by Tsutomu Nihei · Shueisha · Comic · ISBN 9784088772110
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«Baiomega 2» is the second volume of Tsutomu Nihei's science fiction manga, published by Shueisha in comic format (214 pages, in Japanese).
In 3005, a Martian exploration ship suffers an accident on its return to Earth and spreads a virus that turns humans into the living dead, the drones. A synthetic human manufactured by the Tōa corporation and an artificial intelligence infiltrate the DRF foundation to protect the infected who retain their human form.
Volume 2 of the series «Biomega» (バイオメガ), originally published by Shueisha in January 2007 in Japan.
Aimed at seinen manga readers with a taste for dystopian science fiction, cyberpunk, and survival stories.
Tsutomu Nihei is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995, he was awarded the "Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize" in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his one-shot submission, Blame. After working as an assistant to veteran comic artist Tsutomu Takahashi, Nihei went on to launch his debut series Blame! in Monthly Afternoon in 1997. Following the success of Blame!, he next penned Wolverine: Snikt! and Biomega. In 2009, Nihei returned to Monthly Afternoon to launch what would become his most successful series, Knights of Sidonia. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following worldwide.
