Three words: Bears with guns! Is there really anything more you need to hear? Take the world’s most deadly predator and give it an automatic riffle. Awesome! That bear should pretty much be able to defeat anything now, including oh, lets say zombies. That’s really an oversimplified synopsis of a new manga called “Biomega” from Viz Media, but I was sold at bears with guns. It’s nice to know however that the “Biomega” series by Tsutomu Nihei (Blame) is much grander in scope then a simple gimmick.

In “Biomega” zombie-like drones, caused by the Martian N5S virus, have overrun the Earth. The planet’s fate lies in the life of a young girl named Eon Green, an transmuter of the virus that lies dormant in her system, and Zoichi Kanoe the synthetic human searching for her on his dual coil motorcycle. Aided be his motorcycle’s onboard sentient intelligence, Zoichi finds Eon guarded by a soldier-like talking bear, which is the only one fending off the drones that are constantly drawn to her. Unfortunately, Zoichi is not the only one after Eon. An agent of the Public Health Service’s Compulsory Execution Unit is also searching to eliminate Eon, and reaches the girl first.

Tsutomu Nihei’s illustrations are a haunting, acid-trip that takes the readers through a freakish landscape that resembles the thin inks of “Blade of the Immortal.” The artist relies heavily on the dreary illustrations to tell the story, and dialogue is use very sparingly. Yet, despite the loose prose the story feels full, and each line is packed with pertinent information giving background on the history of the virus.

Really though, Biomega is a Sci-Fi, horror, action manga that is packed with high-tech motorcycle chases, zombies and mutated demons, laser cannons, and or course, bears with guns! What more could you want?

-Jon

Tags: Manga

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