The dominance of manga in the marketplace, how do you view it?

Started by Akuki4 pages

Originally posted by grey fox
Y'all are haters.

Look at it from this point of view.

They've been selling comics for the last 70 odd years. Let the new kid have a chance. Secondly, don't watch any dubbed anime...well maybe watch Cowboy Bebop. Nothing else though. Everything else go with Subbed, MUCH MUCH better.


Cowboy Bebop had an amazing voice cast. Probably the best dub I've heard yet.

Originally posted by Soljer
Meh. Half of them are. Things like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo are often considered both shonen and seinen.
I have no idea what you just said... 😐

Originally posted by Bransolute
I have no idea what you just said... 😐

Shonen= aimed for young boys
Seinen=aimed at older teens to college students

Originally posted by Bransolute
I have no idea what you just said... 😐

Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Samurai Champloo are some anime series that come on US television.

Shonen is manga specifically aimed at children - like Dragonball Z

Seinen is manga aimed at 'college-age' guys.

Or, at least, I think that's it.

"Seinen (青年, Seinen?) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category😖einen

"Shōnen (少年, Shōnen? sometimes transliterated as shounen or shonen, "boy", or literally "few years"😉 is a Japanese word used in English to refer to manga intended for boys."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category😖h%C5%8Dnen

What the HELL happened to my post?

Originally posted by Soljer
What the HELL happened to my post?
Judge?

good anime (cowboy bebop) is far superior to marvel/dc cartoons.

however I don't like reading manga at all.

Originally posted by Bransolute
I have no idea what you just said... 😐

Ok .

Shonen - Young Boys Manga , like 8-14 year olds. This is stuff like DBZ, Naruto , One Piece ect. Thats why themes of friendship and heroism are often prevalent . As well as 'beating the evil' out of bad-guys. Because of Japans differing culture however it is usually more perverted, violent and curse filled then what could be considered 'kids shows' over here.

Seinen - Adult Male Manga, this can range from Novel esq stuff (Death Note) to pornographic pieces. usually differs from the above by different writing style and titles.

Originally posted by Bransolute
Judge?

Looks like it just translated the Category: Shonen as the smilie. ":s"

OK I am now confused by all the talk of manga and anime.

Originally posted by Akuki
Shonen= aimed for young boys
Seinen=aimed at older teens to college students
Originally posted by Soljer
Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Samurai Champloo are some anime series that come on US television.

Shonen is manga specifically aimed at children - like Dragonball Z

Seinen is manga aimed at 'college-age' guys.

Or, at least, I think that's it.

Originally posted by Soljer
"Seinen (青年, Seinen?) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category😖einen

"Shōnen (少年, Shōnen? sometimes transliterated as shounen or shonen, "boy", or literally "few years"😉 is a Japanese word used in English to refer to manga intended for boys."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category😖h%C5%8Dnen

Originally posted by grey fox
Ok .

Shonen - Young Boys Manga , like 8-14 year olds. This is stuff like DBZ, Naruto , One Piece ect. Thats why themes of friendship and heroism are often prevalent . As well as 'beating the evil' out of bad-guys. Because of Japans differing culture however it is usually more perverted, violent and curse filled then what could be considered 'kids shows' over here.

Seinen - Adult Male Manga, this can range from Novel esq stuff (Death Note) to pornographic pieces. usually differs from the above by different writing style and titles.


I think I get it... one more time though please. 🙂

Originally posted by Switch 07
OK I am now confused by all the talk of manga and anime.

Manga - Book format

Anime - Animated format of previous Books format.

Originally posted by Bransolute
I think I get it... one more time though please. 🙂

🙁
Well in comics terms, power pack would be Shonen, and the Authority would be Seinen.

I don know, I despise Naruto, and the kind, people need to watch more Bruce Timm, but meh, I'd rather kids be reading Superman than any manga...

Originally posted by Akuki
🙁
Well in comics terms, power pack would be Shonen, and the Authority would be Seinen.

Except powerpack would have more explosions, spikier hair, swearing and lots of porn all over teh interwebs.

Authority would just feature porn segments at the the back of the manga.

Originally posted by grey fox
Except powerpack would have more explosions, spikier hair, swearing and lots of porn all over teh interwebs.

Authority would just feature porn segments at the the back of the manga.


True after all, just about all the characters from Hellsing come from earlier pornographic comics made by the author.

Originally posted by Akuki
True after all, just about all the characters from Hellsing come from earlier pornographic comics made by the author.

😆

I's funny because it's true, although the artwork is surprisingly consistent throughout.

Originally posted by grey fox
Except powerpack would have more explosions, spikier hair, swearing and lots of porn all over teh interwebs.

Authority would just feature porn segments at the the back of the manga.

Compelling argument in favor of manga.

More pornographic material .

Originally posted by Capt Spaulding
I don know, I despise Naruto, and the kind, people need to watch more Bruce Timm, but meh, I'd rather kids be reading Superman than any manga...

Why do you hate Naruto ?