This is a prequel to the film Pacific Rim. It does a great job of expanding on the backgrounds of the characters, particularly focusing on Marshal Stacker Pentecost.We get to meet Pentecost's sister, a RAF fighter pilot on training in the US on K-Day, the date of the first kaiju attack on San Francisco. And we get to meet her wingmate, Tamsin Sevier, who goes on to become Pentecost's jaeger co-pilot.The book covers Tendo Choi's experiences in San Francisco on K-Day, and introduces the woman who

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I was excited by Beacham's introduction, which talked about the importance of depth in worldbuilding, but it may have raised my expectations for this book too high. This is a collection of vignettes, each so brief they didn't have time to illuminate much at all. And the longest one(view spoiler)[, which showed how the idea of using giant mecha to fight monsters was invented by a man, but it needed a woman to add the key ingredient, which was ~love~ (specifically, the heterosexual romantic kind),...

It was nice to get some backstory on how the Jaeger project came to be, as well as how they realized two pilots were needed. The only qualm I really had, other than that I pretty much hate all graphic novels and their illustrations and that Ralaigh and Yancey looked NOTHING like they do in the movie, was that, apparently *eye roll*, (view spoiler)[ Drifting is portrayed by those people Drifting as being naked together in the Drift. All very convenient when it's Sergio and Caitlin, not Raleigh an...

A great prequel to the movie, showing us events from K-day to the film. Simply said, nice origins of the Jaeger program, the first kaiju attack. I liked artwork, especially pictures with kaiju. I will always love anything that is somehow connected to Pacific Rim.

Great artwork and a fun read. Adds a bit of depth to the world lore, which is always good. Can't figure out why they wouldn't include Hermann & Geiszler though. You'd have thought they'd be an obvious choice.

As far as movie tie-ins go, this is a winner. While introducing us to the setting and characters of the film, the Original Graphic Novel tells four background stories of its protagonists. The art and storytelling work, although I won't be tracking down any of the artists' work. A very nice appetizer for Pacific Rim, hinting on major events...

A prequel of sorts to the movie Pacific Rim, with the action taking place after the events of the opening scenes, but before the main part of the movie. I loved getting some background on some of the characters from the movie--especially Stacker Pentecost. You are also introduced to some new characters not featured in the movie, but who play a huge part in the creation of the jaeger program.For such a short book, the stories really packed a wallop. The art was also quite nice--Though, at times t...

This is a surprisingly good book that's set before the events of the first Pacific Rim film. It's a well-written series of flashbacks-via-interview with far more character depth and development than one would expect from a typical giant-robots-versus-giant-dinosaurs story. (Pardon me, that should be mechs-vs.-kaiju.) The illustrations are also quite good, far better than the average art-by-committee norm. It's a slim volume, so I might have felt a bit short-changed had I spent the $25 cover pric...

3,5/4 starsNice prequel to Del Toro's movie.Art is not much good, but the three stories inside showing the start of the Kaiju apocalypse and the development of Jaeger project are really good and add much more background and depth to the already great movie (my inner child/geek/nerd loves it so much!).And the comic version of Idris Elba's character is just perfect.Read it if you liked watchin'the movie and/or you are a fan of giant mechs fighting monsters.Jaegers are mechs, not robots: robots hav...

"When the last trumpet sounds and the Beast rises from the pit... we will kill it."I rarely read graphic novels, but just now I am a fan of (read: "obsessed with") the movie "Pacific Rim," so anything which further develops that world is a must-read.This prequel comic was written by PR creator/screenwriter Travis Beacham with input from director Guillermo Del Toro, so it's as canonical as you can get. The story fills in a lot of details from the early days of the Kaiju conflict that are just inf...

Tales From Year Zero is easily one of the best graphic novels I've read for ages. Clever and gripping, it tells three prequel stories that all tie in to the new movie Pacific Rim, brought to cinema screens by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham (who has also written this graphic novel). It's a fairly quick read but don't let that deter you: what you get here are three intelligent, masterfully drawn stories that are the perfect precursor to the film.The three stories presented here, K-Day, Turn...

I wasn't such a big fan of the movie as my partner, but still, it was fun, and since she had the graphic novel... It's a nice glimpse into a bit more of the world, though it can't really satisfy all the questions you have. I liked the introduction, about making the world expansive -- the story fitting into the world, not the world into the story. Those are always the best stories.The whole theme of love being what is necessary to fight the Kaiju is maybe the best thing about this movie and comic...

I love Pacific Rim with all my heart, but I'd heard years ago that this graphic novel was just... not very good, so when I picked it up at the library to finally take a look, my expectations were low. And they were met at that low standard, sadly.A lot of the best content from this graphic novel is stuff I'd already seen online - Tamsin and Luna, Tendo and his grandfather, the tiny glimpse we are given of Caitlin Lightcap. I was deeply disappointed that the graphic novel didn't really delve furt...

After my little sister watched Pacific Rim, she gave me some food for thought.She pointed out that the whole movie would have been completely different if Mako Mori had not been portrayed by an Asian female. At first I didn't understand. Mako is a cool female character and I'd like to think that she'd be the same person regardless of her race. My sister told me to imagine her portrayed the way the actress from Star Trek into darkness was. (I don't even know the character's name. Because she is c...

Two things impressed me about this graphic novel, which serves as a stage setter for the movie "Pacific Rim" - the first, oddly, was the foreword by Travis Beacham, which is just passionate. This is clearly a labor of love! Secondly, the book suggests that while the central concept here is giant mechas beating up giant monsters, that isn't the complete story. Or perhaps that there is a story here, with proper characterization and plot and motivation. Hopefully the movie lives up to that promise

When I watch Pacific Rim, I know that the movie will never become blockbuster. Simple, it's too silly, esp for USA audience (I'm not American BTW). Also apocalypse theme is kinda overused. But, surprisely, I'm enjoy the movie. Love the graphic, love Charlie Hunnam (ehm), and it's kinda remind me of my childhood that somehow delighted to see Ultraman beat the monster (haha)Pacific Rim : Tales from Year Zero contain 3 part. First part told from Tendo Choi's view, about K-Day. That is when the firs...

This graphic novel is the prequel to the movie Pacific Rim. I haven't seen the movie and I'm not sure that I will, but this was so colorful and intriguing I picked it up. Giant monsters are attacking the United States and giant mechs (mechanical men controlled by real people) are the only way to stop them but it seems to be a losing battle.I enjoyed the introduction by Travis Beacham as he explained the creation of fantasy worlds for movies and stories. I was also very interested in the back app...

My rating is skewed because I am IN LOVE with this 'verse. I wish this was like fifty pages longer, but I loved the lead up on so many of the characters, and the shading it gives to the actions and choices in the film. If Pacific Rim had been 2h30 instead of 2h, I bet we would have seen more of this, but fandom has given me a lifelong preparation to follow ancillary material wherever it goes. (Thanks Star Wars Universe!)Definitely read if you're into PR.

Nice tidbits to add to the worldbuilding.