Manga (Anime) series info?

[goddess47]

I'm writing a story where my main character stops his friend, a dad to a 13-ish year old boy, from purchasing some anime manga books because the main character knows the book series is too adult (sex, violence, both) for a 13 year old. The main character then recommends a different series because the story line is more appropriate for the age of the teen.

The story is the relationship between the main character and the dad, so this is a small piece of the larger story. But I know absolutely nothing about anime (or manga, obviously!) and would appreciate some recommendations of titles that would fit those categories.

Thanks!


ETA: I'm looking for currently available titles and perhaps where they are best purchased (a bookstore, a comic book store, a specialty shop, online?)


ETA2: I'm looking US-centric here.

Comments

[rodo]

You might want to specify time and place here. What's available in the US is not going to be the same as what's available in Germany, even if there's going to be some overlap.

[goddess47]

I am learning a lot right here... thanks for that. I never would have thought country specific.

[ariaflame]

Are they to be English or another language translations? Presumably they're not actually in Japan.

Preferred genre? Manga is the medium but there are manga aboout everything. Horror, fantasy, sports, romance, you name it, there's probably a manga.
More common stuff you can probably get in a bookstore, possibly a SF bookstore. But yes comic book stores for something less common may need online ordering.

[goddess47]

In English... umm... goodness, I hadn't thought about genre... let me pick fantasy and/or sports... a 13 year-old boy is unlikely to want his dad to buy him romance books. But the main character can be 'troll' and would certainly buy one romance book for the kid...

So if you have something mainstream that would be in a bookstore, that would be perfect... so if you have something adult that the kid should not read, in any genre, then something in fantasy and sports that would be good. And then a romance as a tease would be fun...

Does that makes sense? Great questions and thanks for being patient with me!