I have two young girls in my extended family, ages 8 and 10. I have been gifting / recommending them movies, TV shows, and so on that is as free of current year as possible. The older one has shown interest in reading manga, which I know nothing about, so I am turning to you fine gentlemen in hopes of getting some quality reading for her.
Some points to consider is that it should be something that is translated to local, which is probably the more popular stuff. She has also shown interest in horror movies and such, so some scary / spooky / supernatural elements I guess are fine. Bonus points for having good father figures, I found that to have a good effect on girls.
Not sure if anything else is of import, so, if you have any recommendations, fire away!
Thanks!
for some older (as in published 15+ years ago) ones
angelic layer (people engage in fighting tournaments using angels - dolls that the owners design and create clothes for and then control via some kind of mind impulse unit thing)
cardcaptor sakura (magical girl manga main character has to collect cards created by a powerful wizard that have been released and cause havoc)
azumanga daioh (high school comedy pretty funny nuff said)