“Manga You’d Recommend to a Friend” – Manga Taisho 2011

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Manga fans craving a ranking blissfully devoid of One Piece need look no further than the 2011 Manga Taisho (“Manga Awards”), instead based around the concept of “manga you could recommend to your friends” as selected by various manga publishing industry figures.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 25, 2011 03:01

    I've read a few thousand titles (while having a successful career, at least) , and only recognize half of the list :D... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 22, 2011 10:28

    Not every one is less than 8 volumes but: -2x2 Shinobuden -Mx0 -Double Arts -Iris Zero -KissxSis -Koi Neko -Onidere -Rappi Rangai -Ubel Blatt -Yotsuba& -Tegami Bachi -SaiKano -Shina Dark -Superior -Yellow Dragon ga Arawareta! It's not even a half of the ones I would recommend (and only the less... More


Top 10 Movies Based on Anime & Manga

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Japanese quizzed on what their favourite live action adaptations of anime and manga titles are supply an instructive list.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 31, 2012 12:30

    Do want me to slap you?... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 23, 2011 13:46

    I have seen the previews to that, it looks so bad, I have to see it.... More


Top 10 Manga to Learn History From

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Manga fans supply a ranking of the manga they feel most likely to be useful in gleaning some understanding of history from.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 11, 2011 22:40

    You've got to be kidding me! No Lone Wolf and Cub, no Samurai Executioner, no Path of the Assassin??? One would think Goseki Kojima and Kazuo Koike's work would certainly be up there in any... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 11, 2011 05:14

    No way... Must go eat cheesecake to quell my tears from this news.... More


Top 10 Female Mangaka Who Draw The Coolest Guys

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Manga fans supply a ranking of the lady mangaka they esteem as drawing the best looking male characters, a quite respectable ranking at that.

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  • Anonymous commented on November 6, 2011 02:12

    WHERE'S MATSURI HINO? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... More

  • Anonymous commented on September 9, 2011 11:16

    What about Kazue Kato?... More


All Aboard The One Piece Train

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As part of the celebrations for its 200,000,000th sale, the One Piece manga is taking over the trains and stations of Tokyo in an extravagant and doubtless extraordinarily expensive advertising campaign.

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  • Koyoto_Shadow commented on March 25, 2012 16:25

    Dat face in pic# 11...... More

  • Anonymous commented on September 9, 2011 12:26

    Ishihara should eat the cancer cancer fruit, then infect the rest of his dinosaur era cabinet.... More


Level E – “One of the Season’s Best”

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Newly airing anime Level E has the distinction of being one of the few recent series not to focus almost solely on schoolgirls – and viewers are acclaiming it as one of the best of the season.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 15, 2011 18:58

    animefag is animefag... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 24, 2011 00:46

    says the internet tough guy... More


Top 10 Anime Teachers

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Japanese asked to rank the most memorable teachers of anime and manga have little difficulty in putting together a list of great teachers.

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  • kenshinflyer commented on April 29, 2011 08:13

    Good idea. *rubs palms while with a sinister grin*... More

  • kenshinflyer commented on April 29, 2011 08:13

    As a professor, I'm glad Eikichi (my not-exactly-my role-model role model) is on top of the list, and Nueno-sensei and Kumiko-sensei are on it. Sad, I can't see Mizuho-sensei in the list--and Sawa-chan!... More


“Why Are JRPG Heroes All Emo Teenagers?”

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One of the writers with Kojima Productions has written a politely scathing piece in which he decries the JRPG’s single-minded obsession with having overwrought teenage boys as their protagonists, suggesting that is tied to a wider lack of heroic adult male archetypes in contemporary Japanese culture.

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  • Mike commented on March 13, 2012 18:08

    I'm sorry people, but when comes to matters of humanity and being a badass, solid snake has it hands down. he has gone through ass loads of character development, to such a point that he... More

  • Mike commented on March 13, 2012 17:50

    solid snake does.... More


KUIBA: The “Chinese Naruto”

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An upcoming Chinese anime, KUIBA, is being touted as the “Chinese Naruto,” and will be the first Chinese anime ever to be distributed in Japan.

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  • Anonymous commented on November 15, 2010 15:30

    Well I thought it looked pretty cool... =(... More

  • Anonymous commented on November 15, 2010 08:02

    Does this one suck as much the Japanese one?... More


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The editorial staff of Jump Square have accused the new generation of aspiring mangaka that they don’t put enough effort into drawing “cool” male characters.

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  • Anonymous commented on December 12, 2011 16:35

    Only mentally devoid twelve-year-olds give a shit about when an anime was made. The mere fact that you had no idea who Char was makes the conclusion solid. Even Konata-chan likes Gundam, don't diss a... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 11, 2011 01:51

    "I just cant empathize the weak, loser type males that fill modern manga/anime." Agreed, I'm getting tired of every anime I watch ending with the main character STILL not choosing a girl out of his 57... More


Boys Arrested for “Duelling”: “Shonen Manga to Blame”

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Police have arrested two boys for the crime of duelling, blaming the influence of shonen manga.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 20, 2011 00:30

    Let's just ban everything already this is getting annoying The solution is to change people's minds not banning shit. Learn already... More

  • Ben commented on November 21, 2010 15:47

    *desperately thinking*... Yugioh made me do it!... More


Top 10 Manga You’d Have Your Son Reading

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Japanese women in their twenties asked what shonen manga they would like to see their prospective sons reading yield up a list with several interesting surprises.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 24, 2011 11:49

    @anon 18:08 Dude,where's your library at?I'd go there ASAP!haha... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 29, 2011 13:20

    Doraemon FTW \m/... More


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