Comments on: REVIEW: Harlequin Manga Reviews Take 2: The Good, and the Bad and Ugly

By: Tom stiv

Tom stiv — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:48:00 +0000

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By: Helan vilsion

Helan vilsion — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:46:29 +0000

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By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:51:41 +0000

I heard that Harlequin basically took a bunch of the novels they originally published in English, made comic versions to publish in Japanese, and then translated the comic versions into English. Isn’t that kinda like making a novelization of a movie based on a novel? o_O

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:29 +0000

I think they chose to translate those because they are aiming solely at the 12-14 year old age group here, and the two I’ve liked so far are very much like popular teen romances in the US.

I’ve never even seen a Japanese version of Harlequins to be honest. It doesn’t really interest me. They’re all josei? That’s odd. They read very “young adult” to me. Though I did read two of their English “adult” manga line last year and was underwhelmed.

But the English Harlequin manga line is no longer marketing any of their titles to adults, only to younger teenagers, and I don’t think the Simmons books would appeal to them to be honest. I’ve only read the actual books though, so I’m only basing it off that.

By: Raquel

Raquel — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:47:24 +0000

> A lot of young girls’ romantic manga is about at that level, so they’re perfectly suited to one another.

Harlequin manga is not for girls. They are targeted for *cough* adults.

By: Raquel

Raquel — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:24:05 +0000

A a Japnanese manga & romance fan, I really want to know why Harlequin chose to translate those Harlequin mangas.
There are more than 400 Harlequin mangas (we call them Harlequin Comics) in print and there are better ones.

I recommend Mao Karino (ç‹©é‡ŽçœŸå¤®ï¼‰, but her books aren’t translated yet.
And Nanao Hidaka (æ—¥é«˜ä¸ƒç·'ï¼‰ did very good manga version of DeBurge Brothers series. Deborah Simmons also liked them.

You can check other books here.

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:39:35 +0000

He’s lived hundreds of years, which only confirms my thoughts about crockpots by the way

LOL! I think I have the same theory!

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:05:12 +0000

So we have a dead lemur kissing cross-eyed Igor Jr and I’m supposed to be entranced?

I love that

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:37:51 +0000

[quote comment="25069"]Harlequin… Manga.

That’s enough confusion for me, right there.[/quote]

*laughs* That’s what I thought when I first heard about them too. I found they’d been selling manga versions of their series books in Japan for years though. A lot of young girls’ romantic manga is about at that level, so they’re perfectly suited to one another.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:54:25 +0000

Harlequin… Manga.

That’s enough confusion for me, right there.