Since this topic hasn’t come up around here (similar questions have merely been about series similar to YKK), it’s probably about time to bring it up, especially since YKK’s audience being a lot older than the typical manga crowd should make for more interesting lists. Besides, this board really seems like it would benefit from being more of a community board than purely discussion of YKK (just my opinion).
Here are some of my favorites:
Manga:
20th Century Boys (but I haven’t felt like following it recently since it has gone down the proverbial drain in the later volumes)
Angel Densetsu
Berserk
D-ash
Death Note (early volumes only. From the corporate arc on, this one has been on the decline)
Eagle
Eden (and Endo Hiroki’s short stories)
Love Roma
Monster
Planetes
Pluto
Real
Shadow Star
Touch
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (obviously...)
Yotsuba&
I also like Iou Kuroda and Naoki Yamamoto’s works, and follow most of Mangascreener’s projects. http://mangascreener.com/
I’m much less familiar with the world of general comics though. I’m not a fan of the whole “superhero” and “dark brooding anti-hero” things that American comics seem obsessed with (there are exceptions of course. I liked Watchmen a lot, and still keep up with Berserk), but the sheer number and percentage of these kinds of stories (it seems like this is almost all that bookstores carry), and the commoditization of characters in Marvel/DC stuff, make it difficult to find new series to read, so aside from newspaper comics I hardly ever read any.
Comics:
Calvin and Hobbes
Fox Trot
Zits
Blankets (the only non-newspaper one among them)
- Silver
Saturday, October 15, 2005
YKK
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Sandland
Dr. Slump
Foxtrot
Funky Winkerbean
Doonsbury
Girl Genius
- El Gonzo
Saturday, October 15, 2005
I'm relatively new to manga. Used to be a serious comic reader, but less so now.
MANGA:
Kare Kano
Akkane Baby
Yotsubato
COMIX:
The Desert Peach
Berlin
Cages
Love & Rockets (there, that dates me!)
Starstruck
Jetcat
- terry
Saturday, October 15, 2005
I've amassed a pretty large library of manga over the past 20 years. Here's what I've been following over the past couple:
YKK (obviously)
KareKano
Negima!
LoveHina
Ai ga tomaranai!
Full Metal Panic
Ranma 1/2
Ai yori aoshi
Of course, these are just the latest/current ones...
- Darin~
Sunday, October 16, 2005
I'm not a big manga reader, but I'm reading a few of them: My first choice is YKK. :-)
I'm reading (and read) too:
The Music of Mary,
Aqua and Aria,
Yotsuba&,
The Hating Girl.
Wiesel
- Wiesel
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Oh, I forgot to mention
Eternal Sabbath
and
Jenseit der Zeit (meaning "Beyond the Time", the german version of an originally french comic / visual novel)
- Wiesel
Sunday, October 16, 2005
ykk
position
Blame!
Noise
love hina
aria& aqua
- mr.aufziehvogel
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Looks like we've got people with range here.
Not in any order:
Angel Densetsu - lousy art, great comedy
Kare Kano - At last, intelligent people!
Boys Before Flowers - lousy art, great chars & story
FMP, FMP TSR anime - great love & comedy
Oh, My Goddess - great art, great Belldandy
YKK - natch!
Yotsuba - super cute
Super Gals, Gals - Teen super cute
Nana, Paradise Kiss, anything by Yazawa Ai
Appleseed, GITS - sophisticated plot, strong women
Shadowstar - ???
Saikano - the horrors of war
Utena - outrageous
- Kerry
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Uh.. Im actually one of the younger YKK readers that truly enjoy YKK.. Im 16. ^_^ Anyway, here's my list.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Position
Sing 'Yesterday' For Me
Aqua
Aria
Air Gear
Really, I haven't read much manga lately.. And as you can see in my list, mostly are 'in the blue' manga. The only youth manga that I read is 'Air Gear', maybe in my peaceful-self, still lives that burning teen spirit. But that's enough for me, usually I only need a little of this part.
Oh.. Do check out these mangas, these are my top selections. (I only have little time for manga, so I only read the ones that are real good and can give me some impression)Perhaps some of you may get interested in em.
- Jax
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
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