Something I really like to do in my spare time is read. I enjoy reading many different types of novels, which include general fiction and Manga. Not many people know about manga in western country’s, It came about in the 1800’s in Japan and is very popular in Japan today, Manga constituted an annual 406 billion Japanese yen by 2007, around 3.6 billion US dollars.

Manga is a Japanese comic or graphic novel, that you read right to left instead of left to right. Many Manga’s are based on Anime’s which are Japanese animated shows and films. I have many Manga’s that are based on shows that I have watched, there are usually quite a few books to a series and are always numbered there can be 30 plus Manga books to one Anime show. The art work in Manga is very much like the animated characters in the shows and always very detailed and well drawn. Anime is drawn in much the same artistic style.

There are many Manga cafes in Japan where people drink coffee and read Manga, kind of like Internet cafes in western country’s. It only started to take off and become popular in the US in the early Nineties, It’s also become popular in Europe and the UK now.

I have to buy Manga online from specialist websites as there are not many stores in the UK. I’m hoping that in the future Manga will be more recognised and popular in the UK, so that it will become more widely available and more shops will open up for the demand. One of my favourite Manga’s which I have is called Dears and is based on the Anime of the same name. My hubby has 35 plus Manga books and I love reading then and hope to get many more in the future myself.

Also learned what race queens are there’s interviews in the book and I read Ayakawa Yunmao interview she’s a professional cosplayer and a race queen at the weekends, It sounds like a really fun job and It got me thinking that I would’nt mind doing something like that myself because I have such a love for cars you basically have to go to racing events and hold an umbrella over a driver while he is parked. Then as I read on I found out that you have to be a minimum of 170 centimeters and I’m quite small, so I mesured myself out of curiosity and I’m only 157 centimeters so sadly I dont measur up : (

I even came across Danny Choo in the book and he’s comented about the book on the back page saying “you can’t possibly be called an otaku without this book”. Studio gibli is also mentioned in the book.

I’m a big fan of the first Twilight film and the first book need to get the rest of the books when I can. Jennifer’s Body looks very interesting as you dont really know what kind of moster Megan Fox’s character is or what she is and I like my scary movies mostly Vampire films my favorite is still Vampire Hunter D. Here are the trailers for you to watch.

It has a really good story and a lot of plot twist’s. The show kind of reminds me of Xena: Warrior Princess as it’s a fantasy, adventure series. There’s going to be a second season and I cant wait for it really do recomend watching it.

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