Grimms Manga Tales

I loved the artwork and their take on these classic Grimm tales.I hope they make another volume real soon.

This is a very cute collection of Grimm-inspired fairy tales done in a manga art style.I really enjoyed these retellings. It's worth emphasizing that again: these are retellings. If you are looking for exact stories the way the brothers Grimm told them, you're going to be disappointed. These stories all have new twists and changes that succeed in representing what the original story was about, while making it new and unique. For example, some genders are swapped and some morals of the stories are changed.I adored the artwork. It went well with the text, and showed the flow of the plot so that you could easily see the stories unfold in front of you. Personally, my favorite artwork was for Little Red Riding Hood- I think that the wolf character looks darling.If you like both fairy tale retellings and manga, you're in luck. This is something you'll want to read. It's a pretty quick read and one I'd definitely look through again.I received a copy in exchange for my honest review.

'Grimms Manga Tales' by Kei Ishiyama is a series of famous stories, but told with a bit of a twist on the familiar.The collection includes retellings of Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, The Frog Prince and others. The twists presented are either gender changes to the main characters or other manga type twists. Rapunzel is a prince, and he is saved by a woman (there are also funny references to the rapunzel salad). Little Red Riding Hood features a boy who looks like a wolf. There were a couple stories I was less familiar with, but I think I can figure out what the twists were.These were fun to read. The art was decent enough. I liked that these weren't just straightforward retellings.I received a review copy of this manga from Tokyopop, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviewThese might be a little bit short for some people, but I really enjoyed them. This book retells many of Grimm's popular fairytales but puts fun [and definitely manga-ish] twists on them. I was actually not familiar with several of these stories [The Two Brothers, The Singing Springing Lark, and the Twelve Huntsman] so it was nice to see a few fairytales that don't get covered a lot as well as the standard ones like Rapunzel or Snow White. But even the ones I was familiar with were told in a different way, and I also liked how they genderswapped a few of them. It was a really cute book and if you like manga and fairytales I would definitely recommend it.

Loved reading this manga.I’m actually not very familiar with some of the stories from the Grimms, so it’s ironic that I’m reading this book that puts twists in the original.Anyways, I recommend it since it’s a cute, harmless read, and the perfect thing to read after having a bad day. I also think there are supposed to be more books that are coming for this series. My personal favorite chapters were "Snow White" and "Puss In Boots".Looking forward to the next one!

Not suitable for children because of sexual content.