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 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 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 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 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 on Dec 8, 2007 - 20 answers

Can anyone recommend any good manga series for 12 to 14-year-old boys? [more inside]
posted 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 on May 15, 2007 - 12 answers

I'm looking for spoilers about the "Fruits Basket" manga. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2007 - 1 answers

Where can I find examples of manga with non-Japanese characters? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 on Oct 6, 2006 - 8 answers

Are there any quality manga titles that are appropriate for an eight-year-old?
posted 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 on Oct 6, 2005 - 50 answers

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

Just read "Azumanga Daioh" and would greatly appreciate suggestions of similar yonkoma style manga.
posted 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 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 on Mar 21, 2005 - 19 answers

How does this work? Momus led my horse to water, but she refuses to drink. [more inside]
posted 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 on Oct 2, 2004 - 3 answers

I'd like to learn more about the Japanese comics artist Yoshiharu Tsuge.
posted on Sep 11, 2004 - 6 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)
posted on Aug 1, 2004 - 3 answers