Comments on: Digital Manga Books: Antique Bakery, Bambi & Her Pink Gun, Café Kichijouji, IWGP

By: *Antique Bakery — Recommended Series » Comics Worth Reading

*Antique Bakery — Recommended Series » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:20:42 +0000

[...] tried one of the Antique Bakery volumes two years ago, when it came out. I don’t think I gave it a fair shake, because I recently read all four [...]

By: Josei Manga in the US » Comics Worth Reading

Josei Manga in the US » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:17:33 +0000

[...] Cantabile, about music students falling in love as they pursue their careers. Digital Manga put out Antique Bakery, which is sometimes mistaken for yaoi due to its gay characters. Musashi #9, starring a female [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:59:22 +0000

Oh, geez, really? I quit before then, since it wasn’t going anywhere new. Yikes — that makes me wonder even more at the praise it got when it came out.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:38:49 +0000

Hey, I was curious what you thought about the graphic rape/killing scene at the end of Bambi vol 1.

- Chris

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:19:56 +0000

Oh, I tried that — only it was like book 15, which didn’t work very well for me, and it had too much fighting for my tastes. But good example, thank you. Being adapted from print probably helped avoid reliance on actors.

Come to think of it, I tried Socrates in Love, too, but I didn’t care much for it. (Also adapted from a novel.) Too weepy.

By: James Moar

James Moar — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:47:11 +0000

Vagabond is an example of a critically-well-regarded book (though I’m lukewarm on it myself) that started out in another medium — it’s adapted from the 1971 novel “Musashi”.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:02:33 +0000

Very possibly. Are there any really good manga that first appeared in another medium? I can think of some manga-to-something-else adaptations that worked for me, but not the other way around.

By: JennyN

JennyN — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:40:30 +0000

Apparently Cafe Kichijouji is based on a popular Japanese radio (?) serial, which may explain your reaction.