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Naoki Urasawa

post #1 of 6
1/14/10 at 11:27am
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I was curious if anyone on Chud is into Naoki Urasawa? I find he's one of the few manga artists who appeals to regular comic book readers and not just anime fans. His most famous work is probably Monster, though I'm really liking 20th Century Boys. I don't think there's anyone working in comics right now who can do suspense as well as he can. Any other fans?
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post #2 of 6
1/14/10 at 3:22pm
I haven't read any of his stuff but the raves in so many end of year lists have piqued my curiosity.

It's tricky business tracking down good manga/anime without falling into piles of otaku crap.
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post #3 of 6
1/14/10 at 5:40pm
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It's worth finding the first volume of Monster, but just know that you will get hooked and want the following 17 volumes right away. It seems like a slow-burn at first, then twist after twist comes and you realize that the slow start was actually setting up all these different elements. His style is nice too in that it avoids the big-eyed, big breasted stereotypical crappy anime style (he even makes it a point not to use sweatdrops as he's going for a more realistic approach).
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post #4 of 6
1/15/10 at 2:59am
Been watching the animated adaptation of Monster on Sci-Fi. It's a very nice "man on the run" TV drama/thriller that only hints at supernatural elements so far. Largely lacking the standard anime cliches, except for some of the overly straightforward dialogue. Seems like the sort of thing that would appeal to a wider audience as well as people who may have liked the storytelling in the Ghost In The Shell shows but didn't care for the cyberpunk fanservice and philosophical pretension.
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post #5 of 6
1/15/10 at 7:31am
His works are great but I think you're missing one of his latest work that would most probably be the one that is easiest to introduce to a newcomer, particularly if the person is familiar with Astroboy: Pluto.

The story basically a retelling of The World's Strongest Robot story arc of the show and follows the story from another point of view. The series is only 8 volumes and 6 of those are already translated and available from Viz.
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post #6 of 6
1/16/10 at 9:45am
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I always think of Pluto as being more of an in-joke kind of thing for people who are really into Osamu Tezuka, which is ridiculous because you don't have to even know who Astro Boy is for the story to work. I've fallen behind in reading it myself and will probably just wait until the last volume is out and get 'em all.
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