{"product_id":"blame-1","title":"Blame! Vol 1 (Master Edition)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a future version of Earth, there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what \"land\" is. Within this megastructure the silent, stoic Kyrii is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene—a genetic mutation that once allowed humans to access the cybernetic NetSphere. Armed with a powerful Graviton Beam Emitter, Kyrii fends off waves of attacks from fellow humans, cyborgs and silicon-based lifeforms. Along the way, he encounters a highly-skilled scientist whose body has deteriorated from a lengthy imprisonment who promises to help Kyrii find the Net Terminal Gene, once she settles a score for herself...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTsutomu Nihei is an internationally known Japanese comic artist and draftsman. Born in 1971, Nihei made his debut in the comics world as the winner of the 1995 Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for short stories. He then briefly worked as an assistant to veteran comicker Tsutomu Takahashi before making his break-through hit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBLAME!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (published by Tokyopop).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe BLAME! franchise was so well received worldwide, that it inspired an animated mini-series and eventually drew the attention of Marvel Comics in the US. Nihei would later go on to draw \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWolverine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHALO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e comics for Marvel to great fanfare. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. Now, his works are deeply rooted in hard science-fiction, as was seen in the multiple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Bestselling books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHALO: The Graphic Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (published by Marvel Comics) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBIOmega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (published by Viz Media).\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Vertical Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39358345314375,"sku":"9781942993773","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/4095\/9047\/products\/blame-1.jpg?v=1620965358","url":"https:\/\/www.shumishop.com.au\/ja\/products\/blame-1","provider":"Shumi Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}