Anime/Manga Anyone?

[Akamu]

Hiya

This is a spin off of another threat that began to veer off topic, which of course is rare. Are there any other anime or manga fans out there? Some of my favorites include Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Yugioh, Dragonball/z, Naruto, Bleach, Gundam Wing, and others. How about anyone else?

[scameter]

The only one I've ever really liked is Dragonball Z/GT. And Samurai Jack, I forgot about that one. The same person did the graphics for it that did the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoons.

[Smurf]

Not sure if this counts

But I LOVVEEE Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555

[Flux]

I've never been much of an "anime fan" per se, but two of my all time favorite movies are Hyao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. As far as I'm concerned, both are pure artistic genius.

[Jiraiyathesage]

Flux: To be honest I prefer manga- but that is because over the last 4 or so years i've had limited access to anime. Never seen Miyazaki stuff though, although fortunately I am a fan of the Akira film, and one day might buy the manga.

Smurf: I used to love Daft Punk but it's been a while, they were one of the bands I was into when I started developing a taste for music, alongside Nickelback and Gorillaz, Gorillaz were like DP in animation I thought, and at that time I began experimenting with anime (no clue of the concept manga at that time). I started with the likes of DBZ, Shaman King, Outlaw Star, Yugioh, Gundam Wing, and the various Tenchi series. In my various readings on manga (studies of manga in various books) I have encountered the name Interstellar 5555, and may one day reasearch it further.

Scameter: Samurai Jack is awesome- or was when I used to watch it. It is not an anime though, it is an American cartoon, created by Genndy Tartakovsky although it seems to be influenced by anime. Note: if I ever seem anti-American I am not- I just have a problem with some of the politics and cultural assumptions. I do believe some of the finest non-anime cartoons are created in America- I used to watch a whole load of them before I became interested in anime.

As manga and anime fans come, I'm pretty hardcore, so much that my eventual goal revolves around the stuff- although let me tell you translating is absolutely not a career path to look down on! Akamu bet you could tell I was a naruto fan straight away. I will be honest here, i knew of the legend of the gallant Jiraiya through research on the origins of Naruto, in the same way I knew (and bought the book) about Monkey because of research into the origins of Dragonball. Does anyone here know who Osamu Tezuka is? If so do you agree that Akira Toriyama (Dragonball (Z) manga-ka/creator) in terms of influence is the next Tezuka?

[Smurf]

I have encountered the name Interstellar 5555, and may one day reasearch it further.

It's basically their "Discovery" album but with an awesome aci-fi anime attached to it ^_^

[Jiraiyathesage]

Originally Posted by Smurf

It's basically their "Discovery" album but with an awesome aci-fi anime attached to it ^_^

Lol I like the sound of that! If you need help with manga I may be the man to help!

[scameter]

Jirai:if I ever seem anti-American I am not- I just have a problem with some of the politics and cultural assumptions.

I could understand that. Though, as I said, I have only ever been interested in two anime, and since Samurai Jack is not really anime, I've only ever liked one; and I was only really fond of one form of it, Dragonball Z. I wasn't very fond of Dragonball or GT. And I've never liked any other anime/manga I've seen or read besides it.

[Jiraiyathesage]

Originally Posted by scameter

Jirai:if I ever seem anti-American I am not- I just have a problem with some of the politics and cultural assumptions.

I could understand that. Though, as I said, I have only ever been interested in two anime, and since Samurai Jack is not really anime, I've only ever liked one; and I was only really fond of one form of it, Dragonball Z. I wasn't very fond of Dragonball or GT. And I've never liked any other anime/manga I've seen or read besides it.

GT is quite crap- and that's me using language modestly. On I'ts own it's an ok series but it can't be considered canon since it has so many damn plotholes- it isn't even a creation of Toriyama. There are literally hundreds of series out there- and there is the manga too. Now Scameter if you would like some pointers just ask me, I will do my best to help.

[Akamu]

Do you have any recommendations? I have been looking for a new manga to read for a while, but I have a horrible sense for the good ones. Right now, it is just Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto.