Manga?

[spirituality]

isnt Manga anime porn? Thats what they said on sexTV... Im confused...

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Yes- Manga is anime porn, more or less. Although all Manga is generally graphic enough to be considered 'porn' or 'porn-like' by many Christian and conservative people, some Manga sets out with the specific purpose to be pornographic (and the succeed with extreme style-depending on what your tastes are)

 

[spirituality]

So why is there a forum relating to fans of cartoon porn on a christian forum? Im not offending anyone, I have nothing against anyone who looks at porn, I dont think there is REALLY anything wrong with that, I just dont understand why there would be a forum for porn fans on a christian site...

 

[Kelly]

WHAT?!?!?!

Manga is the japanese word for COMIC BOOKS!!!

There are pornographic materials in available in all forms of media (comics, anime) but those are considered "Hentai" which I think means perverted. "Ecchi" is the romanji sounding for "H" which is short for Hentai.

What you just said is that comic books = porn. Wrong wrong wrong. It's a medium.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Sorry! I thought you meant Magna the company! My apologies!

 

[Arthur Dietrich]

Kelly is right. Manga=comic books. Here's some online from Shonen Jump:

http://www.shonenjump.com/onlinemanga/onlinemanga.php

 

[Kelly]

Manga the company subs and dubs all sorts of anime. Not just porn. They distribute of of my favorite animes, Giant Robo which is pretty clean, PG movie material (no nudity, one or two swear words, almost bloodless violence).

 

[Kelly]

Btw, spirituality, I love your avatar!

 

[spirituality]

oops I guess I wasnt paying to much attention to the tv show...I do remember them saying Hentai also though...

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

I like almost all of the Manga company products (porn and non and their grey area stuff) so... *shrug*

 

[Kelly]

Teh l33t anime fans hate hentai. It is an embarrassment that ruins the reputation of fans of the animated medium. It's really sad how much hentai or soft core junk is represented on American store shelves. There is so much more available out there.

 

[SqueakyGerbil]

I don't think it helps when way too many video stores stock anime in the kids section.
It was only about 3 weeks ago when I saw a mother grab one of the NGE (Evangelion) DVDs and start to walk to the counter while telling her young kids "this looks like a good one".
I waited to see if the clerk would do anything but she didn't bat and eye. I had to go up and even then the mother wanted an explantion how "cartoons aren't for children".

And that is not the first store that I have encountered that is that oblivious to it.

As far as Hentai ect. I have yet to meet a real anime fan who isn't horribly disgusted by the existance. It's Hentai that causes parents to flip when they find out their kid is watching anime, and its Hentai that causes a lot of people to disregard all anime as junk (even though I have seen some amazing anime over the years)

 

[Brian]

I think it's ignorant to assume that all anime or manga is porn. It's a nasty rumor that I want to see an end to.

Also, many of Manga Entertainment's products are not porn. They put out some good anime like Castle of Cagliostro (highly recommended in subtitles, though the dub adds cursing, ugh).

There is plenty of good manga out there too. Magic Knight Rayearth, Angelic Layer, One Piece, Azumanga Daioh, Astro Boy, and many others are definatly worth reading.

 

[ThePhoenix]

Ghost in the Shell and Akira, the Hellsing Manga, there are a lot of good ones.

P.S. Hentai is porn, unfortunately. All I can say is the movie camera produces both good clean films and porn films. The medium is not the message.

 

[SqueakyGerbil]

I think it's ignorant to assume that all anime or manga is porn. It's a nasty rumor that I want to see an end to.

Regretably, there is a lot of people that have a very set view of anime. It is to the point that there are few who realize that a lot of the series that they love on North American TV, are actually anime that has been dubbed for showing here. Also there is the lovely fact that for years North American companies would change so much of the original story to fit their ideal consumers of children (anyone here see when Escaflowne was shown on FOX?). For years it has been seen as either porn or just simple cartoons for children (which isn't correct either).

There is plenty of good manga out there too. Magic Knight Rayearth, Angelic Layer, One Piece, Azumanga Daioh, Astro Boy, and many others are definatly worth reading.

I can see two on that list which I say were also good for viewing if one gets the chance (Magic Knight Rayearth and One Piece)