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KyuuA4



Joined: 28 Sep 2006
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Location: America, where anime and manga can be made
PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:38 am Reply with quote
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TOKYOPOP Proudly Presents… STAR TREK®: THE MANGA
All New Anthology Presents the World-Famous Sci-Fi Series Like Never Before
Date: Mon, August 7, 2006

Los Angeles, CA (August 2006) -- To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, TOKYOPOP, the leader of the Global Manga Revolution, and CBS Consumer Products, have joined forces to produce an intriguing and unforgettable look at the Final Frontier with Star Trek: The Manga, based on the original Star Trek TV series. Like that television classic, these new journeys venture into the terrain of social politics, personal reflection...and bare-knuckled brawls between the dashing Captain Kirk and the galaxy’s most cunning alien species. Vulcan science officer Spock's unflappable logic, Doctor “Bones” McCoy’s flare for drama, chief engineer Scott's perpetual struggle to keep the warp engines online, and the never before told origin story of one of the Star Trek universe’s most popular adversaries, all come at you in a fresh, new style.

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http://www.tokyopop.com/318.html

Well, quite interesting - it is an effective way to commemorate the 40th Anniversary - as members of the original crew are either too old, too crazy (old Shatner), or dead (long live Scotty).
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fighterholic



Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:25 pm Reply with quote
Nice Smile Happen to be a Trek fan myself, though you couldn't consider me a Trekkie. Captain Kirk in a manga format, huh? I'd like to see what Tony K. has to say about this.
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kolibri



Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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Location: Vancouver
PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:44 pm Reply with quote
Yes, I (as a Trekkie) own this. It's pretty meh, I've had it for for like six months and I've only read two first stories, it's still on my night stand. Reads from left to right right, art is decent, plots are decent... but there's no spark.
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Eruanna



Joined: 05 Sep 2006
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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:13 pm Reply with quote
I actually really enjoyed it. Im a big fan of Star Trek: The Original Series myself, and I quickly slapped down the money for this thing when I saw it.
Pretty much the ultimate in nerdom.... Star Trek Manga. I enjoyed it. I was especially thrilled with the story arc about spoiler[the Borg, I thought that that was masterfully done, since the Borg dont show up till Next Generation, but the writer worked in their beginnings with Kirk.]
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kolibri



Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:42 pm Reply with quote
Eruanna wrote:
I actually really enjoyed it. Im a big fan of Star Trek: The Original Series myself, and I quickly slapped down the money for this thing when I saw it.
Pretty much the ultimate in nerdom.... Star Trek Manga. I enjoyed it. I was especially thrilled with the story arc about spoiler[the Borg, I thought that that was masterfully done, since the Borg don't show up till Next Generation, but the writer worked in their beginnings with Kirk.]

I thought it was pretty clever, but it reminded me too much of Enterprise - gratuitous fan-service that ignores canon material/time-line where the only purpose is to recycle old story ideas because they aren't clever enough to come up with anything original. It wasn't offensively bad like Enterprise, it just wasn't anything new or exciting either.
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digitalkikka



Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Chicago, Illinois
PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:26 am Reply with quote
KyuuA4 wrote:
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TOKYOPOP Proudly Presents… STAR TREK®: THE MANGA
All New Anthology Presents the World-Famous Sci-Fi Series Like Never Before
Date: Mon, August 7, 2006

Los Angeles, CA (August 2006) -- To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, TOKYOPOP, the leader of the Global Manga Revolution, and CBS Consumer Products, have joined forces to produce an intriguing and unforgettable look at the Final Frontier with Star Trek: The Manga, based on the original Star Trek TV series. Like that television classic, these new journeys venture into the terrain of social politics, personal reflection...and bare-knuckled brawls between the dashing Captain Kirk and the galaxy’s most cunning alien species. Vulcan science officer Spock's unflappable logic, Doctor “Bones” McCoy’s flare for drama, chief engineer Scott's perpetual struggle to keep the warp engines online, and the never before told origin story of one of the Star Trek universe’s most popular adversaries, all come at you in a fresh, new style.

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"Leader of the Global Manga Revolution"? What happened to the plain old "Manga Revolution"? Confused Despite TP's love of OEL, this is probably the last thing I'd expect them to release. Still, I'm kind of interested in picking this up not only because "top artists and writers from around the galaxy have gathered to create it" but because it actually looks pretty good Anime smile + sweatdrop
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Torhu_San



Joined: 02 Jan 2007
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Location: Upstate Ny
PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:04 am Reply with quote
I am a huge fan of the original Star Trek. I have looked at the title a few times, but have been nervous to pick it up because I don't want anyone messing with my captian Kirk. Love the Shatner!!!! Very Happy But people on here have given me good reason to think it's worth the dough. Thanks guys and gals!!!!
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