Five mangas that MUST be made into anime
Over the last year, I read some incredible manga. Pretty much all genres and a wide variety of categories. You could call year 2008 my year of exploration for manga. I also watched more anime last year than ever. That’s kind of embarrassing to admit since I think actually watched more cartoons as a middle aged man than I ever did as a kid. Go figure.
With this newfound manga lore, I came up with a list of five manga that are (in my opinion) just begging for an anime adaptation. My recommendations are based on a number of factors: entertainment value, good story, good art work and successful commercial possibilities. I think the possible commercial aspects of any manga has to be given strong weight in any evaluation since making an anime adaptation is a risky undertaking. Animes can fail commercially and they’re not exactly cheap to produce. So without further ado, my list…
