Manga The Manga Bible

[AzureWolf]

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[COLOR=green]I think this is a great idea! Finally, Christianity can be cool for the younger generation!- And for me too, I'm going to snag these babies the second they come out![/COLOR]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]XD they've been out... saw v 1 at the store. My favorite part is how embarassingly not-manga it is XD[/COLOR]

[The Spectacular Professor]

[quote name='Deus ex Machina'][COLOR="DarkOrange"]XD they've been out... saw v 1 at the store. My favorite part is how embarassingly not-manga it is XD[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

Agreed. Last year, pseudo-manga invaded our high school in the form of our school agendas. These consisted of horrible stereotype pictures that made me wish to perform acts of violence upon furry, cuddly rodents. Long story short, I spent more time graffitiing those things than I did scheduling stuff in them.

It's depressing, too, because I've seen some great western works with manga/anime influences (manga Shakespeare. If they translated the Bard's own speech patterns a little, you'd get some big fans there.) I know it's possible, but everyone in charge of this kind of stuff are lazy morons who want money. Now.

Luckily, 4kids isn't into the manga scene (Al Kahn sez kids don't read!)

(Db, did you need to get a new account today? I [U]already[/U] have a headache.)

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Arial]I realize that this thread is a little old, but I (aided [spoiler]and abetted[/spoiler] by [COLOR="DarkRed"]Lunox[/COLOR]) have found a couple more publications in the same vein.

[URL="http://www.themangabible.com/index.asp?module=Pages&action=View&postId=1"][U]The Manga Bible[/U][/URL]

This one doesn't exactly feel like manga, [I]per sé[/I], so much as it does like a DC novel; but from the panels I've seen, it seems to be considerably better than the comic presented by [COLOR="DarkRed"]AzureWolf[/COLOR]. More maturity present, I feel, and much less bad-joke fluff.

It's written and illustrated by Akinsiku (or just Siku), a British-Nigerian Christian graphic artist, and as of now he has four different Bibles available for purchase; two of which focus only on the New Testament.

[URL="http://www.nextmanga.com/comic_Menu.html"][U]Manga Messiah[/U][/URL], and the [URL="http://www.anime-ni.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/manga-messiah.jpg"][U]cover image[/U][/URL].

Manga Messiah is produced by Next, ([URL="http://www.anime-ni.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/manga-messiah.jpg"][U]link[/U][/URL]), a Tokyo-based group. The art style is definitely manga, unlike the other two, and I actually find some of the panels incredibly humorous, even given the serious nature of the material. Next has five manga planned, and as of their latest site update (I think) are in the process of finishing their second and third.

I first heard about this concept on theOtaku.com's podcast, of all places, but it was [COLOR="DarkRed"]Lunox[/COLOR] who did all the legwork . . . after being poked by me. :p Now, I am a Christian myself, and I was raised on a picture Bible, so this is half amusing and half really-flippin'-cool to me. Some people might find it sacrilegious, but I see it as just another medium for presentation, and am quite honestly interested in possibly purchasing one or the other for reference material and just to have something nifty to show people.

I am [I]incredibly[/I] tickled at the purple-haired angel, as well as Super Saiyan [URL="http://www.christiancomicsinternational.org/cci_news_images/manga_messiah/messiah01.gif"][U]Jesus[/U][/URL].

[SIZE="1"](As a point of interest, that particular scene was from the Transfiguration, so it kinda makes sense....)[/SIZE][/FONT]