These 2 are my favorite panels of all time. I simply love everything they embody, from the sense of loneliness in these empty megastructures to the incomprehensible liminal space feeling it creates. No one, and I mean no one, does architecture in manga better than Nihei.
is there any fandom that's legitimately good? like not full of toxic weirdos, no pedos, racists, homo/transphobes, or anyone who's just a prick? no useless discourse? is there a single fandom that's like that?
Here's a thread of almost every cover art Tsutomu Nihei has done in the highest resolution I can find. They're actually pretty hard to find, so I wanted to make a collection of them for everyone. Feel free to add more below and also shout out to Chris for making this possible.
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one thing us Tsutomu Nihei fans love doing is debating whether any of his manga are actually related to each other. For a long time, there was focus on trying to connect Blame/Biomega/Sidonia, but imo they've always been looking at the wrong series. These are the -
I was able to get one of the original Monthly Afternoon issues Blame! Was originally published in, but not only that, it has the famous color page of Cibo becoming a level 9 Safeguard. It's so beautiful and I haven't been this excited to collect something in years.
You don't need explanations for every bit of "lore" in fiction. Things are more interesting when you have to speculate. This strange alien figure appears only once in the original 1979 film, and with little explanation. If it were made today, it would have its own spinoff series.
Heres some new color pictures of Tsutomu Nihei's never before seen on the internet. Thanks to Mars or u/M _ 21 and the Netsphere Discord for scanning this for me, lol. I've been bugging everyone I could about this for weeks, and he really delivered!
I love how big of Nihei Supporter Fujimoto is. He always tells others to check out his work and sings his praises about his art (especially in abara). Fujimoto always gives credit to those who inspire him the most and I love that about him.
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Today is the 20th Anniversary of Tsutomu Nihei's cyberpunk cult classic Biomega. It's one of the most thrilling and action-packed series I've read with some breathtaking art.
Here's the best panels in the series to celebrate, starting with my top 3 !
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The Megastructure and the Netsphere within it no questions lol.
My chances of survival would be 0, but I'd like to see something that magnificent and otherworldy just once.
I talked about this a bit ago, but I have some color pictures Nihei made for Aposimz not available anywhere on the internet, and it's driving me crazy that I can't share them with everyone yet. Imo one of the colored pages I have is one of the best he's ever made.
This Evangelion Drawing by Tsutomu Nihei is like one of the craziest things he's drawn. Really love it tbh currently going through his art book. There is a lot of great stuff here tbh
Thank you for 2500 followers ! I honestly never really expected anyone to follow me or care about stuff I post, so I appreciate all those that do ! Have a good weekend, too !
So the rare Blame! Item I managed to get is here now. It's a brand new sealed copy of the US release of the Blame! Ova from 2003.
I'm a huge fan of this Ova, and I'm so glad to finally be able to own it. I plan to watch it again soon!
Also, while on the subject of color pages, why does Nihei like never miss with them at all ? This one from NOiSE, in particular, is one of my favorites because it's one of the only times we the Megastructure actually functioning correctly.
I was able to get one of the original Monthly Afternoon issues Blame! Was originally published in, but not only that, it has the famous color page of Cibo becoming a level 9 Safeguard. It's so beautiful and I haven't been this excited to collect something in years.
Thanks to all the people who commented on this. I did not expect it to blow up like that, lol.
While I got you here, please check out Tower Dungeon his new series, and please check out this new manga called Usuzumi No Hate. I think Blame! Fans, in particular, will love Usuzumi.
I've been saying this a lot lately, but chapter 174 is now one of my new favorites for part 2 and Chainsaw Man in general. Fujimoto has been hitting on all cylinders for the last 10 or so chapters. It feels special to be able to witness a historic arc come together like this
Just wanted to say I'm grateful for all the support and new followers for my Tsutomu Nihei marathon. My only goal was to make more people aware of his manga and art, so its great seeing so many people say they're going to start his mangas now 🙏
I hope everyone has a good week ! I'm supposed to be getting some rare Nihei merch sometime this week hopefully, and I'm really excited to share it when I get it !
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So this will be my last thread on Blame! for a while as I move on to new works. But since I've had so many questions about what happened in Blame! I'd like to explain what I think happened in the story below. (Disclaimer) This is just my opinion. It is not set in stone lol
This is probably one of the most iconic panels in the series.
It's the first time we got a really good look at the abandoned cities spread throughout the megastructure. It's absolutely chaotic and lonely but with its own beauty and charm.
I'd bet my money that the artwork that inspired Nihei the most from H.R Gigers' stuff would be the Shaft series. It's so similar in style to his early trio of works. The alien in the 2nd picture in particular looks like all the weird creatures he draws now, lol
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People underestimate how big of a factor accessibility and convenience are when choosing to do something in the digital world. Streaming makes sense for a lot of people who just want to listen to music without any hassle. I personally don't use any streaming service but I get it
I also got more colored Nihei artwork with the Blu-ray set.
I'm particularly excited to have the Izana x Sanakan artwork he did ! The 2 best girls teamed up for total destruction of Silicon life, lol.
I've been planning on making a thread about all the redraws Tsutomu Nihei has done or that I can confirm he's done when I remembered someone else pointed out that he actually redrew the Level 9 exterminator. It's crazy to see how much it changed between editions.
Found the scans for the original version of Blame! Academy today, here's a comparison between the original and the one in Blame! Academy and so on. Every time I get closer to making my thread, I find more stuff he's redrawn, lol 😭.
Good morning, everyone! I'm gonna be kinda busy this weekend, but I'm still hoping to finish Zeta Gundam and start some new series! I hope everyone has a good weekend. Here's some Nihei colored art to start it off, right !
Today marks the start of my Fujimoto Marathon. I will read everything he's written that's been released here, starting with Fire Punch and Goodbye Eri. I'm going to be reading these physically, too, so that's always fun.
Starting Fire Punch Now !!!
Do you think Tower Dungeon would work as an anime ? I've been thinking about which of Tsutomu Nihei's works I'd like to see animated. I know Fujimoto wants to see Abara animated, but I'm not sure how that would even work lol. I think Aposimz would probably be the best choice
Got the original versions of Blame! In from japan today. Here's pictures of all the covers front and back also without slip covers on, which I personally hadn't actually seen yet till this point either, lol. Volume 8 and 10 look particularly amazing without.
NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse
A girl walks alone in a world without humans. Her mission—to search for survivors and cleanse the land. But is anyone still out there in the lonely, beautiful ruins, waiting to be found?
There's a convention related to Tsutomu Nihei going on in japan today, so we might get to see some really interesting stuff. Gonna do my best to re-tweet anything cool I see in the morning 👀
These are probably the biggest moments from Nihei's art that have stuck in my mind as a mystery. I don't really have any solid ideas for any of these, lol, but they do look cool !
pure bait but I'm curious
what's a piece of art [interpret at will] that has retained an essential mystery no matter how many times you've revisited it?
Have a good weekend, everyone ! I should have internet again by this Wednesday (thank God). In the meantime, I'm going to be spending my time reading Tokyo Ghoul. Here's a lame Nihei meme I made a while back and forgot to post too, lol.
So apparently, I have even more work of Tsutomu Nihei's not on the internet yet. I didn't know another booklet I have isn't available online yet, either, so here's some of the unscanned pictures from that.
I talked about this a bit ago, but I have some color pictures Nihei made for Aposimz not available anywhere on the internet, and it's driving me crazy that I can't share them with everyone yet. Imo one of the colored pages I have is one of the best he's ever made.
Morning everyone ! Gonna try my best to respond to all the comments when I have the time ! Here's some colored artwork Nihei has done that I thought was neat lol.
This is one of the craziest panels in a manga I've seen. The artwork is always great in HNK, but the parts on the moon in particular are absolutely stunning.
Episode 4 of Evangelion is still one of the prettiest anime episodes ever made imo. Every time I watch it, I'm absolutely floored by its beauty and serenity.
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My thoughts on Chainsaw Man part 2 so far. I love it, and I honestly don't have any complaints about it. I like it just as much as I did with part 1, and I actually had a lot of emotional moments resonate with me in this. Asa might be an s tier protagonists for me too lol
Have a good week, everyone ! The new Tower Dungeon chapter should be out sometime this week. I'll be sure to let everyone know when the translation drops and give my review this weekend for chps 8-9
Good morning, everyone! I'm planning to start my Mamoru Oshii marathon later this week. I'm excited to share my thoughts about Patlabor and rewatch Angel's Egg. I hope everyone has a good week ! The colored art foe this week is from Biomega this time, lol
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My opinion on Nihei's art style changes.
Some people have been asking my opinion about this stuff lately, so I figured I'd share my thoughts below.
I know some people really don't like Nihei's later art style changes, but I will never agree with you. Sorry, lol. I like em
Have a good week, everyone ! I should have internet again by tomorrow, actually ! One of my awesome moots actually found this Biomega art Nihei did in 2016 for Viz Manga's 30th anniversary. It's actually gone fairly unknown till recently, and it pairs nicely with this Killy.
Imo these are probably Tsutomu Nihei's most underrated manga covers after going through all of them, lol. I never see anyone talk about them, but they're great tbh. I really like the coloring on the aposimz ones in particular.
I'm honestly loving Mobile Suit Gundam so much that I'm about to call it an early night and go watch it now, lol. Goodnight everyone have a good rest of the week !
Tower Dungeon Review Thread for chapters 1-4
minor spoilers ahead!
So, to start off, I love what Nihei is going for here. He had already used the concept of a Cyberpunk Dungeon for Blame! So why not double down on the Dungeon concept and go fantasy this time ? It feels like a -
Was a little bored today, so here are some lame Tsutomu nihei memes I made, lol. It's not the best stuff, but hey, I figure you gotta practice somewhere before you make anything actually good, lol.
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It's actually kinda crazy how Lain is mostly known for it's asesthetic on the internet now rather than it's amazing writing. Entire people will make their entire asesthetic around the show without actually knowing anything about it. I never thought it would get this popular, lol
Also, what's super cool about getting Biomega volume 2 is that I finally have this amazing Colored panel from him physically now. I've wanted to have this for years, lol.
Got my copy of Biomega vol. 2 today, and it's in perfect condition! I only need 1 more, and I have the Holy Nihei trilogy. Also, since the rare item I bought hasn't updated its tracking at all, I figured I'd show what it is in case it never comes, lol. The nihei grind never stops
Name two series where a fan of one will ALWAYS be a fan of the other.
If you haven't read Girls Last Tour and you're a Blame! Fan, what are you doing ?
NOOO WAYY ??? NIHEI FANS WE WON!! Tower Dungeon was just announced to be coming to the k-manga app. Please, if you haven't tried it yet, this is the time. Also, his other works outside of Biomega and Abara are all on there !
New simulpub series: Tower Dungeon by Tsutomu Nihei is now available in K MANGA with new chapters every month!
Tsutomu Nihei's dungeon-crawling fantasy tale begins now! Read Chapters 1ー4 for FREE here:
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I also forgot to post this earlier in the week, but I also got a Biomega poster from another San Diego Comic con. Despite being over 10 years old, it's in basically new condition.
So my copy of Biomega got here, and it is actually hardback, lol no clue how. The only way I can think of this being possible is if someone had the cover custom made for the book. But yeah, I now own all of Biomega ! I'll post a picture of Nihei collection soon for everyone.
I also found a ton of colored artwork by Nihei that I had no clue I had and haven't actually seen other people post much either, lol. Apparently, I have more stuff than I thought lmao. I'll post some of it below, I believe these were used in the Sidonia anime.
Nihei made this Sanakan/Izana crossover too for the Knights of Sidonia anime, and I sorta forgot about it till now, lol.
I'm going to call it Sizana now, lol
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Finished BLAME!
My love for this series can not be understated. This is absolutely one of my favorite things to exist. BLAME! Prefers to speak through its art and atmosphere, creating an experience utterly unique in the genre. It's my favorite cyberpunk series
10/10
I'm honestly going to become one of CSM Part 2's biggest defenders, lol. I genuinely think Fujimoto is cooking up something even more special than people imagine, and I'm dying to know the answers to so many mysteries in the series. I think it could even end up as my favorite
Also, while going through my Tsutomu Nihei folder, I discovered I have 2 versions of a one shot he made called Zeb-noid, and it's made me realize, that he's redrawn a good chunk of his work over the years. It's actually crazy and I might make a thread on it in the future.
Morning everyone ! A bit busy today, but I'll try my best to respond to everyone's comments and messages. Found this cool picture in the back of the KOS manga.
It really reminds me of Tower Dungeon. I wonder if Nihei's had the idea for a while but never committed to it till now
Houseki no Kuni is honestly one of the most enjoyable things I've read. Despite being incredibly busy yesterday, I was so enamored with it that I managed to read nearly half of it in one sitting, lol. The art is amazing, and phos is a unique & incredibly enjoyable main character
I probably won't be able to respond to messages and post my normal stuff until Tuesday. That being said, I have free time here to do some reading, so I'm finally trying out the series I've been requested to read the most since making my Twitter. Starting Houseki No kuni Now!
I know I have a lot of fans of Tsutomu Nihei following me, so I just wanted to say if you ever wanted a series with similar art to late biomega and early KOS give Houseki No Kuni a look. I feel like there's a lot here that his fans will appreciate, plus it's amazing on its own.
Now that I'm finished with Ergo Proxy, I'm going to be starting Texhnolyze. It's been a really long time since I've seen it, so this will be closer to a first watch for me in terms of what I remember.
Starting Now !
Also, why are the Biomega volume covers like the sickest thing you've ever seen. Nihei went so hard on these. As much as I love Blame, I think this series has his best cover art. Maybe the original Blame! Cover art comes close, but it just doesn't have the same clean look.
About half-way through Ergo Proxy a bit slow in the beginning but things have really gotten going and the vibe is immaculate. It has this 2000s grunge feeling that can't be replicated. Also obligatory save me mid 2000s goth anime girls, save me, lmao.
I found a high-resolution version of this cover for the people who wanted it, lol. I've honestly been finding so much high-resolution stuff for him lately it's been great.
I was able to get one of the original Monthly Afternoon issues Blame! Was originally published in, but not only that, it has the famous color page of Cibo becoming a level 9 Safeguard. It's so beautiful and I haven't been this excited to collect something in years.
My copy of Abara got here today! The art looks fanatastic physically, and it has a ton of extras in it, including 2 poster sized pages plus Digimortal. I'm incredibly excited to own this now. I just need Aposimz next, lol.
I am finally able to post my entire collection of manga, anime, and games. It's roughly 415 manga volumes, 62 blu rays, 78 dvds, and 40 vhs. Everything from Monster to Berserk to evangelion to chainsaw man I cover all genres too. Funny part is I have another 60 volumes not shown
I'm ngl. I feel super sick today, so I think I'm gonna call it an early day today instead of reviewing csm. I hope everyone has a good rest of their day 🫡