Im just gonna drop some Manga recs, editing new ones in the way

• Pheonix/Hi no Tori from Osamu Tezuka. The father of Manga life work. People may think "ah tezuka cant be that good cause he was the first, he was just influential and doesnt hold up". Wrong. Pheonix is a series of mostly standalone volumes revolving around the immortal pheonix and kings,queens and regular people's lives being changed, ruined or being reborn spiritualy in the quest to catch her along with the worlds they inhabit. And i say worlds since the volumes settings range from ancient Japan to the far future in the far edges of the universe while the genres of the story range from historical drama to space horror and touches themes like spiritualism, religion, politics, colonialism, technological progress, automatization and much more. The first Volume is fine/good but it shoots up to an insane degree by volume 2. Insane paneling by Tezuka at times ( Look at this shot from bellow the table transitioning to the person walking away from it for example and beautiful backgrounds. His character designs are indeed simple but dont let that throw you off

• Nausicaa Manga by Hayao Miyazaki. Yeah maybe some of you have seen the movie ,however good it is the manga is easily better and many argue Miyazaki's masterpiece above any movie he did even. Beautiful ,tho some times crowded art. 2 of the best written female characters in fiction. World building at the levels of the very best (Tolkien or whatave you think does it best). Maybe something like 1 part Dune, 1 part Lord of the Rings, 1/2 part Dostoevsky, 1/2 part Steinbeck, and 1 part Earthsea but again its meaningless to do this.Miyazaki still in his Marxist period so lots good shit to see on that front thematicaly. an examination of the nature of Nature, the place and value of man within the larger context of existence, the ethics of violence on both man and nature, and the horror of war. If nothing else, you will get a very Japanese influenced perspective on war (very visible post-atomic bomb thoughts) and the idea of empire (yes, that bit is ironic) that is very rare in modern western stories. It also has a very interesting analysis of pacifism that goes beyond the usual naivety found in stories with the theme

3. Akira by Otomo. Yeah its a basic rec who cares, its amazing. Same thing with nausicaa regarding movie-manga quality upgrade and in this case it may be even greater. First of all some of the most amazing art you will ever see Duh . People may say blade runner , but Akira is equaly foundemental in cyberpunk. It handles the setting , world and themes even better in many aspects and for sure far better than its own movie. Endlessly engaging with layers and layers of quality sideplots and characters