American/English Manga?

[fuu]

Originally Posted by samokan

There are great english manga/comics. I do read comics release by DC and Vertigo but don't collect them, they were so expensive, well even now. Though I LOVE Neil Gaiman's "SANDMAN". Believe me its a manga/comics you'll not want to miss.

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You read some DC eh? For that style i like Marval, I'm a huge X-man fan.....

[samokan]

Originally Posted by fuu

You read some DC eh? For that style i like Marval, I'm a huge X-man fan.....

yeah I do, though I still don't have copies of DC comics, I used to borrow from friends before. Mee tooo.. I love X-men.. I used to collect xmen cards before when I was in High school.

[luna2]

to me american manga doesnt hav this one thing that japanese mangas hav really
the way american manga looks, jus looks kinda plain or in other words just to american...i dnt really know how to explain

[ShibaInu]

Originally Posted by luna2

to me american manga doesnt hav this one thing that japanese mangas hav really
the way american manga looks, jus looks kinda plain or in other words just to american...i dnt really know how to explain

no worries, no need to explain further, i understand what u mean...it's probably something like dressing up a white-skinned guy in japanese traditional clothes or something...the dress looks japanese but the wearer still looks un-japanese...it doesn't feel umm...'right?'...or rather it kinda feels awkward....i guess we have been conditioned that way...

[luna2]

Originally Posted by ShibaInu

no worries, no need to explain further, i understand what u mean...it's probably something like dressing up a white-skinned guy in japanese traditional clothes or something...the dress looks japanese but the wearer still looks un-japanese...it doesn't feel umm...'right?'...or rather it kinda feels awkward....i guess we have been conditioned that way...

lol thank u!!!!XD
thats such a good example lol
thank u shibu-san!!!

[ShibaInu]

Originally Posted by luna2

lol thank u!!!!XD
thats such a good example lol
thank u shibu-san!!!

as i've said, no worries...u are welcome luna2-san!

[NightStrike]

Dude, ShibaInu...you totally burned me with that example man!!! XD

But I completely agree with both yu=our example and Luna's comment. American Manga/Anime lacks the same defining quality found only in good ole Japanese Manga/Anime.

And yeah, us white folks do look weird in kimonos...actually we kinda look weird no matter what we're doing...(sigh) lol

[ShibaInu]

Originally Posted by NightStrike

Dude, ShibaInu...you totally burned me with that example man!!! XD

But I completely agree with both yu=our example and Luna's comment. American Manga/Anime lacks the same defining quality found only in good ole Japanese Manga/Anime.

And yeah, us white folks do look weird in kimonos...actually we kinda look weird no matter what we're doing...(sigh) lol

thanks nightstrike-san...although i hope my example doesn't offend other jf members who are americans...it was just meant to be an example for this american manga thread...but hey, everyone can wear kimonos...but only the japanese can probably wear it best so as with their mangas!

[zodia]

i do not like American anime... to me it just seems like a bunch of little kids shows trying to make fun of real anime... I don't mind Japanese anime with English dubbing although i do prefer to watch the real show with subs... but as far as the American made stuff.... i don't like it, besides theres no way that the American made stuff can even compare to the Japanese animation ... I mean come on.

[Samael]

Originally Posted by zodia

besides theres no way that the American made stuff can even compare to the Japanese animation ... I mean come on.

Not flaming you or anything, but that's exactly the sort of thinking that keeps it from being done.

These series take huge budgets and lots of work to create, and in the US they're no reason to make our own when no one would be interested and we can just distribute Japanese series.

On the other hand I don't think American artists should be trying to carbon copy anime either. I think we should do things our own style and not somebody else's, but we could still expand the target audience and thematic elements of animated series and movies to include teenage and adult viewers and have aspects of drama, action, suspense, ect. We probably would to if the idea wasn;t constantly shot down in such a manner.

I think a good example of what I'm talking about is the Spawn animated series. There was nothing "anime" about it, but it was unquestionably targeted at adult viewers and was really actually quite good. More things along these lines that break out of the super hero mould would actually prompt me to watch television in this country again.

Also think about this, take some American series and imagine them as anime. On another forum we were discussing how epically awesome a Battlestar Galactica animated series would be. Think about it: Massive arcing military sci-fi plotline chronicalling the the ultimate exodus of the human race through space against a massive enemy force. Does that sound anime or what? That's what I'm talking about.

Americans could easily make their own mature animated series, we just don't and as a long as everyone is fine with that we won't.