oh wow. addict!
its funny how my brother being with me now has changed me in so much ways than one.
He frequently teases me that way... "oh wow! addict!" (this is with regards to almost anything that i do, most of it though is involved right in front of the PC bwehehe)
This recent teasing started when the 'ATE' came "stumbling upon a great series" hehehe i that i found really interesting.
He must be probably thinking that he has a lunatic for a sister.
I guess for some reasons, there are those things that get you sidelined once in a while, but there are things also that get you really derailed.... really very derailed, like falling off the cliff or something.
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This time its a manga series, unreleased here in the Philippines (the anime version though is being aired by ABS-CBN and Hero TV, though right now its just the fillers).
Now who would have thought that id get addicted to this Manga thing? Oh well the story line is great, the colored manga pages are amazing, and my imagination is wildly on the look.
As per wiki, (by the way congrats wiki! for making it to those dictionary pages!)Manga ( Manga?) is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. Outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to comics originally published in Japan. As of 2007, manga represents a multi-billion dollar global market.Manga developed from a mixture of ukiyo-e and foreign styles of drawing, and took its current form shortly after World War II. It comes mainly in black and white, except for the covers and sometimes the first few pages; in some Animanga (Anime printed in Manga style) all the pages are colored.
Popular manga are often adapted into anime (Japanese for animation) once a market interest has been established (Manga is sometimes mistakenly called "anime" by those not familiar with the term). Adapted stories are often modified to appeal to a more mainstream market. Although not as common, original anime is sometimes adapted into manga (such as the Gundam franchise, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop and Tenchi Muyo).
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Iya is addicted as well, who would imagine a three year old (girl at that), memorizing every character in the Manga... its fabulous really.
I guess, now i understand those guy who for a lifetime collect those comic books etc.
You would be amazed at the number of people who are interested in them too. They come from all walks of life, a CEO from a multi-million company to a 13-year-old crybaby. really it is a racket out there.
So aside from promoting Greenpeace, i decided to promote two of our favorite Mangas. Both currently released by Weekly Shonnen Jump in Japan. Rurouni Kenshin (popularly known as Samurai X here) which to unpopular knowledge after releasing its last chapters in 1999, has released and currently running for a 22 volume Manga 'the Kanzenban edition', sequel to the former release. Released by VIZ Media in US and Canada. Its a romantic and historical story of the Japanese Meiji Era, of a samurai.
The other one being a very famous anime series here in the Philippines (for the younger generation though) is Naruto. Naruto, romanized as NARUTO in Japan is a manga by Masashi Kishimoto with an anime TV series adaptation. Its main character, Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Shonen Jump magazine. VIZ Media publishes a translated version in the American Shonen Jump, and has translated roughly a third of the series. Naruto has become VIZ Media's best-selling manga series.
The anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex, premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002, and is still being aired. Viz also licensed the anime for North American production. Naruto debuted in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block on September 10, 2005, and in Canada on YTV's Bionix on September 16, 2005. Naruto began showing in the UK on Jetix on July 22, 2006. It began showing on Toasted TV on January 12, 2007 in Australia, although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in 2006. The first series lasted nine seasons, while the second began its first on February 15, 2007. Here in the Philippines, the fillers are being aired through ABS-CBN and Hero TV.
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The series' length and popularity is comparable to that of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, another popular action-oriented shōnen manga. Since its creation, Naruto has spawned a large number of fansites that contain detailed information, guides, and active forums. Some of the first and most popular sites targeted at English speaking audiences were established shortly after the first English manga volume was released in August of 2003. Like many other manga and anime titles, Naruto has also spawned its own collectible card game.
Prior to the anime's North American debut in 2005, several scanlation and fansub groups translated the series and made it available for free download on the internet. Despite North American companies' perceived tendency to prosecute fansubbing groups more frequently than Japanese companies, there are some that have continued to translate new Naruto episodes due to the extremely large gap between the English and Japanese versions.
Volume 7 of the manga has recently won a Quill Award for best graphic novel in North America. In TV Asahi's latest top 100 Anime Ranking, Naruto ranked 17th on the list.
Naruto was named as "Best Full-Length Animated Program" on the recently concluded 3rd USTv Students' Choice Awards. The awarding ceremonies were held on February 20, 2007 at the UST Medicine Auditorium. The awards are given by the 35,000-strong student body of the University of Santo Tomas (Philippines).
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So here ill publish several links. Where youll find easy downloads for both mangas.
for current and former releases of Ruruoni Kenshin
http://www.thespectrum.net/manga_scans/rurouni_kenshin/
and for current and former release of Naruto, both Naruto and Now NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (Hurricane Chronicles), actually theres a lot! but i rely on this two sites most for weekly updates and cool fan-colored pages.
http://www.islandne.com/online/
or this
http://groups.msn.com/NarutoMangaReturns/yourwebpage2.msnw
