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   Sceadu to Chris Kern   
   Re: Manga for an older reader   
   25 Sep 05 16:08:44   
   
   From: aeonarcanum@NOhotSPAMmail.com   
      
   "Chris Kern"  wrote in message   
   news:t58dj1hgf2pdglb9vi1m1vq1e1jn9dv4di@4ax.com...   
   > On 25 Sep 2005 02:05:42 -0700, "Bo Rosén"  posted   
   > the following:   
   >   
   >>So, is there anything for a straight middle-aged white male out there   
   >>(I mean, this group can't be in a minority here - that'd be a first!)   
   >   
   > Quite a bit, although very little of it is translated into English.   
   >   
   > Are you OK with download scanlated manga, or does it have to be   
   > commercially published?  My top recommendations for "adult" manga   
   > would be Monster and 20th Century Boys, but I also highly recommend   
   > Mushishi (from mangascreener).  All of those are in magazines intended   
   > for older readers.  20th CB may even be available commercially in the   
   > United States although the official translation isn't very far.   
   >   
   > -Chris   
      
   It's not commercially available in English yet. Urasawa requested that Viz   
   complete Monster before they print 20th CB in order to show the evolution   
   of his art style, or something like that. The first volume of Monster comes   
   out sometime in the next few months.   
      
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