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Obres de Ichirou Sakaki

Scrapped Princess [Manga] 1 (2005) 75 exemplars
Chaika: The Coffin Princess [Manga] 1 (2015) — Original Creator — 47 exemplars
Scrapped Princess [Manga] 2 (2006) 45 exemplars
Scrapped Princess [Manga] 3 (2006) 35 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 1 (2011) — Autor — 8 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 5 (2012) — Autor — 7 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 2 (2011) — Autor — 6 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 3 (2012) — Autor — 5 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 4 (2012) — Autor — 4 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 6 (2013) — Autor — 4 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 8 (2013) — Autor — 4 exemplars
Bluesteel Blasphemer [Light Novel] Volume 1 (2017) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 10 (2019) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 11 (2019) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 7 (2013) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 9 — Autor — 2 exemplars
Bluesteel Blasphemer [Light Novel] Volume 2 (2017) — Autor — 2 exemplars
Bluesteel Blasphemer [Light Novel] Volume 3 (2017) — Autor — 2 exemplars
Bluesteel Blasphemer [Light Novel] Volume 4 (2017) — Autor — 1 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 12 — Autor — 1 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 18 — Autor — 1 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 17 — Autor — 1 exemplars
Outbreak Company [Light Novel] Volume 16 — Autor — 1 exemplars

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Strait Jacket — Original Creator; Script Writer — 6 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Sakaki, Ichirou
Data de naixement
1969-11-23
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Japan

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Highly forgettable fantasy nonsense. I really need to stop reading manga adaptation of Japanese light novel series as they seem to have a high rate of being very blah.
 
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villemezbrown | Jul 28, 2018 |
I had to do some searches online to confirm this, since all the book tells me (on the copyright info page, or "verso of the title page" in cataloger-speak) is that it's the second book in a series, but it looks like this book and the others in the series inspired the anime and not the other way around. I've seen the first few episodes of the anime, so some of this book felt very familiar to me.

I must say, overall, I prefer what I remember of the anime to this book - maybe it's due to sloppy translation, but it reads like clunky fan fiction. I can see why someone might read this and think it would make a great anime, though. The interaction between Raquel, Shannon, and Pacifica is often a nice combination of sweet and amusing. When Raquel used her powers, particularly when she temporarily turned Shannon into a sorcerer and combined her powers with his, I wanted to hunt the anime down so that I could rewatch those parts. Shannon's fight scenes had the same effect on me (and I couldn't help but imagine everything he said in the book said in Crispin Freeman's voice). The bittersweet moments that came up occasionally were nice too, like the revelation that Shannon gave up his dream of being a musician in order to devote himself to keeping Pacifica safe.

So, there are flashes of things in this book that excited me, but all they really did was make me want to watch the anime. The book itself was, overall, mediocre. Were there no anime counterpart, I'm not sure I could've gotten past the clumsy, clunky writing. And the thing is, there's a reason why I didn't watch the entire anime, even though I like the artwork, thought the fight scenes were pretty good, and love Crispin Freeman's voice (yes, he is one of my voice actor crushes). I'm not a huge fan of series that start off looking like pure fantasy genre stuff and turn into some kind of strange sci-fi/fantasy mix. Liking the first few episodes of the anime got me through this book, but I can't see myself managing to get through however many others have been translated into English with just that to sustain me. From what I can see, only the first three volumes of the series have been translated into English and released in the U.S., so I guess it's a good thing I'm not craving the whole rest of the series.

Are there circumstances under which I would recommend this book to someone? Sure. If I met someone who was a huge fan of the anime, I might recommend this book. I might also recommend this to general fans of anime and manga - after all, that's the reason I picked this up. It's a quick read, short and very fast-paced, so it's not like it's a huge trial to get through. I didn't like it that much, but it didn't involve so great of a time commitment that I resent having read it. And reading about Shannon in a dress was kind of fun. If that part was in the anime, I can't remember it, so I had lots of fun imagining it.

(Original review, with read-alikes and watch-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
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Familiar_Diversions | Sep 24, 2013 |
Reviewed by Carrie Spellman for TeensReadToo.com

There is a legend in the kingdom of Linevan about a princess. More accurately, it's a prediction, made by the Oracle, regarding the princess. According to the prophecy, on the day of her 16th birthday the princess will bring about the destruction of the world. Therefore, the infant princess was destroyed. Though it is considered blasphemous to speak of her at all, she is referred to throughout the kingdom as the Scrapped Princess.

Pacifica Casull is as familiar with the legend and its surrounding rumors as most people. She's about to get to a lot more familiar with the reality of it. According to her adopted father's will she IS the Scrapped Princess. It's a lot for a 14-year-old girl to take in, especially after the death of the only father she's ever known. Not to mention that other people are starting to find out. Which means that there are some highly skilled assassins on their way to find her.

It's up to Pacifica's adopted brother and sister to protect her. If they're willing to take the risk, that is. And, if they don't think she's going to destroy the world, and they're strong enough and talented enough, and if they can all put up with each other.

With more than a year before her 16th birthday, and twelve more books planned, Pacifica's adventures seem to just be beginning.
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GeniusJen | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Oct 12, 2009 |
These are the novels that inspired the Scrapped Princess anime series. There are 14 Volumes planned.

Fourteen years ago, in the kingdom of Linevan, the queen gave birth to twins – a boy and a girl. However, a prophecy foretold that the girl would, on her 16th birthday, destroy the world, and therefore should be executed immediately. Heartbroken, the queen could not kill her daughter, but instead arranged for her to be adopted by local friends.

Pacifica grows up with her new siblings, Shannon and Raquel, unaware of her true fate. However, when it is revealed that she is the Scrapped Princess, the trio decide to avenge the murder of their father and to test the truth of the prophecy. Fast-paced adventure and action ensues, as the three journey across the kingdom, hunted by fierce warriors intent on killing the Princess before she destroys their world.

An fun series, though a bit slow in some spots, and clearly missing the visual details of the manga and anime. An interesting blend of a manga and a novel – it’s more an illustrated novel really - with several manga-style illustrations.
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flaeriefloss | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Dec 31, 2007 |

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Obres
67
També de
2
Membres
578
Popularitat
#43,351
Valoració
½ 3.4
Ressenyes
4
ISBN
103
Llengües
3

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