Title: Alice in Wonderland: Special Collector's MangaPublisher: Watson-Guptill
Genre: Manga, Fantasy
Publication: May 25, 2016My Rating: 4/5
Source: Publisher on NetGalley
Manga publishing pioneer TOKYOPOP is back bringing readers Disney Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, a retelling of the film in manga style, as buzz builds for the Alice Through the Looking Glass May film release. Hardcover collectible with exclusive bonus features and illustrations from renowned artist Jun Abe! Alice Kingsleigh was a young girl when she visited the magical world of Underland for the first time. Now a teenager, she spots a white rabbit at a garden party and tumbles down a hole after him where she is reunited with her old friends. Alice soon learns it is her destiny to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
**I received a free copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**
This is a manga adaptation of Tim Burton's 2010 movie Alice in Wonderland. I really love that movie, and I'm very happy to say that I enjoyed this manga a lot!
The art is amazing and it has a lot of charm. The movie is very crazy, with lots of colors and CGI, which gives it a lot of expression, and I thought it could be a bit difficult for the mangaka to recreate the same story with the same level of craziness in paper. I'm glad to see that Abe did such a great job and did achieve that same craziness, especially with the Mad Hatter, who looked pretty much insane.
I didn't read the whole version, since the review copy consisted of only a part of the original manga, but I could still appreciate a lot of the story.
If you're a fan of the movie, then you might really enjoy this, but I think that even if you haven't watched it, you might enjoy this as well :)
Have you watched the movie? What do you think of manga adaptations of movies?
The art is amazing and it has a lot of charm. The movie is very crazy, with lots of colors and CGI, which gives it a lot of expression, and I thought it could be a bit difficult for the mangaka to recreate the same story with the same level of craziness in paper. I'm glad to see that Abe did such a great job and did achieve that same craziness, especially with the Mad Hatter, who looked pretty much insane.
If you're a fan of the movie, then you might really enjoy this, but I think that even if you haven't watched it, you might enjoy this as well :)
Have you watched the movie? What do you think of manga adaptations of movies?
Thank you for reading! ♥
Lovely post, Carla! I loved the movie! I thought it was fantastic- comical and cute! Definitely will check this out. xx
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Thank you! I love both movies so much <3
DeleteI hope you enjoy it! :)
oh I love Alice in Wonderland's movies, I've seen both of them ^^ However, I 'm not a fan of mangas but glad you enjoyed this :))
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The movies are great! :D
DeleteI used to read a lot of manga when I was younger. It's nice to read manga like this one every now and then :)
I absolutely adored the Tim Burton movie! It definitely is one of my favourites, and I can never get sick of rewatching it over and over again. I didn't know this manga existed, and will definitely be on the lookout for it! I have no doubt I will enjoy it as much as you have :)
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Me neither! :D It's a great movie <3 and I loved the sequel as well!
DeleteI hope you enjoy this! ^-^
Nice post! I've got to see the movie first and then...let me think about the manga.
ReplyDeleteI really love the movie, it's one of my favorites :)
DeleteI hope you can read the full version pretty soon because it sounds like that would be a great read and a lot of fun - especially as you liked the adaption and artwork so much from what you've read thus far :D
ReplyDeleteYes! I wasn't aware the review copy was not the whole thing :( but oh well.
DeleteI don't think this sounds like something for me, but I would love to see the art in it!!
ReplyDeleteThe art was really good, I loved the Mad Hatter in this :)
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