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> From: "Don Wang" <donwang@ucla.edu>

>
> Azumanga Daioh is one of the few manga I really enjoyed.  I buy a lot of
> stuff but this is one where I thought it was worth the money.  Unlike most
> series, it didn't drag on, and yet it is still quite fulfilling and
> satisfying.

I first caught the manga via Japanese scans, so I was overjoyed
when it was announced that it was coming out here in the US.
And unlike many manga (like Ranma, UY and probably IY included),
it had a very satisfying ending that actually was an ending (like MI).
>
> I didn't like Excel Saga that much.  I guess it's funny, but it's just
> slapstick funny.  I certainly enjoyed Azumanga Daioh's humor more, since
> it's not reliant on gimmicks..

I have the entire Excel Saga set on DVD, and it was enjoyable, if mindless
(which was some of the appeal; to sit back and let the TV drive for awhile
^_^).
But I must confess that I am liking the manga more, since there seems to be
more
actual characterization here (sometimes Excel seems downright symphathetic),
and none of that "Princess from Mars" stuph; However, I am wondering how
the English translation will change now that Dan Kanemitsu is not
translating,
and Carl Horn is at Dark Horse.

>
> Did the Eva manga ever finish?  I remember it was indefinitely postponed
for
> a long while but continued.

It continued; I ordered Japanese volume 9, which Sasuga got in late last
month.
Viz released vol. 8 as a paperback late April or so (I picked it up, even
tho' I
had read the stories in Shonen A(ce) and now have the Japanese release.
Some interesting stuff going down, making me like this more than the anime
(which is still one of my favorites...).
>
> The only manga I'm currently looking forward to is Mahoromatic, which I
> still can't find anywhere in Chinese.  Must be pretty obscure stuff.  Now,
> if they're going to make Fate/Stay Night into a manga (and not the cheap
fan
> stuff), I'll be sure to buy it!

I had heard that ADV had the rights to the manga version of Nuku Nuku.
I am hoping that will include the first version, since I have never seen
that,
except for a copy at Ohayocon2003 that was going for 42 bucks.
And that is because I had heard that, to get the book out (Takada Yuzo
hadn't completed enough material to get it released in Tankobon format),
Moriyama Yuji had gotten some material in it. Not sure, just what I had
heard.
I read the Shonen A(ce) stories, and the artwork wasn't nearly as tight as
his
usual work, but fun, nonetheless.

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> Don
> "I am a king before I am a girl.  My body belongs to my country only.
This
> is merely the responsibility of an immortal.  The girl named Artoria
exists
> only for the happiness of her people."
> Artoria, Fate/Stay Night
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