Katamari Volume 1

author: Alex Culang

name: Wayne

average rating: 2.00

book published: 2015

rating: 3

read at: 2015/01/19

date added: 2015/01/19

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Katamari Volume 1' is a series of web-comics that are based on the Katamari Damacy video game and its sequels. I am familiar with the games, but I've never played them. The game seems to be played by rolling a kind of sticky ball around and gathering things up to make the ball larger and larger.



It has it's fans, so the originating game company, Bandai Namco, decided to publish them under their ShiftyLook project. The book starts with an introduction by Ash Paulsen of Udon Entertainment, who was also Shiftylook's Comics Editor. There is also a brief introduction to the world of Katamari before the comics begin.



Each comic is printed with the original date it showed up online as well as a short commentary by the creators. I usually don't like running commentary, but since these webcomics run like Sunday comic strips, the breaks weren't too intrusive. Characters from the games show up, and mostly act like they do in the game. The prince doesn't talk in the game, but he does here, but for gag effect, I think it's necessary. Most of cousins show up at some point: rival Ace, powerful Macho, accident prone Opeo and others. They have adventures like stopping UFO abductions, rescuing color from black holes and saving the future. In between there are shorter one-off gags.



It's drawn well and has great colors. It's age appropriate for just about anyone. The stories are cute and make me want to explore this game more.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Udon Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this fun graphic novel.





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