Anima
Anima (Japaneseプラス アニマPurasu Anima ) is a completed manga series of Japanese illustrator Natsumi Mukai (迎 夏 生, Natsumi Mukai ). It first appeared in 2000 and includes more than 1,900 pages.
The manga, which can be assigned to the shōnen genre, told by people that have certain physical characteristics of animals.
Action
Anima are people who have certain physical characteristics of animals. So, for example, the eleven-year Cooro can grow crows wings. With this ability, he saves the Fishman Husky, who is being held captive by a circus since childhood, because he should be as a mermaid, the attraction of the circus. The two decide to browse for more Anima and meet so on Senri, who has the claws of a bear, and Nana, has the bat properties.
Characters
Cooro (クーロ) is a small innocent boy of eleven years. As he was left as a baby in a church, he knows neither his parents nor any other family members. His kindness and his very direct character often get him into trouble. He loves apples over everything. His Anima - ability is that of a crow.
Husky (ハスキー) was caught by a fisherman and sold to a circus, where he had to appear as a mermaid. Therefore, he is often mistaken for a girl, so he harbors a certain aversion to girls. He is very reserved, shows little emotions and hardly talks about his past. In reality, he is a prince, the son of a queen. His Anima is the ability of a fish.
Senri (センリ) is the most silent of the group and with its approximately seventeen years, the oldest. Although he almost never speaks and makes a more subdued impression that he is a very nice person. He has a book in which he gathers flowers numerous in the course of his travels, which will help him to remember people and events. If he loses his blindfold or decreases, repressed hostility of the bear, the Anima skills he has, his human side and he is extremely violent.
Nana (ナナ) is a Anima with bat skills. Although a sonar allows her to orient themselves in utter darkness, she has a terrible fear of dark forests, because they remind them of their violent father. In addition, it can produce an ultrasonic scream that stuns anyone who does not timely zuhält his ears.
Publications
Anima appeared in Japan from January 2000 to March 2005 in individual chapters in Dengeki Comic Gao manga magazine! the publisher MediaWorks. These individual chapters were summarized from December 2000, in ten anthologies ( tankōbon ).
The manga was published in English in Madman Entertainment in Australia and Tokyopop in the United States. The publisher Taifu Comics published the manga in France, TVM Comics in Vietnam. In addition, it has been translated into Chinese.
In German are from December 2004 to May 2006 in two months' distance every ten volumes were published in TOKYOPOP Publisher. The translation is by Stefan Hofmeister.
Reception
According to the trade magazine manga scene, the characters gain as the story more depth and provide the reader with endearing role models. The plot is not very profound, but humorous and interesting. Topic is particularly how people deal with otherness.
The drawing style of Natsumi Mukai bring the characters a cute look that makes up the visual appeal of the series. Also, the drawings are very detailed, which particularly come through the large panels to advantage.