Comments on: Speed Grapher, Vol. 1

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Reviewer chat, more free Black Jack, and manga Karl Marx

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:48:35 +0000

[...] Lovers, in his latest Flipped column at The Comics Reporter. Chloe Ferguson’s review of vol. 1 of Speed Grapher, at Manga Recon, is also a witty critique of the entire seinen genre. Jog reviews the art manga [...]

By: Chloe F.

Chloe F. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:47:57 +0000

From what I understand, the anime came first, whereupon Gonzo either farmed out the rights or commissioned the manga adaptation themselves. Kozaki and Co. seem to be doing a redux of preset material, so while they’re credited as authors, there’s a subtitle attached reading “based on the story by Gonzo.”

By: Erin F.

Erin F. — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:02:02 +0000

Hey, do you know if the Speed Grapher anime is based on the manga or what? The anime series is out here in it’s entirety, and my boyfriend and I enjoyed it…