Media that were brought to mind by mangas, anyone wanna share?

Some I could remember right now:

Bread related manga (Yakitate!! Japan?) -
Bread baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart
(Cinnamon frankenbuns recipe, the Pita bread recipe also turned really well)
Bread by Hamelman,
Bread nerdery site, tanzhong method, food blogs
Steven Kaplan on Conan Obrien,

Farming related manga (Gin no Saji) –
Permaculture forum, Grow food party crew, GMO study

Nature or strength related manga (Hunter x hunter, Aruku Hito)-
Yoga, qigong, WAS nature school, barefoot running, The naked warrior by Pavel Tsatsouline, nature guide books, Cornell lab of Orinthology, Satipattana Sutta

Survival related manga- 98.6 Degrees by Cody Lundin, Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales

Certain manga with fighting- stick fighting

Mangas concerning Sex
Ayurvedic info on
Wikipedia article on

Health or indian food related manga (Hotman?, addicted to curry?)-
Ayurveda Land and seed theory, introduction, food combining

Band related manga (Beck?)-
Dia
Devil’s way
Baby Star

Hajime no ippo- Dynamite glove, ignition-one forum

Tea related manga (Ocha Nigosu, Hyouge mono?)- nerdout on tea making, water quality, temp for diff types 70-90F, length of time, type of tea leaves, traditional teaware and customs

Ra-i- Love bites (some eps on hulu currently)
Nana(-)- Make it or break it (in a frustrating way)

Choku!?– Blood stain removal articles

Manga related to strategy, world events (Shana oh Yoshitsune, many more)- Book of Changes by ? Wilhelm/Banes translation?, Historie, Cesare

Manga related to animals/masks (Chii’s sweet home, Animal sense?)-
animal medicine, Medicine wheel, synastry.net

(tried leaving out or put ?’s by manga’s I can’t recommend)
Isn't it an assortment? What might other people think of?

The monkey is reaching for the moon in the water.
Until death overtakes him, he’ll never give up.
If he’d let go the branch and disappear in the deep pool,
The whole world would shine with dazzling pureness.