マンガ・オブ・ザ・デッド [Manga obu za deddo] Manga of the dead Anthology

by Hiroaki Samura

Zombie manga anthology.

Genres: Manga, Horror, Zombies, Comics, Graphic Novels

189 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Hiroaki Samura ( 沙村広明) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for writing and illustrating the manga Blade of the Immortal (1993-2012). Among his other manga series Die Wergelder (2011-2018) and Wave, Listen to Me!, the latter serialised since 2014.

Reviews

[Fefs Messina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love horror mangas, but this... this was just disappointing.
A collection of 8 short stories by different artists and only 3 of them were actually good. This volume and the idea behind it had so much potential! Why did they have to ruin everything by choosing the wrong mangaka?
The best things in this manga are the art inserts between chapters 4 and 5 (by Samura Hiroaki) and the cover (by Sho-u Tajima). But -SURPRISE!- both artists didn't write or illustrate any of the stories in this collection.

Totally not worth the cost and I won't suggest it not even to the least fussy zombie fan.

[Romane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love zombies and I got interested when I saw the cover of this manga.

Some of the stories are morbid and it contains 100% gore so don't read it if you have a weak stomach and is susceptible to vomiting,

I enjoyed reading all of the chapters and I'm quite fond of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3! Well, a little bit of Chapter 8 too, but the plot is twisted and confusing. I really didn't like the illustration of that part. I liked Sachi, though. She's so badass.

[Erika Neves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eu adoro tudo que tenha relação com o universo zumbi, por isso fiquei super empolgada com esse mangá, que reune uma coletânea com diversos contos de zumbi. Mas que decepção!
Os contos são simplesmente péssimos, literalmente um pior que o outro. Eu sei que coletãneas são extremamente irregulares, com histórias boas, médias e ruins, mas esse mangá conseguiu a façanha de ser regular em sua ruindade já todas as histórias são incrivelmente horríveis. Sério, não se salva uma.
Só estou dando duas estrelas pelos desenhos, e mesmo assim só de algumas das histórias. Quem puder mantenha distância pq a vida é muito curta pra perder tempo com isso aqui.

[Dậu's · Rating 3 out of 5]

Một vài truyện khá, một vài nhảm. 2,5/5 thôi

[Jorge Schumacher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oito histórias curtas sobre zumbis, todas fracas.

[carolzinha · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5
Gostei das histórias do Masaya Hokazono e do Shin-Ichi Hiromoto e da ilustração do Hiroaki Samura

[Chibiscus · Rating 1 out of 5]

God was this awful. Only one good story in there thats about it

[Freddy Alzamora · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un manga de varios autores , y partiendo de eso hay historias buenas y otras muy malas . Pero si distrae , el arte si es su punto débil .

[xyz · Rating 1 out of 5]

A collection of poorly written zombie stories. Save yourself some time and avoid it from the get go.

[Larissa Magalhães · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meu primeiro mangá físico, achei legal porque li rapidinho.

[Steven Romero · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basically, this is a collection of eight zombie related short stories by several authors.

> Chapter 1: And I Love Her by Katsuya Terada
> Chapter 2: Dead and Fail to Die by Hitoshi Kino
> Chapter 3: Children Living with Corpses by Uguisu Sachiko
> Chapter 4: by Shimada Toranosuke
> Chapter 5: Forest of Spirits by Hokazono Masaya
> Chapter 6: Zombie Boy by Hiromoto Shinichi
> Chapter 7: Fight of of the Living Dead by Koizumi Tomohiro
> Chapter 8: Organic Human Solution Organogel by Fukao Atsushi

Most of these chapters have a really horrible plot for a short story. The second and the third chapters are the only ones that are interesting. The rest are plain and boring. They even included illustrations by Hiroe Rei (Black Lagoon), Samura Hiroaki (Blade of the Immortal) and Matsumoto Jiro (Freesia). It would have been better if they asked these artist to draw their own short story as well.

[Nura · Rating 2 out of 5]

covernya sih menjanjikan. tapi isinya cuma beberapa yang sreg, sisanya aneh aja menurut gw. mungkin karena gw sendiri ga suka zombi, jadi rada pesimis duluan. kayaknya masih mending nonton living dead daripada baca komik ini. yang paling gw suka itu The Shrine of Ghosts, ngulik banget keinginan terpendam manusia. lo bisa menghujat itu buruk buat orang lain karena bukan lo yang ngalamin, tapi gimana saat kejadian itu menimpa diri lo?

[P.H. Wilson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Real rating: 1/10
Manga/GN rating: 2.7/10
As lifeless as the creatures that fill its pages, this collection of short stories from multiple artists lacks brains a soul and most assuredly a heart. A few of the tales have decent art work but ultimately it is a simple cash grab trying to latch onto the zombie trend of the day. Do not bother unless all you are looking for is panels of blood and entrails.

[Mayank Agarwal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Collection of 8 short stories. Each has a different art style and story flow. Some of them are good and others horrible.

The ones i liked are
1- And I Love Her, 2-Dead and Fall to Die,3-The Children Living Among Dead, 5-the Shrine Of Ghosts. These had Good Art and story

Stories 4,6,7 and 8 have bad art and uninteresting story

[Fernanda. Ribeiro · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrível, eu gosto de histórias de zumbis mas achei todas péssimas.

[Thibault Collart]

Des auteurs et des styles différents, chacun sa vision d'une apocalypse zombie. Inégal, mais toujours au minimum bon !