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Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Manga #1
Star Trek: The Next Generation Volume 1
'Star Trek: The Next Generation' comes alive in this far out collection of stories. Discover how Wesley learns to have compassion for others, how the Enterprise deals with a mysterious disease that wipes out half an archeological expedition, and if Picard will survive an internal coup!
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2009
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November 2, 2018
A fun manga-style interpretation of ST:NG. The stories are pretty light and can be a little silly or over-dramatic, but that is the charm of both ST:NG and manga.
January 13, 2020
Heaven help me, the Wesley story was the best part.
April 23, 2022
Beam us down to the manga planet Mr. O'Brien.
Four separate stories written by different writers but are also illustrated by different artist so you can experience each artist's own interpretation on manga in their own style. That said some of the stories in this book although short and standalone in their own rights could use some kind of reference (unless I missed them) explaining what episodes to watch of the tv series to have a background in the story in question.
That said each story had its own charms whether it is about growing up, fear, the fragility of the human mind, or questions of loyalty and were interesting to read but did not really stand out with manga content split into a fourth of the book when a regular manga drawn by one person is less distracting and has more time to get story points out. In a time when Tokyopop was doing their best to bring popular fiction to manga this series seems to have stopped before it really got off the ground but at least we have these four stories to enjoy these days. :)
Four separate stories written by different writers but are also illustrated by different artist so you can experience each artist's own interpretation on manga in their own style. That said some of the stories in this book although short and standalone in their own rights could use some kind of reference (unless I missed them) explaining what episodes to watch of the tv series to have a background in the story in question.
That said each story had its own charms whether it is about growing up, fear, the fragility of the human mind, or questions of loyalty and were interesting to read but did not really stand out with manga content split into a fourth of the book when a regular manga drawn by one person is less distracting and has more time to get story points out. In a time when Tokyopop was doing their best to bring popular fiction to manga this series seems to have stopped before it really got off the ground but at least we have these four stories to enjoy these days. :)
March 13, 2019
Not a bad attempt at TNG stories in Manga-style comics. Although I do see why Tokyopop didn't continue to produce these. While the stories were enjoyable they didn't really 'feel' very TNG. The characters were a bit off in the dialogue they used. The facial expressions sometimes also didn't match the dialog in the speech bubble. Not a big point, but something interesting: I am surprised that the reading direction wasn't back-to-front as is the case in Japanese manga, but rather front-to-back as with all western books.
March 29, 2019
Meh. The stories weren't very good, and the art was sort of weird. I'm not really surprised there aren't and more books in this series.
March 15, 2012
This book was illustrated in manga style, which was in this case a weakness. One of the difficulties was that the ability to convey the characters suffered somewhat, especially when the artists decided to do goofy versions of Wesley Crusher, or overly cartoony Troi and Geordi.
The stories were generally good, although The Picardian Knot, by Christine Boylan, read as if several panels had been edited out by mistake. An apparently key scene between Picard and Sarek is missing, making later references to it very confusing.
The David Gerrold and Diane Duane stories were both very good, and F. J. DeSanto's take on the events following the battle at Wolf 359 was quite interesting.
Overall, worth reading for fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The artwork didn't ruin the book, by any means, but could have been better, especially the work by E. J. Su and Chrissy Delk.
The stories were generally good, although The Picardian Knot, by Christine Boylan, read as if several panels had been edited out by mistake. An apparently key scene between Picard and Sarek is missing, making later references to it very confusing.
The David Gerrold and Diane Duane stories were both very good, and F. J. DeSanto's take on the events following the battle at Wolf 359 was quite interesting.
Overall, worth reading for fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The artwork didn't ruin the book, by any means, but could have been better, especially the work by E. J. Su and Chrissy Delk.
December 5, 2012
The first story is pretty awful (I wonder why David Gerrold- a very talented author- writes such idiotic Trek these days), but the rest capture the amazing essence of TNG perfectly, giving us wonderful character content. I especially loved Diane Duane's story, which delivers like a perfect standalone episode of the series.
February 28, 2014
(1.5 / 5)
I know Manga is an entirely different genre and has its own tropes, but at times these didn't even seem like the same characters on the show. I mean, they even made Wesley Crusher seem a million times worse than he was (and I can't believe I'm defending Wesley Crusher!).
I know Manga is an entirely different genre and has its own tropes, but at times these didn't even seem like the same characters on the show. I mean, they even made Wesley Crusher seem a million times worse than he was (and I can't believe I'm defending Wesley Crusher!).
January 22, 2020
I'm glad they did this, but outside of the Wesley (!) story, this just didn't work.
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March 20, 2011
Some stories were better than others, but it remains true to the show.
December 14, 2014
Some of the art was questionable.
June 6, 2012
interesting stories, and fun artwork
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