what manga distributor do you like?

[Misterex]

what's your fav' manga distributor

*exampel Naruto shonen jump.FMA viz. ect ect.*

[Gjallarhorn]

what's your fav' manga distributor

*exampel Naruto shonen jump.FMA viz. ect ect.*

Both Naruto and FMA are distributed by Viz in the US. Naruto is serialized in Shounen Jump Weekly, and FMA is serialized in Monthly Shounen Gangan.


I liked TokyoPop until they went far downhill in 2006/2007, so I'll go with Viz. And YenPress has some good series.

[Exempt]

i <3 detective conan which is viz i think

so viz

[Bulma1017]

Viz!!!! Is sooo much better than Bandi... I also like Funimation.

[Doom85]

Bulma: The OP said manga distributor, not anime, since as far as I know FUNi only does anime.

For me:

Viz: lots of great shonen/seinen selection, and some shojo. Occasional edits like FMA's "Greed cross" and Naruto's "drunk Lee" are annoying, but only happen on rare occasions
Del Ray: nice, diverse selection. Notes at the end of each volume help a lot with any cultural references and such
Yen Press: best paper quality of the manga companies. Unfortunately, only have a few series (Bamboo Blade, Soul Eater, Haruhi light novels, and I'm considering the Higurashi manga) that I'm interested in

Everyone else, I either only have a few series from (Gantz from Dark Horse, Fruits Basket from Tokyopop, Gurren Lagann and Gunbam 00 from Bandai), or am not too impressed.

[StabWound]

Viz. Specifically for their Signature line which has some really great manga including; Solanin, What a Wonderful World!, Phoenix, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Uzumaki, Tekkon Kinkreet and Detroit Metal City among others.

[Opinionated]

I'm a big fan of Seven Seas. I think they're the exception to the whole, "Nobody from America can actually write" stigma that seems to hang around anime fans. I find the mangas they publish are unique and original, and yes, well drawn an dgood looking.

[XxPantherChickxX]

Tokyopop, Viz, ect. :3
I like them all.

[naotavespaboy]

Viz media and Dark horse. Tokyopop aren't bad its just that they do some really awful titles for all the good ones they bring out.

[Diocletian]

Viz. Specifically for their Signature line which has some really great manga including; Solanin, What a Wonderful World!, Phoenix, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Uzumaki, Tekkon Kinkreet and Detroit Metal City among others.

Congrats, you're one of the coolest people on the forum.

I personally like Viz for their new Sigikki line. I no longer have to track down Ikki magazines on ebay and not understand a word of what's going on. Sorry Del Rey, but until you release something like gekiga or stuff like Sigikki, Viz has that place in my heart.

[JIMBO.]

Dark horse for doing Trigun and ghost in the shell.

[Kiwi Pie]

I like Del Monte