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[Jon]

No joke!  I'm sitting in the library as I post this, and next to me is a manga adaptation of "Hamlet"!

I gotta say, I've got mixed feelings about this.  They're keeping the original text, but the visuals have this wierd techno-knight thing going on.  It kinda looks like what would happen if Baz Lurhmann directed "Reign".

Has anyone else seen this?  Any thoughts based on first reactions?

-Jon

[Natalie]

Hm, haven't looked at it, but I know they're coming out with "Romeo x Juliet" the anime. And it's supposed to be quite good.

[Melinda]

I can see this is a very old post but I saw it while browsing.  I work at a library and I have seen those in our graphic novel section!  Isn't that just crazy that they're making them into manga/comics?  I find it rather odd and rather lazy if someone just reads that and compares it to reading the actual novel/play.  On the other hand it may help with visuals and if someone has read the novel/play it will be a nice 'refreshing' option.  I don't know they are awfully bizarre.  I have seen some for novels like Fairenheit 451 and Sherlock Holmes as well. 

[Jon]

Hey Melinda!

Yeah, I agree with you about that sort of "cliff's notes" thing with these versions; in "Hamlet" they actually cut out about two-thirds of the Soliliquy!  I'm sorry but at that point I'm done with it.  I agree about the new visuals, I think a cyberpunk-style version worked just fine with the dialog they did keep ::rolls eyes::.  Reminds me of Lurhman's Romeo & Juliet; like it or hate it, at least it was interesting.

[Melinda]

Yeah I don't know I just feel like what is the point of reading it if you've never read the original novel/play.  I like manga and anime but you know when it's based on like a work of art...that gets iffy haha.  I would just feel super lazy if I read the manga version of a novel and have claimed that I have "read the novel." XD  But whatever, I guess it's preference or whatever floats your boat. It's kind of similar to watching the movie and basing your preference on that versus reading the book...

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