March 27, 2018. Reception Jarred Pine from Mania.com commented "[it] is not an easy task" to talk about the story in the first volume as "it leaves quite a gamut of questions open for the reader, nothing on the surface to give the reader a sense of direction or purpose." Pine said Blame! doesn't have a mass appeal and "there will be quite a strong line dividing those who love and hate Nihei’s unique and convoluted cyberpunk journey." In 2006 the Tokyopop distribution was nominated for a Harvey Award in the category 'Best American Edition of Foreign Material'. References External links Blame! 1997 manga 2003 anime OVAs 2004 manga 2008 manga Action anime and manga Artificial intelligence in fiction Augmented reality in fiction Brain–computer interfacing in fiction Cyberpunk anime and manga Cyborgs in fiction Fiction about consciousness transfer Fiction about immortality Fiction set in the 7th millennium or beyond Group TAC Kodansha manga Malware in fiction Manga adapted into films Media Blasters Nanotechnology in fiction Post-apocalyptic anime and manga Production I.G Prosthetics in fiction Fiction about robots Seinen manga Tokyopop titles Transhumanism in fiction Tsutomu Nihei Vertical (publisher) titles Virtual reality in fiction Terrorism in fiction