More Manga From Dark Horse

Manga/Anime is getting really old to me, I think the U.S. is obsessed.

Books are getting old to me, man, and movies have been around for a hundred years.

karemanel: ROFL!

qwed88: It's the American comics publishers who are obsessed. Manga sells better than American comics in the US because it's sold in more (and more accessible) venues (toy stores, book shops, newsstands) and for less money. The lesson American comics publishers aren't learning is that if they sold their _own_ material in more venues for less money, it would sell as well as manga. However, most manga titles have the built-in marketing advantage of a long-running animated tv series, which few American comics do, and the anime series are usually faithful to their manga source whereas American animation is usually a "dumbed-down" version of the original comic.

This is all very well and good, but perhaps Dark Horse could get around to releasing the rest of Johji Manabe's Drakuun series? The last graphic novel (book #3) came out something like 5 years ago. What's going on? I worship Manabe's work (he also did Outlanders and Karavan Kidd) and I've never been able to find out what happened.

Hey, G.Jackal, yeah, I really dig Outlanders? Ever catch the animation movie? Thanks for reminding me! Gotta call my cousin who lives in S.F. to stop by Japantown and get me my copy!

Damn, I need a crowbar to pry open my eyes, overtime induced punctuation errors, long hours at work: I meant,"I really dig Outlanders!".

I was saying just the other day, "The world needs more spit and Manga."

I honestly didn't know there was an Outlanders anime. I guess it doesn't surprise me, it was his most popular work. Having said all that, I remember that another of Manabe's works was made into an anime - Capricorn. The horned girl with the wild mane of hair is a dead give away, lol.

For those not familiar with Johji Manabe, the stars of all of his works are very sexy, sword-wielding chicks which all sport horns. Try to picture Shirow if he drew succubi, lol.

That reminds me, got to remember to d/l Viper GTS...