alafista.com » Nana http://www.alafista.com Embracing Japanese POP Culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Oricon: Most Popular Manga in 2008 http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/31/oricon-most-popular-manga-in-2008/ http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/31/oricon-most-popular-manga-in-2008/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:08:02 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=3141 [...]]]> So which is the best manga of 2008? Oricon polled 600 men and women (aged  10-40) and asked them which was the most interesting manga [一番面白かった漫画は].

One Piece easily came out on top of people’s mind. Winning over the support from more than 45% of the people surveyed.

Here’s the translated list:

  1. One Piece
  2. Nodame Cantabile
  3. NANA
  4. NARUTO
  5. HUNTER X HUNTER
  6. BLEACH
  7. Kuroshitsuji
  8. Bloody Monday
  9. Kimi ni Todoke
  10. Saint Oniisan

Source: Oricon

So which is your favorite manga for the year of 2008?

]]> http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/31/oricon-most-popular-manga-in-2008/feed/ 4 Oricon Poll: Which Manga Is Good Handbook on Love? http://www.alafista.com/2008/05/24/oricon-poll-which-manga-is-good-handbook-on-love/ http://www.alafista.com/2008/05/24/oricon-poll-which-manga-is-good-handbook-on-love/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 01:37:18 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=885 [...]]]> Here’s an interesting poll for the shoujos out there, Oricon asked girls in high school, university and those in their 20s, which manga depicts love realistically and is a good handbook on love.

Nana the popular shōjo manga series by Ai Yazawa came out on top.

Here’s the entire list

01: Nana

02: Kimi ni Todoke

03: Hana Yori Dango

03: Love Com

05: Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai

Source: Oricon

Looks like Ai Yazawa is good at writing romance shoujo managa that captures the hearts of females out there since 2 of her works are up there on the list.

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