The Anime/Manga Thread

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The Anime/Manga Thread
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Kris, Awooer of Worlds	Sep 20 2012, 02:11 PM Post #2541
Awoo! Posts: 29,743 Group: Venus Clan Member #120 Joined: November 20, 2006 Gender: heroic lolishota Country: #0#	I think Luta's talking specifically about manga, not anime.



Admiral Miral	Sep 20 2012, 02:41 PM Post #2542
The Light of Hope Posts: 3,126 Group: Venus Clan Member #636 Joined: June 15, 2010 Gender: Wafu! Country: #226# True Name: Miral	Read Jojo's.



Seoulbowz	Sep 20 2012, 02:55 PM Post #2543
Supergeil Posts: 19,233 Group: Sol Clan Member #54 Joined: May 28, 2006 Blog: Edeka Country: #79# True Name: Friedrich Liechtenstein Theme Song: https://youtu.be/jxVcgDMBU94	Watch Clannad and then After Story.



Dracobolt	Sep 20 2012, 09:07 PM Post #2544
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	I don't read manga much because it's expensive to buy and really hard to find good, completed series.



Peytral	Sep 20 2012, 09:25 PM Post #2545
peytral pls Posts: 15,452 Group: Sol Clan Member #459 Joined: March 18, 2009 Gender: Miserable pile of secrets Blog: Ab Animo Pario Country: #0# True Name: Peytral Aznable	Speaking of manga, binged Shin Getter Robo Tuesday. I'm probably going to start calling TTGL "the anime adaptation of Shin Getter" from now on.



Artemis	Sep 21 2012, 03:31 AM Post #2546
Plus Ultra Posts: 15,777 Group: Smartass Teenager Member #295 Joined: January 15, 2008 Gender: Male Country: #0# Theme Song: https://youtu.be/aF_DrTr0WIs	I only read a few manga series at a time, and they are all long and incomplete: Hayate no Gotoku, The World God Only Knows, Nisekoi... And they haven't updated D-Frag in a while :c



Kris, Awooer of Worlds	Sep 21 2012, 03:42 AM Post #2547
Awoo! Posts: 29,743 Group: Venus Clan Member #120 Joined: November 20, 2006 Gender: heroic lolishota Country: #0#	I think the only completed manga I've read are Elfen Lied and Negima. At least, I remember those two. I keep up with a few ongoing ones. Mostly Bleach, Medaka Box, Pokemon Special, and recently Kagerou Days(though this one's a fairly recent franchise project thingy with vocaloid/anime/manga/light novels). Oh, and Claymore and Soul Eater too. ...I think that's all. Wow, I really haven't seen much.



simplechild	Sep 21 2012, 04:01 AM Post #2548
My only feel is murder Posts: 12,119 Group: Fori Member #115 Joined: October 30, 2006 Gender: Burning Blog: What's All This, Then? Country: 'Nam. True Name: simplechild	The ones I'm currently following are Billy Bat, Hourou Musuko, The World God Only Knows, Magi, Berserk, and Wake Up Deadman. Oh, and Fairy Tail. I've completely read a whole bunch of manga, though half of them are older shounen series. Speaking of shounen manga, anyone have a favorite, whether completed or ongoing? My personal favorite is Eyeshield 21, followed closely by Slam Dunk and Rurouni Kenshin.



Peytral	Sep 21 2012, 06:18 AM Post #2549
peytral pls Posts: 15,452 Group: Sol Clan Member #459 Joined: March 18, 2009 Gender: Miserable pile of secrets Blog: Ab Animo Pario Country: #0# True Name: Peytral Aznable	This is basically all the manga I've ever read save for a couple things I read and forgot about from years ago. Oh, and Pokemon Special but I stopped reading it around the start of the G/S arc for some reason.



Momentime	Sep 21 2012, 08:58 AM Post #2550
uh oh Posts: 18,956 Group: Luna Clan Member #194 Joined: May 28, 2007 Gender: pew pew pew Country: #226# True Name: Shads	The only manga I've ever read, ever, is Berserk and Vinland Saga. [radio edit] yeah.



Admiral Miral	Sep 21 2012, 01:21 PM Post #2551
The Light of Hope Posts: 3,126 Group: Venus Clan Member #636 Joined: June 15, 2010 Gender: Wafu! Country: #226# True Name: Miral	Read Jojo's.



Hinoa	Sep 21 2012, 01:22 PM Post #2552
Enabling Terrible Ideas since 2012 Posts: 12,946 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #123 Joined: November 29, 2006 Blog: Witty Blog Name Country: #226# True Name: [Fate/verse joke here] Theme Song: http://youtu.be/I7sZYwCBb-0	Miral Sep 20 2012, 02:41 PM Read Jojo's. Gonna have to agree with Miral here.



Dracobolt	Sep 21 2012, 04:04 PM Post #2553
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	Aaah, Pokespe, I need to catch up on/buy all the issues of that. I read into early D/P arc, then got current and dropped it until a backlog could build. But I get cheesed that all the official translations switch up Blue and Green. Ah well. Favourite shounen manga? Rave Master, Busou Renkin, and Flame of Recca. Also Pokespe if that counts...?



Super Slash	Sep 21 2012, 04:18 PM Post #2554
Posts: 11,749 Group: Mars Clan (wololo!) Member #639 Joined: June 17, 2010 Gender: Male	The only manga I've read are all shounen. FMA, Naruto, and Rurouni Kenshin.



HyrulianJedi	Sep 22 2012, 11:00 AM Post #2555
uguu~ Posts: 7,500 Group: Clanless Member #116 Joined: November 2, 2006 Gender: Girl Blog: I Hate Blogs Country: #0#	lolimanga So I've watched two series in the past month. Neon Genesis Evangelion was long overdue, given its insane popularity in Japan. I've been told by multiple people that I just need to watch it because of its iconic status, so I finally did. After several episodes, I questioned continuing, since I didn't care for any of the main characters. I stuck it out for a few more, and actually got interested in the story itself, as well as some of the minor characters. And then I finished it. Good GOD what the [radio edit] did I just watch? Yes, I watched End of Evangelion. No, I didn't watch the original ending, but I've definitely considered it, given how much I hated the newer one. I spent the latter two-thirds of the series enjoying the mysteries and intrigue of what was going on, only to have the end go absolutely acid trip on me. I mean, I'm all for the "journey, not the destination" thing, as my next anime proved, but there's a limit, man. When you end a series with something so completely unrelateable to what I just watched, the journey simply walks you off a cliff. If I hated End of Evangelion, would I possibly like the original ending better? Is there anything I can do to make that time not a waste? The other anime was Usagi Drop, which I picked up as a recommendation after watching Wandering Son/Hourou Musuko. I absolutely loved it, too, to the point where I refused to watch the final episode for a couple days because I didn't want it to be tainted or spoiled by the horrifyingly pissed off mood I spent almost a week in. I'm actually looking for more shows like those, or like Kino's Journey. I'm not a big fan of the usual slice of life, but unusual and difficult situations like those in Usagi Drop and Wandering Son make them far more interesting to me. The fantasyish quality of Kino's Journey attracted me as well, much like the dream sequences from Lost Odyssey. Any recommendations for more like them?



Peytral	Sep 22 2012, 11:06 AM Post #2556
peytral pls Posts: 15,452 Group: Sol Clan Member #459 Joined: March 18, 2009 Gender: Miserable pile of secrets Blog: Ab Animo Pario Country: #0# True Name: Peytral Aznable	HyrulianJedi Sep 22 2012, 11:00 AM Neon Genesis Evangelion was long overdue, given its insane popularity in Japan. I've been told by multiple people that I just need to watch it because of its iconic status, so I finally did. After several episodes, I questioned continuing, since I didn't care for any of the main characters. I stuck it out for a few more, and actually got interested in the story itself, as well as some of the minor characters. And then I finished it. Good GOD what the [radio edit] did I just watch? Yes, I watched End of Evangelion. No, I didn't watch the original ending, but I've definitely considered it, given how much I hated the newer one. I spent the latter two-thirds of the series enjoying the mysteries and intrigue of what was going on, only to have the end go absolutely acid trip on me. I mean, I'm all for the "journey, not the destination" thing, as my next anime proved, but there's a limit, man. When you end a series with something so completely unrelateable to what I just watched, the journey simply walks you off a cliff. If I hated End of Evangelion, would I possibly like the original ending better? Is there anything I can do to make that time not a waste? Glad to know I'm not alone. I watched Evangelion two weeks ago, and couldn't find myself caring for any of the main characters either. I also didn't really like EoE since the second half was basically just mindless psychobabble and the first half mindless action (I vastly preferred the first half). I found the last eight or so episodes of Evangelion pretty terrible too, but I'm not sure if you feel the same way. I highly doubt you'd prefer the original ending, since it's about as incomprehensible.



HyrulianJedi	Sep 22 2012, 11:30 AM Post #2557
uguu~ Posts: 7,500 Group: Clanless Member #116 Joined: November 2, 2006 Gender: Girl Blog: I Hate Blogs Country: #0#	I kept waiting for the revelation, or at least parts of it, to explain the backstory behind Angels and Adam and Ikari's motives and the Impacts and the Dead Sea Scrolls...but when the few things that were explained happened, they had no connections to each other and only confused me more. Shinji actually started growing into an interesting character to me, particularly when he changed from "I don't want to fight" into "I won't fight." It marked a good step in his development and made me pay a bit more attention to him...but then they simply reverted him as if it never happened, and he went back to whining. Also, EoE's heavy sex references and symbolism were ridiculously out of place, starting with the damn opening scene. If the series had been using sex more often (or really, for anything more than a single scene), it wouldn't have been so jarring, but as it was, everything was just...awkward. As someone who usually doesn't care or notice symbolism, I was astounded at how irritated I was by it.



Princess Emi	Sep 22 2012, 12:06 PM Post #2558
I'm the motherfactoring princess Posts: 3,571 Group: Sol Clan Member #844 Joined: June 27, 2011 Gender: Sugoi Country: #226# True Name: Eminamimoto	someone make me watch Ergo Proxy. I bought it, the entire anime, $30 and I still haven't watched it. D:



Jackal	Sep 22 2012, 12:16 PM Post #2559
Come and Take It - Temple Tsundere Posts: 8,106 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #201 Joined: June 11, 2007 Gender: Male Blog: The Pharaoh's Tomb Country: #226# True Name: Jackal	Emi Sugoi Strider Sep 22 2012, 12:06 PM someone make me watch Ergo Proxy. I bought it, the entire anime, $30 and I still haven't watched it. D: If you don't watch it you'll have wasted thirty bucks on a space-waster.



Kris, Awooer of Worlds	Sep 22 2012, 01:56 PM Post #2560
Awoo! Posts: 29,743 Group: Venus Clan Member #120 Joined: November 20, 2006 Gender: heroic lolishota Country: #0#	Smarter Child Sep 21 2012, 04:01 AM Speaking of shounen manga, anyone have a favorite, whether completed or ongoing? Negima, except for the way it basically had a forced early ending because of rl shit or something. Jack Rakan and Nodoka best characters. And Negima is Trope Overdosed to hell and back, too.

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