Dark Metro

Dark Metro
Cover of the first Japanese volume
ダークメトロ
(Dāku Metoro)
GenreHorror
Manga
Written byTokyo Calen
Illustrated byYoshiken
Published bySB Creative
English publisher
  • NA: Tokyopop
Original runFebruary 12, 2008 – August 12, 2008
Volumes3

Dark Metro (Japanese: ダークメトロ, Hepburn: Dāku Metoro) is a horror manga written by Tokyo Calen and illustrated by Yoshiken.

Release

Tokyopop published two volumes of Dark Metro in North America from February 12, 2008, to August 12, 2008.[1] It is also published in Russia by Comix-ART,[2] and in Brazil by NewPOP Editora.[3]

Reception

Writing for PopCultureShock, Katherine Dacey stated: "In less capable hands, this material would be horribly dull or laughably familiar, yet Tokyo Calen and Yoshiken manage to produce a surprisingly tight, entertaining package with briskly paced stories and clean, unfussy layouts that strike a good balance between atmosphere and ick."[4] IGN's A. E. Sparrow described the art as "very similar" to Takeshi Obata's Death Note and enjoyed the entertaining short stories, listing it as an Editors' Choice.[5] Nadia Oxford of Mania Entertainment commented that "Dark Metro dives pretty heavily into the B-movie stuff" with "not much substance to be had", and compared it to Hell Girl.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Manga + Comics: Book Catalog". Tokyopop. Retrieved July 21, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Вышел первый том манги "Темное метро"! (in Russian). Comix-ART. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  3. ^ "Dark Metrô 1" (in Portuguese). NewPOP Editora. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  4. ^ Dacey, Katherine (February 13, 2008). "Weekly Recon, 2/13/08". PopCultureShock. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Sparrow, A.E. (April 1, 2008). "Dark Metro Volume 1". IGN. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  6. ^ Oxford, Nadia (March 2, 2008). "Dark Metro Vol. 1". Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  • Dark Metro at Tokyopop's website
  • Dark Metro (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia