Going to the basics, what is the magic charm of manga that makes it so magnetic?

The Story!

Especially when the story is told in pictures.. We’re all visually stimulating

When I was young, i had bedtime story.. As I get older, i had manga story..

These people love manga as much as I do…

Magic Manga Story

Magic Manga Story

Magic Manga Story

Magic Manga Story

Magic Manga Story

What’s so great about this device for manga fans???

When something EXCEEDS your ability to understand how it works, it soon becomes MAGICAL, and that’s exactly what the iPad is…

1) iPad creates an amazing new way to read manga books (from iBook store) anywhere, anytime! and… you can touch it, swipe it, rotate it, feel it…

iPad – FullMetal Alchemist

2) iPad gives a whole new mobile gaming experience to manga fans who likes to play immersive games! WARNING – PROHIBITED IN EXAM HALLS

iPad – Naruto Game

3) Watch ANIME in High Definition on iPad while you are waiting for bus, sitting on the train, or even when you are getting your “business” done in the toilet…

iPad – Hitman Reborn

4) Buy game merchandises from Manga Castle ipad app and read Manga Castle blog in the weirdest place you can imagine – eg. in the jungle of South Africa, and get the products delivered by the 24/7 eagles from Manga Castle

iPad – Manga Castle

Watch their promotional ad, it’s simply amazing and magical!

Watch Steve Job’s iPad keynote!

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Disclaimer: Apple Inc reserves full copyright of the iPad images extracted

Manga Taisho Award

The Manga Taisho Award aka Cartoon Grand Prize is an annual Japanese manga award. It is now running in its third year. Let’s see who walked away from the trophy.

Year 2008
Gaku, by Shinichi Ishizuka

Gaku

Year 2009
Chihayafuru, by Yuki Suetsugu

Chihayafuru

Let’s speculate who the winner will be this year?

Magic Manga!

In order of my personal preference.. haha

#3 Hand x Red

An amazing fantasy!

The story starts with a boy called Virgil who is training to be a swordsman in order to follow his dream of protecting the Princess of his country. After being encouraged by Grandpa Logo, he trains at the top of a mountain. Whilst training, he came across a cave and a strange wind blowing out of it. He then finds a boy, who he thinks is a monster. He then charges at the boy, but falls through the ice beneath him. The boy saves him and starts to eat Virgil’s food. From then on they are friends and Virgil helps Jim (the boy) with finding Luca and his heart.

Hand x Red

#2 M x 0

Action, romance, comedy all packed in one

M×0 centers around a young man named Taiga Kuzumi who has a hot-headed temper and is able to hold his own in a fight. During an interview to determine if he can attend Seinagi Private High School (私立聖凪高校 Shiritsu Seinagi Kōkō?) that he had plans of joining, Taiga is asked what he would do if he could use magic. “Conquer the World” is his reply and it is quickly followed by an outburst of laughter from a very cute girl.

Blaming the girl for his failing to enter the school, he goes to Seinagi to confront her about it, when a teacher mistakes Taiga for a student ditching class and pulls him through some type of strange energy barrier that surrounds the school. Without realizing what has just happened, he has set foot on a school dedicated to teaching its students how to use magic.

Taiga is later admitted into the school but with only one difference from all the other students: he can’t use magic. He must now try to survive in a school of magic and try to fool the entire school that he’s a powerful magic user at the same time.

M x 0

#1 Negima! Magister Negi Magi

10 year old boy determined to be Magister! Not to mention, surrounded by 31 hot older girls!

Negi Springfield is a 10 year old wizard from Wales, who dreams of becoming a Magister Magi (”Master Mage”), a special wizard who uses his powers to help normal people.

Negi’s reason for becoming a Magister Magi is to find his father, Nagi Springfield, the legendary mage also known as the “Thousand Master”, who is believed to be dead.

Negi is given a duty as a cover in the real world, and training, before he actually becomes a Magister Magi. That duty is to become an English teacher at Mahora Academy in Japan. The task will not be easy, however, as Negi will become a teacher to a Middle School class of 31 older girls, each very special in her own way.

Negima! Magister Negi Magi

The New York Times newspaper has listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on January 2.

1. Vampire Knight #8

2. Naruto #46

3. Maximum Ride #2

4. Vampire Knight #7

5. Maximum Ride #1

6. Soul Eater #1

7. Bleach #29

8. Black Bird #2

9. Death Note: L, change the world

10. Death Note #1

Vampire Knight

Naruto

Maximum Ride

Black Bird

Bleach

Soul Eater

Death Note

These are what most people are reading i guess. What about you?