Much like my anime viewing started with Mazinger comics in Argentina, not sure if it was real manga, but I was 5 at the time so didn't really care. Again like anime stopped for about 20 yrs uni, well juts after uni. wasn't really enamoured of manga as there was little good stuff in the country, and was into US comics. When in NZ picked up some Lone Wolf and cub, and Megatokyo.