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Interesting and Awesome Manga!

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:14 pm
by Jishdefish
Good Manga titles are not-so-rare a find these days, but there is a lot to sift through. This thread is to point out a few of the best of these oriental classics, both new and old.

As a starter I will add Fullmetal Alchemist to the list. It is a good starter if you are looking to get into Manga in my opinion. It's Genre is Action though it would be better described as mixture of almost all types of literature. In simpler terms: It's freakin' awesome! :D

PS: I meant to add one more option, but forgot to click the 'add option' button... oh well...


Closed a never-ending poll
Edited by Tempest

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:55 pm
by Firuweata
I like anime on occasion, but just like most things, it gets stale after a while...

I like comedy much better myself; for both comics and animation...

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:17 am
by vampirehunter42
I have never read any Manga. As Firuweata said, anime gets really boring after a while. They have over a hundred shows and only half a story has been told. I didn't want to read to books just incase they did the same thing. I don't mind buying a $3-5 book that has a full story in it, with a catch at the end to keep you going. But if manga is anything like anime it will have them walk across a hallway talk for half the book about the fight they are about to have then spend the last part of the book having only one attack from each fighter.

Do they have quicker plot lines? Note: I don't read comics either.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:51 am
by Akira
i love manga and anime but i only ever watch it i have never actually read it becuase i have never found any books but i love watching it i have recently started watching fall metal alchemist YAY

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:19 am
by Araki
I love anime and manga, but I dont really have many books I prefer to watch it. Probably my 2 favorite serries would be Twelve Kingdoms and Gasaraki

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:03 am
by yoshiman
I like World of Warcraft Manga and Yu-gi-oh manga

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:34 pm
by + Silver - Orbs +
I'd hate to say this but you don't have an option for someone who doesn't watch/like anime or manga :wink:

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:39 pm
by Jishdefish
A plotline is like food... it is best if you savor it, and anime does just that, it lets you savor the moment...

Oh and the last option was going to be 'I can't read, and I don't like cartoons.' than I respond 'HOW THE #*#@ CAN YOU CALL THEM CARTOONS!!'

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:21 pm
by Glenn
I used to watch quite alot before, but i havn't realy watched it much lately I still watch sometimes but not much. I don't think i have read any manga , i might try it sometime when i have time.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:51 pm
by vampirehunter42
Jishdefish wrote:A plotline is like food... it is best if you savor it, and anime does just that, it lets you savor the moment...

I said that at one point. But then I saw the "Getting a Driver's Licenses" episode of DBZ. I did decide to give it one more try. And then later I missed about a month and a half of the show due to work and classes, and missed nothing. I really can't say too much against it, I mean soap operas do the same thing and people like them. So that is how I see most of the non-movie anime, some even have the same plot lines. Some are great, because they end and have good writers who don't write themselves into a corner.

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:10 pm
by Jishdefish
Well, yeah, there are those 'everlasting' ones like Naruto. They ar mostly pointless, just something interesting to watch when you don't have much else to do. I mean you can miss a couple episodes as they repeat them often.

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:11 pm
by wut2say
i have read almost a million and one mangas, but i only own 4. they are so FREAKIN awesome! (i think i may have inuciated the wrong word byut im not sure)

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:03 pm
by Marik
Admittedly the anime of Naruto has dragged on a bit but it's going back to the manga storyline soon with the hurricane chronicles (or something like that) and the manga aint that bad

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:16 pm
by Beljrflurst
I don't do eather. I do read a few netcomics. Catharsis, VG cats, and 8 bit theater. I used to read altermeta, but there hasn't een an update in ages. I will reread Mixed Myth every now and then

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:22 pm
by wut2say
my friends found this one sight where you can read mangas like Fruit's Basket(they have up to the 22nd)

http://www.thespectrum.net/manga_scans/fruits_basket/

really cool (tell me if the links works, i've been having some problems with getting there and i know i have the link right.)

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:45 pm
by Crimsan
I have about 10 allthgether

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:36 pm
by wut2say
i have five now, i got another one for my birthday, but i still have to rely on my friends for most of my manga

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:43 pm
by Jishdefish
Either of you have a site with Dessert Corral? I'm really interested in that one. 'By the Sword' is good too, though I already bought that one.

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:43 pm
by Marik
Does anyone know a site where you can download fullmetal alchemist manga?

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:25 pm
by Makadona
I love anime and manga, heck, I love the whole japanese culture!

Fav. Anime: Eureka 7

Fav. Manga: .Hack//Twilight


Eureka (El-reh-ka seh-ve-n) is a futuristic anime. There are giant mech called LFO's, which have a car fowm, and a mech form. Also, people do something called "Lifting". Lifting uses light particles and traper particles that are in the air to "lift" a board into the air in which you ride on. Put them together and you get amazing air combat fights. The plot for Eureka 7 is that a young boy called Renton, has his house crashed into by a girl named Eureka. Renton falls in love with her and joins the Geko State. A reble group against the milatary. There are tons of sub plots. This anime can be called Action/Romance/Comedy.

.Hack//Twilight is based in an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role PLaying Game) called "The World". A brother and sister win the special .Hackers avatars, and follow in there footsteps. I don't know as much because I havn't read them for a while. There are 3 manga in the series. This is a Action/Comedy

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