McCheese
Well-Known Member
Well I recently found myself with some extra free time....
Anywho, I spent some of it getting caught up on some manga and anime. So now I want to see if anyone else is reading what I'm reading. But instead of starting a new thread for all of them I decided to just make a general manga discussion thread. Here's what I'm reading:
One Piece - The American anime sucks noodles. The voice acting is awful, the plots been simplified, the opening rap song is atrocious, the dialogue has been ruined by attempting to make it acceptable to kids, and the animations been altered to be non-threatening (the marines carry water guns instead of rifles and no one ever bleeds). So needless to say I was not that into this, but this series is huge in Japan and I figured what the hell. Thanks to Wikipedia I figured out which anime arcs were canon from the manga and which were filler, so I watched the Japanese version of the anime up till the last episode. Then read the manga from there on. And this series is actually pretty good. It's also good to see an action oriented manga that has no chi, or chi-like powers for a change. Thumbs up to One Piece.
Bleach - Been reading this for a while, this new arc is ok. But I'm actually starting to lose interest.
Naruto - This has it's own thread where I've already professed my love of this series. Currently enjoying Tobi and Deidara vs Sasuke.
Highschool of the Dead - Just what it sounds like. Read this out of sheer boredom. Not highly recommended.
Fullmetal Alchemist - Loved the anime, but heard that the manga took a very different road. I heard right. Aside from the basics, the story is quite different from the anime. And I really like what they're doing with it. The way I'm reading this is sort of a "What if..." version of Fullmetal Alchemist. I am really enjoying this series. HUGE thumbs up for this.
Anywho, I spent some of it getting caught up on some manga and anime. So now I want to see if anyone else is reading what I'm reading. But instead of starting a new thread for all of them I decided to just make a general manga discussion thread. Here's what I'm reading:
One Piece - The American anime sucks noodles. The voice acting is awful, the plots been simplified, the opening rap song is atrocious, the dialogue has been ruined by attempting to make it acceptable to kids, and the animations been altered to be non-threatening (the marines carry water guns instead of rifles and no one ever bleeds). So needless to say I was not that into this, but this series is huge in Japan and I figured what the hell. Thanks to Wikipedia I figured out which anime arcs were canon from the manga and which were filler, so I watched the Japanese version of the anime up till the last episode. Then read the manga from there on. And this series is actually pretty good. It's also good to see an action oriented manga that has no chi, or chi-like powers for a change. Thumbs up to One Piece.
Bleach - Been reading this for a while, this new arc is ok. But I'm actually starting to lose interest.
Naruto - This has it's own thread where I've already professed my love of this series. Currently enjoying Tobi and Deidara vs Sasuke.
Highschool of the Dead - Just what it sounds like. Read this out of sheer boredom. Not highly recommended.
Fullmetal Alchemist - Loved the anime, but heard that the manga took a very different road. I heard right. Aside from the basics, the story is quite different from the anime. And I really like what they're doing with it. The way I'm reading this is sort of a "What if..." version of Fullmetal Alchemist. I am really enjoying this series. HUGE thumbs up for this.