Best Manga Ever?
 

Sure, you guys seem to know your anime well enough, but what about Manga? In some ways, it can be better! And since no-one's got as far as a Manga thread, voila la thread officielle pour parle vous Manga favori! (Rough translation: here is the official thread for talking about your favourite manga!...or something like that...)

Personally, I'm torn between Akira and the Urotsukidoji series. They're both fantastic in their own ways: Akira was one of the inspirations for the matrix (I think), and Urotsukidoji is riddles with gratuitous violence and lots of demons! After Christmas we'll see if I can add Street Fighter II/Alpha and Ghost in the Shell to my faves.

Let the opinions comence!

As far as things go, I'm extremely inexperienced in the realm of manga. But, I have to say, I've been delighted by the first volume of "One Piece" if only because it's so over-the-top and exaggerated.

I've heard Akira is wonderful and plan on reading it sometime (maybe after I graduate).

Yeah, Akira's good. Haven't actually read the comic, but the film's cool. Can't really say which you should look at first, but you should definitely see both.

Mine would be the Ah! Megami-Sama manga (for the Anime Series of the same name called Oh! My Goddess in America). Fujishima Kosuke is hands down my favorite Manga Artist (he did the character design for all the 'Tales' games, the 'Sakura Taisen' Games/Anime and also created You're Under Arrest).

Plus the story for Ah! Megami-sama is really nice as well. Its on volume 28 and has been going more than 10 years! And every volume his art seems to get better. If you look at is early work it looks really not so great....then compare it to todays and its AMAZING! A true artist.

Some examples of his style:

http://media.cube.ign.com/media/481/...g_1763483.html
http://www.animewallpapers.com/wallp...ll_38_1024.asp

I'd have to put in my vote for Ranma 1/2. At the very least the storyline was much better in the manga than the show.

You know what else has a better manga than series? YuGiOh!
In the the manga, there is no card game, the full on friendship crap is toned down quite a few decibels, and Yami Yugi is as evil as his name suggests. In the first volume he warps this guys mind so that he thinks leaves are money and leaves him sitting there for days. Heart of the cards, what a joke.

I've read a good amount of Manga, not a lot, but enough to know a good amount. Im kinda' torn between Ragnarok, and the Gundam Manga. Like said earlier, the Manga for the Original Gundam series is better than the TV series. Nonetheless, Gundam is the BEST!

......Except for G Gundam and SD Gundam. They can die.

I love the Yu-Gi Oh! Manga AND series! Noah is so evil it's cool! And Yami Malik is awesome..trick is I need it subbed. Dubbed is all about the game and the "shadowrealm", subbed is death and the gates of darkness.

Hmmm...what else?

D.N.Angel- Dark Mousey is just so funny! Poor Daisuke though..

Get Backers- I just love them

Hellsing- the best thing that ever formed from a porno

Ranma 1/2 is actually the one that gotten me started on Manga in the first place,but I just started to Get Shoenen Jump magazine and I have been quite pleased with it. It had many titles that I already knew of, such as Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragon Ball Z, which I also think is a good Manga, but I can't really describe, I haven't seen too many episodes of the show. (Note: Krellin is my hero!)

Actually... I've been looking to get the manga for Shamen King which I have gotten hooked on, along with Nutaro. One Piece too caught my eye, but I haven't really had the urge to go out and buy the actual Manga for it.

The Yu-Gi-Oh manga is great, but actually... I think it could benifit from the card game. Of course... you have to understand that I'm addicted to the game, but again, another topic.

(Another note: Please Excuse my awful spelling. I am not Japanease, I am American, and I have trouble with that language in the first place. I have a double negative on me)