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Havoc
05-25-2011, 08:33 PM
So my dear friends, I've seen a "Favorite Anime" thread, but nothing about manga anywhere to see.

I'll take this opportunity to create such a thread and encourage people to actually READ COMICS! Yes... you heard me, READ.

I just assume there are people here who like Naruto (hey exe!),
now taking a look at the anime and the manga I'd say the manga is like 100 times better.

READ MORE MANGA! people

If you like anime, chances are good you're gonna enjoy reading some awesome manga.


Right off the bat, I'll start with my two top favorite manga of all time,
imo the best manga in the world.

#2:

The Enchained Spiritual Beast Ga-Rei
(or simply Ga-Rei)

http://gallery1.anivide.com/_full/27968_1252196285.png

A story about a team of special humans in a secret government division operating in tokyo, specialized in locating and exorcising evil spirits.
The main focus lays on the girl named Kagura Tsuchimiya, whos family has been passing down the enchained beast Ga-Rei Byakuei from person to person for generations. A monster which can only be controlled by binding it to a human soul.

The manga contains plenty of romance, action and mild eroticism/nudity.
Some decent gore with people getting stabbed and their limbs torn off occasionally. And again, plenty of heartbreaking romance.
Its frankly the second most dramatic manga I've ever read.
There is an almost never-ending feel of pressure in the story, at least in the second and third arc, but it's in no way hasty. It's just tense.

The Manga consists of 12 volumes or 54 chapters total and is a closed up, wrapped up story. (not some endless crap)

Additionally there is a Anime-Prequel to the Manga which you would like to watch if you want to know the background of some of the characters. It has the exactly same feel as the manga does, a lot of action, romance, drama, erotic and heartbreaking moments, mixing magic with technology. (and Gore too)




#1:


My personal favorite of all time is:

Battle Angel Alita and Battle Angel Alita: Last Order

http://www.animebox.eu/wallpapers/d/3525-3/battle+angel+alita+-+009.jpg

The first one was released in 1990-1995 and is the story of a young cyborg girl Alita, who is found by the cyborg-doctor Ido, living in the biggest remaining city on earth "the scrapyard", which is ruled by the endlessly powerful floating city Tiphares right above it, which in turn is home to the Tipharean, a superior human race.
Last Order is still ongoing and alters the final events of the Original to create an entirely new story focused on Alita, her past before her arrival in the scrapyard and the catastrophic past which turned the earth into what it is.

If you love cyberpunk, this is the manga for you. It uses many german terms for things and is backed up by scientific tidbits about different technologies, some made up, some outdated, and some based on actual science. A great dystopian vision of our planets future. Has signs of romance, plenty of drama, great development of all the characters, a f'kton of action including gore and Last Order has almost constant nudity.

http://i1.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/18/battle-angel-alita-last-order-980764.jpg
(look at this beautiful smooth, shining, absolutely naked hunk of the sexiest metal you've ever seen.)
No girl you've ever seen weights over 2 tons and has an ass like this.




So those are my two favorite manga of all time, I hope I provoked somebodies interest and feel free to post some info about your favorite manga as well.

Echo
05-25-2011, 08:37 PM
I always thought that manga was that tentacle......umm I don't know if I can say it D :
It involves naked women and tentacles...

Havoc
05-25-2011, 08:38 PM
That'd be Hentai xD

Echo
05-25-2011, 10:28 PM
Oh......well what's the difference D :

Muffincat
05-25-2011, 10:45 PM
Hentai (roughly means "perverted") is a kind of manga/anime/whatever that is porn (like tentacle stuff). Manga is just comics.

Echo
05-25-2011, 10:56 PM
OH, so hentai is on the internet and Manga is hentai in comics : D

Muffincat
05-25-2011, 10:59 PM
You're kidding, yes? o.o

Manga is just comics. Manga may or may not have hentai in it. Hentai is a term for when there is pornographic content in a manga or an anime.

Echo
05-25-2011, 11:25 PM
...Oh I get it : D

Jayhmmz
05-26-2011, 09:12 AM
I haven't really ever had an urge to buy manga... I always stick to my DC roots, and the odd Marvel comic. The only Manga thing I have ever bought is Manga hair product (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/devilpim/Blog/GarnierFructisStyleMangaHead.jpg)!

Havoc
05-26-2011, 09:45 AM
Well I buy some manga, but to be frank the licensed translations are more often than not just crap, so I red them online done by freelance scanlation groups. Those are so MUCH, MUCH better...

Saph
05-26-2011, 09:52 AM
I remember my first introduction to Anime when I was about 14...

I was having a late night and there's this german Music channel called VIVA or something which has some really cool cartoons after midnight(the first south park I ever saw was in german on that channel!)

But one evening I was sitting at like 1am watching VIVA and this thing called Aika or something comes on, and it was apparently an anime about this lady in a red dress who could turn into an angel.

Needless to say my jaw dropped as I've never heard as much schoolgirl giggling, or seen as many upskirt panty pictures in one place, as I did there. I was like "I should NOT be watching this!!!"

Later I happened to discover that most animes that're running on TV either have ALOT of upskirt stuff, OR have really busty women where the boobs seem to be made of jell-o.

Manga however? Could you call Pokemon or Beyblade or something Manga? I used to watch that alot as a kid. I also LOVED to watch what I believed to be anime called Van Hellsing or something? It was a show about a half vampire lady who wielded a huge gun, who had this completely dressed in red vampire as a master who had a HUGE handgun! And they shot zombies and vampires etc.

And how exactly, Echo, do you even know that there is such a thing as sexual intercourse between women and tentacles on the internet? Lol.

Havoc
05-26-2011, 10:21 AM
Ah yes the good old times of Viva Anime.
Yea Aika was correct, very old ero-anime with lots of upskirt and later on some boobage!
It was later replaced by Najika...

And what you're remembering is just "Hellsing" which is frankly one of the best Anime ever. Currently there is an ongoing OVA Hellsing series with 7 1-hour episodes and the next one is coming June 22nd.

But that's all not Manga... manga are comic books you can read. Not animated.

R3d M4g3
05-26-2011, 10:28 AM
I always thought that manga was that tentacle......umm I don't know if I can say it D :
It involves naked women and tentacles...
...really? That would be called Hentai.

I perfer the Death Note manga v.s the Anime, felt more dramatic and pleasing...and no Mikami goring himself w/ a pen.

Exentenzed
05-27-2011, 05:43 PM
AH yes, i love watching the naruto anime....

I wouldnt mind reading the manga if it wasnt for that its hard to come by in norway, as i dont like to read comics on the web. Call me old fashioned. xD

I did however read the One piece Manga at one point. :)

Ah yes Saph, Hellsing. :) I watched that when i was a kid and loved it...
Then i heard that a movie called Van Hellsing was gonna come out and i was like: O.o ...Awesome!
Boy was i dissapointed. xD

Currently watching the Hellsing Ultimate Anime...
Gotten to episode 5. And so far i love that one so much more than the original. It feels like its more true to what the writer actually visualized, Somehow :/ I dont know.

Havoc
05-27-2011, 07:30 PM
(...)
Currently watching the Hellsing Ultimate Anime...
Gotten to episode 5. And so far i love that one so much more than the original. It feels like its more true to what the writer actually visualized, Somehow :/ I dont know.

Yeees... Hellsing Ultimate OVA is the best :3
Gore mixed with gore and badass Vampires... the way Vampires should be, not some stupid glittery *****crap. Bloodthirsty brutal monsters that can rip a man in two and then eat him.
I'm currently waiting for OVA 8 to be released... somewhen around June 22nd.

But this thread is about Manga >.<

Exentenzed
05-28-2011, 08:47 AM
But this thread is about Manga >.<

Yea sorry. :P

As i said i used to read One Piece but i got fed up with the horrible Japanse->Norwegian translation, so i decided to just watch it in japanese /w english subs :)

Ilyich Valken
05-29-2011, 12:16 AM
I used to read Ruroni Kenshin, Shaman King, and a ****load of other stuff.. then I stopped getting Shonen Jump, bought a couple books, stopped, and now I've just started recently getting regular comics (DC/Image/Marvel.)

xCrystallis
05-31-2011, 10:04 PM
omgz

Well I really liked the Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle series, and Fullmetal Alchemist. I keep updated with Naruto usually every week.

And... And I love... Fruits... Basket... and Kimi ni Todoke. >__>;;;;;
Voices from a Distant Star was great I thought.

And I'm done after this.

I love Double Arts, and Naoshi Komi's one shots. I love love love them. x__x

OK AND I LIKED SCHOOL RUMBLE I'M DONE (I'm too indecisive of a person Dx)

Muffinbat
06-01-2011, 05:30 PM
The first anime I ever watched was the Ova for Battle Angel after which I read the manga for it. That lead to a bunch of other ones and i have been reading them ever since.

I really like Naoshi Komi's one shots, Apple is probably my favorite out of all of them though the others are all great.

My favorites manga are probably Battle Angel and Berserk.

BlackPhazor
06-15-2011, 03:38 PM
I used to read Naruto and Bleach, and used to watch the shows too. I stopped after Shippuden though for Naruto. Did/does anyone watch Inuyasha?