MangaFilter: Help me find some English language manga for a non-native speaking 11 year old girl. [more inside]
posted by grapefruitmoon on Nov 28, 2009 - 17 answers

Silly Request. Can you moments in anime series where an opponent is able to see/predict the moves of the enemy, but is too slow to do anything about it? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Nov 18, 2009 - 9 answers

Does anyone know of any web sites that provide you spoken manga? Specifically what I'm looking for is audio files for manga, read in Japanese, so I can listen to it and follow along in the manga I already own. Sometimes I have my Japanese wife read a manga to me, but often she is too busy or unwilling. I can read it myself, of course, but my Japanese is not yet good enough to know proper pronunciation, intonation and rhythm, and so on, so I find it helpful if someone reads to me. Anyways, any ideas?
posted by dbooster on Sep 13, 2009 - 1 answer

MangaFilter: I know nothing about manga but my friend is a huge fan. I'm pretty handy with crochet, so I wanted to knit her a plushie (amigurumi) of something manga-related. Here's where you come in... [more inside]
posted by asras on Sep 12, 2009 - 8 answers

In manga, what does that one eye open, one eye closed expression mean? Sometimes it seems like a regular wink, but other times I get the feeling it means something else. Does it?
posted by DarkForest on Jul 2, 2009 - 13 answers

I know next to nothing about anime or manga. I do know, however, how much I enjoyed Azumanga Daioh. What else is out there that I might like?
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies on Mar 26, 2009 - 27 answers

I need manga recommendations for an eight-year-old girl. [more inside]
posted by vraxoin on Feb 27, 2009 - 16 answers

I need to sell about thirty volumes of various manga series. The catch: they're all in Japanese. [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Dec 29, 2008 - 7 answers

I need to contact manga artist Kazuichi Hanawa for an article I'm writing, and I'm stumped. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Bobby Bittman on Dec 3, 2008 - 2 answers

In the manga Black & White (Tekkon Kinkreet) by Taiyo Matsumoto what is the significance of the "96" shirt worn by Black and the "46" shirt worn by White? [more inside]
posted by mumblelard on Oct 11, 2008 - 3 answers

MangaFilter: I'm just finishing the Lone Wolf and Cub series, and read the Akira mangas two years ago. I've really enjoyed the mix of action and relatively good writing in both of them. What should I read next? [more inside]
posted by bullitt 5 on May 19, 2008 - 16 answers

Can anyone recommend comic-books or manga that feature tournament-fighting or gladiator-fighting as the central setting/plot? [more inside]
posted by robotdog on May 7, 2008 - 13 answers

Trying to find a bizarre and disturbing short manga, featured on Reddit a month or two ago. The manga in question played with the idea of panel art by depicting the inhabitants of each panel from different angles, or slightly ahead in time - a perspective from which they could be seen to be only partial bodies, or horribly mutilated, etc. [more inside]
posted by topynate on Feb 10, 2008 - 3 answers

Who is the (presumably Japanese) artist responsible for drawing the old Howard & Nester comics from Nintendo Power magazine in the early 1990s?
posted by ktoad on Jan 3, 2008 - 9 answers

Can webcomics fans point me to some good online manga or graphic novel type comics? Bonus points if the story is complete and I don't have to wait for an update every week (side question - why is it so hard to find webcomics that are completed?). Sex, violence, serious, silly, whatever, as long as the story is engaging and the artwork is well done. [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Dec 8, 2007 - 20 answers

Can anyone recommend any good manga series for 12 to 14-year-old boys? [more inside]
posted by davetill on Nov 13, 2007 - 18 answers

I want to buy some manga to learn to read Japanese, but I'm not sure which ones to buy... [more inside]
posted by zardoz on May 15, 2007 - 12 answers

I'm looking for spoilers about the "Fruits Basket" manga. [more inside]
posted by Steven C. Den Beste on May 8, 2007 - 1 answer

Where can I find examples of manga with non-Japanese characters? [more inside]
posted by jbelkin on Mar 16, 2007 - 23 answers

One feature of the New Yorker's recent 'Cartoon Issue' was a two-pager by their regular, Roz, documenting her reaction to manga. So... what was that thing sticking out of her friend's head? [more inside]
posted by Rash on Dec 11, 2006 - 5 answers

Headed to San Francisco in a couple of weeks for a vacation, and would like recommendations for good stores that stock anime collectables and/or Japanese pop culture stuff in general... [more inside]
posted by May Kasahara on Oct 17, 2006 - 7 answers

Is there a name for the manga style where characters are drawn so simply they have no feet, merely dull points at the bottom of their legs? [more inside]
posted by Rash on Oct 6, 2006 - 8 answers

Are there any quality manga titles that are appropriate for an eight-year-old?
posted by EarBucket on Jun 24, 2006 - 12 answers

What books / graphic novels are available for a 11 year old boy who needs something more challenging and of greater complexity than Naruto and Yu-Gi-Oh graphic novels, while still appealing to him and remaining in this vein? I am thinking Maus may be a good start...but not Anime enough...
posted by strangelove on Oct 6, 2005 - 50 answers

Help me with an old manga-type kids show, from the '70s? [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb on Oct 1, 2005 - 15 answers

Just read "Azumanga Daioh" and would greatly appreciate suggestions of similar yonkoma style manga.
posted by jimmy on Jun 27, 2005 - 6 answers

Inspired by grumblebee's recent question about graphic novels, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions about worthwhile manga. [more inside]
posted by LeeJay on Apr 25, 2005 - 24 answers

My kids (6, 9, 10) have thoroughly enjoyed running through the catalog of Ghibli/Miyazaki films that are available in English release. Now that we are running out of titles, I was wondering if any MeFi people could suggest more kid-friendly titles that are kind-of-like the Ghibli films, if you know what I mean. [more inside]
posted by cgk on Mar 21, 2005 - 19 answers

How does this work? Momus led my horse to water, but she refuses to drink. [more inside]
posted by red cell on Mar 16, 2005 - 5 answers

I just heard about Manhwa (Korean Manga) today, and was wondering if there are any good titles available in English?
posted by drezdn on Oct 2, 2004 - 3 answers

I'd like to learn more about the Japanese comics artist Yoshiharu Tsuge. [more inside]
posted by Termite on Sep 11, 2004 - 5 answers

A question for anime/manga experts.

This is something I saw as a child, and have on occasion wondered about ever since. My regular Saturday/morning cartoons were pre-empted one day by a Japanese cartoon-- I remember it being as long as a feature movie, but that could easily be a trick of memory-- and I was absolutely enthralled with it; but I tuned in part way through, never got the name, and never discovered what it might have been. The year would have been around 1967 (earliest) to 1970 (latest). (MI) [more inside]
posted by jokeefe on Aug 1, 2004 - 2 answers