I know we like to play video games. That's expensive though. We also watch anime and we either pay for that too or take advantage of the fact it's not licensed in America yet. Then we have manga, which also has the same problems as anime in the sense of people aren't really buying that so either.
While I understand that not everyone has money I urge people who are interested to at least go to their book store and skim through some manga. It's definitely a different feel than reading it online. If you don't know what to buy and are scared to spend $8 on some random manga then I recommend picking up a copy of the new Yen+Plus magazine.
Similar to Shonen Jump (but without the uber mainstream titles you've already read) and Shojo Beat (but not overflowing with girl-only manga), Yen+Plus is Yen Press' potpourri of some its freshest manga hitting the shelves. It contains 11 main titles that it serializes everything month and sometimes includes previews of new manga that month such as Black God or Legend. The 5 main manga titles; Nabari No ou, Sumomomo Momomo, Bamboo Blade, Higurashi: When They Cry, and Soul Eater. The other 6 titles are a combination of OEL and manwha titles including Sarasah, Pig Bride, One Fine Day, Maximum Ride, Nightschool, and Jack Frost. It's rated older teen and is a mix of shonen, seinan, and shojo comics which should be able to thirst any tastes you have regardless of age.
I understand you're thinking "thanks for titles, I'm totally going to get the scnaslations now." Well sure you can do that and some of you probabaly will but if you love the media so much why not support them? While there will always be DVD junkies who will buy the english release of anime once it's released here the print market is totally different. Magazines are differnt and are doing poorly as is manga. Turn Cartoon Network on and tell when you see anime that isn't Bakugan. Doesn't really exist does it? Good thing we still have Syfy (LOL), but they've had their anime roots since the early 90's. I'm not saying pay $25 for 4 episodes of anime, just $9 for 11 solid titles in over 200 pages of greatness!
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