I apoligize if this type of thread has already been done several times before, I am simply curious. What was your introduction to manga (to whomever stumbles upon this thread)? For me, I had been familiar with anime since I was very young with series such as Digimon and Sailor Moon, in Middle School I was introduced to the world of manga through Pokemon Adventures (which I am still collecting to this day with volume 29). After that I found Shonen Jump at a Wal-mart and the rest, as they say, is history.
Hmm...it's hard to say. I knew what manga was after sometime being an anime fan, but I never thought that we ever got it over here. Then I just stumbled upon a Dragon Ball volume at Hastings and bought it (volume 16 to be exact). From there I was able to look up online and found out that we'd been getting it for a while. How I'd missed it before that, I will never know.
I saw GitS at suncoast and I first thought that it was based off the movie. I later learned online that a lot of anime is based off of manga. before seeing that book I was oblivious to the very existence of manga.
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What got me interested in manga was just the style of it, collecting the book and the artstyle, the cover designs and not just the story. It's a whole bunch of things in one that got me to enjoy this wonderful hobby and I don't regret spending a lot of money on it.
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