus Tsutomu Nihei is an internationally known Japanese comic artist and draftsman. Born in 1971, Nihei made his debut in the comics world as the winner of the 1995 Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for short stories. He then briefly worked as an assistant to veteran comicker Tsutomu Takahashi before making his break-through hit BLAME! (published by Tokyopop). The BLAME! franchise was so well received worldwide, that it inspired an animated mini-series and eventually drew the attention of Marvel Comics in the US. Nihei would later go on to draw Wolverine (X-Men) and HALO comics for Marvel to great fanfare. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. Now, his works are deeply rooted in hard science-fiction, as was seen in the multiple NY Times Bestselling books HALO: The Graphic Novel (published by Marvel Comics) and BIOmega (published by Viz Media).

Features & Highlights

  • Sanakan attempts to destroy the Central A.I., as Mensab and her guardian knight, Seu, fight for the lives of the human residents they promised to protect. After the Central A.I. recklessly attempts to forward the whole of TOHA Heavy Industries, Kyrii and Cibo are left with a precious genetic sample from a very old human being. Wanting to test the genetic sample for signs of the Net Terminal Gene, Kyrii and Cibo make their way through an unofficial megastructure...

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

★★★★★
60%
(340)
★★★★
25%
(142)
★★★
15%
(85)
★★
7%
(40)
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(-41)

Most Helpful Reviews

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Good Product, Terrible Shipping.

Let me rewrite my review since Amazon says the last one was too mean to them. The book itself as a product is great. Large, good ink quality, and is what it says it is.

The shipping however, by Amazon's services, is terrible. They shipped it in a standard cardboard box that was bigger than the book itself, with zero packaging or bubbling. Not even any plastic wrap. Corners of book were dinged up obviously. Pretty bad service for a 25+ dollar NEW manga. Amateur.
5 people found this helpful
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Five Stars

Every page is a piece of art. It opens up your imagination and pulls you into the story
2 people found this helpful
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Nihei's classic work really moves forward in this volume. ...

Nihei's classic work really moves forward in this volume. The artwork and archetecture are superb and you get a bit more story. This will be a volume you want to sit and read in one go dur to the action but take the time to pick up on the little story and back story elements.
2 people found this helpful
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Great atmospheric environments and neat body horror designs

Great atmospheric environments and neat body horror designs, can be confusing to understand sometimes both visually and plot wise thou.
2 people found this helpful
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Moderna Day Nausicaa

author has a great imagination and the setting is excellent post apocolyptic. Pretty much everything by this author is A++ Aposimz, his latest english translation effort is also rated very high on my list. Reminds me of a modern day Nausicaa
1 people found this helpful
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Not worth cosr

Too expensive, teen daughters did not find worth the cost nonrefundable.
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Incredible Manga

BLAME! is a visually stunning masterpiece that tells its story almost solely through illustrations. It’s a dark, violent, and seemingly endless world and every page leaves you in awe.

This manga came in perfect condition and made a great addition to the rest of the volumes.
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Awesome all around

What a cover! I love it! If you enjoyed the art in the first three volumes, it's even more amazing this time around. Nihei continues to find ways to top himself. This is one of the best volumes in the series. It's an awesome ride from start to finish!
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New Super clean Manga

Very pleased with the order and is exactly as described.