Right so my lad is well into this and I havent got a clue.
Anyone into Manga? Got any good recomendations....I'd rather get him books than comics. Not too expensive though.
Anyone?
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Probably a shop like this will give you an idea.
Beware! Some manga is of an adult nature.
Beware! Some manga is of an adult nature.
Yeah there is alot of porn type stuff isnt there! That wont do, he is only 12!!
I read that Anime is the same stuff but more age suitable.
I wish he was still into Pokemon, I used to moan about it but life was more simple then!
Cheers crossy, I'm going to have to venture into comic geek shops arent I. *sigh*
I read that Anime is the same stuff but more age suitable.
I wish he was still into Pokemon, I used to moan about it but life was more simple then!
Cheers crossy, I'm going to have to venture into comic geek shops arent I. *sigh*
If you go to that shop website they have an anime tab.
You could try ebay too.
You could try ebay too.
Yeah, I shall go get title recommendations off the comic geeks and then look for them on ebay and Amazon instead!!! 
The big problem you're going to have is that both "manga" and "anime" are blanket terms, and the actual content can vary enormously. I'm only really familiar with the films, and it's difficult to recommend anything for a 12-year-old: most of the "classics" are meant for older teens (e.g. "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell" are both 15-certificate.)
One that you might want to look into is "Astro Boy". This is hugely popular, and there's a big-budget film out in January, so I would suspect that a lot of the old comic-books and TV series will be re-released. (The orginal Japanese series was the first to be considered "anime".) I expect the new film to be PG.
Having said that: the film is US-backed, and the reviews I've seen so far are terrible, but still - might be worthwhile as a starting point...
One that you might want to look into is "Astro Boy". This is hugely popular, and there's a big-budget film out in January, so I would suspect that a lot of the old comic-books and TV series will be re-released. (The orginal Japanese series was the first to be considered "anime".) I expect the new film to be PG.
Having said that: the film is US-backed, and the reviews I've seen so far are terrible, but still - might be worthwhile as a starting point...
The porn manga is normally called hentai
Letraset do a starter kit for doing your own manga drawings... its a set of top quality oil (oops.. edited... should have been alcohol) based markers pens, outliner and book on how to do manga & chibi drawings (I have this set... its really good.... even I can do half decent manga pics with it).
As fern just said... Dragonball Z & Naruto are good gateway manga, also my daughter is shouting 'deathnote' Yu-Gi-Oh & Bleach at me!
Letraset do a starter kit for doing your own manga drawings... its a set of top quality oil (oops.. edited... should have been alcohol) based markers pens, outliner and book on how to do manga & chibi drawings (I have this set... its really good.... even I can do half decent manga pics with it).
As fern just said... Dragonball Z & Naruto are good gateway manga, also my daughter is shouting 'deathnote' Yu-Gi-Oh & Bleach at me!
All this makes no sense to me
This is the Manga set that i bought my kids a year or two ago... they were into Dragonball Z etc.... and wanted to be able to do their own manga drawings...
I paid about ÂĢ20.... they are priced at ÂĢ15.51 online from Letraset (though that is before P&P)
Letraset Manga Set
I paid about ÂĢ20.... they are priced at ÂĢ15.51 online from Letraset (though that is before P&P)
Letraset Manga Set