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Dark Metro

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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
Original runFebruary 12, 2008August 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

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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

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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

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  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.
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