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Zombie Powder.

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine, Rune Master Urara, Bad Shield United, Kokumashi Urara
Japanese: ZOMBIEPOWDER.
English: Zombiepowder.
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 30
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 20, 1999 to Feb 15, 2000
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Supernatural Supernatural
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Kubo, Tite (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.971 (scored by 75907,590 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #92342
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1246
Members: 16,013
Favorites: 254

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Volumes: /4
Chapters: /30

Synopsis

Gamma Akutabi is a mysterious figure, drifting through the western desert with a giant sword slung over his shoulder and a right arm made completely of metal spreading up and over his cheek. He searches endlessly for a mythical set of 12 Rings of the Dead—jewelry said to give life to the possessor. These rings are hunted by mercenaries and outlaws alike for a wide variety of reasons, but Gamma seeks to grant himself eternal life by possessing all 12.

Gamma comes across teenager John Elwood Shepherd in his travels, who decides to follow Gamma after a brutal fight claims the life of his sister. Elwood seeks to use the Rings of the Dead to bring his sister back to life and quickly develops an admiration for Gamma, whose combat prowess saves Elwood's life time after time. Along the way, the two travelers encounter new friends and old allies from Gamma's past, working with them to defeat enemies who seek to use the Rings of the Dead for their own nefarious purposes.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine
Volume 3: Kokumashi Urara (Rune Master Urara)
Volume 4: Bad Shield United

Background

Zombie Powder. was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from September 5, 2006 to June 5, 2007.

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Reviews

Jan 9, 2021
You know, things happen in life. "Development Hell" is a thing, people only live for so long, businesses start up and shut down every day. And that's what happened to Zombie Powder, or so I understand. It never finished it's run because the publication folded, so it only got four collected volumes and a story left unresolved. Without much to go on, how did it do?

Actually, very well. It's a shonen, from the 2000s era shonens, but a bit outlandish in it's world building. Imagine a much darker tale of Goku's search for the Dragon Balls, with a Trigun-esque ...
Feb 6, 2018
Melodux should do more research to find out it was canceled, "The rating for this manga is going to suffer because it's incomplete/If Kubo wasn't planning on finishing the manga, then he should've planned out the story better to fit 4 volumes," this means not by choice. Publishers have all the power and that it doesn't sell(as well as projected) = no money means they cancel it.

I can see why angelsreviews compares it to Trigun i can see that but Trigun devolved from space faring into a desert like western. With a near-pacifistic antagonist. This planet doesn't act like a western desert, but a more ...
Dec 28, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Well, so. I'm not to mention the fact that this manga is a lot like Bleach (especially the art) since it's made by the same person.

Therefore, this is a manga with a lot of potential. I liked it from the first chapter, that's why is on my fav's list. The saddening thing about Zombie Powder is the fact that is an abandoned story. Unfortunately, Kubo gave up on it. I have fate that maybe one day he'll find the strength and ispiration to continue the series, because it's worth it. Thus I think that the concept of this manga can leat to a series ...

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