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Big Eyed Manga Thread
Algertman
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This is a thread on Manga. NOT and anti-American comic thread. So keep it civil. Post your current likes and personal favorites and enjoy yourself.
current favorites are One Piece, Naruto, Berserk, Cromartie High school.
Finished favorites are Dragon Ball, Sand Land, Metropolis, Lone Wolf & Cub.
current favorites are One Piece, Naruto, Berserk, Cromartie High school.
Finished favorites are Dragon Ball, Sand Land, Metropolis, Lone Wolf & Cub.
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Another one I recently started reading as well is MPD Psycho.
Chunchu, Peacemaker, GTO, Chronicles of the Cursed Sword, Girls Bravo, Claymore, Baby and Me, Chibi Vampire, Brave Story, Buso Renkin, Boys Be, Battle Vixens, Battle Club, Bezerk, Black Cat, Disgaea 2, D Gray Man, Crescent Moon, Fruit Basket, Ai Yori Aoshi, Law of Ukei, Yakitate Japan
My Finished series are (again off the top of my head):
Eureka Seven, Imadoki, Seikei Trilogy, A Perfect day for Love Letters, Pita Ten
My suspended series are (top of my head):
Aria, Geobreeders, Yongbi the Invincible
I would also like to take note, that CPM Manga (who went out of business), ADV Manga and Infinity Studios are one of the worst Manga Translaters and producers there is. ADV/Infinity and CPM have tons of titles that are suspended for no good reason. The reason they give is that places like Borders or Coles won't stock it.
Of course they won't because all of these three companies are/were useless at finishing a series. Anyone know of Aria? Yeah, ADV could only put out 3 volumes, while its going on to 10+ back in Japan. I'm actually thankful that Tokyopop picked it up from them. Infinity had NOW from Comics One, which they decided to revamp and released 1 and 2 and were never heard from again. Any manga titles in their hands are good as lost. Gunslinger Girl is only getting a release now to finish the series. One look at Previews tells you that the only thing ADV is going is trying to either revamp a series or sell them agian while many manga lie on the floor not completed. Infinity don't even get a mention in this months preview I think.
Frankly, any of these two companies (ADV and Infinity) are only good for one shots and thats it. Don't expect any series to be completed for a long, long time.
That said, Getbackers was alright and Mahoromatic was cute, but I may be biased because I've seen the anime for both the books.
I find Getbackers to be quite enjoyable. Mahoromatic was quite sad, especially in the last volume. I haven't seen the anime for it yet, but own the DVD so, I wanna watch it.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
Planetes.
I don't think comments are necessary.
It's always been my favorite game in the series, so I want to know.
It moves at a glacial pace, but yeah it's still going. I caught up on the past two-ish years, and they're pretty much still having the same battle.
Its pretty good, I mean If you have played the game you'd know the characters better. There aren't 108 stars clearly defined so you'd have to look at them, but otherwise, its pretty good.
How much Thomas is in it?
This is intregal.
I love Thomas.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the last two volumes (I think they're are only going to be ten) are going to be that battle as well. I mean, it seems to be the final showdown, after all.
Thomas is in it, quite a bit actually, there are three story lines in it and the third deals with Thomas.
okay, I am sold.
Thank you, Katchem_ash.
If its of any interest, its 11 volumes in total. Not a big investment, but it shouldn't matter cause the manga is good.
it'll be good knowing I could feasibly own it all at once, or at least break it up into two halves.
Lone Wolf and Cub
Sanctuary
Akira
Slam Dunk
Nausicaa
Eagle: the Making of an Asian-American President
Battle Angel Alita
Blade of the Immortal
Twatter - Last.FM
Kohta is maybe one of the slowest/laziest artists on earth and admits (brags?) as much. Can't argue with the results though, I fucking love his art, all 8 pages he makes every 2 months or whatever.
Trigun finished, Dark Horse better hurry up with that now.
We should all probably read Berserk and agonise about how some of us (including the mangaka) may die before it is finished.
And I'm catching up on my Naruto since Viz seems to have decided to forgo waiting for chapters to go out in US Jump before getting the books out. With the exception of the weird jutsu names and pointless censorship, I find the translation solid. Bleach and Death Note got good treatment too.
Off the top of my head (and I'm tired right now) the only other recommendation I can bring right now is Air Gear, which has action and titties. It's by the guy that does Tenjou Tenge though it's not being censored to hell (though it wasn't as smutty to begin with) Better story anyway, I think, Tenjou Tenge was too convoluted, especially for something on a monthly release schedule.
Also, I yell out BANKAI in public sometimes. Good times.
Some other reccomendations: Trigun, Death Note, Beck, Nana, Love Hina, I''s, Ichigo 100%, Berserk, Hellsing, Hajime no Ippo, GTO (the trilogy, meaning Bad Company, Shonan Jumai Guni and GTO), Full Metal Alchemist aaand I'll stop.
Pokémon HGSS: 1205 1613 4041
Vol. 5 was released last month as well.
Uzumaki's pretty awesome. It's a bunch of short stories centered around a cursed town.
Are you interested in samurai and or feudal Japan? There is a ton of really high quality stuff available if that is something you are interested in-- Blade of the Immortal, Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Samurai Executioner, Path of the Assassin... the last four of those are all by Kazuo Koike.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is still a bit silly, but that is because it is incredibly and amazingly over-the-top with its weirdness, which has very little to do with any of the things you mentioned.
Let me put it like this: The least bizarre thing in the story is a guy decapitating a horse and hiding himself inside of it in less than ten seconds. Things only get weirder from that point.
The only "authentic" Japanese shit I've read is Nausicaa, Lum and Ranma 1/2.
A lot of books poeple have mentioned so far I've seen the cartoons of, does that make me some kind of heathen? I especially dug the Getbackers and Planetes shows. Well, until Getbackers became a series of repetitive fight scenes.
Anally.
It is extremely nutty. Really, it is everything its name advertises and more. But it's also absolutely fantastic, full of very likeable characters, badasses and terrific villains and weird, but interesting and strangely appealing, character designs even by manga and anime standards.