Akaneiro is a great first issue for this female-driven series, flaunting both beautiful artwork and solid storytelling. I'm not sure how it stacks up against the game, but there is no doubt that is a lot to appreciate here. My only concern is that, as a three-issue miniseries, will it be able to keep up with the high-bar now set for the rest of the series? The possibilities for the story seem far too vast for a mere three-issue run. Read Full Review

The art is also fantastic. Original characters pop from the page with rich, beautiful colors throughout. The action scenes are strong and swift and the individuals are all well defined and very well drawn. I adore the Feudalist style mixed with elements of manga. Read Full Review

Akaneiro encourages us to go an play the American McGee game, and in that sense it has achieved its primary goal. Yet it does so because it creates such a rich and inviting world that one can't help but wanting to explore it in more depth. Read Full Review

This book is definitely one to grab if youre into an Americanized anime. It has a Ronin like feel to the art with a twisted take on a classic fairy tale. Hopefully we will see just how sharp grandmas teeth truly are in the next issue. Read Full Review

Lolos artwork grabbed me from the first look mainly because it doesnt look like everything else out there right now. Hard-edged, thick linework and a very rough detail convey as much about what these people go through in their daily lives as Justin Aclins words. This book will hopefully surprise you as much as it did me. Im very much looking forward to the next issue. Read Full Review

So, as with many first issues, some amount of judgement needs to be reserved for the future. However, after needing to hang in there for some of the world building early on, I found that this book offers some real promise for the future issues. If the game is anywhere near as cool and stylish as the comic, you may find me on the servers of Spicy Horse soon! Read Full Review

Akaneiro #1 won't be a comic for everyone, but it surely has a lot of merit. Whether or not it is serving its purpose toward the story in the game or not is up to those who have played it (this reviewer has not.) Take it for what it is, an extension of the game but its own story. It is a very interesting concept and is a good read for anyone interested in Japanese folklore or interesting takes on well know fairy tales. Read Full Review

On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the belle of the ball and all that shit, id give it a 6. Yeah, its better than I expected, but not enough for me to hand over cash for it or force someone into reading it. Read Full Review

While I wasn't overly impressed with the book as a whole, I can say that it has me in enough that I want to see where they will go with it. Maybe only read this book if you are bored and don't have a great load of anything to do, because in my opinion you aren't missing out on much. Read Full Review

I'm going to say something nice about Akaneiro #1 to start off with -- great cover! Seriously, that's a pretty cool cover. Well done, Shu Yan! And " that's about all the good things I can say about this comic. The rest of it is poorly written, poorly drawn, poorly researched (and there saying "poorly" is giving it too much credit), poorly paced, poorly" wait, now that I look at it again, the coloring and lettering is pretty nice too. No troubles there. It's just everything else. Read Full Review