Comments on: Hell is for children! http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/hell-is-for-children/ Spending too much on comics, then talking too much about them Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: davidpwelsh http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/hell-is-for-children/#comment-19040 davidpwelsh Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:06:23 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/?p=1460#comment-19040 I haven't seen any episodes of the anime, but I can see how the movement and atmosphere might be enhanced in that medium. I don't watch a lot of anime, but it's always interesting to compare approaches -- if creators in each media took advantage of specific qualities of paper versus video to tell the story in a slightly different way. (It was kind of weird to me, but I thought the <i>Paradise Kiss</i> anime didn't have <i>enough</i> Style in comparison to the manga. Or maybe too much style and not enough Style.) I haven’t seen any episodes of the anime, but I can see how the movement and atmosphere might be enhanced in that medium. I don’t watch a lot of anime, but it’s always interesting to compare approaches — if creators in each media took advantage of specific qualities of paper versus video to tell the story in a slightly different way. (It was kind of weird to me, but I thought the Paradise Kiss anime didn’t have enough Style in comparison to the manga. Or maybe too much style and not enough Style.)

]]> By: Jason Thompson http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/hell-is-for-children/#comment-19039 Jason Thompson Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:28:28 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/?p=1460#comment-19039 The Hell Girl manga is bad because, unlike the anime, it lacks Style. The anime has pretty good production values and a unique look, but the manga is done in a generic style like every since other manga in Nakayoshi magazine (which, as people have correctly pointed out, is aimed at 12-13 year-old girls). The Hell Girl manga is bad because, unlike the anime, it lacks Style. The anime has pretty good production values and a unique look, but the manga is done in a generic style like every since other manga in Nakayoshi magazine (which, as people have correctly pointed out, is aimed at 12-13 year-old girls).

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Manga in the gutters http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/hell-is-for-children/#comment-19036 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Manga in the gutters Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:48:33 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/?p=1460#comment-19036 [...] Welsh rounds up reactions to vol. 1 of Hell Girl and comes up with a different suggestion: Read MW [...] [...] Welsh rounds up reactions to vol. 1 of Hell Girl and comes up with a different suggestion: Read MW [...]

]]> By: JennyN http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/hell-is-for-children/#comment-19034 JennyN Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:04:26 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/?p=1460#comment-19034 Wait, you mean your kindly uncle was actually Dorian, Earl of Gloria? (Though if he was fomenting political unrest, that must have been in an unpublished chapter of FROM EROICA WITH LOVE...) Wait, you mean your kindly uncle was actually Dorian, Earl of Gloria? (Though if he was fomenting political unrest, that must have been in an unpublished chapter of FROM EROICA WITH LOVE…)

]]> By: Huff http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/hell-is-for-children/#comment-19033 Huff Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:15:49 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/?p=1460#comment-19033 "This was an anime series before it was a manga, and I think it probably works better that way" I haven't read the manga (nor do I want to based on this round-up) but the Hell Girl anime is fairly decent. It has some snappy direction and great artistic elements. It really can't compare to other short-story horror anime like Mononoke or Requiem from the Darkness, but it's at least worth a rental for fans of the genre. While anime adaptations that end up being superior to the original manga are rare but not unheard of (Mushishi, Honey and Clover, Ghost in the Shell, maybe Fullmetal Alchemist), manga adaptations of TV shows almost always suck. Companies seem to use them to promote upcoming shows, and as such the manga-ka that get hired often aren't be greatest writers out there. The only exception I can think of is Evangelion, which has a talented artist devoting actual time (still running 10+ years after the show ended) and effort into creating a quality book, not a quick tie-in. “This was an anime series before it was a manga, and I think it probably works better that way”

I haven’t read the manga (nor do I want to based on this round-up) but the Hell Girl anime is fairly decent. It has some snappy direction and great artistic elements. It really can’t compare to other short-story horror anime like Mononoke or Requiem from the Darkness, but it’s at least worth a rental for fans of the genre.

While anime adaptations that end up being superior to the original manga are rare but not unheard of (Mushishi, Honey and Clover, Ghost in the Shell, maybe Fullmetal Alchemist), manga adaptations of TV shows almost always suck. Companies seem to use them to promote upcoming shows, and as such the manga-ka that get hired often aren’t be greatest writers out there. The only exception I can think of is Evangelion, which has a talented artist devoting actual time (still running 10+ years after the show ended) and effort into creating a quality book, not a quick tie-in.

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