New Manga Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Xabungle
40 years ago, Yoshiyuki Tomino debuted his mecha anime series Combat Mecha Xabungle. To close out the anniversary year, a new manga debuts today!
Combat Mecha Xabungle: Another Gale is being distributed on the Shogakukan Comic website, and is penned by Tanaka Muneyoshi. The Fool on the Wheel manga artist says he’s been a fan since the anime first aired back in 1982.
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A summary of the new manga reads:
The planet Zora—once called Earth. The majority of the population are Civilians, living in Walker Machines and fighting desperately for survival under the Three-Day Rule, in which you are acquitted of any crime if you survive for 72 hours. After nearly collapsing in the hot sand, a young girl named Belle is picked up by the land-based repair ship Biscayne. There, she finds a dormant blue Walker Machine—which turns out to be Xabungle.
Volume 1 of Combat Mecha Xabungle: Another Gale is now available from Shogakukan Comic, and includes a digital preview you can read on the site.
Source: Comic Natalie
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