Record of Lodoss War - The Lady of Pharis Collector's Edition : Book One

Rating:
Summary: Very good but not great
Review: This was the first manga of the Lodoss War series I have read. I have been a fan of the Anime series, both the original and Chronicles of the Heroic Knight since I was a teen. I found the book to be a good read. The story was good, it sort of describes the adventures of the 6 heros which were alluded to in the anime series through the bards song in the original series. (Although I could be wrong on that Im not totally certain.) The artwork was fantastic, Yamada's use of shading is great. He is truly a great pencil artist. However the one criticism I do have about it is that the panels are hard very much pressed together and that breaks the flow to a great extent making it hard to read. Not to mention the designer of this book decided to decrease the page size so that some of the panels are squeezed into the backing of the book. The designer should have put more thought into that one. All in all its not bad and I look forward to reading the next installment.

Rating:
Summary: Very good but not great
Review: This was the first manga of the Lodoss War series I have read. I have been a fan of the Anime series, both the original and Chronicles of the Heroic Knight since I was a teen. I found the book to be a good read. The story was good, it sort of describes the adventures of the 6 heros which were alluded to in the anime series through the bards song in the original series. (Although I could be wrong on that Im not totally certain.) The artwork was fantastic, Yamada's use of shading is great. He is truly a great pencil artist. However the one criticism I do have about it is that the panels are hard very much pressed together and that breaks the flow to a great extent making it hard to read. Not to mention the designer of this book decided to decrease the page size so that some of the panels are squeezed into the backing of the book. The designer should have put more thought into that one. All in all its not bad and I look forward to reading the next installment.