Anima Vol. 3

Anima

Average Rating:

Your Rating:

Not Interested

Graphic Novel Summary:   In a new town, Cooro befriends Shadow, a young man who dreams of flying to help provide for his family.  Igneous and his army show up again and create new problems for the +ANIMA. Could Cooro and his companions have finally found a place where they will be accepted or will they remain wanderers and outcasts forever?  
        Key Selling Points:  

• Cooro fell from the sky when he was a baby, like a dark angel.  He is a "+anima", or a human with some of the powers of an animal; in Cooro's case, he can grow the wings of a crow.  Husky is also a +anima, with the abilities of a fish, and is being used as a circus freak in a traveling sideshow.  The 11-year-old Cooro frees Husky, and the two flee together, trying to find a new home.  In this world, normal humans hate and fear the +anima, even their children.  Cooro and Husky soon meet others like themselves:  the taciturn Senri, who grows claws like a bear, and the cute but hapless Nana, who has been using her bat abilities to pickpocket.  The ragtag bunch agree to travel together and find a new family with each other.  +Anima is unabashed shonen manga, with adorable, magical children with golden hearts and mysterious secrets yet to be revealed.  The characters are likable, and the drawing clear and stylized.  It's an enjoyable romp for comic readers with a sweet tooth.  
  - Publishers Weekly
  
• In this alternate-reality fantasy world, there exist normal human beings... as well as others that possess animal-like characteristics.  These mysterious beings (called +Anima) are shunned by "normal" society.  Cooro, Husky, Senri and Nana travel not only to find others like themselves, but to also gain acceptance in a world cruel to anyone or anything that is different.  From Natsumi Mukai, +Anima is a new manga that fantasy readers are going to love.  Our story focuses around four +Anima in particular:  Cooro, who is gifted with traits from the crow, leads the pack; Husky, mysterious and arrogant, possesses fish-like qualities; Nana, the only girl in the group and with traits of a bat; and Senri, a bear +Anima, also the oldest and most mysterious of them all.  This group of +Anima live in a world where "normal" humans reside as outcasts.  ear what they don't understand and see the +Anima as different and therefore, bad.  Cooro's black wings for example, are seen by many as bad luck and so he is shunned and avoided.  In addition to their obvious uniqueness, each member of the group has their own private demons to deal with - Nana's abusive and alcoholic father for example - and try to find solace with the other +Anima as they make sense of their existence.  +Anima is a fun and dramatic fantasy manga from TOKYOPOP that will have you instantly connected with this foursome of mismatched personalities.  
  - Anime.About.Com
  

Codes: 64557300999116349 OCT063669