And the winner of the Music Manga Giveaway is…Ben Jonas!
As the winner, Ben will be receiving the first four volumes of Harold Sakuishi’s manga series Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad as published by Tokyopop. For this giveaway, I was interested in learning about everyone’s favorite music-themed manga. Check out the giveaway comments for all of the responses!
Music is one of my great loves and so I always enjoy it when music is incorporated into the manga that I read. Sometimes music is a major part of a manga’s plot, such as in Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad. (Also worth reading is Otaku Champloo’s recent feature on Beck). Sometimes music plays more of a minor role, but it always makes me happy when it shows up.
A selection of manga licensed in English which incorporate music:
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa
Age Called Blue by Est Em
Ai Ore! by Mayu Shinjo
Alice the 101st by Chigusa Kawai
Astral Project written by Garon Tsuchiya, illustrated by Shyuji Takeya
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad by Harold Sakuishi
La Corda d’Oro by Yuki Kure
Detroit Metal City by Kiminori Wakasugi
A Devil and Her Love Song by Miyoshi Tomori
Dragon Voice by Yuriko Nishiyama
Full Moon o Sagashite by Arina Tanemura
Il Gatto Sul G by Tooko Miyagi
Grand Guignol Orchestra by Kaori Yuki
Gravitation by Maki Murakami
Hard Rock by Akane Abe
K-ON! by Kakifly
Me and the Devil Blues by Akira Hiramoto
Mikansei No. 1 by Majiko
Nana by Ai Yazawa
Nodame Cantabile by Tomoko Ninomiya
Pichi Pichi Pitch written by Michiko Yokote, illustrated by Pink Hanamori
Solanin by Inio Asano
Solfege by Fumi Yoshinaga
SOS by Hinako Ashihara
Seduce Me After the Show by Est Em
Tena on S-String by Sesuna Mikabe
Utahime by Aki
Venus Capriccio by Mai Nishikata
Virtuoso di Amore by Uki Ogasawara
Voiceful by Nawoko
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