As I noted yesterday, the Good Comics for Kids gang posted our picks for the best comics for kids and teens of 2009, and there were quite a few manga on the list. Gia linked to it at Anime Vice, and her fans have some suggestions of their own … The Comics Village clan makes their picks from this week’s new releases. David Welsh, meanwhile, contemplates the upcoming titles featured in the September Previews. Gottsu-Iiyan posts some Naoki Urasawa sketches from a Japanese … …
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Perhaps Walt Disney comes close, with his empire of squeaky-clean, round eyed characters that had so much influence over the style of modern Japanese anime and manga, but Tezuka wasn’t just a figurehead and artist, but a visionary. He brought quality anime to television and Japanese comics to adults. His massively prolific career has yielded many ambitious manga titles, like Buddha (1972-1983), Adolph (1983-1985), and The Phoenix (1967-1988). He’s best remembered for … …
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The first Japanese manga to be adapted into an animated series, ASTRO BOY was directed by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, and is representative of a nostalgic golden age of comics. Astro is a robot who lives in the … Astro, the beginning of all the world’s anime. This young robot boy with the ability to think and feel like a human is truly a joy to have in anyone’s anime collection. When the series aired on KTLA and later on Cartoon Network, I was impressed and astonished. … …
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I’ve been apprehensive of Halo Legends since it was announced, and was nervous with the crazy Japanese getting a hold of the franchise. When a few stories were put up on Waypoint, however, my concerns were diminished. … Halo Legends is a compilation of seven short stories, created by various artists throughout the anime/cartoon world. Some of these sections are done beautifully, truly resembling the anime that the original creator is associated with, but with a Halo … …
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