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Kim Friese et al., Hannah Montana: Secrets and Super Sneaks (Tokyopop, 2007)
I'd seen ads for Tokyopop's cine-manga in some of the more established series I read, so when a family member picked one up, I gave it a go. Now, I've only seen one episode of Hannah Montana, and it was a traumatic experience; most shows on the Disney Channel consist of adolescents who scream over half the time, which is about the most annoying sound on the planet. While the book version doesn't have the screaming, it's brings out everything else that makes the show annoying: the horrible script, the “fashion” that makes your eyes bleed, the predictability of the plot, the whole American-sitcom mentality.
Yes, the fashion. Unlike manga, the pages here are created with stills from the show episode on which the story is based. (Coincidentally, yes, that one episode I saw? It's the second story here.) The whole thing is put together in a very glossy format, almost like a professionally-produced fan magazine. Why they're calling it manga I'm not sure. If they'd actually made it into a manga, called in some authors with talent and created a storyline, it might be halfway worthwhile. What's here? Awful. (half)
I'd seen ads for Tokyopop's cine-manga in some of the more established series I read, so when a family member picked one up, I gave it a go. Now, I've only seen one episode of Hannah Montana, and it was a traumatic experience; most shows on the Disney Channel consist of adolescents who scream over half the time, which is about the most annoying sound on the planet. While the book version doesn't have the screaming, it's brings out everything else that makes the show annoying: the horrible script, the “fashion” that makes your eyes bleed, the predictability of the plot, the whole American-sitcom mentality.
Yes, the fashion. Unlike manga, the pages here are created with stills from the show episode on which the story is based. (Coincidentally, yes, that one episode I saw? It's the second story here.) The whole thing is put together in a very glossy format, almost like a professionally-produced fan magazine. Why they're calling it manga I'm not sure. If they'd actually made it into a manga, called in some authors with talent and created a storyline, it might be halfway worthwhile. What's here? Awful. (half)
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