From: kuo@sumax.seattleu.edu (Chih-Ping Kuo)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Re: Suggestion
Date: 13 Sep 92 00:09:51 GMT
Organization: sumax city 0092

In article <1992Sep12.175409.24212@ccsd.uts.EDU.AU> axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au writes:
>s92458km@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Kunio Muto) writes:
> >>I have a suggestion to make.... Why not make a list of the popular
> >>mangas among all of us? Like we all get to pick 10 of our favorite
> >>mangas... all of you mail me the list... and i update them......
>I asked about a "manga rating" scheme for the r.a.m primer.  But nobody
>posted or mailed anything.  There is a system in rec.arts.movies which is
>kind of interesting.  Anyway, I think any kind of popularity poll,
>especially if it's conducted and posted regularly, would be great.

I am thinking along the same line, a regular monthly post of "currently 
active" manga top 10 list, sort of like the Animage poll, but excluding
title that had finished its run.  If we are allowing the all time list,
the titles on the top will hardly change at all in any period of time.

>Chih-Ping Kuo writes:
> >Ah! My Goddess (The latest, from the middle of book 5 to now, are very good) 
>That's interesting -- you've picked the exact same point as me for
>"AMG excellence". ^_^  I think I can pinpoint it exactly.. Chapter 34,
>especially the improved character design for Urd.  From that point
>on, AMG definitely has some of the most polished and stylish art around.

but the story also improve dramatically, Skuld's appearance spice up the 
entire setting.  before that I thought AMG could't make up its mind on 
what kind of manga it wants to be.  It couldn't go all out to be as 
weird as Taiho, and it couldn't be as heartwarming and nice as Maison, 
art is never a problem for me with Fujishima.  hey, I even like the art
of the beginning of Taiho compare to the AMGish art of the later Taiho.

(overall, I even rank Taiho better than AMG as a whole.  but that is just me,
I would be pretty surprised if anyone agree with me on that point....)

> >Appleseed  (can't beat the action)  
>Be more precise, please. ^_^

I must admit reading Intro Depot make all of Shirow's works jump up a few
points in my rating, but when you consider the attention he pays to the
details, tracer rounds, the design of all those various hardware, and the
realism of his battle sequences, etc.  not to mention the story which 
is so "grant" that Shirow is having trouble of making head and tail of.  
I only read Gaia 9 and 10 (or is it 8 or 9?) in store and they are enough
for me.  

btw, Shirow is so modest in Intron, he is making apology for various points
I didn't even catch, I think in the entire book he only have 2 or 3 pictures
which he called "satisfactory". I on the other hand only have 2 or 3 
pictures that I don't like from the entire books.  Unlike Dragon Magazine,
I find absolutely nothing wrong with the dragon lady....... 

>(Glad to see you posting again... BTW, Patrick still doesn't have
>AMG vol.6. :-)

since AMG is reprinted, massive volumes had show up in various Kino,
oh, you are saying AMG #6? oh well, they only reprinted #1-5.....

> Iain Sinclair    axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
> "His aim, while poor when sober, becomes 100% hit probability when drunk!"


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