Title: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Author: Jun Asuka (Original Script by Tim Burton)
Artist: Jun Asuka
Genre: Horror / Adventure / Romance / Halloween / Christmas / Adaptation
Year Published: 2004
Year Read: 2017
Year Published: 2004
Year Read: 2017
Publisher: Tokyopop
Source: eARC (NetGalley and Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 8+ (Some Scary Images and Scary Situations)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank NetGalley, Edelweiss and Tokyopop for providing me a copy
of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Introduction:
Now, I will start going
into fangirl mode here since I will be talking about one of my most favorite
animated movies of all time! I will admit that when I was little, I was
actually terrified of Tim Burton’s
classic animated movie “The Nightmare
Before Christmas,” due to the scary visuals presented in the film. But, when I started watching this film way
back in high school, I suddenly fell in love with this creepy yet memorable
movie and it has become one of my most favorite films to watch during Halloween
(next to “Hocus Pocus,” of
course)! So, when both NetGalley and
Edelweiss gave me a copy of the manga adaptation of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” which was adapted by Jun Asuka, I was jumping around with
glee since I never would have thought that a manga version of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” would
ever be made!
What
is this story about?
Based off the classic animated film, Jack Skellington
is the scariest creature in Halloween Town, but unfortunately, he has started
to get tired of doing the same old things every year for Halloween and he goes
out into the woods to discover more things to do. One day, while he was out in the woods, he
discovers a door that has a Christmas tree on it and he ends up going through
the door and discovering Christmas Town and Santa Claus. It was then that Jack decided to become Santa
Claus that year and deliver some “presents” to all of the girls and boys in the
world. Unfortunately, Sally, the ragdoll
that loves him, has a terrible premonition about Jack’s Christmas turning into
a disaster and Sally has to stop Jack from becoming Santa Claus and delivering
the presents to the kids before it is too late!
What
I loved about this story:
The story: Wow! I
was quite impressed with this story! “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has
always been one of my most favorite animated movies of all time and I was so
excited to finally be able to check out the manga version of this movie! As I come to expect, the manga version of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” was
completely faithful to the original movie, from the dialogue to the situations
that happened in the film. I loved
revisiting the movie in manga format since it was quite unexpected for me to
see this movie in manga form rather than in a regular graphic novel format and
it just made this manga so original to read through! I also loved the fact that this manga focused
more on Jack and Sally’s relationship with each other than the movie did and I
loved the fact that we get more focus on Sally’s perspective of the whole situation
in this manga since I wanted to see more from her character in the movie and
this manga did a great job at fleshing out Sally’s character even further.
Jun Asuka’s
artwork: Jun Asuka’s artwork was both creative
and adorable to look at! I loved how Jun Asuka’s artwork was faithful to
original designs of the characters from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” movie
as they look just as creepy as in the movie, but with a bit more anime style
added for effect! I also loved the way
that Jun Asuka designed Sally in
this manga as Sally is drawn in a much cuter style than in the movie and it
makes her into a more endearing character to read about in this manga!
What
made me feel uncomfortable about this story:
The reason why I took off half a point from the star
rating was because the copy I got seemed a bit incomplete. It seemed like the bottom half of the pages
were cut off a bit and there was a bit of dialogue that I ended up missing
because it got cut off at the bottom.
Luckily, I have seen the movie enough times to figure out what is going
on and I probably would have given this manga a five-star rating if I had not
received an incomplete copy of this manga.
Final
Thoughts:
Overall, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” manga is a joy to read if you are a fan of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and of manga in general! I would
highly recommend it to manga and horror fans alike!
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