Manga

[hildy89]

I haven't written about anime/manga in awhile. Not much to report really. I don't know whether there are fewer titles I'm interested in or what, but my reading and viewing have dropped considerably. I've been reading "Shoujo Beat" regularly. Sports geek that I am, I've become fan of "Crimson Hero", the volleyball title. I'm pleased that the "Read or Die" manga is finally being published, even if it's by Viz. Hopefully they won't screw it up too much. Tokyopop is doing the manga for "Someday's Dreamers" which is apparently fairly different from the anime.

Read a fascinating post on clampfans on the "official" reason for X's hiatus. I've heard a number of different reasons flung around, usually about one of the artist's arthritis issues or they couldn't agree on the ending. The real reasons given are more interesting to me. I'm sure there are other examples of artists/writers/publishers deciding not to publish stuff because it's a little too sensitive/topical, but this feels different somehow.

Comments

[cleverthylacine]

aurictech and I are trying to catch you on AIM--you around? He's not on now, but may be later tonight and if I'm home I can tell you what we talked about.

[hildy.livejournal.com]

I'm on AIM now. I was going to ask you about something LW anyway.

[divanoir.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize that X was still an actively written manga. I just assumed that the anime represented the full run of the manga.

I'll do a manga/anime post on my lj sometime this week.

I've been reading and enjoying Shojo Beat too. I think my favorites are Kaze Hikaru and Absolute Boyfriend.