TONY

Tony Takezaki's parody of the 1979 Gundam series.

If you thought Evangelion's characters have a tough time in the anime, wait until you see what happens when some of Japan's most unhinged manga artists get their ink-stained hands on them! Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute is an officially authorized one-shot anthology of parody stories assaulting Evangelion from all directions. Inside, Mine Yoshizaki (Sgt. Frog) leads a band of manga pranksters including Hideki Ohwada (The Legend of Koizumi), Yun Kouga (Loveless), Nawoki Karasawa (Sake Jock, Super Cruel and Terrible Tales of Manga-ka), Yoko Sanri (B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time), ComiPo! mastermind Keiichi Tanaka, Rui Takato (Cynthia the Mission), Astroguy II (Queen's Blade Struggle), Kotaro Yamada (The Sacred Blacksmith), Sessyu Takemura (Domin-8 Me!), Jun Abe (Portus), and Tony Takezaki (Space Pinchy, A.D. Police). Also contains contributions from normal people, like Rikdo Koshi (Excel Saga).

Welcome to the World Fighting League – a violent pastime popular with sports fans who have grown bored with the predictability of baseball, basketball and even football (!). Imagine the most brutal fighters in the world each sporting destructive superpowers, and overseen by an ethically questionable enterprise that values profit over fighter safety. The fighters put their lives on the line for fame and fortune – the audience laps it up – and the dark side gets even richer. It’s a dirty business that works…that is until a young warrior comes along who’s fighting to save the life of his brother – and is willing to bring down the system to do it.