A mangaka who also draw between manga-style and more realism, is Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Billy Bat). He's one of my favorite mangaka (well, he does seinen, so of course it's a good point for me )
It's ironic you mention that, because I just picked up the first boxset of the Monster anime today! I've never seen it, but having heard so many good things about it, I couldn't pass it up when I found it on the cheap.
*Reading more about Masakazu Katsura* Hmmm he also draw seinen (Zetman)... very good very good... Gonna find some volumes right now...
The two picture examples I posted are from Zetman. Lemme know what you think of it, though depending on where you're from you may not find volumes released. The US doesn't have it yet, though we've gotten some of his other shonen stuff, like I"s (which is one of my other obsessions, and the source of my avatar/sig), Video Girl Ai, and DNA2 (well, the anime we got on this one, not the manga). His shonen isn't your basic DBZ/Naruto/Bleach/One Piece fare by any means though (not that I don't like those too), so be sure not to dismiss those just because they're shonen.
Oh, and be warned - Katsura likes his fan-service.
Monster is really nice ^^ Now I buy and read all the series this mangaka make. I just love them!
I knew your pictures were from Zetman ^^ I can find where pictures are from (website)... don't forget I studied computer science 2 years, I'm not a newbie
Volumes not released? In France? lol After Japan, France is the country who buy the most manga! We have more manga here than in the US, than in any other country in the world! (And there are 14 volumes of Zetman released in France now) lol don't worry for me ^^ I already found 10 of them in French and the next 2 in English from free as Ebooks ^^ (We have less scanlations in French than in English, but more manga in shops) I told you, I'm not a newbie. You're talking to the Gloomy Pirate here, man!
I'll see for the shonen manga later. I'll begin with the seinen. And I think you understood me ^^ I don't like so much shonen like Bleach or Naruto... Too long, many battles for... nothing... It's always the same things, so I got bored very quickly. Now that doesn't mean I'll never read them (except DBZ, I never liked it), but I won't buy them! I think I'll even sell my Inuyasha and my few One Piece books... And I'm now a little angry against Higanjima who begin to be a long series. 20 books is good, more than 30 is... too expensive ^^' and I'm afraid it'll become like so many other shonen series. (PS: I read more manga than I watch the anime. For Monster, I watched only the beginning, but read the full manga. Anyway, don't worry, for Monster, the anime follow very closely the story of the manga. More than Death Note, even.)
... I think we should create or revive a thread for the manga/anime fans...
I created one, a long time ago... here it is:
http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2187.0