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Topic: Manga.
Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 11-06-2003 01:25:03 AM
So, I finally found a bookstore that carries books of Manga.

I need suggestions on a series or two to look for. Thanks.

Ryuujin
posted 11-06-2003 01:48:09 AM
Pokemon.

J/K. I know nothing of mangas.

Mog
not really a mmembe rof tis boered
posted 11-06-2003 02:11:44 AM
Love hina!

Regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend to your own work and allready the evil begins to be repaired
- Self Rreliance
Ryutsuke
Pancake
posted 11-06-2003 03:05:36 AM
GTO! GTO! GTO!

Greatest Manga I've ever read.

Led
*kaboom*
posted 11-06-2003 03:44:27 AM
Battle Angel Alita. ALL OF IT! Best stuff ever made
Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 11-06-2003 03:44:59 AM
NARUTO!!!!!!!!!11

The TW anime has a better translation of the japanese though, the americans changes a couple things, important things, like calling ALL ninja skills illusions when only ONE of the 3 are illusions. And they called two different skills the same one :/

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TaLourin
Pancake
posted 11-06-2003 03:54:37 AM
quote:
Led had this to say about (_|_):
Battle Angel Alita. ALL OF IT! Best stuff ever made

You are so fucking gay...

Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 11-06-2003 03:57:46 AM
quote:
And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Tal At Work was all like:
You are so fucking gay...

But shes a girl so thats more PC than Aury.... or....

Whoever else is male and gay:/

Because lesbianism is hawt, as long as you ignore the utter LACK of ANY chance to get ANY....

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Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 11-06-2003 04:17:07 AM
Inu-Yasha is great in manga form. In fact, that was my first exposure, when I happened to pick up the first at Borders. Loved it.


Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin

Alaan
posted 11-06-2003 09:02:08 AM
I found the Full Metal Panic! manga to be pretty good. First one is out now, second coming out on the 15th. I think. ADV's manga site is asstastic.
Jargum
Doughnut
posted 11-06-2003 11:58:30 AM
Ranma 1/2, Lupin III(albeit his one evil SoB in the manga), Excel Saga, Reality Check(was ok, done by Gir's voice and his wife), Inu Yasha and Love Hina as mentioned above, I've read 1/2 the FLCL manga(there's 2) and it was as, if not more, confusing as the show was. That's about all I've really read.
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 11-06-2003 12:45:11 PM
I saw a DBZ "Graphic Novel" at Waldenbooks.

I almost cried for humanity.

Cherveny
Papaya
posted 11-06-2003 12:47:15 PM
Chobits wasn't too bad in Manga (better than the anime in some spots)

There's also the Amerimanga series from Studio Ironcat, actual American manga. Some of it's quite good, some...could be better.

Sean
posted 11-06-2003 12:49:28 PM
If you have a good InuYasha selection, I may speak with you about resaling a few to me.

Specifically.. 6 through 13 in second edition, I think.

A Kansas City Shuffle is when everybody looks right, you go left.

It's not something people hear about.

Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 11-06-2003 01:45:57 PM
quote:
Delphi Aegis said this about your mom:
I saw a DBZ "Graphic Novel" at Waldenbooks.

I almost cried for humanity.


That WAS how it was started you know...

Its better in manga form anyway, since you dont have the same 3 panels repeated 50 times like in the show.

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Hostile Makeover
Evil as chocolate covered thistles
posted 11-06-2003 02:04:06 PM
Grendel
Pancake
posted 11-06-2003 02:07:20 PM
Berserk.

I think only volume 1 is out in english though, I'm not sure I only have the Japanese ones.

Ace in the Spade
Pancake
posted 11-06-2003 02:17:28 PM
Nausicaa and Blade of the Immortal. These should be read.
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.
Black
The Outlaw Torn
posted 11-06-2003 02:46:37 PM
Ranma 1/2

Hilarous stuff.



Time was never on my side.
So on I wait my whole lifetime.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 11-06-2003 05:39:26 PM
The Slayers stuff out there is pretty damn amusing too.
Ares
posted 11-06-2003 06:54:18 PM
For darker series: X (/1999), Clover

Other (humour): Fushigi yugi, Inu-Yasha, Sorcerer Hunters.

Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 11-06-2003 07:27:45 PM
quote:
Delphi Aegis wrote this stupid crap:
I saw a DBZ "Graphic Novel" at Waldenbooks.

I almost cried for humanity.


Shut up.

MorbId
Pancake
posted 11-06-2003 08:11:13 PM
quote:
Delphi Aegis enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
I saw a DBZ "Graphic Novel" at Waldenbooks.

I almost cried for humanity.


Not surprising. It is a popular series, and older manga is labeled as graphic novels.

However, when I worked at the library, they had Shoujo (Girls') Pokémon manga. That was disturbing. The cover was essentially concentrated pink; the pokémon themselves had been redrawn and simplified in an attempt to maximize cuteness.

As for the topic, the Ragnarok manga are well-done and amusing.

diadem
eet bugz
posted 11-06-2003 08:44:09 PM
Manga is becoming a bit more mainstream. Take the waterbury barns and noble, for example. You'll be sol if you want to find much on history or computers (unless you like Idiot's Guide and Certification books) but if you want some Manga you can find it on its own rack.
play da best song in da world or me eet your soul
bob12121212
Pancake
posted 11-07-2003 12:33:41 PM
One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball, Rurouni Kenshin, Yugioh, Sandland, Shaman King, Excel Saga, .hack//dusk (Legend of Twilight's Bracelett)...
Skaw
posted 11-07-2003 01:00:55 PM
GSC, Suchii
Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael
I posted in a title changing thread.
posted 11-07-2003 05:35:35 PM
Gunsmith Cats (Rally rrrrowrrr), Ranma 1/2, InuYasha...
Oh and Escaflowne.
Lyinar's sweetie and don't you forget it!*
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. -Roy Batty
*Also Lyinar's attack panda

sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me

Mr. Gainsborough
posted 11-08-2003 06:01:34 PM
Chobits - Pretty spiffy, not too long, and its made by CLAMP.
MARS - One of the greatest shoujo stories I've ever read.
Paradise Kiss - High fashion pop manga! w00t!!!
Marmalade Boy - Its shoujo, and its good.
Kodocha - Its Marmalade Boy, ON CRACK!
Fushigi Yuugi - More tasty shoujo but with fantasy added to the mix.
Utena - Lesbians and Swords. Join the Revolution!
Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 11-08-2003 07:39:29 PM
Shoujo?
Mr. Gainsborough
posted 11-08-2003 07:41:35 PM
quote:
Falaanla Marr impressed everyone with:
Shoujo?

Girls comics.

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 11-08-2003 09:34:01 PM
woo, the waldenbooks in new bern had the Excel Saga manga.

If I can manage to find the first Inu-Yasha one, I'll pick it up. they didnt have it at waldenbooks though.

Redmage Darkrayver
Moron
posted 11-09-2003 01:47:47 AM
Don't forget Megatokyo

Naruto and Cowboy Bebop should be good ones (I have Naruto 1)

Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 11-09-2003 03:21:16 AM
NARUTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.animesuki.com or khys ftp for a good deal of the anime
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