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azuriteWell, at least it's better than Japlish.
REALISTIC
Hana Yori Dango - to an extent-- you've got the drama, the romance, the angst, and the hot bishies... but seriously, sometimes it stretches.
Peach Girl - incredibly realistic. Makes you want to smack people. ;)
INVU - A manhwa (not manwha!) rather than a a manga, but with a compelling (though not entirely plausible; it's on the same level as HYD) storyline and nice artwork. I wonder if the title was different in Korea though, as it's quite hard to find images from it. Besides, "INVU" is an English pun.
KareKano - So friggin' realistic (especially for Japanese schoolkids, I bet) it's great. The artwork is just gorgeous too, for both anime and manga-- and it's funny, endearing... I need to see more of this soon. Too bad the subtitles stink.
MYSTERY
The Kindaichi Case Files - real mysteries. Seriously funny, too.
Zodiac P.I. - cute, but Tokyopop's errors might detract from the experience. Looks strangely like some other shoujo artwork I've seen before.
SHOUJO
Sailormoon - I hope Tokyopop gets the rights to the new version (Shinsouban) and does it RIGHT! Maybe they should import some interns who love manga and BUY it so they can do a proper job!
Saint Tail - I still need to get the rest of the manga for this, but despite the "smushed" art style, I adore the romance and the mystery behind it all!
Cardcaptor Sakura - She IS the Master of the Clow. 'Nuff said.
Angelic Layer - I like it a lot more than Chobits, though isn't AL supposed to be straight shounen, while Chobits is Seinen? Or is it the other way around? I'm confused.
Corrector Yui - I love this! Combines technology and magic in a very stylistic way-- and it reminds me of Pretear! I wonder if I could get TP to translate that, too... *starry eyes*
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Ranma - Romance, comedy, and martial arts. The pioneer of the genre.
Full Metal Panic - Admittedly, the manga leaves much to be desired in terms of artistic style, but the anime is fantastic, and with Fumoffu here, it's just so WHEE!
Kodocha (Kodomo no Omocha) - Romance, comedy, and angst, angst, ansgt-- all from the POV of elementary and 1st year junior high kids. It's only 10 manga long, but it's a fantastic, engaging storyline!
Real Bout High School - GIRLS KICK ASS. ;)
Battle Royale - Owns so much more than the movie, I'm sorry. Shuuya is HOTT.
X-Day - A group of people get together in order to blow up their school. One of them is a teacher. Fun. ;)
Ragnarok - I haven't checked this out yet, but the game is so enticing, I wonder what the manga is all about?
And the majority of these, namely INVU and Full Metal Panic shall be appearing in my latest site, Archive Obscura, where fanfiction NOT found ALL over the 'Net in popular archives shall be hosted. WHEE. ;)
Just had to get that all out. People, comment and tell me YOUR favorites!
REALISTIC
Hana Yori Dango - to an extent-- you've got the drama, the romance, the angst, and the hot bishies... but seriously, sometimes it stretches.
Peach Girl - incredibly realistic. Makes you want to smack people. ;)
INVU - A manhwa (not manwha!) rather than a a manga, but with a compelling (though not entirely plausible; it's on the same level as HYD) storyline and nice artwork. I wonder if the title was different in Korea though, as it's quite hard to find images from it. Besides, "INVU" is an English pun.
KareKano - So friggin' realistic (especially for Japanese schoolkids, I bet) it's great. The artwork is just gorgeous too, for both anime and manga-- and it's funny, endearing... I need to see more of this soon. Too bad the subtitles stink.
MYSTERY
The Kindaichi Case Files - real mysteries. Seriously funny, too.
Zodiac P.I. - cute, but Tokyopop's errors might detract from the experience. Looks strangely like some other shoujo artwork I've seen before.
SHOUJO
Sailormoon - I hope Tokyopop gets the rights to the new version (Shinsouban) and does it RIGHT! Maybe they should import some interns who love manga and BUY it so they can do a proper job!
Saint Tail - I still need to get the rest of the manga for this, but despite the "smushed" art style, I adore the romance and the mystery behind it all!
Cardcaptor Sakura - She IS the Master of the Clow. 'Nuff said.
Angelic Layer - I like it a lot more than Chobits, though isn't AL supposed to be straight shounen, while Chobits is Seinen? Or is it the other way around? I'm confused.
Corrector Yui - I love this! Combines technology and magic in a very stylistic way-- and it reminds me of Pretear! I wonder if I could get TP to translate that, too... *starry eyes*
???
Ranma - Romance, comedy, and martial arts. The pioneer of the genre.
Full Metal Panic - Admittedly, the manga leaves much to be desired in terms of artistic style, but the anime is fantastic, and with Fumoffu here, it's just so WHEE!
Kodocha (Kodomo no Omocha) - Romance, comedy, and angst, angst, ansgt-- all from the POV of elementary and 1st year junior high kids. It's only 10 manga long, but it's a fantastic, engaging storyline!
Real Bout High School - GIRLS KICK ASS. ;)
Battle Royale - Owns so much more than the movie, I'm sorry. Shuuya is HOTT.
X-Day - A group of people get together in order to blow up their school. One of them is a teacher. Fun. ;)
Ragnarok - I haven't checked this out yet, but the game is so enticing, I wonder what the manga is all about?
And the majority of these, namely INVU and Full Metal Panic shall be appearing in my latest site, Archive Obscura, where fanfiction NOT found ALL over the 'Net in popular archives shall be hosted. WHEE. ;)
Just had to get that all out. People, comment and tell me YOUR favorites!
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Date: 2003-09-16 09:20 am (UTC)You have veryvery good taste :)
Re: ^_^
Date: 2003-09-16 04:52 pm (UTC)