 Tell me about GOOD manga, Looking for recommendations |
 Feb 23 2009, 10:10 PM
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I've been a comics reader for as long as I can remember and I started picking up manga books about 15 years ago. It seemed like manga was the only place where I could get a good sci-fi or non-superhero action story. Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Battle Angel Alita, Gunsmith Cats, Planetes, Battle Royale, et cetera pumped me up and have set the tone for many of my Shadowrun games.
On a weekend and on a whim I walked the manga rows of my local Borders bookstore. I saw title after title of the following: - kids books (cool, I like it when kids have comics to read) - fantasy (I think the Europeans do it better but that's cool...) - shojo romance (pubescent girls need books to read too) - action books staring high school girls with big knockers and lecherous cops (ummm... no?) - yaoi - yaoi - yaoi - yaoi - yaoi (?!?!?) - Sgt. Frog Okay, the ladies like the sensitive-dude-on-sensitive-dude action. But there was more of that than there was of the traditional sci-fi staples. Except for the phone book reprints of Akira and adaptations of anime shows like Cowboy Beebop I saw no other sci-fi books. Is there anything good post 2002 or so in the way of manga or manwah or have sci-fi/post-cyberpunk comics bit the dust? If anyone has recommendations for recently released titles, please post them here. I have an itch that needs to be scratched. |
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Wesley Street Tell me about GOOD manga Feb 23 2009, 10:10 PM
Adarael Now, I have no RECENT recommendations, but unless ... Feb 23 2009, 11:20 PM
PBTHHHHT QUOTE (Adarael @ Feb 23 2009, 06:20 PM) N... Feb 24 2009, 02:14 AM Kagetenshi I've got some recommendations; I've stoppe... Feb 24 2009, 03:26 AM Wesley Street QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Feb 23 2009, 10:26 PM... Feb 24 2009, 02:36 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Feb 24 2009, 09:36... Feb 24 2009, 04:08 PM Wesley Street QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Feb 24 2009, 11:08 AM... Feb 24 2009, 05:24 PM ravensmuse QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Feb 24 2009, 12:24... Feb 25 2009, 12:09 PM Shinobi Killfist it might fall into your kids section, but Bleach m... Feb 24 2009, 04:32 AM ravensmuse Second the Bleach recommendation - just avoid the ... Feb 24 2009, 12:22 PM Kagetenshi It's also by Oh! great, king of fanservice... Feb 24 2009, 01:04 PM ravensmuse Let's just be straight and to the point here: ... Feb 24 2009, 01:31 PM ravensmuse Tenjo has some gratuitous panty shots, but mostly ... Feb 24 2009, 04:24 PM EvilP I'll throw in my somewhat related suggestions:... Feb 24 2009, 05:06 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (EvilP @ Feb 24 2009, 12:06 PM) A m... Feb 24 2009, 05:56 PM Amazeroth I just can recommend One Piece. I absolutely love ... Feb 25 2009, 10:20 AM Wounded Ronin Hokuto no Ken and Golgo 13 are the only manga you... Feb 26 2009, 12:12 AM Heath Robinson Info dump tiem! From an HTML file I have sitt... Feb 26 2009, 01:43 AM Blade QUOTE (Heath Robinson @ Feb 26 2009, 02:4... Feb 26 2009, 09:06 AM Wesley Street QUOTE (Blade @ Feb 26 2009, 04:06 AM) Bla... Feb 27 2009, 01:44 PM Kagetenshi BioMega is good, but I found it hard to follow, ev... Feb 26 2009, 02:17 AM Dumori I'm a massive fan of the Hellsing mangas. Not ... Feb 27 2009, 09:09 AM ravensmuse You've got to admit that Hellsing plays very l... Feb 27 2009, 12:04 PM Wesley Street Okay, I bought Gantz and Black Lagoon this weekend... Mar 5 2009, 10:06 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Mar 5 2009, 05:06 ... Mar 10 2009, 12:41 PM Stahlseele anybody mention trigun yet?
appearantly not. read ... Mar 7 2009, 10:38 PM ravensmuse Read the manga, skip the anime except for a few of... Mar 9 2009, 04:37 PM Wounded Ronin That's probably because gutpunches are a big s... Mar 9 2009, 11:33 PM Heath Robinson Ravensmuse,
Iirc, the anime covers more than the f... Mar 10 2009, 12:12 AM Wounded Ronin Japanese gutpunching fetish, as in, http://newsimg... Mar 10 2009, 04:14 AM ravensmuse Buddy, I hang out on 4chan. Weird sexual fetishes ... Mar 10 2009, 11:11 AM Stahlseele well, it's not as bad as NGE or Black Lagoon .... Mar 10 2009, 12:08 PM Wesley Street Ah, that does explain a lot. I'm used to readi... Mar 15 2009, 06:40 PM  |
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