July 27th, 2008
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Can anyone recommend any decent manga? I read Akira years ago (pretty but loooong) but that’s about the limit of my experience. The local bookshop is full of the stuff so there must be something good, but a random flick-through hasn’t inspired me. I’d prefer it if I can tell the male and female characters apart and I’d rather not read anything set in a school, but if you think there’s something that’s really worth looking at, I’ll take a look.
July 27th, 2008 at 3:53 am
I would recommend Makoto Yukimura’s Planetes (review here — http://kleefeldoncomics.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-take-smoke.html) and Son Hee-joon and Kim Youn-kyung’s id_eNTITY (review here — http://kleefeldoncomics.blogspot.com/2007/03/identity-update.html). And of course Kazuo Koike’s and Goseki Kojima’s Lone Wolf and Cub is a must-read. Phenomenal work there.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Thanks – that’s plenty to get me started.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
“Ghost in the Shell” by Masamune Shirow is another classic manga that fulfills your requirements. In japanese it’s titled “Public Security Section 9″, so I’d say there are some similarities with Tozo.
July 28th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Heh heh! Someone else suggested “Ghost” (on my LiveJournal) and now I know this I shall definitely take a look – thanks!
July 30th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Eden is 1000x crazier than akira!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden:_It‘s_an_Endless_World!
As for me I love Claymore since it’s soo cool XD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore_(manga)
July 30th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Ooh – they both look very interesting. Thanks a lot!
February 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
I’d recommend the Batman: Deathmask from DC’s Manga arm. Good stuff, man.
February 10th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I’ll add that to my list. I must investigate manga more.