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11/03/2015 at 14:34 • Filed to: None
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"505 - morphine not found" (morphine500)
11/03/2015 at 14:34 • Filed to: None | 2
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Time for a genuine question ladies and gentlemen, regarding manga. Here’s a cool Fulvia scene for your time.
My 10 year old girl, who is interested and in drawing and animation, wants me to get her manga booklets. I don’t really have a problem with that, in fact I would love to, but my knowledge of Japanese cartoon and animation art is very limited - I have Akira and a selection of Miyazaki works in my movie collection, but that’s about it.
The question is of course: what should I try and get her? Where should she start? I’m open to all suggestions, but please bear in mind, that she knows little-to-no English, let alone Japanese, so the only viable options are those well-known enough to have been translated to Hungarian. As a thank you gift, have some flying British fella for your efforts. Cheers.
Party-vi
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11/03/2015 at 14:38 |
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Ask her what she would like. Or, see if Shonen Jump is translated into Hungarian. I’m sure she has some idea of something she would like to read.
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
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11/03/2015 at 14:38 |
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Try getting something that appears to be light-hearted - I know I had a few titles from my head but I’d have to come back in a few hours for them.
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> Party-vi
11/03/2015 at 14:41 |
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I did that of course, but because we don’t even know what to chose from she was unsure. Maybe school related girly stuff?
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Party-vi
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11/03/2015 at 14:46 |
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I wouldn’t want to pigeon-hole her interests to that kind of manga, but try looking for We Were There or maybe The Earl And The Fairy. If anything this could be a chance for her to improve her English skills (if that was something she wanted).
bob and john
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11/03/2015 at 14:50 |
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initial D, duh
jariten1781
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11/03/2015 at 15:01 |
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See if they’ve got one of the big serialized monthly magazines in your language. They have lots of series going at once and if she finds something she likes you can pick up the individual volumes of that series.
In general (very general, not a hard and fast rule, don’t jump all over me) there’s two targeted audiences: Shoujo which targets girls and is more into magical powers, romance, slice of life stuff; and Shonen which targets boys and is more into action/adventure, fighting, and occasionally horror. There are lots of monthly magazines in Japanese and various ones get translated to different languages based on how the market is going. I’m sure you can look in your language using those as keywords and see what’s recommended.
We haven’t really been actively into manga for a decade plus, but some of the stuff my wife was really into back in the day that would cross pollinate with a younger girl and were popular enough to be translated to most languages:
Urusei Yatsura (alternate titles include Lamu, Lamu and Ataru, Obnoxious Aliens) is a mega classic and one of the definers of the genre...very episodic following a very unlucky dude who gets accidently engaged to an alien/demon girl in order to save the earth. It’s one of the few paper medium things that have ever made me laugh out loud. Pure genius. Depends on how mature she is...there’s some really really light sexual humor sometimes (it was targeted at middle school boys early in its run before it became a cultural phenomenon and broadened to a more family thing), but it’s worth it. Hell, you should read it.
Fushigi Yuugi: Girl reads a magical book and is transported into the story where she has to go help save a kingdom is feudal magical China. Lots of crushing on cute princes or whatever. Pretty good story.
Fruits Basket: Orphan girl falls in with a family who happen to be the living embodiment of the Chinese Zodiac characters. Again cute guys, some dealing with loss, that kind of thing. I wasn’t a fan, wife loves it.
Boys over Flowers (or Hana Yori Dango): Don’t know much about it, but wife loves it. Something about a poor girl who somehow ends up in an ultra elite school dealing with the pitfalls of other spiteful girls, mean guys, and falling in love.
Anon
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11/03/2015 at 15:11 |
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Resident anime nerd to the rescue! I can give you a few suggestions that are little kid friendly. I’ll hyper link to a “my anime list” page that will give you a summary of what it’s about.
Ouran High School Host Club (Highly recommended, it’s very funny and squeaky clean. The story is that a girl breaks a school club’s expensive vase and, to repay it, she is forced to be in their “host” club. She eventfully becomes good friends with everyone in the club and the manga follows their misadventures. The main character is strong female lead, and in my opinion, a good role model for a little girl. In addition, it is very popular so I’m sure you could find a hungarian version!)
Silver Spoon (High recommended, very funny story about a city kid living at an Agricultural school! Great comedy and clean!)
Full Metal Alchemist (This story has a good bit of violence in it, none graphic but you may want to look through it first to decide if it is appropriate. There is the occasional cuss word but overall it is fairly kid friendly with a mix of action, adventure, romance, and comedy. Strong female characters. Highly recommend if you are ok with the violence.)
Trigun (Wonderful series that’s kid friendly in my opinion. Vash is a outlaw who’s entire motto is “love and peace” he refuses to kill anyone and tries to make sure everyone is happy in the end! There is some violence in the series, so once again, look through the manga and make sure it is appropriate. I personally think it’s only at a PG level so nothing to really worry about.)
That’s about all I got for right now. Sadly I mostly watch stuff meant for mature audiences which unfortunately usually has some form of “Fanservice” (partial nudity). It’s really sad but they pander to otaku in order to sell them figures because that’s where they make all of their money. I really wish it wasn’t like that because I could of recommended a couple more manga. If you want any suggestions for anime, I have a lot more of those that would be appropriate for kids. That said, those should keep her occupied for quite some time. If I think of any other manga I’ll be sure to let you know.
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> bob and john
11/03/2015 at 15:12 |
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you know, that’s not half bad as an idea. she’s no stranger to cars being raised in my household, after all. but maybe not for starters :-)
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Anon
> jariten1781
11/03/2015 at 15:13 |
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Crap I completely forgot about Fruits Baskets! She would love that!
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> Anon
11/03/2015 at 15:27 |
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great list, thanks! I’m right on finding them, already found Ouran anime with subtitles, will see what we end up with :-) cheers!
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Anon
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11/03/2015 at 15:30 |
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Glad I could help!
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
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11/03/2015 at 15:43 |
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If she is interested in drawing there are a huge number of “how to” books you can get for her. sa far as viewing, be careful what you let her see. Anime and Maga go to some pretty strange places pretty quick. Lots of explicit content that they can be exposed to, sex, violence, a combo of those, that you may not want her seeing that is pretty standard fare in this medium. I think Miyazaki really is the best direction to point her in to start and then, find out what her interests are. Shoujo may be the next best step for her. It’s sort of like Shonen Jump more directed for girls.
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Anon
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
11/03/2015 at 15:53 |
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I really hate that fan service is so prevelent in the industry. I can’t even reccomend Spice and Wolf because the guy who did the manga decided to be a lot more graphic with it’s nudity to where it’s almost at hentai levels. It’s like finding out your daughter has become a postitute, you just stare at them awestruck and think to yourself “What have they done to you?”.
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> Anon
11/03/2015 at 16:19 |
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Aaaand I found Silver Spoon in Hungarian. She’s riding the horse and is very much into animals anyway, so will love this i’m sure. Thanks!