MikeCme

Kirito and Sinon from Gun Gale Online! (Sequel to Sword Art Online.) In fact, I actually enjoyed GGO even better than SAO.

GitS, by far… except that much of it is becoming science fact!

Influencing me: Film: Spirited Away / Series: Darker than Black. Influencing world media: Film: Akira / Series: High School DxD (JK ); I don’t know.

I saw both parts of AoT. Very true to the story in spite of significant differences in visual design. I enjoyed them. GitS, not so much.

If you want a very thin slice, ”Waiting for a Train” is charming.

To be honest, the closest I have come to being published was as an Editor. And it was for a Western style graphic novel, not a manga. A friend of mine wrote and drew (actually analog painted) a graphic novel about World War II. He asked me to help edit the dialogue, and I ended up helping a little with the panel layouts also. He self-published it on Amazon, and he was happy with the process and with the products - both digital & printed. I should add: he’s a retired engineer, like me. And he was more focused on artistic expression than making money.

A Silent Voice and possibly Garden of Words come to mind. I could also add Basilisk, because of the ending. No spoilers intended, but the only reason the ending doesn’t make me more sad is because it’s somewhat predictable for a Japanese drama.