Like, it’s clear it’s very good, but maybe it’s just not for me
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 9 October 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
You're probably right that so many things have been stolen from it that its impact may be somewhat diluted. It's also a series that REALLY takes its time for the main plot, the slow pacing remains through it all. That said, it's a journey worth taking, and there are moments of phenomenal art. I'd give it at least a few volumes, they're fast reading.
― Nhex, Friday, 9 October 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
Can anyone recommend which of the akira translations is better, or are they both quite bad?
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
It’s certainly going to be easier to track down six in-print paperbacks than 38 Marvel glue-bound floppies from the 1980s, if that makes the decision easier
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 10 September 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
did that 35th anniversary box set from Kodansha not get a good reception? was thinking about doing that one for a while
― Nhex, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
I think it’s the same as the dark horse translation, except on better paper and with the original Japanese sfx. But there’s no sfx subtitling, so it’s hard to parse unless you keep looking back at the index. Looks great though!
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 11 September 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
Been going through some of Kyoko Okazaki's work (thanks to poster gyac). Helter Skelter and Pink. Both are fairly brutal in their depictions of bodies and minds brutalised by a capitalistic logic, especially in terms of gender and its as if the world hasn't moved very far at all in some of the attitudes on display. There was no 'cultural gap' to bridge at all, which was sorta striking.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
hm, i have helter skelter digitally and never read it. will give it a try. I think Vertical released it in america.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 December 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
Pink is great.
― dark end of the st. maud (sic), Sunday, 19 December 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
I keep meaning to reply to this. Yeah, the cultural gap is maybe minimal because Okazaki tends to address the stuff that cuts deep - as you say, capitalism, and Japan is a brutally capitalistic society. I think maybe Japan has moved on somewhat in some ways, but the beauty standards are still extremely unforgiving, and the deeper analysis in both books is clear about how money and its demands determine everything.
Pink is lighter but I wouldn't say it's a nice book either, she has a very defined worldview and she gives you this wavy carefree looking lineart on one hand and the punch of capitalism on the other. I like Helter Skelter slightly better, but mainly I wish she has more work translated. Can you read French? If you can, I can lend you Tokyo Girls Bravo!
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 8 January 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
i read helter skelter. it is very fucked up!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 8 January 2022 19:01 (two years ago) link
Been reading Taiyo Matsumoto's Ping Pong. Old, I know.. but goddamn, absolutely incredible work on the page. I remember seeing the live action movie nearly 20 years ago, and heard that there was a well regarded anime adaptation more recently. Gonna have to look into that.
― Nhex, Friday, 21 January 2022 23:21 (two years ago) link
I really like Wurdah Itah as a starting point
― frogbs, Friday, 21 January 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
ahh fuck misread thread title
i cant be the only one that got excited for some zeuhl manga recs for a sec there
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 22 January 2022 07:42 (two years ago) link
I have the vinyl Retrospectiw set and there is a comic book about the band in there. You can call it manga if you like
― frogbs, Saturday, 22 January 2022 14:15 (two years ago) link
Any material similar to the MANGA (not the anime that i consider pretty bad) of Excel Saga? I'm not a fan of manga or anime but i find it pretty interesting; the content is far from the platitudes of most of anime-manga. i'd say the content is more in the vein of a leftfield costumbrist series with a transversality of topics.
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mu/image/1661/23/1661235607898.jpg
Download link:https://nyaa.si/view/932733
― CerebralCaustic, Monday, 6 February 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link
i would give it a spin if that link worked.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
it works for me. it's a torrent
― CerebralCaustic, Monday, 6 February 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
maybe private? not connecting.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link