Forum - View topicRecommended manga?
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roboticservo
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I'm looking to order some manga, could you please recommend some quality stuff?
I'm looking for mature/adult rated SCIFI stuff. Nothing pornographic, but nudity doesn’t bother me. Great artwork is a must. I just ordered GitS and GitS 2 manmachine interface, anything else out there with that quality? Thanks a million! Matt |
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Cloe
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Battle Angel Alita!!! It's another sci-fi action story similar to GITS in that it features a female cyborg as the protagonist. The artwork is just gorgeous, the character designs are unique and eye-pleasing, and the story, while action-packed, has surprisingly touching moments. This is a must-read if you're a scifi fan.
Also, Akira has been a psychological/sci-fi manga staple for 20+ years now. It's a classic in every sense. If you haven't read it yet, make sure you do. |
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darkhunter
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Planetes is an excellent Scifi. Check it out, it's really good. It's about space garbage collector.
Oh yeah, Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind., another classic scifi book. |
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Kagemusha
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As for adult Scifi (I wouldn't consider Nausicaa scifi, though I would recommend everyone read it), you might want to track down the old Appleseed trades. It's Shirow's greatest series in my opinion, much better than Ghost in the Shell.
Akira is an absolute must have; perhapse the quintessential scifi manga. In addition to its cinematic action and graphic violence, its quite mature and thought-provoking, much more so than the movie. Planetes is another great story. It's quite diffrent from most scifi manga, as it focuses on human drama in a futaristic setting. All the technology feels like it could indeed exist within the manga's timeframe, and it actually uses the scifi setting to enhance the themes and drama. Exellent all around. Phoenix:Future is an amazing story by Osamu "God" Tezuka. It's a great introduction to Tezuka's work, and it's a mind-bending, epic scifi story as well. |
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milcor1
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To add to the fine recommendations above I also encourage you to check out Blame! by Tokyopop. It's not out yet but you can always preorder it! Unique art, compelling story, nice action and overall atmosphere make it a page turner, well almost literally since there's not very many text bubbles.
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SnowfairyX
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I'm a bit of a newbie manga collector but I recently purchased the first three volumes of Battle Royale. I finished reading the first volume and enjoying it so far. Definitely violent and mature. I picked up the manga because I like the twisted premise of spoiler[selecting a random class of students, putting them on an island and having them fight to the death until one person remains.] The only negative so far is that the characters seem to behave unrealistically at times. I am also hoping that the live-action movie is released in the U.S. eventually.
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animalia555
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If you can read Japanese are can find Fan translations or scanlations on your own, There is Tenjo (Also spelled Tenjou, and Tenjho) Tenge. It is a great Fighting/action manga with quite a fair bit of fanservice.
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milcor1
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I think he said he's looking for sci-fi stuff
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animalia555
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SnowfairyX
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Oops, I missed the sci-fi part of the inquiry. But I think Battle Royale has some sci-fi elements? Okay, then I will recommend Alien Nine instead. The series is only four volumes long and I found it to be very unique and captivating, with good artwork. It is definitely not a typical sci-fi manga. The story starts out with three school girls, around the age of 12, who are elected by their classmates to capture aliens around the school. Sometimes the aliens are almost harmless and sometimes extremely dangerous. Occasionally, someone might get their arm ripped off. The premise is a little bizarre and can get quite violent and disturbing as the story progresses. There is a good deal of violence inflicted on both humans and aliens. Many unexpected events also occur that are shocking and disturbing. I sometimes felt like I wanted to throw up. The weak points of the manga are that there are many things that are left unexplained and partly up to the reader to interpret. I'm not sure if Alien Nine might be appealing to you from my description, but if you want something that is fresh and innovative, I would recommend this series. I enjoyed it and wished that they continued the anime. |
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Kagemusha
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Well, Battle Royal is somewhat related to SciFi, as it takes place in a dystopian near future. I guess I consider it SciFi because it reminds me so much of A Clockwork Orange (youth violence, social satire), and even that isn't harcore SciFi.
Shadow Star is another great title that's underrated and underappreciated by the manga community, primarily because of the Pokemon-looking creatures on the covers. Don't let that fool you: it's a very serious and often dark SciFi story. Definitally not light reading, but exellent none the less. Though not traditional SciFi in any sense, No.5 has enough weird crap in it to put other "totally original" science fiction to shame. Initally appearing to be a jumble of bizarreness, No.5 has far more substance than one would expect. Through subtle character interaction and dialogue that forces the reader to draw their own conclusions, Matsumoto has created a rich, vibrant world and a deep plot to accompany his visual oddities. Now if only Viz would bring the rest over to the US (luckly, I have a friend who is fairly proficient in Japanese, so I'm planning to buy the six remaining Japanese volumes). |
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