Anime & Manga Manga Vs Comics

[Kyd Jhesus]

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So, What do you prefer? Manga or Comics, Very similar but Very different. Both can have terrible and beautiful art. They both have characters you hate and you love. Manga shows you Asian society most of the time and Comics show American society. One is black and white and the other is in color.


So which one do you prefer to read? Do you read both?


Which do you think has a better art style on Average?


What is your favorite series from that genre or both.


Which has more creative freedom?


Which do you think have a better story.


Favorite Character from your selected genre or do you have one from each>


Which do you think inspired which more, Comics or Manga?


Bonus question? This has always bothered me on how defensive people can get over this. What does it take to be a Anime? Do you think RUBY and Boondocks are Anime or Cartoons inspired by Anime? Do you think that Anime and Cartoons are the same? I honestly do, both Anime and Cartoons are basically the same thing.

 

[J0ker]

Does anime have Batman?


Didn't think so.

 

[Kyd Jhesus]

Batman isn't everything, DC gave Batman how many titles since new 52? 30

 

[J0ker]

[QUOTE="Kyd Jhesus]Batman isn't everything,

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[Silvertongued]

I hate to say it, but I cannot stand Batman anymore. He's the most overused character, and is basically suffering from Chuck Norris syndrome. Not to mention the relentless grim-darkening of his own personal setting, it just gets tiring.


Not to say there's anything wrong with liking Batman, grimdark, or DC, because there's not. I'm just saying I can't stand him. Everyone else in DC gets sidelined because of him and Superman, and I haven't liked the preachy, boyscout demeanor of Superman in years.


It just seems like the majority of comics focuses almost solely on capes, and even then, it's generally grim as all get out, poor art (Greg Lands, Rob Liefield, Bryan Hitch, I'm looking at you). Not to mention the oftentimes poor writing, and either one-note or frenetic character archetypes.


The western Indie industry is faring somewhat better, but still possesses difficulty in getting distributed, and often is overlooked or ignored by the greater public, being a niche market in niche market.


That's not to say that manga is perfect either. While it does have in general, better art though less colors, and explores a wider array of themes and stories, oftentimes these are dictated by keeping the public happy. Unfortunately, the only public that matters is the immediate public, which means that story twists or developments may be changed or lead to the death of a series if enough people dislike it, leading to compromised artistic integrity.


Furthermore, it also which means that more niche manga are much more likely to be disregarded, as the more niche they become, the more likely they are to not appeal to the greater public and be disregarded. They're unable to maintain much of an indie market outside of very limited runs.


Not only that, because while mainstream western comic books are rather sexist in their depiction of women, in manga that sexism can reach a much greater levels with regards to female characters. Granted, it's less general in the mainstream, but it far more excessive when it is sexist.


That said, in general, I prefer manga.


tl;dr No Batman for me, as I am a colossal weeaboo.

 

[Kyd Jhesus]

I like a dark batman story myself but yes they praise batman to much. He is a great character but there are plenty of other characters that need a series or a redo. Static can use a second Chance, Wondergirl could have a nice series, Shazam and many more.


Personally on average I think manga has better art but when comic companies hire a real artist they blown manga art out of the water. There is plenty of talent out there that is missed. Rob is a good artist but there other two are horrible people. One cant draw and other just copies every chance he gets.


What i like about Manga is there is one mind working on it and not a bunch, More creative control. In Comics the creator keeps changing and changing. They do have plots that spans across multiple books. The last super engaging story arcs i saw was in comics have been the recent Scarlet Spider, Batman:Robin rising, Avengers Vs X Men and Futures End but Marvel's Axis series is looking interesting. I think there are plenty interesting stories for comics but there are plenty of horrible ones that make you cringe and cry.


I can never choose what i like better, Comics and Manga are awesome. I do love how it is easier to get a manga made into a anime but like comics they never keep the really interesting Anime going. Legends of legendary heroes was one of the most engaging and fresh things i have watch in years and no season two.

 

[LunaInvicta]

Personally, I prefer European Comics to Manga, which I prefer to American Comics.


My favourite European Comics manage to strike a great balance between serious storytelling and humour, which American comics rarely (if ever) seem to achieve, and I like my comics to have that dash of sillyness. Manga is also quite capable of striking that balance, but due to the huge cultural differences there are a lot of humourous situations and references that I don't have the cultural background to fully appreciate.

 

[Kyd Jhesus]

Harley Quinn is a funny series, tell me some good euro comics

 

[LunaInvicta]

It depends on what your tastes are like, of course.


There's Asterix, which is a mostly comedic series set in the days of the Roman Empire and fouses on a few key inhabitants of village of Gauls resisting being conquered by the Roman Empire through the usage of a magic potion that grants the drinker superstrength and invincibility for a limited time. The central characters are Asterix (a tiny, but smart gaul) and his best friend Obelix (a huge overweight gaul who fell into the cauldron of magic potion as a child and is permanently under its effects)


Then there's Lucky Luke, which is a bit more serious but still quite comedic and is a Western focusing on a fairly typical lonesome cowboy with a very fast draw. A lot of the humour derives from referencing historical figures and other westerns, though it's got jokes that stand on its own. If you're not into westerns or the American Wild West, I'd probably give this one a pass.


If you want something that's less humour driven, I'd recommend Thorgal, which is a fantasy/sci fi adventure series focusing on Thorgal Aegirsson, a human who is the last survivor of a race of humans that are native to outer space. He's a foundling raised by Leif Haroldson in late first millenium Scandinavia.

 

[Kyd Jhesus]

The last one sounds good and the first one too. What are you favorite manga and American comics.

 

[JimmyKnoles]

I don't read a lot of comics anymore, mostly picking up a graphic novel here or there. Recently I've been reading Marvel's adaptions of Stephen King's The Stand and Dark Tower. A friend got me into the Walking Dead comics and I've also been getting back into the Ultimate Marvel universe.

 

[Sign]

Mangas. They are many genres of it and I love the old traditional Japanese way of reading a manga. C;

 

[Kyd Jhesus]

Manga has more creator freedom.

 

[LrkStar]

I read both but I'm mostly into manga, haven't read much comics...

 

[Dyingnoob]

To be fair I don't read much comics of any nation, but I do prefer manga to comics. Comics seem to be stuck doing the same again and again, which is why superhero comics simply seem to be the only successful ones in the long run, but once again keep doing the same over and over again. How often do you get a new hero? Pretty dam rare, instead they continue to drag on the same characters on and on with no sign of an end. This has for the most part resulted with comics being an incredibly niche market that seems to survive mostly through cashing out of major box office movies. However the one thing comics do have over manga is character development, partially due to the fact that characters become over used.


Manga on the other hand is a thriving industry in Japan which offers genres that can appeal to a greater variety of people. Sure as this is a really cutthroat market where if one manga doesn't catch enough popularity early on it'll be axed before the manga really gets to flesh out, but the few that do manage to survive the first few chapters tend to really great pieces art (yes manga can be considered art and so can comics in that regard). To help they have a very active anime industry, and light novel popping up constantly with great stories that they essentially feed off of each other to create a pretty good earning for the successful creators without investing as much money wise.


As for which influenced which, it doesn't matter, each are different enough that fan will feel insulted when manga are described simply as comics, much like when people say that anime are just cartoons. There is a difference that people would argue so that one doesn't lump them into the same thing.