Cambrian

Let's take a memory trip back to 1999. The 20th century was about to end, the movies The Matrix Fight Club, American Beauty, The Sixth Sense came out and my own country got hit by the dioxin affair which I still remember very well. Strange times indeed. But the genius Miyama Noboru started to publish the manga called Cambrian, which eventually got 4 chapters adapted into a 2 episode mollusk bonanza hentai from 2005 with some flavored tentacle rape from the assumed Cambrian period. Since I'm covering now the manga, this is NOT a hentai at all. Sure, since it got adapted as a hentai OVA, this story is actually not a hentai. It does still contain lots of wierd sex scenes, but it's not the main focus. I really have so many question unanswered. Unfortunately Miyama Noboru passed away in 2007 aged 51 years old and is no longer with us, so I guess I'll never get the real answers I'm seeking. Since I haven't checked his other works yet, I still think Cambrian is the most disturbing work he ever published by the looks of it.

Story: 7/10 (Good)
If you watched the hentai first before reading the manga just like I did, the story makes a bit more sense and becomes more bareable to read, because in the 2005 hentai were only the first 4 chapters were adapted the main plot wasn't explained at all and you gave you more questions than answers. Dr. Yamagishi got expelled from the lab he was working because he was working on a project to clone humans and he tested it out on himself. But things run a bit out of hand and starts to rape woman to spread the Cambrian virus...

Art: 7/10 (Good)
Miyama Noboru's artstyle was actully very nice to look at if you tell me. I really think he did a good job on the drawing. Maybe the only drawback compaired with the 4 chapter hentai adaptation is that certain human reproduction body parts are censored, but I can understand that with Japan's wierd censorship laws. But the artstyle is still very nice done and I can't complain about it. If you like watching wierd shit in a manga, why not?

Charather: 8/10 (Very Good)
In this story, the charathers are much more fleshed out compaired with the 2005 hentai only 4 chapter adaptation. Another victory for the 'The manga is better' team if you tell me.

Enjoyment: 9/10 (Great)
Honesty, if it comes down to watching anime, I prefer to watch cute anime girls doing cute things. If it comes to manga, I prefer the opposite route that's much more suited to me. Maybe it's because Horror and stuff is done in manga much better than it's done in anime. I liked it! I have to admit at certain chapters I really needed to chuckle how ridiculous the manga truly is.

Overall: 8/10 (Very Good)
Since Studio Jam adapted the 4 first chapters as a hentai, you can safely bet the manga is way better if you can handle gore, tits and the fact people are somehow turning into mollusks and other wierd ass animal like creatures. The manga was much more enjoyable compaired with the 2005 hentai. Maybe it's even a shame it got downgraded into just a hentai that only got covered the first 4 chapters. This story could serve very well as a one cour anime with 12 to 13 episodes if I may be honest.