For a lack of American comics
Aug. 3rd, 2011 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tilly_stratfordI was looking for something entirely different when I stumbled over some scanlations of the manga Lupin the Third Y (see, there are three different TV series, and four or so different manga series. It's a confusing franchise). I'm starting to realize my approach to this franchise can pretty much be summed up as "OH WELL FOR COMPLETION'S SAKE I GUESS".
It feels strange reading a Lupin manga not drawn by Monkey Punch (I miss the cool shooooes) - the art in Y strikes me as a bit bland (not even close to the Monkey Punch look, and still not quite the Red Jacket look), not to mention how the supporting cast is drawn in a completely different style to our main characters. Pretty jarring. But overall the art is good, if a little schizophrenic.
And hey, is that thing where only the first chapter is lovingly shaded with traditional media (Zenigata! Your trenchcoat!) something that's common in manga? I don't know, to have good-looking previews maybe? (Hi I'm clueless about manga business standards).
As for characterization: Hey, this is Red Jacket-type Lupin, not original manga-type Lupin, so you know - no raping. No raping is good. It also means no dark storylines or splattering blood, or five bajillion dirty innuendos per page (hey, I liked those). But at least Goemon, Jigen and Fujiko are actual well-rounded characters with parts to play (Fujiko is even just one chick!), so it levels out.
(Also, for some reason, celebrity cameos. Jacques Chirac, what the fuck.)
It feels strange reading a Lupin manga not drawn by Monkey Punch (I miss the cool shooooes) - the art in Y strikes me as a bit bland (not even close to the Monkey Punch look, and still not quite the Red Jacket look), not to mention how the supporting cast is drawn in a completely different style to our main characters. Pretty jarring. But overall the art is good, if a little schizophrenic.
And hey, is that thing where only the first chapter is lovingly shaded with traditional media (Zenigata! Your trenchcoat!) something that's common in manga? I don't know, to have good-looking previews maybe? (Hi I'm clueless about manga business standards).
As for characterization: Hey, this is Red Jacket-type Lupin, not original manga-type Lupin, so you know - no raping. No raping is good. It also means no dark storylines or splattering blood, or five bajillion dirty innuendos per page (hey, I liked those). But at least Goemon, Jigen and Fujiko are actual well-rounded characters with parts to play (Fujiko is even just one chick!), so it levels out.
(Also, for some reason, celebrity cameos. Jacques Chirac, what the fuck.)
