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Does anyone here read Japanese Manga?
narfstar:
When I started reading comics the stories were 18-20 pages long. The character continued but not the story most of the time. Most current comic stories are 132 pages long. The audience has become very art centric and many of those stories may be drawn out and overdrawn. Manga usually has far to many pictures for story. I am not saying that I have not enjoyed enjoyed some manga. But when the anime of the manga is too long and gets boring, then I know the manga must be. Love Hina is a prime example. I enjoy Case Closed where the stories are interesting and conclude.
Drahken:
While it is indeed true that long animes usually have long mangas & vice-versa, it's not always true.
With most series, the manga & anime will parallel each other, being almost word-for-word the same (for the most part, although you'll often find that the anime has some filler thrown in, or that parts of the manga were omitted). However, sometimes the manga serves as a side-story or as additional episodes. Some examples of the latter include dominion/tank police and ghost in the shell.
Conversely, you'll sometimes find a very short anime with an extremely long manga. An example of this is battle angel alita/gunnm. The only anime for it is a single movie (which has about 2~3 volumes of the manga crammed into it), whereas the manga is currently at 17 volumes/109 chapters, and still going.
If there's a certain type of manga that you like (comedy, action, mecha, sorcerors, romance, whatever), I can probably point you to some shorter series.
You can check outthe lists of series I've read/am reading here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/mylist.html?id=119474&list=read
paw broon:
I have a pal who's a big anime fan and he's loaned me some films. Most left me cold but I did enjoy Porco Rosso. You'll probably tell me now it's not real anime. It looked rather European, I thought.
Yoc:
Barefoot Gen is one I read that truly shocked and moved me. A real life child survivor of Hiroshima shows us his experiences. I highly recommend it.
Drahken:
--- Quote from: paw broon on February 29, 2012, 12:51:27 PM ---I have a pal who's a big anime fan and he's loaned me some films. Most left me cold but I did enjoy Porco Rosso. You'll probably tell me now it's not real anime. It looked rather European, I thought.
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Nah, porco rosso is indeed anime. In fact, it was made by the disney of anime, miyazaki.
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