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| | Locus Online: Cynthia Ward surveys manga (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | As a result, manga are less "talky," and the art usually isn't emphasized to the detriment of the story. |
 | | The first English-language manga published in the US was the contemporary fantasy Mai, the Psychic Girl, released in May 1987 by independent publisher Eclipse Comics, in association with Viz (the American subsidiary of Japanese publishing giant Shogakukan). |
 | | However, many manga aren't drawn in the cartoony "manga style." Some notable examples of "non-manga-style" manga art are Akira, Batman: Child of Dreams, Blade of the Immortal, Crying Freeman (non-SF/F), Ghost in the Shell, Lone Wolf and Cub (non-SF/F), Mai the Psychic Girl, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. |
| www.locusmag.com /2004/Reviews/06Ward_Manga.html (3614 words) |
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