Postby Altima » September 14th, 2006 11:41 pm
I haven't seen the film, but I've read about 5 volumes of the original manga upon which it was based, and I can recommend those, certainly. They're very well drawn (With a charming naturalism that one doesn't see too often in manga), and very well paced. For such a convoluted and quirky premise, they really do a great job of keeping the reader quite hooked.
Plus, the idea of having an 8-foot tall, black-feather-clad, eternally grimacing death god as a college roommate is innately amusing.
It's not gonna redefine any genres, it's no Nausicaä, but it's very good fun. If the film's anything like it, it'll be entertaining, certainly.