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| Magus Darkstar
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|  "Re(1)::Manga Recommendation"
, posted Sun 25 Jan 18:54
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I personally like Slam Dunk (basketball), Vagabond (Musashi), Jojo (OraOraOra), Hikaru no Go (Go).
Well, from the thinks that I like and that are actually neat I must pop out of out nowhere and recommend Great Teacher Onizuka.
And I could adress a lot more but I don't know what else they are selling on the US right now >_<
Everything mentioned so far is available in Graphic Novel form except JoJo (and Hikaru no Go, but it's currently running in US Shonen Jump, and the first volume will be out sometime soon)
As far as US releases go, I'd recommend:
- Mars (15 volumes + 1 Gaiden, 15 released, romance)
- Berserk (~25+[?] volumes, 2 released, dark fantasy)
- Rurouni Kenshin (28 volumes, 2 released, samurai action)
- Rave Master ("Groove Adventure Rave", ?+ volumes, 6 released, adventure)
- One Piece (?+ volumes, 2 released, pirate adventure)
- Trigun/Trigun Maximum (2/?+ volumes, 2/0 released, deep space planet future gun action)
Already mentioned:
- Slam Dunk (? volumes, 2 released, Basketball)
- GTO (28 volumes, 15 released, comedy)
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| Magus Darkstar
186th Post
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| "Re(2)::Manga Recommendation" , posted Sun 25 Jan 18:56
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I personally like Slam Dunk (basketball), Vagabond (Musashi), Jojo (OraOraOra), Hikaru no Go (Go).
Well, from the thinks that I like and that are actually neat I must pop out of out nowhere and recommend Great Teacher Onizuka.
And I could adress a lot more but I don't know what else they are selling on the US right now >_<
Everything mentioned so far is available in Graphic Novel form except JoJo (and Hikaru no Go, but it's currently running in US Shonen Jump, and the first volume will be out sometime soon)
As far as US releases go, I'd recommend:
- Mars (15 volumes + 1 Gaiden, 15 released, romance)
- Berserk (~25+[?] volumes, 2 released, dark fantasy)
- Rurouni Kenshin (28 volumes, 2 released, samurai action)
- Rave Master ("Groove Adventure Rave", ?+ volumes, 6 released, adventure)
- One Piece (?+ volumes, 2 released, pirate adventure)
- Trigun/Trigun Maximum (2/?+ volumes, 2/0 released, deep space planet future gun action)
Already mentioned:
- Slam Dunk (? volumes, 2 released, Basketball)
- GTO (28 volumes, 15 released, comedy)
Okay. After going over the original post, yeah, let's forget about Berserk and Rave.
The rest might be good to pick up. Maybe.
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| Radish 2164th Post
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| "Re(3)::Manga Recommendation" , posted Sun 25 Jan 19:10
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I personally like Slam Dunk (basketball), Vagabond (Musashi), Jojo (OraOraOra), Hikaru no Go (Go).
Well, from the thinks that I like and that are actually neat I must pop out of out nowhere and recommend Great Teacher Onizuka.
And I could adress a lot more but I don't know what else they are selling on the US right now >_<
Everything mentioned so far is available in Graphic Novel form except JoJo (and Hikaru no Go, but it's currently running in US Shonen Jump, and the first volume will be out sometime soon)
As far as US releases go, I'd recommend:
- Mars (15 volumes + 1 Gaiden, 15 released, romance)
- Berserk (~25+[?] volumes, 2 released, dark fantasy)
- Rurouni Kenshin (28 volumes, 2 released, samurai action)
- Rave Master ("Groove Adventure Rave", ?+ volumes, 6 released, adventure)
- One Piece (?+ volumes, 2 released, pirate adventure)
- Trigun/Trigun Maximum (2/?+ volumes, 2/0 released, deep space planet future gun action)
Already mentioned:
- Slam Dunk (? volumes, 2 released, Basketball)
- GTO (28 volumes, 15 released, comedy)
Okay. After going over the original post, yeah, let's forget about Berserk and Rave.
The rest might be good to pick up. Maybe.
Thanks a lot for the suggestions so far guys!
Well, I read some of the Berserk manga and saw the entire TV series and it really didn't strike me as graphic as Rose Hip Rose. I guess that's because RHR is more realistic and we can identify with it
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(like when the teacher kills herself against her will or when the bomb explodes that girl)
End of Spoiler
while Berserk is fantasy violence. I dunno, maybe I'm weird.
Also I really did like AMG when it was more about being wacky Norse/technology hybrid. I'm sure it's still good, but I just kinda lost interest (also the books are way over priced).
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| Hungrywolf 2657th Post
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| "Re(3)::Manga Recommendation" , posted Sun 25 Jan 20:31
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add another notch to Rurouni Kenshin and GTO. the Kenshin anime followed the manga so closely (EDIT: so far. might have changed a bit in the later volumes). it's hard to decide which one i'm gonna like more. such a beautiful story
and i had a lot of fun with GTO. at times, it seemed like he followed a certain formula when writing each situation, but there's always some twist that catches me off-guard. that plus the perverted humor, i thought it was awesome
also give Ragnarok a try if you can. has nothing to do with RO so don't expect that much from it, but i am really enjoying this series. the action scenes are really well-drawn and each character has such style
EDIT:
this is what happens when you expect RO from it
dogface: that guy is brainless
dogface: btw ragnarock manga sucks
dogbody: hey
dogbody: why don't you die
dogface: I CANT
dogface: and RAGNAROCK MANGA SUCKS ASS
dogbody: or try forcing nails up your urethra
dogbody: IT"S EASY
The anime of RK eventually stops following the manga. After that the anime isn't as good to me, though I still watched it and got enjoyment from the rest of the tv series(it kinda peaked after the Kyoto arc for me in the anime). I don't recommend the second OVA set of RK at all, but that's just me, and this thread isn't about anime, so on to my manga suggestions:
Rurouni Kenshin
One Piece
Naruto
Yugi-oh (may sound like a dumb suggestion, but the manga is really good)
Oh My Goddess (you've read)
Love Hina
Kare Kano
Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis
(I know there are more I read but I can't think of them all right now)
"no again my apoligizes for anyone i offend!!!!!"
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| Satoshi_Miwa 2540th Post
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| "Re(1):Manga Recommendations" , posted Sun 25 Jan 21:29
Well, here's what I'm getting that I really like right now (or have gotten...). Of course if you aren't into romance or some of the other genres I'm in then you might want to ignore this...:)
Maison Ikkoku - Second Edition - One of my top 4 comics/manga of all time. I HIGHLY recommend it, and it's in the cheaper price. Downside is it's a very Amercianized translation (It was done in the early 90's) but it still doesn't ruin the book.
Marmalade Boy - My favorite shoujo love story. Nicely done, and none of the bad US episodes...:)
Plantes - Straight, serious, sci-fi manga that's written really well. The anime should still be in BT circles, so check that out first.
GTO - Less violent than Rose Hip Rose, with more comedy!
I'm also getting Inuyasha, which I enjoy, Fushigi Yuugi, Ceres, and Fruits Basket (FURUBA~!) which I also enjoy. I'm also probably among the few that actually like the Excel Saga manga...
Err...I don't think I helped much...:P
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| Sensenic 1083th Post
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| "Re(1):Manga Recommendations" , posted Mon 26 Jan 01:12
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Comics I've enjoyed include Taiho Shichauzo, Azumanga, older AMG (around the Terrible Master Urd arc), Yawara! and Nausica.
If you liked Yawara! lemme recommend you this other more recent one by Naoki Urasawa:
Monster (Quite spoiler-free page, just don't check the 'story' part)
It's basically a thriller about this Japanese neurosurgeon working in Germany, dr. Kenzo Tenma, who decides to save a little child's life instead of the city mayor because the kid got there first and he believes a doctor must save lives without deciding which one is more important.
But... some years later the poor doctor discovers that the kid he saved is a monster, a psycho who doesn't have any problem in killing all those people who had met him. And the poor good ol' Tenma decides he has to kill him in order to stop him.
After this, the story keeps getting only better and better. It's definitely my favourite series of the four I'm doing right now (Detective Conan, Naruto and Hellsing are the other 3, and I also recommend them to you, BTW)
Maybe if you don't like realistic violence it can have some rather 'ugly' parts, but the story is really really worth it.
"Kensu" & "Asina" such a nice couple.
Damn boredom that can kill you with a sword!
A friend of mine talking about elves in LOTR
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| Time Mage 1770th Post
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| "Re(1):Manga Recommendations" , posted Mon 26 Jan 02:33
Let me also add my little contribution:
- Saint Seiya: Epic (it's so epic sometimes that it gets funny), great armor designs, and a well carried plot, although the dialoges aren't that great.
- Love Hina: This is the best manga I've read in a lot of time, and infinitely better than the crappy TV series.
- Ranma 1/2: Absurd humour and cool but not violent fights, plus some romance. A classic everyone has to read.
- Berserk: It's violent, has some explicit sexual pages, but the story is marvelous, the drawings are magnific, and the characters are great. A must read.
- Inu Yasha: Pick Ranma, add more violence, action and fantasy, substract some humour (but not that much), and here you go! Rumiko, as always, superb.
- Naruto: It's a quite typical shonen manga, but very well done, with many distinct and varied designs, good characters and a decent story so far (I'm at volume 7 right now). Also, the battles don't last THAT long. And Kakashi rocks.
- Rurouni Kenshin: Great, great great. If you haven't read it, go now! From the end of the Makoto Shishio saga, it's totally different from the anime, and way, way better.
- Vagabond: Historical manga + great drawings + good story. The best "realistic" samurai manga.
- Detective Conan: Just great. Good main plot (although it goes very slowly), every mistery is great, the humour, the drawing... Gosho Aoyama is great, dammit!
Not recommended:
- Blade of the inmortal: I really don't think what people see in this one. A totally un-cool protagonist, a decent-but-that's-it drawing and a horribly told story.
Well, I may miss some, but all of those I've listed are great purchases.
Use Time Magic to control time and space. Extremely useful allies.
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| Time Mage 1771th Post
Silver Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive
| "Re(3):Manga Recommendations" , posted Mon 26 Jan 03:05
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Aww! I don't see what's not to like about it... the only complaint I have about the drawing style is sometimes I have trouble telling who is who because a lot of the faces look similar.
Well, although I don't like it, I know that a lot of people do, so it's only my personal advice, not any sort of "truth".
It's just that a series in what the main character has the inmortality power (dammit, he has the typical "baddie" powers!!), and that would have died 3243514362654 times before the 2nd tome without them, apart from being a cocky and arrogant worth-for-nothing fighter...
At least, the plot evolves from "retarded" to "just decent" as the manga advances, and it's enterntaining if you don't buy it (a friend buys it and I read it).
Definitely, the best thing in the series is the different weapon designs.
Use Time Magic to control time and space. Extremely useful allies.
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| Radish 2166th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Re(2):Manga Recommendations" , posted Mon 26 Jan 06:35
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If you liked Yawara! lemme recommend you this other more recent one by Naoki Urasawa:
Monster (Quite spoiler-free page, just don't check the 'story' part)
It's basically a thriller about this Japanese neurosurgeon working in Germany, dr. Kenzo Tenma, who decides to save a little child's life instead of the city mayor because the kid got there first and he believes a doctor must save lives without deciding which one is more important.
But... some years later the poor doctor discovers that the kid he saved is a monster, a psycho who doesn't have any problem in killing all those people who had met him. And the poor good ol' Tenma decides he has to kill him in order to stop him.
After this, the story keeps getting only better and better. It's definitely my favourite series of the four I'm doing right now (Detective Conan, Naruto and Hellsing are the other 3, and I also recommend them to you, BTW)
Maybe if you don't like realistic violence it can have some rather 'ugly' parts, but the story is really really worth it.
Sounds cool. Is it being translated (unlikely) or should I go to sasuaga books or something? I liked the banners in the visual section that read "Horrible Story." heh.
Also YKK is good, but the way that time jumps dramatically (sometimes a year) in between chapters throws me off especially since the main character doesn't age. Also you have to read through like a dozen chapters until you get a time bit of the real plot. It's still a great read.
Personally I don't like Love Hina so much. I think he could have shortened the story a bit since it feels rather stretched. Also I don't know when artists feel the need to chop off a character's long hair...
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