Ghost in the Shell

I grew up with the late night anime that Toonami would also have on after 10 pm and Ghost in the Shell was one that was always apart of that line up.

I personally never really got into since I would catch it every now and then. When I heard that they were adapting it to a live action film I was kinda skeptical and hear peoples comments on it, it sounds like it wasn't very good.

I read some of if, but again I never really liked the whole futuristic, cyborg protagonist kinda of story. For me the first chapter felt kinda dry and it was kinda of confusing what was going on it feels like there should have been more build up up to that point in the story like a few chapters explain how did the world come to this change, who created the cyborgs, things like. Maybe it gets explained later on, but I usually prefer to have information like that explain in the begin before we introduce the main characters.

Shonen week! JJBA!

For this week we talked an discussed shonen manga and how each of us have our own opinions on certain manga and what they like. We talked about FMA, JJBA, PunPun, 21st Century Boys and each one has had some sort of impact on us and why we chose them specifically.






The manga/anime I chose was Jojo's Bizzare Adventures, for me I mostly watched this show and have ready a handful of chapters. I loved how this story is betrayed and that it's meant to be funny and not a serious show despite having some serious moments throughout.
It's definitely not for everyone but it at least deserves to be given a chance.

Shojo week! Princess Tutu

Growing up i have read and watch a lot of shojo manga and anime,

All time favorite has to be Princess Tutu, my cousin introduced me to this anime before ever reading.

Princess Tutu is a about a young duck who has a dream of becoming a ballet dancer. She is placed under a spell by the mysterious Drosselmayer that turns her into a human girl during the day. However, the terms for this is that she must help a prince recover pieces of his heart. She then attend a ballet academy and fall in love with a boy named Myuuto, who you later find out is the prince that she was tasked to save as Princess Tutu.

Socializing 101

Not really manga, still comics though!

If you are needing a good story to pick after having caught up with all your current manga series. I would recommend Socializing 101. The art style is great and the story is a pretty relatable if you are some one that deals with anxiety. It's a light read and updates about every 2 months or so.

This story follows a group of 4 college students, 3 having gone through high school together and the other is from out of the country. They all have their share of drama and personal issues, and they all help each deal with their problems.

Tezuka Readings - Pheonix vol. 1

Harloe Rifner
David Steiling
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Phoenix

I read the first volume of Tezuka's Phoenix series. It was definitely interesting and very different to manga that is written now. The art style was fun and simple it kinda reminded me of cartoon comics that you can find in the news papers. The story was a little difficult to follow with how many times the focus of a character shifts. In this story it shifts at least 3 times and very quickly, I would have enjoyed it more if it slowed its pace and took time really flesh out the main characters since it's trying to focus on three of them. That kinda of happens briefly when Nagi is captured and is forced to train to become a master archer. 

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