Manga Discussion; Who's Reading What

[Battousai]

I looked and it seems that their is no thread for this. So heres one, I hope it is okay.:)

[Battousai]

As of now i am reading Get Backers by Yuya Aoki; Art by Rando Ayamine. It is rather funny. Classified as Action/Comedy

[Xion Valkyrie]

Current Manga that I'm up to date with:

Death Note
Gantz
Bleach
Naruto
EyeShield 21
Black Cat
Negima
NHK
666 Satan
One Piece
Hunter x Hunter
Marchen Awakens Romance
Ichigo 100%
Yakitate! Japan
Mai Hime
D-Gray man
Shaman King

Hmm, I think that's most of them

[VTS_v2.0]

Let's see:
Bleach(awesome!)
Trigun Maximum(the aftermath of the first series)
Megatokyo(ph33r m4 l33t sk!llz)
Naruto
Ragnarok

That's about all right now...can't stretch my attention span any farther than that

[Cativo]

I actually will read my first manga soon, Love Hina.

[Aires]

congratulations Cavito you will not be dissapointed.

Currently on the Active list of Comics.

Love Hina
Suikoden 3
Megatokyo

[Cativo]

um...it's Cativo, Aires... :)

[mofo09]

blade of immortal of coarse...cant wait till the new volume comes out in july!!

[Xion Valkyrie]

blade of immortal of coarse...cant wait till the new volume comes out in july!!

Oh yeah! How can I forget about that one??!! I love BoTI too, huge influences XD

[Battousai]

i haven't read bleach or naruto b/c i have them in japanese subtitle, i like on episode 22 in bleach and i have 76 of naruto so i don't bother. ragnorak is great but have only read 5 or 6 of them (maybe more) i'm about to buy vol. 4 and 5 of getbackers, just can't have enough. what i really wish is to read GTO, but to hard to find vol. 1-10 around where i live.

[RansomAvenue]

I actually will read my first manga soon, Love Hina.

gahahaha virgin

I only tend to read all my ranma books over and over and over again...

cant get enough of Ranma1/2

TommO

[bertosan]

ranma 1/2!! god i love that series...so hilarious...

also reading GTO and Vagabond...Miyamoto Musashi beats all other samurai!!

[Grey_skies]

I am reading:

Bleach:Soo addictive!
Fruits Basket:Good for a chill-out mood.

[ninjagaidenguy]

Lets see: stuff I have been reading latley:

alive
Berserk
Blame
Bleach
Bremen
DNA
Eye Shield 21
Flame of Recca
Ghost in a shell
Hunter x Hunter
Ichigo
Ippo
MAR
MPD Psycho
Naruto
Ah My goddess Or Ah Megumi San
Preety Face
Ranma 1/2
Sandman
Spiderman
Narbonic
Slayers
I's
Love Hinta
Miriam
Your Under Arrest
Zombie Powder
Saikano
Lost Universe
Nodame

and a few others

[Cheesy-Scar]

i am reading Dragon Ball (not Z or GT)

[chain2treechick]

reading now:

immortal rain
tokyo babylon
pitaten
saiyuki
hellsing
model
princess ai
alichino
fruits basket
dn angel
flcl
some others that i can't force myself to continue and will not name for me own sanity
hmmm. think dat's all....sad...

[Fiend]

Currently reading:

Dominion Tank Police (Vol. 1)

Orion

&

FLCL 1 & 2

[Bloodstar]

I could never be as harcore as these guys. I'd much rather watch anime than read manga. I don't like having to buy lots of different volumes to get a whole series. Buying a whole anime series on dvd is much better. That's just me though.

If you must know though I have Cowboy Bebop 1 and 2, and Suikoden III 2 and 3. I thought the Cowboy Bebop ones sucked though. Not as good as the show.

[Cativo]

I could never be as harcore as these guys. I'd much rather watch anime than read manga. I don't like having to buy lots of different volumes to get a whole series. Buying a whole anime series on dvd is much better. That's just me though.

I felt the same way not long ago, but I decided to give Love Hina a try(could end up beign my only manga)....besides since I, like a lot of people here, want to draw manga-style, it could be a good way to learn...plus the story is different than the anime, in this case anyway...
BTW I just started book 2, but I got 3 &4 already...

[desade]

hmmmm... i only watch anime, no one near me sells mangas:crying:

But out of shows i like trigun, ghost in the shell, bubblegum crisis, evangelion,cowboy bebop, tenchi muyo. I like alot of movies to, i think i read this one manga about this little kid who goes around solving crimes??

[Bloodstar]

Case Closed?

[chain2treechick]

did it come on adult swim a while ago? they stopped playing case closed now but u could still buy the anime or manga. i think it had pretty bad ratings.
...only thing i know about with a little kid solving crimes...

[Battousai]

this is great. didn't know i would get so many replies.

[Saturn]

I read the Swedish shonen jump with series like One piece, Naruto and Shaman king!

[chain2treechick]

anyone read dolls? the overall story line seemed very gits, but its supposidly a bunch of short stories. wanted to look into it but didn't have time. also anyone reading tarot cafe?

[Battousai]

i wish i had the extra cash to get some of the beserk series and samurai deeper kyo but the only place is samgoody and they are 9.99 + tax...ouch. so sad, manga in japan is only 300 yen. 3 bucks!

[Bloodstar]

Sucks doesn't it? Its $10 everywhere in the U.S. That's why I said I don't like comics or manga much. It's much better to watch it on tv for free, then buy the series on dvd after it comes out.

[chain2treechick]

10$ at borders, waldenbooks, dalton, and any other place i've ever been...sad...
hellsing was even more, but i don't know why. they were i think 13 or 14 buck each which adds up fast **solemnly flipping through empty wallet** **tear**

[DaiKamonohashi]

Hmmm... don't read much Manga myself... but I am currently in the midst of Love Hina...

I've read Chobits...

I'm in the midst of Jeff Smith's Bone (best comic EVER!!!).

Other [western] comics I own would include Star Wars: Dark Empire, Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith, and Hopeless Savages (which is drawn in this odd manga/western style.. funky...).

[Battousai]

from what i understand the translation is hell. and the new binding and contract discussions rack up the pricing....truly sad. i use to read western style comics but after the millenium, the artists just started to change their styles and writers seems to slack; such a shame.

[hidro]

10$ ... man :/ i wish

we are paying 20$ for a 90 page manga. and somtimes 40$ for anything over 150 pages.. and you can forget about hardbacks... that costs extra, somtimes Australia sucks

[Tharrick]

Paying just over $10 in BRITTISH money per book :P

Currently on the go:
Hellsing
Ragnarok
Priest
Battle Vixens

[Battousai]

is battle vixens any good, i noticed it was in romance of the three kingdoms style; considering the girl on one of the covers is holding Guan Yu's Black Dragon Scythe.
It looked like a older perverted type book but also looked like it could be funny. not dissing it or those that read it just calling it.

[Battousai]

hey, if i offended someone sorry. just asking.

[Frank]

My list is short right now.
Tenjou Tenge (not the censored american version)
Naruto
Hellsing

[Battousai]

HEY!!! they have tenjou tenge, that is one funny show...i love it. who does it if i may ask.

[Eiyuu_Kou]

Even though I haven't read either of these in a while, I read GTO and Dragon Ball. Both are exactly like their Japaneese glory except are translate. (They are library books)

[Battousai]

is lamb of lement any good. it looked dark and gritty. it looked good.

[chain2treechick]

o i heard a lot of good stuff about lament of the lamb online but not from anyone i know, so i really can't ask them about it. twas very tempted to start it, but u know...the 6th hellsing was out...and imadoki looked so cute...and borders is having that sale and all...
i may have overdone it **glances at sagging book shelf**

[Battousai]

thanks...i guess...i will probably buy it to check it out anyways. *sigh*

[Paper]

I am reading:
Bleach
Read or Die
Read or Dream
Shonen Jump

[Eiyuu_Kou]

Read or Die is wierd...

[Paper]

I thinks it kool, and the art is well done as well

[Battousai]

i actually don't like shone jump...i like onepiece though in it. and naruto but i have all the episodes.

[Battousai]

YAY!!! i finally got vol. 4 and 5 of getbackers...i don't know why but i love it.

[Krieock]

I love R.O.D. (the series+OVA) but sadly... I don't have any mangas... :( nor can I fluently read Japanese (yet) so... where do I find some english trans mangas? Don't say a comic book store!!! (I live in a very agricultural part of Kentucky and all the comic books store 60 miles around have very poor selections) is there a good website to buy from?

[Serge]

Chrono Crusade
Trigun

[Aires]

Read or Die?

Does it follow the events of the movie or the paper sisters, or is the subject entirely new?

[king of bandits]

currently reading dears 1 and 2 and tryiing to keep up with chrno crusade (i cant fi book 3 - 4 or 5)

[Battousai]

I love R.O.D. (the series+OVA) but sadly... I don't have any mangas... :( nor can I fluently read Japanese (yet) so... where do I find some english trans mangas? Don't say a comic book store!!! (I live in a very agricultural part of Kentucky and all the comic books store 60 miles around have very poor selections) is there a good website to buy from?

here

http://www.tokyopop.com

[Krieock]

here

http://www.tokyopop.com

Thanks G :)

[Aires]

Just finished Love Hina and now working on Negime. Which Happens to be created by the same guy. Ah Happy

[Paper]

Read or Die ( manga ) it follow the events befor the movie
and some after it also there are like 6 books have i have not found
yet.

[gmpilot]

hikaru no go, zombie powder, lone wolf and cub...

[Paper]

I zombie powder still havnt read it yet

[Krieock]

Paper, where do you get your R.O.D. mangas? (if they in english - I cant read japanese :tear: ) Tokyopop didn't have em.

[chain2treechick]

krieock, u could also look into viz: www.viz.com , adv manga : http://www.advfilms.com/manga.asp, darkhorse manga: http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/manga/

though tokyopop is the best in my opinion.

[Steasaurus]

I'm a soppy bastard and I've just finished chobits, I was happy that it went deeper than the anime but I think they could have left some of the nude bits out. I also really liked Maison Ikkoku (I think I cocked up the spelling there :P) Rumiko Takahashi (and there?) is so cool.

[Krieock]

Chobits had nudity in it? I thought that was a kiddy anime/manga rated like G or Y7??? I must be diluted.

[Krieock]

Thanks for those links, Chain2treechick, (and thanks for spelling my name right), but I serach those three sites to no aval :( where o' where have my lil R.O.D. manga's gone?

[Steasaurus]

chobits is OT Older Teen age 16+ there were boobs, ass, and strong language. There was also a lot of sexual suggestion all the way through... in fact most of the jokes were sexual.

[chain2treechick]

ya, ur right about chobits. its been a long time since i read it and i think i just kinda forgot. i don't really know what clamp was going for with all that. maybe they were shallow enought to think that that's how u make a manga appealing to males...sigh..
but the overall storyline was so good.
the anime is rather rediculous in my opinion though i haven't finished it. seems like they took all the sexuality and awkwardness and put it all together as the focus of the storyline and left the bigger picture in the dust. *sigh* (again)
and krieock, i guess ur best bet now might be google or something. sry. or just try www.amazon.com. there's very little i can't find there (though imported stuff is rediculously overpriced) and if u order 25$ worth, u get free shipping! :)

[chain2treechick]

or www.froogle.com
hehe.

[Cativo]

I found that Love Hina manga is cheaper at overstock.com...don't know about other manga tho...
I'm up to vol. 8 btw...

[Krieock]

Okay, I'm gunna start reading some manga soon... So, what's everyones favourite mangas? (not just whatever you're reading - something that really made you happy ^^)
and where can I get hooked up with 'em? EN only.

[chain2treechick]

anyone can get hooked on hellsing. me thinks.

[Battousai]

try getbackers...it is hilarious...yes i know i keep posting about it. i only bought vol. one of peacemaker...it seemed alright.

[Krieock]

Alright, sounds good.

------
Can anyone tell me what they think of these? Are they any good:
Cardcaptor Sakura(I miss it being on tv -.-)
Cowboy Bebop(are their new stories in these mangas? or just the anime in manga form?)
DNAngel
Love Hina
Saber Marionette J

Anyone read those?

[Steasaurus]

I'm a sentimental fool and I still love the first manga I ever read. I only mentioned it a few posts ago lol. Maison Ikkoku.

[chain2treechick]

DNangel is ok i guess. though, personally, i found then a bit hard to get too, and i haven't read them all. for being so popular though, i reallly didn't think they were all that awesome and i'm a big shojo/cute stories fan but whatever. maybe you'll like it.

btw, did anyone read that new tarot cafe that just recently came out? (tis just the first one). well i thought it was pretty incredible, and i put off buying it for so long. tisk tisk. too bad will be a while till the second one...

[Cyangoose]

Continuing to read Naruto, hunter x hunter, bleach, full metal alchemist, meitantei conan, and one piece.
Already read all of yuu yuu hakusho.
Have read some of berserk.

[chain2treechick]

is the fullmetal alchemist manga good? does it coincide with the anime or is it a spin off?

[Cyangoose]

The anime is based on the manga. I never watch the anime though. It's on pretty late at night. 1:30 or 2:30 or something. I suppose I could go rent them from the video store but I like reading the books first.

[Goldenavatar]

Reading...
Zombie Powder
Bleach (Friend Recommended)
Hellsing
Trigun Maximum
Gantz
Yellow Hearts
Fire Candy
BioMega
Blame!NSE
My 2 Wings
Crossing25
Tenjo Tenge
Air Gear
Hen
Gold Digger

[satanicpanic]

currently reading one piece ,naruto ,and shaman king

[chain2treechick]

hey, satanic, what did u think of one piece on CN, being that u've read it, or have u seen it. i just want somone else's opinion thats read it.

and Golden, how is blame? is it the same one that tokyopop is releasing in US in a few months?

[Goldenavatar]

and Golden, how is blame? is it the same one that tokyopop is releasing in US in a few months?
Honestly, I couldn't tell ya. Most of the comics I read nowadays is downloaded except for Gold Digger. This is including the non-manga titles I read.

[chain2treechick]

o.
bummer:squint:

[Goldenavatar]

o.
bummer:squint:
;) You'd think that, wouldn't you?

[Cian]

I bought my first Manga today, Cowboy Bebop vol.1. 13 euro, bloody rip!!

[gmpilot]

Initial D anyone?

[Cativo]

I bought my first Manga today, Cowboy Bebop vol.1. 13 euro, bloody rip!! How is it? I've seen the ads on the back of love hina....

[Cian]

How is it? I've seen the ads on the back of love hina....
Its good, 4 episodes and a good script. Im still getting used to reading backwards.

[TheSorrow]

Love Hina is very funny. Got episode 1-14..Keitaro always suffers. ^^

[Naota]

Initial D anyone? Sorry, I don't see what's so nice about racing cars and smoking. Could someone tell me about Initial D?

[chain2treechick]

I never watch the anime though. It's on pretty late at night. 1:30 or 2:30 or something. I suppose I could go rent them from the video store but I like reading the books first.

o. well, i just tape it every nite.

and within the last week, fma mangas are EVERYWHERE! gah!

;) You'd think that, wouldn't you?
:eek2: a vatever.:razz:

I bought my first Manga today, Cowboy Bebop vol.1. 13 euro, bloody rip!!
get used to it. it becomes a disease. hehe..

and i heard somewhere that the bebop manga wasn't as good as the anime, but i can't back it up or not. tho i'm sure tis still teriffic.;)

[Cian]

and i heard somewhere that the bebop manga wasn't as good as the anime, but i can't back it up or not. tho i'm sure tis still teriffic.;)
Its not as good, the manga is far more 'cartoony' than the anime.

[gmpilot]

Well, initial D is about racing cars and smoking. Lol. I dunno what else to tell you, but the drawings of cars are insanely good, though the people suck, and the plot is a little blah. It's fun to read, though, kinda repetitive sometimes, but it definitely is interesting. (to me)

[chain2treechick]

alice 19th is a cutesy one for any yu watase fans. ;) (not that i expect many here...)

[chain2treechick]

is this thread finally dead?

[j0n]

Love hina - up to number 12
Battle Royale - up to number 12
Dragonball, not Z or GT up to number 9
Megatokyo - whichever the latest one is
cowboy bebop number 3
cowboy bebop: shooting star : 2, thats all they made.

[Faliat]

I went round to a friends house the other week and she showed me some of her manga collections, Eerie Queerie and all that... She once let me borrow Alien 9.
Couldn't make head or tail of any of the stories.

[Cian]

Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star vol.1

[chain2treechick]

j0n, how's megatokyo? it looked...different

[Mika]

www.megatokyo.com

Not really manga, but its decent

Started reading Negima to get my Fix of Ken Amaksu(sp)

[Cian]

Battle Royale vol.2

[Kamui]

I'm currently reading Manga's like:

Naruto
Trigun
Trigun: Maximum
Neon Genesis Evangellion
Hellsing
Dragon Arms
Battle Vixens
Battle Royale
Ghost in the Shell

All of these are great fun to read over and over.

[CuriousJoe8]

Battle Royale!!!

[chain2treechick]

www.megatokyo.com (http://www.megatokyo.com/)

Not really manga, but its decent

Started reading Negima to get my Fix of Ken Amaksu(sp)

thanks^^

[Krieock]

I was just looking through my local Joseph Beth (a big bookstore) and I found lots of graphic novels - but no mangas... Very sad :(
Is there any reason why I should read translated(can't read japanese, yet) mangas over graphic novels? Or vice versa? Or is there any difference at all?

[FigureFour]

I actually prefer reading graphic novels. It's pretty much exactly the same, but you get a bunch of issues in one convienent package.

[Cian]

Cowboy Bebop vol.2

Is this the last volume ?

[MichaelHopcroft]

The first volume of Kiyohiko Azuma's new manga Yotsuba&! is sheer brilliance.

He is the man responsible for the "new classic" Azumanga Daioh and he is very far from losing his touch. If anything, he does as good a job here as he does in Azumanga Daioh of displaying and celebrating the magical parts of everyday life. I love the heroine as well -- she is so innocent and cute that watching her interact with the world is very, very fulfilling.

Down with Air Conditioners!

[Spiritual_Cramp]

Naru-taru (Shadow Star) and Urotsukidoji.

[Spiritual_Cramp]

Oh! And Ghost. (Eerie-Queerie).

[Fiend]

The first volume of Kiyohiko Azuma's new manga Yotsuba&! is sheer brilliance.

He is the man responsible for the "new classic" Azumanga Daioh and he is very far from losing his touch. If anything, he does as good a job here as he does in Azumanga Daioh of displaying and celebrating the magical parts of everyday life. I love the heroine as well -- she is so innocent and cute that watching her interact with the world is very, very fulfilling.

Down with Air Conditioners!

Holy crap, I was comepletely under the assumption that Kiyohiko Azuma was a woman. Slightly shocked and amused, indeed I am.

[Battousai]

I actually prefer reading graphic novels. It's pretty much exactly the same, but you get a bunch of issues in one convienent package.

me too.

[Runningkid]

i dont really read much manga coz i m jsut a lazy person i prefer to watch, i read the naruto manga and really hope to get the golden sun manga too, but i cant find it any where.

[Battousai]

finally got more getbackers...vol.7 and 8.

[chain2treechick]

isn't tokyo mew mew a la mode supposed to be really popular right now???so why can't i find it anywhere???....not that i want it or anything.....

it took me 2 months after it was released to get ahold of the last (7th me thinks) tokyo babylon, and it was absolutely incredible. i respect clamp so much more than i ever did now....that was just the most incredible ending. it changes the way I look at all the earlier books....wow...

the latest saiyuki was good. really good. i can't wait for reload.

does anyone have any thoughts on blade of the immortal? i just heard it was fantastic but after reading the first one, i have mixed feelings. just would love to hear some outside input.

can't wait for the next hana kimi. can't believe i was ever hesitent about that series. its so incredibly good.

can't wait for next fruits basket. that last one was kinda....plot-filled. ...for once. hehe ^-^ what do u think is hatori's "sinister" plan? ^-^. OOO!!! and the hat was yuki's?????? nooooooooooooooooo........

anyone know when that last hellsing is commin out???

can anyone say anything about clamp's X? or at least anything other than its great? i told myself i wouldn't start it until babylon was over and now that i want to, da store don't have it (da 1st one i mean)!!!...mumble. mumble....

anyone know absolutely anything about empire of midnight yet?

has anyone read clover? i never cared enough when borders was carrying it, but now that they haven't carried it for like 6 months or something rediculous i'm just dying to have it...thats pretty childish...sigh. i'm broke anyway...

woa, this was a long post sorry guys...

edit:
sry one more thing. bizenghast (sp?) looked interesting when i saw advertisements for it on tokyopop months ago and i think its coming out soon. any thoughts?

speaking of tokyopop, what's up with their takuhai magazine? its been months since they first started babbling about it and i'm kinda starting to doubt its existence...especially since they claim its free...must be some kinda catch...

edit:
gah! one more.
was reading some of my friend's older manga and kill me kiss me is incredibly good!. didn't end too solidly but ga-woon is really cool...

[Kaneda!]

im trying to finish the GTO series but i havent read another in like months

[Fiend]

Currently reading Revenge of the Mouflon.

[Robosockmonkey]

blade of immortal of coarse...cant wait till the new volume comes out in july!!

Oh yeah! How can I forget about that one??!! I love BoTI too, huge influences XD

Blade of the Immortal is all you need!

[Battousai]

chain2treechick....way to many questions:eek:

just kidding but really you must a ton of extra cash to but that many mangas...unless you findem cheeper...me $10 plus some taxes.

i finally got another getbacker vol.9...it was good

bought a new series and i am i tad skeptical. story is great but the art is a tad to much...arm of kannon. it really doesn't need that amount of nudity in it. anyone?

[Anyte]

I'm reading: DBZ, Trigun Maximum, and Blade of the Immortal as quickly as they release them in graphic novel format, and I'm playing catchup on One Piece but not as quickly as I wish I could.

[Anyte]

does anyone have any thoughts on blade of the immortal? i just heard it was fantastic but after reading the first one, i have mixed feelings. just would love to hear some outside input.


Blade of the Immortal is my favorite manga, and has been since I began reading it. I can't imagine everyone can stomach the violent and graphic nature of the story. If you found the first volume disturbing then you probably won't enjoy the rest as it gets much worse in some volumes. If you're worried about the story I can only say that it is very well written - the first volume barely hints at what's to come.

[Ninken]

bersek!!! best manga ever.
Basilisk. Will maybe become my favorite manga but I've only read 2 volumes.
naruto. yeah, its actually really, really good
bleach. ----||----
Gantz. Its getting kind of boring now though...

Then there are tons of other stuff I follow but wouldn't really get sad if they ended.

[chain2treechick]

woa. its been a while. jeez that last post of mine makes me sound like a fiend.
regarding blade, i read the english translation and i couldn't stand the chopping up the boxes so it could be read left to right. i just can't believe they would do that. i also just found it a little difficult to follow.

i guess i went a little overboard a few months ago with the spending too...believe me. it didn't last long. and i share back and forth with my friend who's a real fiend.

so anyway, any thoughts on Blame? I really thought the art was breathtaking, but it was hard for me to get into the storyline with so little dialogue. was definitely worth the buy tho, as it was about twice as thick as most graphic novels, and, again, the art was spectacular.

[Battousai]

Just bough GetBackers 10 and 11 along with Vol. 1 of Samurai Deeper Kyo. Books A Million had a buy two get one free type of thing. I hope Kyo is good, been meaning to buy it really.

[Cativo]

I'm now reading Gunslinger Girl. I finished vol. 3, the other two volumes haven't been released yet.

[Krasterk]

Right now my favourite would be Eden, is anyone else reading that ?
Or Zetman ?

Battousai : I've been told that get backers gets a little boring after the first few books. That the guys just keep going to missions and that the plot isn't really going anywhere. I wanted to start that one to because i liked the style of the drawings, the electricity effects and stuff... but then someone told me that i shouldn't.

[Opaldarkness]

I'm reading yuyu hakusho, just read Fullmetal alchemist book 1, and up to 16 in Dragon knights.

[Battousai]

I'm reading yuyu hakusho, just read Fullmetal alchemist book 1, and up to 16 in Dragon knights.

I actually have vol. 1, but I never could find any more. Dragon Knights that is.

Battousai : I've been told that get backers gets a little boring after the first few books. That the guys just keep going to missions and that the plot isn't really going anywhere. I wanted to start that one to because i liked the style of the drawings, the electricity effects and stuff... but then someone told me that i shouldn't.

They do continuously go on missons, but when they go to get I.L back they go into Ginji's old gang land where he used to be the Lightning Lord of the Volts. I like it alot really. The art is cool to, but I can never tell whom is who at the end with the editor notes. :confused: So confusing. The revival of this thread BEGINS!!

[Krasterk]

The editor notes are always confusing =) ... and often useless.

[RansomAvenue]

wow... this is an ancient thread...

i've bought ranma1/2 books 11 - 14 since march...

hard to find the series after 10 in the UK...

TommO

[Battousai]

The editor notes are always confusing =) ... and often useless.

I don't find them useless, just confusing considering they are in Japanese culture; if you understand them they are rather humorous.

[Enhanced Bren]

I've read Eden volumes 1-11 and Eden is now my favorite manga ever. Lucky for me manga aint that expensive here in belgium. For each volume it's like 6 to 7 euro. I buy it in french cos i can read french ( school is good for something). When i buy manga's from tokyopop or something the price easy lifts up to 11-13 euro. That's kinda the double. Anyway i'm reading now "short storys" by Hiroki Endo. and after that i'm gonna begin with the manga "planetes" Hiroki Endo is my fav manga artist that's for sure.


greetz

[Krasterk]

Eden has just everything you could want from a science fiction apocalyptic cyber something manga =)

[Enhanced Bren]

Eden has just everything you could want from a science fiction apocalyptic cyber something manga =)

And the art that is in it is just the best i've ever seen in a manga, so much detail. Hiroki endo is crazy hehe

[Krasterk]

The level of details is just amazing, his landscapes and backgrounds in general are incredible, but he's not my favourite though. One problem i have with his art is that all his female characters look exactly the same =) sometimes i keep thinking "is that her ? oh yeah it is, i can recognize her hair color" =)
One thing he's just the best at is mech design, all the mech kinda things are so great, the exo skeleton things and the ones that look like spiders, i'm just a fan of those.

[chain2treechick]

Wow, I'm definitely going to look into eden; it looks incredible.
fyi, the seventh hellsing just came out in english last month ^^, which is pretty exciting me thinks.
Dark Edge and Category:Freaks are also some good darkish manga.
And Wallflower's a real cutsie.

[Battousai]

LET THE REVIVAL BEGIN!!!!!^_^

I'm just now getting back into manga, all I really read was Getbackers, up to 13. I also read all 7 volumes of Lamb of Lament, which is amazing and would definitely suggest it to anyone interested in intricatley plotted half/horror manga.

Just bought Jing the Bandit King: The Twilight Tales 1-3 (where I work they were having a buy 2 get one free deal; and on top of that I still got my 20% off discount...yay) It seems good, only read vol. 1 so far. The artwork greatly intrests me for some, internal reason....>?<

I've also read up to Peacemaker vol. 3 and it seems decent so far. Slow, but decent. I've also began reading a light manga called Tactics, which is decent as well.

BTW, is DeathNote any good?

[Krasterk]

Yeah Lamb Of Lament was pretty good. Another completely sick horror manga i read some time ago was "Spiral" by Junji Ito. Only 3 volumes but what an insane ending...

I've read DeathNote #1 and #2, i really like the art, but the story, setting, etc, is not really my kind of thing so far. But i've learned not to judge a manga after only 2 or 3 volumes so i'll keep reading.

Other than that, new stuff i'm reading are Cafe Occult, Pilgrim Jägger and Demon King, all awesome.

[Zabur]

Manga....only one:
Berserk, I'm currently on Volume 17, and have to say this is the best manga in existence.

I'm also re-reading Metropolitian (sp?), but that's an American Comic, heh ^_^

[Cian]

I haven't bought a manga in a LONG time, I was thinking of getting that Neo-Tokyo-Genesis thingymabob. Has anyone read it?

[I.A. Maniac]

i'm reading bleach and OMG it friggin amazing. i got tired of the dumb filler in the anime so i started reading the manga and i was not disappointed.

i'm also reading Zettai Kareshi (absolute boyfriend). I already on novel 5 and i still don't know what to the think of it. I usually like watase's stuff, but this gets a little old after a while (probably because for once i prefer on of the underappreciated characters aka Soushi)

[Whitefox]

Lone wolf and cub vol.2 a very good book indeed. i heard that theres like 30 in the hole collection

[the shining]

I recently got Full Metal Panic. It's freakin' hilarious. I must have read it through 12 times this week.

[Valerockz]

This is my first MANGA that I am reading:
Fullmetal Alchemist.

[Zabur]

Valerockz, very nice pic for your first manga ^_^

What do you plan on reading next? I know FMA is quite long, but it's always best to plan ahead ^_^

[TheKosmonaut]

It's an oldy, but goody; and it's pretty cheap to get the whole series. I recommend Akira; I've got the Japanese version of the first book and I've only gotten around to reading about half of it. The series will definitely last you a good while, and it's one of the best out there, despite its age.

[ssjmvegita]

well, although Ive read the whole series a bunch of times through, im still reading love hina. IMO, manga does not get better.

[blue123]

Mine has got be Yakitate! Japan. And sailor moon. You've just gotta love 'em...

[the shining]

I'm really into Full Metal Panic [it's awesome!!!]. along with Suikuden III.

[Ahulane]

Only Berserk for me. Nice art, nice story.

[Gamerdork]

I love yakitate japan, its because of that show that I can never think of japan without thinking of bread.

[Darkmatter]

I went naruto crazy, boaught first 5, then read up to volume 22 online, ima read more alter tonight ^^.

anyway a few I'm up to date with are probably.

Guyver
Zero
Candidate for goddess
Kampai (this one is great)
I was with One Peice...but yeh.
Vampire Game(dont really like this one)

And others are just ones I touched and didn't get into, most of the time ull see kids reading manga on the floor, glued to the pages, ull see me picking books from the shelves, reading first chapter, make up my mind if I wanna spend 8 bucks, on about 20 books every time I go, alot of work, but I'm one picky bastard.

EDIT: And I've seen those Akira books, they are pretty big, I've looked at them litereally every time i go manga shopping (alot of times), but never really looked at em....don't know why

[S.J.Nero]

I'm currently waiting for BLAME! vol. 4. Is it out yet? Ooh ooh tell me!

[Krasterk]

I'm currently waiting for BLAME! vol. 4. Is it out yet? Ooh ooh tell me!

All the 10 vol. of "Blame!" and the one "Noise" vol are out, at least where i live they are. =)
Has anyone read the sequel, "Blame NSE" ? the first chapter came out in the beginning of last year and it started great but i don't think Nihei continued it since that ?

[Battousai]

Just got done with Getbackers 14 and also finished with Felipe Smith's MBQ...******* hilarious manga.

Another I just finished today was Boys of Summer, which is written by Chuck Austen and drawn by Hiroki Otsuka...pretty good.

[Noir Proxy]

I am currently readying Cafe Occult. Its pretty good for a first volume.

[aido179]

atm im reading battle royale, i dont know how they sold it to me though.
i really like immortal rain, but i cant find ant of the sequals in any book shops and i couldnt be bothered to buy them second hand. so yeah.

[gmpilot]

Not very many people have heard of it, but you must read vagabond. It is definitely one of the best ronin mangas around. The art is better than blade of the immortal, the story is very creative, and it has a much more berserk-realism feel than some other mangas. Truly a masterpiece.

[Battousai]

That is an amazing manga. I've only read vol. 1 b/c my bookstore were I work only carries that one, on sale to boot and soon to be leaving. I'll have to special order the rest. How long is the series?

[gmpilot]

I've only read up to 9...or was it 19. Anyways, they definitely aren't through translating the series, I read them online.

[S.J.Nero]

Manga that I own:
BLAME!
D.N.Angel
AzuManga Daioh
Comic Party Doujinshi
Glass Wings