Some recommendations beyond the “familiar/popular” manga titles. Vagabond: A fictional retelling of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, one of the most famous and successful Samurais in 16th century. It can get bloody and gory, but the artwork and story is fantastically fantastic, if you’re into the darker stuff. I’m a bit biased towards this title since I’m obsessed with 16th-19th century Japan and samurais and sharp things… I haven’t actually read it, but I’ve heard good things and flipped through it. Monster: It’s a little older so the artwork is a bit outdated (1994 to be exact), but the storyline is intriguing if you are into psychological/detective genres/medical suspense-ish/almost normal kind of stuff. Samurai Champloo because awesome. Mushishi: One of the more original and imaginative anime/manga I’ve seen/read. But it’s difficult to describe its uniqueness in my own words. SO, from AnimeNewsNetwork: “The ‘Mushi’ is neither a plant nor an animal; also, it isn’t a microbe or fungus. It is more like primitive life forms. Their figures and existence are very vague. We don’t notice their existence until we meet Mushi and they’ll show us mysterious phenomena. They do not exist to scare others; they just exist there as they are.” Yeah. I don’t think that actually explained anything… but it’s better than nothing.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:05:01 +0000
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