Comments on: The Best Manga You’ve Overlooked http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/ The Publisher | Librarian Connection Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin Brenner http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/#comment-47494 Robin Brenner Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:54:03 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=30267#comment-47494 Momo, while I agree that may be why these aren't more collected, I don't feel that's a valid justification any more. I don't mean that as an attack on you, but more the way libraries are currently thinking about purchasing graphic novels. The excuse doesn't hold water any more for me. Many of the first manga and anime fans in the US were adults and they continue to be a strong audience for titles of both mediums. There are many strong series being published now for adults, and they should have a section just like the teen collections do (and they shouldn't just be crammed in with the teen collection.) <strong><em>Suppli</em></strong>, <strong><em>20th Century Boys</em></strong>, and <strong><em>Ristorante Paradiso</em></strong> have all come out relatively recently, when more libraries SHOULD be waking up to the fact that they have adult patrons who want to read this stuff! Aside from that point, <strong><em>Flower of Life</em></strong> and <strong><em>Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom</em></strong> were both on the <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/annotations/08ggnt.cfm" rel="nofollow">Great Graphic Novels for Teens list</a> and <strong><em>Twin Spica</em></strong> and <strong><em>Cat Paradise</em></strong> are both recommended for teens. Momo, while I agree that may be why these aren’t more collected, I don’t feel that’s a valid justification any more. I don’t mean that as an attack on you, but more the way libraries are currently thinking about purchasing graphic novels. The excuse doesn’t hold water any more for me. Many of the first manga and anime fans in the US were adults and they continue to be a strong audience for titles of both mediums. There are many strong series being published now for adults, and they should have a section just like the teen collections do (and they shouldn’t just be crammed in with the teen collection.) Suppli, 20th Century Boys, and Ristorante Paradiso have all come out relatively recently, when more libraries SHOULD be waking up to the fact that they have adult patrons who want to read this stuff!

Aside from that point, Flower of Life and Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom were both on the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list and Twin Spica and Cat Paradise are both recommended for teens.

]]> By: Momo http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/#comment-47491 Momo Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:24:01 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=30267#comment-47491 The majority of the titles you mentioned are aimed at adults. Most libraries have their manga collections for tweens and teens. That's really why so few have picked them up :-) The majority of the titles you mentioned are aimed at adults. Most libraries have their manga collections for tweens and teens. That’s really why so few have picked them up :-)

]]> By: Playing favorites « The Manga Curmudgeon http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/#comment-47486 Playing favorites « The Manga Curmudgeon Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:27:36 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=30267#comment-47486 [...] few moments to go read some great pieces on the best manga you aren’t reading by Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner and the aforementioned [...] [...] few moments to go read some great pieces on the best manga you aren’t reading by Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner and the aforementioned [...]

]]> By: A Post Library World http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/#comment-47480 A Post Library World Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:04:51 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=30267#comment-47480 20th Century Boys is a complex, engaging read that I would liken to the tv show Lost. I highly recommend it and anything else by Urasawa! :) 20th Century Boys is a complex, engaging read that I would liken to the tv show Lost. I highly recommend it and anything else by Urasawa! :)

]]> By: Annette Griessman http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/#comment-47331 Annette Griessman Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:49:47 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=30267#comment-47331 Thank you for the recommendations...I'm a huge "Wild Adapter" fan, as well as a fan of the two Saiyuki titles, and I recently highlighted those titles in a manga display at my library. Fingers crossed that Wild Adapter continues, and that the final volume of Saiyuki Reload sees print in the US soon. Thank you for the recommendations…I’m a huge “Wild Adapter” fan, as well as a fan of the two Saiyuki titles, and I recently highlighted those titles in a manga display at my library. Fingers crossed that Wild Adapter continues, and that the final volume of Saiyuki Reload sees print in the US soon.

]]> By: The Manga Critic » Blog Archive » The Best Manga You’re Not Reading http://www.earlyword.com/2010/07/06/the-best-manga-youve-overlooked/#comment-47329 The Manga Critic » Blog Archive » The Best Manga You’re Not Reading Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:00:25 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=30267#comment-47329 [...] here to read Brigid and Martha’s recommendations; click here to read Robin’s. Have a title you’d like to suggest? Let me know in the comments [...] [...] here to read Brigid and Martha’s recommendations; click here to read Robin’s. Have a title you’d like to suggest? Let me know in the comments [...]

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