educational manga?

[somethinorwatever]

well, i hear that ppl learn a lot of vocabulary and stuff from manga (especially manga that has furigana). however, manga isn't the best place to learn japanese... i wwas wondering if there are any manga series out there that are educational and teach correct japanese (whether it be formal or colloquial, etc.)

[b4d0m3n]

I will argue that manga is, in fact, the best place to learn a large chunk of Japanese. But it should not be the only place. Manga is perfect for boosting your vocabulary, and it also happens to be fun (unlike a textbook). The trick is to read enough of it to understand the context of weird/colloquial expressions.

[Harisenbon]

somethinorwatever wrote:
well, i hear that ppl learn a lot of vocabulary and stuff from manga (especially manga that has furigana). however, manga isn't the best place to learn japanese... i wwas wondering if there are any manga series out there that are educational and teach correct japanese (whether it be formal or colloquial, etc.)

Doraemon is pretty "standard" Japanese, and it's used by a lot of institutions to teach common Japanese phrases to students.

[Hatori]

Kanji De Manga. It helps teach people learn kanji, sound effects for manga, and the kana in a fun informational comic book! B)

[Denus]

This reminds me of a blog article I once read.

[saraLynne]

Denus wrote:
This reminds me of a blog article I once read.

Wow! That was a very interesting read! Thanks for the link.

[Gundaetiapo]

Learning from manga is working fine enough for me. You might be interested in this [wiki]Reading manga[/wiki] article.

[NocturnalOcean]

I recommend reading the manga called Aqua, and Aria. Aqua is 2 volumes, and Aria is 10 volumes so far.(They are related) There is furigana all over, and the language is not too difficult. The serie is a slice of life serie, so there are plenty of useful vocabulary too.

[inuinu]

学研の「ひみつシリーズ」はいかがでしょうか。
さまざまな題材をまんがのキャラクターたちが詳しく説明してくれます。
ストーリーがメインではなく、「教育」がメインの教育まんがですが
それなりのキャラクター設定やストーリーが用意されているので
私は子供のころ、おおいに楽しんで読んでいた記憶があります。
教育向けなので、比較的わかりやすく正しい日本語を使用していたと思います。
ふりがなも振ってあったはず。
日本語のついでに、さまざまな雑学も身に付いて一石二鳥だと思いますよ。
自分にとって興味のある題材を選べば、読んでいく集中力も途切れないはずです。
「恐竜のひみつ」「漢字のひみつ」「忍術・手品のひみつ」
「宇宙のひみつ」「昆虫のひみつ」などなどたくさんあるので、
きっと興味がある題材に関するひみつシリーズも見つかると思いますよ。

OPさんが求めている「まんが」の意味とは少し違うかもしれませんが
私はひみつシリーズが好きだったので、いちおう推薦しておきます。