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andmerr
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28. October 2005 @ 12:52 |
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send her my way, i'll put some sense in that thick shull off her's(theres only auslander for her)
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regor
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28. October 2005 @ 19:31 |
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Let's start with a simpler question first: "What is manga?" On second thought, maybe that's not such a simple question. In fact, it's probably the most hotly contested questions in the publishing and fan communities of the last few years. Ask ten people and you'll get ten different answers. Here are a few:
"Manga are comics for kids." Or, "Manga are comics for teenage girls."
Er... No. A lot of manga is kid-friendly, a lot of manga is written for girls, but these definitions completely miss the point. Manga isn't really aimed at any one group-it's a medium, not a demographic. Manga can be for teens or adults, males or females, and even those groupings don't count much. The most popular series, manga like Chobits, Fruits Basket and Rurouni Kenshin, appeal to people across the spectrum.
"Manga are just comics with big eyes/small mouths/no noses/leggy girls/spiky hair/random flower petals/etc..."
No, no, no, no, NO! These things are STYLISTIC ELEMENTS. And highly-stereotyped ones at that! I'm sure we all know someone who thinks of manga in those terms-parents, siblings, and certain large American comics companies who shall remain nameless...True manga fans know that there is no one particular look for manga. The sultry bad boys of Kazuya Minekura, Kaiji Kawaguchi's chiseled politicians and Ken Akamatsu's cartoony babes bear little resemblance to each other, but all are indisputably manga. There are as many styles as there are manga creators.
"Manga are comics made in Japan."
This is perhaps the toughest definition to object to because until recently, it's been completely true. Just about the only unifying factor that you could safely use to define manga is that it came from Japan. So what is it about being Japanese that allows only people of that nation to create manga? Is it genetic? No. This talent comes from a population exposed to manga from an early age and an industry that fosters new talent. Which, until recently, you had to live in Japan to have. But the times, they are a changin'...
"Manga are black and white comics with dynamic layouts, heavy use of tones, cinematic pacing, featuring three-dimensional characters who are easy to relate to."
Now we're getting somewhere. . Here's a definition that digs below the surface. Yes, manga is USUALLY faster paced than US comics. Yes, manga layouts don't adhere to grids to the degree that Western layouts do. But for each point there are countless exceptions-and countless Western comics which have the same qualities. And can manga be boiled down into a formula? "If you have X, Y, and Z you're manga, but if the amount of Q is greater than P, then it's not..." Definitions like these are a little too cut and dry for my taste. It's like reading a dictionary entry for Impressionist painting--Sure you can catalog the qualities, but it doesn't really get across what makes it art!
And this brings us back to our first question: "What is World Manga?"
Long story short, World Manga is just manga. We now have a generation of fans in the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia who grew up reading manga, who draw their own work inspired by manga, who write their own stories in manga style, and who dream of someday becoming manga creators themselves. We are the manga generation, and for us, manga is no longer just a foreign art form to merely collect and admire. It's our passion, our means of expression, and dare I say, our way of life. And that's what World Manga is-manga created by people who really know and really love manga, wherever they come from...yes, even from Japan.
Oh... there is one other difference between World Manga and the manga you already know. When you read a new series here at gomanga.com, or pick up the latest Seven Seas book from your favorite bookseller, you are really seeing something NEW. New-new. As in, no one had the chance to read it before you (well, except for the creators). And I'm not talking 6-months-after-it-was-published-in-Japan-which-is-really-fast-turnover-for-a-licensed-manga new. This is as new as it gets. Because with World Manga, it's all about YOU, the reader, wherever you may be...even if you're from Japan.
So how would I define manga? Frankly, I don't know... but I know manga when I see it. And so do you.
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28. October 2005 @ 20:47 |
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o'h sorry let me clarify, its more anime.The movie type.
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28. October 2005 @ 21:14 |
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i thought it was a drink.you guys were making me thirsty.
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andmerr
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28. October 2005 @ 23:13 |
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auslander buddy manage to get back some of whats lent out, so this is an idea of my addiction.
as to a list well
madlax
12 kingdoms
samurai champloo
hacksign series 1
hacksign seris 2
vandread series 1
vandread series 2
kiddy grade
noir
escaflowne
rurouni kenshin
gto
batman
zoids
zoids 2nd series
zoids 3rd series fuzors
she the ultimate weapon
lion king
saiyuki
berserk
gantz
ghost in the shell
gunslinger girl
chrono crusade
Rod the movie
Rod the series
peace maker
wolfs rain
urotsukidoji
ninja scroll the movie
ninja scroll the series
ajuna
Full metal panic 2nd series
full metal alchemist
geneshaft
yukikaze
geneshaft
fist of the north star movie
fist of the north star series
S-Cry-ed
princess mononokee
witch hunter robin
haibane renmei
get backers
now i know there are sceptics out there that reckon half this stuff i've copied from some where to inflate my collection but a pic does tell a 1000 words.
here ya go
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o'h i have another stack just like this one
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29. October 2005 @ 07:05 |
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oh, me wants! me wants! god...i'm drooling again...anime! anime! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAH!
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regor
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29. October 2005 @ 19:58 |
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oh that is nothing. NOTHING I SAY!
I have got to be the most envied man on earth! I have in my possession the complete 10 DVD Mega-Set of "the Prisoner".... and.... the complete 13 DVD Meg-Set of "Secret Agent AKA Danger Man"
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29. October 2005 @ 21:32 |
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danger man thats pretty cool but i have the complete 22 dvd series of rurouni keshin wandering samurai
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regor
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30. October 2005 @ 18:04 |
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Hey, where is Prisoner? I haven't heard hid'n nor hair from him in weeks. Curious I didn't get a response from my last post re: The 10 DVD Mega-Set of which I own, have in my posession, and am frankly the most envied man on earth!
I am so happy I think I'll do some double-posting!
hahahahahahahaha hehe
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30. October 2005 @ 18:51 |
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double posting regor, dont let the mods hear you say that even in jest, thats like committing hari kari
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regor
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30. October 2005 @ 19:39 |
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mod mod this this... ...
double the pleasure
double the fun
double mint
double mint
double mint gum
remember anyone that tv commercial way back when? Our British bretheren probably didn't get these Wriggley's chewing gum commercials in the UK but the twins were always blonde and always cute :) I loved it when they wore the matching skirts! hahahahhaha
now you can ban me for sure!!! hahahaha
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30. October 2005 @ 19:46 |
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Hey Nephilim.... you should cast the twins (Oscar and Meyer) in a commercial for chewing gum, or cheese burgers, or milk, or granola, or detergent, or diaper service, or hauling, or brick laying, or catering, or window washing, or or or or or or or or or or,,, whatever! They'd be special!
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30. October 2005 @ 19:01 |
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lol and double lol
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31. October 2005 @ 07:11 |
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WWWWEEEEEEEE!!!
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31. October 2005 @ 15:51 |
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Wow, this thread is crazy and completly worthless...I love it!!!!
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3. November 2005 @ 14:33 |
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The Crowbar
There was this little guy sitting in a bar, drinking his beer, minding
his own business when all of a sudden this great big dude comes in and
-- WHACK!! -- knocks him off the bar stool and onto the floor. The big
dude says, "That was a karate chop from Korea."
The little guy thinks
"GEEZ," but he gets back up on the stool and starts drinking again when
all of a sudden -- WHACK!! -- the big dude knocks him down AGAIN and
says, "That was a judo chop from Japan."
So the little guy has had enough of this... He gets up, brushes himself off and quietly leaves.
The little guy is gone for an hour or so when he returned. Without saying a word, he walks up
behind the big dude and -- WHAM!!!" -- knocks the big dude off his stool, knocking him out cold!!!
The little guy looks at the bartender and says, "When he gets up, tell him that's a crowbar from Sears".
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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regor
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3. November 2005 @ 18:35 |
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GrandpaBW made me LAUGH OUT LOUD!
regor
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3. November 2005 @ 22:18 |
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A guy walks into a drugstore and goes up to the counter. He says quietly, "I... I need to buy some condoms."
The clerk replies "What size?"
"Size? I have no idea."
"Well, go see Sophia in aisle four."
The guy walks down aisle four and all of a sudden a lady jumps out, grabs his crotch, and yells out "Small."
The guy runs out of the store never to return.
A little while later, another guy comes into the store. "Hi, I need to buy some condoms."
"Fine, What size?"
"Size? I didn't know they came in sizes."
"Well, go see Sophia in aisle four."
This guy walks down aisle four and all of a sudden Sophia jumps out, grabs his crotch, and yells out "Medium."
The guy turns beet red, buys the condoms, and quickly leaves. Some time later, a teenager comes into the store and approached the counter.
"I... I... I need to buy some condoms," the kid quickly says, looking away.
"Well, what size do you need?"
"I don't know. I... I've never really done this before."
"Well, go see Sophia in aisle four."
The kid walks down aisle four and all of a sudden Sophia jumps out, grabs his crotch, and yells out "Clean up Aisle Four."
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3. November 2005 @ 22:19 |
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One day a little boy woke up and sat down at the table expecting breakfast. However, his mother says, "You don't get any breakfast until you do your chores."
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A little pissed off, the boy goes out to do his chores. When he goes to milk the cow, he kicks it. When he goes to get eggs he kicks a chicken, and when he goes to feed the pigs, he kicks a pig.
When the little boy sits down his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal. "Where is the bacon, eggs and milk?" asks the little boy. His mother replies, "I saw you kick the cow, so you don't get any milk; I saw you kick a chicken so you don't get eggs; and I saw you kick a pig so you don't get any bacon!"
Just as she finishes saying this, the boy's father comes down the stairs and kicks the cat. The little boy looks up at his mother and asks, "Do you want to tell him, or should I?"
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4. November 2005 @ 04:21 |
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looks like stupidity runs in the family..hilarious as always, andy! :D
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regor
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4. November 2005 @ 17:14 |
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cats are not stupid... they are cute little puss' :)
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10. November 2005 @ 23:27 |
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The brilliant mathematician
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A professor of mathematics sent a fax to his wife. It read:
"Dear wife, You must realize that you are 54 years old and I have certain needs which you are no longer able to satisfy. I am otherwise happy with you as a wife, and I sincerely hope you will not be hurt or offended to learn that by the time you receive this letter, I will be at the Grand Hotel with my 18-year-old teaching assistant. I'll be home before midnight. - Your Husband"
When he arrived at the hotel, there was a faxed letter waiting for him that read as follows:
"Dear Husband. You too are 54 years old, and by the time you receive this, I will be at the Breakwater Hotel with the 18-year-old pool boy. Being the brilliant mathematician that you are, you can easily appreciate the fact that 18 goes into 54 a lot more times than 54 goes into 18. Don't wait up."
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11. November 2005 @ 04:33 |
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Good one andmerr. Funny as always.
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Auslander
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11. November 2005 @ 05:56 |
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mwahahah...evil as always, andy :D
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regor
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11. November 2005 @ 17:05 |
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then what happened?
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