What Series first got you into Manga?

tydawgsd · 07-25-2003, 01:15 AM

Well I just recently got hooked on Manga. The series that did it for me was Ragnarok. Great art, cool characters, good action sequences and a complex storyline. I love it.

I was just wondering what series first got everyone else into Manga?

Babbit_Chan · 07-25-2003, 01:19 AM

A few years ago when they Viz first published it, Nausicaa got me hooked. Mai the Psychic Girl came second but I never really pursued the series after the first two volumes.

Toka_pop · 07-25-2003, 03:00 AM

Cardcaptor Sakura. I was amazed by the beautiful artwork.

makonurikoryoko · 07-25-2003, 03:03 AM

hmm I think Sailor moon got the ball rolling but Oh My Goddess and video Girl Ai REALLY got me big on it! XD

Zephyrs · 07-25-2003, 11:30 AM

I remember reading all the translations for Sailor Moon and Rayearth back when I was in 4th or 5th grade (I'm going into 12th in fall!) so as soon as they came out here, I was totally hooked on them and others soon followed.

Kirschwasser · 07-25-2003, 11:53 AM

Back in the days when I used to read English-translated manga, the first series I read was Sailor Moon. ^_^ I rememeber seeing Sailor Moon S #2 at a book store, and I picked it up and thought, "Wow, cool artwork". (I think this was back in early 2000). So from then on, I collected the series, then went onto Magic Knight Rayearth (which got my into Clamp big-time). I gradually began learning Japanese, so I eventually sold all my English-translated manga a year back, and now I get the original Japanese manga. But yes, thanks to Sailor Moon, I got into manga. (One of these days I'll collect the Japanese SM manga).

Mouse · 07-25-2003, 12:01 PM

Erm.. Pokemon? *is killed* Hey, I thought it was really cool when I was younger..

Hikaruchan · 07-25-2003, 12:39 PM

Mai the Psychic Girl was one of the first ones to really interest me. Read some before that, but it was sporactic with whatever I could find in the bargin bin.

07-25-2003, 03:06 PM

Sailormoon got me started but then the Rurouni Kenshin manga floored me.

07-25-2003, 04:05 PM

What really got me into being the manga addict that I am now was Peach Girl, and SMILE. I got the first Peach Girl book the same time I got my first SMILE issue.

Nikitsuki · 07-25-2003, 04:23 PM

Sailor moon got me to know what manga actually was... but Mars totally blew me away. I hadn't read manga in a very long time and when I saw racks of it at a comic store in Harvard Square I was hooked. Then parakiss came and I was totally hooked... ^^

Nadeshiko · 07-25-2003, 04:39 PM

Like anime...Sailormoon. I was in 6th grade and my parents prohibited me from buying it mainly 'cause it was in Japanese.

When I finally convinced them that I would eventually take Japanese (count nearly seven years later...) and I also wanted to get ideas for my artwork (at the time I loved to draw). So, did the Sailormoon thing for a while...

And then I got my hands on some other titles like Ranma and Maison Ikoku (sic?)...but didn't eventually get hooked on manga 'til last year when Tokyo Pop started released a plenty titles.

RyuHayabusaDOA2 · 07-25-2003, 06:11 PM

hhmm..for me it Ranma 1/2 and Appleseed....then it slowly snowballed from there. Same thing with sailor moon, as soon as I saw the anime, I had to get the manga, even if it was in japanese..which I did along with Eva and Utena lol

Lady Hikari · 07-25-2003, 06:49 PM

I'd got to say it was Fushigi Yugi. When it was first released, some years back, a friend decided to lend me vol. 1. So I read it and got hooked. I went out and bought the first volume and every volume afterwards on its release date. ^_^; The guys at the bookstore thought I was crazy, spending $15 on a "lil' comic book". Well anywho, after Fushigi Yugi was Inuyasha, Video Girl AI, Gundam, etc. Its only been a couple of years since I've started reading anime and my room now looks like a shrine to Kaori Yuki and Yu Watase.

ichigo · 07-25-2003, 07:52 PM

For me it was Mai the Psychic Girl too!! Wow, there sure are a lot of people who got hooked with Mai. And here I thought it was a rather obscure little series....

07-25-2003, 01:15 AM	#1
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Toka_pop Chikyuu Shoujo Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 383	Cardcaptor Sakura. I was amazed by the beautiful artwork. __________________ ~TokaRegina~ The following tales of alien encounters are true. And by true we mean false. They are all lies. But they are entertaining lies. And in the end, isn’t that the real truth? The answer is no.

07-25-2003, 11:53 AM	#6
Kirschwasser God Save The Queen! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,237	Back in the days when I used to read English-translated manga, the first series I read was Sailor Moon. ^_^ I rememeber seeing Sailor Moon S #2 at a book store, and I picked it up and thought, "Wow, cool artwork". (I think this was back in early 2000). So from then on, I collected the series, then went onto Magic Knight Rayearth (which got my into Clamp big-time). I gradually began learning Japanese, so I eventually sold all my English-translated manga a year back, and now I get the original Japanese manga. But yes, thanks to Sailor Moon, I got into manga. (One of these days I'll collect the Japanese SM manga). __________________ Visit my artwork athttp://ayaneshinobi.deviantart.com. Also, if you are myspace.com user, let me know~! I'm on there. ^_~

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07-25-2003, 01:19 AM	#2
Babbit_Chan Sarcasmic Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,787	A few years ago when they Viz first published it, Nausicaa got me hooked. Mai the Psychic Girl came second but I never really pursued the series after the first two volumes.

07-25-2003, 03:03 AM	#4
makonurikoryoko Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,689	hmm I think Sailor moon got the ball rolling but Oh My Goddess and video Girl Ai REALLY got me big on it! XD

07-25-2003, 11:30 AM	#5
Zephyrs I Am! A Man! Of The Sea! Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,333	I remember reading all the translations for Sailor Moon and Rayearth back when I was in 4th or 5th grade (I'm going into 12th in fall!) so as soon as they came out here, I was totally hooked on them and others soon followed.

07-25-2003, 12:01 PM	#7
Mouse Village Idiot: Wanted Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 146	Erm.. Pokemon? is killed Hey, I thought it was really cool when I was younger..

07-25-2003, 12:39 PM	#8
Hikaruchan Have camera, will travel Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,320	Mai the Psychic Girl was one of the first ones to really interest me. Read some before that, but it was sporactic with whatever I could find in the bargin bin.

07-25-2003, 03:06 PM	#9
Scortia Posts: n/a	Sailormoon got me started but then the Rurouni Kenshin manga floored me.

07-25-2003, 04:05 PM	#10
Velvy Posts: n/a	What really got me into being the manga addict that I am now was Peach Girl, and SMILE. I got the first Peach Girl book the same time I got my first SMILE issue.

07-25-2003, 04:23 PM	#11
Nikitsuki Hyper Child Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 216	Sailor moon got me to know what manga actually was... but Mars totally blew me away. I hadn't read manga in a very long time and when I saw racks of it at a comic store in Harvard Square I was hooked. Then parakiss came and I was totally hooked... ^^

07-25-2003, 04:39 PM	#12
Nadeshiko white rose assassin Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,420	Like anime...Sailormoon. I was in 6th grade and my parents prohibited me from buying it mainly 'cause it was in Japanese. When I finally convinced them that I would eventually take Japanese (count nearly seven years later...) and I also wanted to get ideas for my artwork (at the time I loved to draw). So, did the Sailormoon thing for a while... And then I got my hands on some other titles like Ranma and Maison Ikoku (sic?)...but didn't eventually get hooked on manga 'til last year when Tokyo Pop started released a plenty titles.

07-25-2003, 06:11 PM	#13
RyuHayabusaDOA2 Dark Lord Of The Sith Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,766	hhmm..for me it Ranma 1/2 and Appleseed....then it slowly snowballed from there. Same thing with sailor moon, as soon as I saw the anime, I had to get the manga, even if it was in japanese..which I did along with Eva and Utena lol

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07-25-2003, 06:49 PM	#14
Lady Hikari Look at me! I have wings! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 30	I'd got to say it was Fushigi Yugi. When it was first released, some years back, a friend decided to lend me vol. 1. So I read it and got hooked. I went out and bought the first volume and every volume afterwards on its release date. ^_^; The guys at the bookstore thought I was crazy, spending $15 on a "lil' comic book". Well anywho, after Fushigi Yugi was Inuyasha, Video Girl AI, Gundam, etc. Its only been a couple of years since I've started reading anime and my room now looks like a shrine to Kaori Yuki and Yu Watase.

07-25-2003, 07:52 PM	#15
ichigo Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 67	For me it was Mai the Psychic Girl too!! Wow, there sure are a lot of people who got hooked with Mai. And here I thought it was a rather obscure little series....

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