Mai The Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection Book 1 [Paperback]

Kazuya Kudo (Author), Ryoichi Ikegami (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (March 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156931070X
• ISBN-13: 978-1569310700
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before AKIRA, there was MAI, November 4, 2005

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B. Ackley "jumpstudios" (Douglasville, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mai The Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection Book 1 (Paperback)

MAI, Psychic girl is truly on of the classic mangas that has somehow been forgotten in the US mainstreaming of Japanese manga and anime. Released in the late 80s/early 90s Mai was one of the first hugely successful B&W manga comic books.

The story itself is a rater simple but entertaining take. Mai is a young school girl who has started developing psychic abilities. She is the target of a sinister secret society who hope to harness her power (and others like her) to obtai world domination. Much like Otomo's AKIRA, Mai encounters other people who possess simlar powers to her and she must deal them.

The artwork is by famous manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami who is ebst known for his work on Crying Freeman. The style is not your typical cutesy sailor moon/dragon ball Z manga art, opting for a more realistic, sometimes western comic book approach to storytelling.

Overall MAI is a true classic a a fantastic story. One worth reading!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good read, May 26, 2003

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M. Cookson (Colorado Springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mai The Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection Book 1 (Paperback)

This book is about Mai, a girl who happens to be a very powerful psychokinetic. She doesn't think her abilities are a very big deal, although she is careful to hide them from others. Still, she uses them mainly to keep boredom at bay. Unfortunately, a secret organization is after her and other psychokinetics, so that they can use her for military purposes. Her dad, a man skilled at martial arts, as other ideas, however, and does his best to keep her safe.

The artwork in this book was unexpected for me, much more realistic than anything I've seen in other manga works. However, it wasn't consistantly good artwork, and some of the characters tended to look odd, as another reviewer noted. The story itself was very riveting, and I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read more about Mai, and I'm looking forward to the next volume.

4.0 out of 5 stars This story was amazing. The quality of my volume was so good., January 8, 2012

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This review is from: Mai The Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection (Volume 3) (Paperback)

This book, is so good, it concludes all loose plot points and ties from volume 2 this series has became one of my favorite series it has something for EVERYBODY. I wish they made manga like this a lot more. I wasn't around when this manga was being produced but I still find 90's art to be amazing and unique, I'm dragging on but even if you don't like "old" art style you should still give this series a try.