Second adaptation in manga that I discover at Udon Entertainment (the first being Jane Eyre), and a good discovery!

For this one, it's not the graphic side that I liked the most, but the story told, that I had never discovered outside the film adaptations.
It made me want to discover the original work!

In short, a nice adaptation, and (once again) a good way to introduce the classics to the youngest!

Who doesn't love The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Chrystal S. Chan?
So when this came available I had to request it. This was one of my favourite books when I was younger and deep down it still is.
This book had great black and white Illustrations throughout which was in cartoon form, so any child could follow this story and tell it out aloud - which made this book extra special as they can tell their own made up story with the Illustrations.

I found this a sweet book. I read with my nephew and he told me his own story, by looking at the illustrations which was very special moment.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a free electronic copy in exchange for an honest review.

Jungle Book in manga format, now that’s interesting! Based on the pictures and the condensed, yet manageable, text, this would be a wonderful addition to an elementary or middle school library. Thank you NetGalley and Udon Entertainment for this eARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I really love the artwork in this book. I mean, look at this cover!
The manga classics are really a good alternative for children to read classics. The artwork is beautiful, the story line is the same, but more fun since there are pictures.

- The story was great. I was so happy to be in the amazing world of Jungle Book. (I've already read the original).
- The artwork is so amazing and I cannot repeat myself enough to let everyone know it is.
- The story is thrilling.

I loved it.

This is a beautiful adaptation. A great story of adventure and bravery teamed with whimsical anime charm.
The pictures are stunning and bring the story to life in a way I didn't expect. This would be great for kids and teens who love adventure and great characters. It will surely keep them entertained

Thank you to NetGalley for a free digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I don’t often read manga but I thought it would be interesting to see how a story I have read before translates to Manga. I thought the drawings were well done. It was a little disjointed having a book of short stories though. It gets disruptive to have more heavy narration and then switch to heavy graphics and then suddenly be in a new story. Though the drawings were beautiful and gave life to the characters, I would prefer the entire book to be focused on just one story.

Clever with its use of artistry to lure in readers, this book was impressive. They did a good job in giving the characters and the whole scenery life.

This book is hard to rate...

I really enjoyed getting to see the origins of where the Jungle Book movie came from (and while it was vastly different, it answered some questions I had about the story- and I think a more book faithful narrative would honestly make a better movie...). And Rikki Tikki Tavi was a favorite of mine in middle school so it was fun revisiting that.

However, this is a book of short stories (as with the original book) and I don't know that it always translated well to the manga format. The stories often began with a good bit of narration and then slowly became more and more dependent on pictures to move the action along faster. Unfortunately, it was the then jarring to start another story once more heavy on narration. It made it hard to get into the stories and I often found myself skimming at the beginnings, rushing the story to pick up.

Overall though, this was a really fun read and I enjoyed it. Would recommend.

Really enjoyed reading this as a manga. It was an interesting way to read it.. I think it would be better in print version over ebook though. Over all good story and good drawings that's about it.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an copy to read and review.

The artwork is beautiful. I am new to Manga but the overall story was very well written. I would definitely recommend to people who are just starting out reading Manga and of course The Jungle Book lovers.

Really enjoyed reading this in MANGA format. Very entertaining. A great story with excellent drawings.

A great adaptation of one of my childhood favorites. The artwork is beautiful and it is one of my favourites from Udon Entertainment so far, highly recommended and definitely check out their other works. .

Not such a fan of this manga classic as I have been of the others I've read. I think they tried to fit too much in. There are seven parts adapted into the 327 pages and some are given more focus than others. I like my manga and I wasn't that impressed by the art style in this, I think it's a personal thing but I found it far too simplistic but again this could be from trying to cram too much into one graphic novel.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

This was such a cute manga. The drawing style was really nice and the manga format worked great for the different short stories. The last story made little sense to me, though.

As a fan of the movie images we get of these stories, the book was not what I was expecting in terms of the story and writing style. I believe it was remaining true to the tone of the book which due to its age was written in a very different style. The stories did not all interest me and they were organized in a non-linear format where Mogli's age jumps around.

I think it is an important classic book that definitely deserved to be turned into manga format to attract new readers, but it did not appeal to me as much I had hoped it would.

*~.Book Analysis.~*
Just remembering that those were my impressions and opinion as a reader :)

Rating: 4 stars
Reading period: Nov. 26th, 2018
Format: ebook
Source: NetGalley – I have received this book in exchange for an honest review.
Release date: Apr. 03rd, 2017

PROS
This adaptation was simply amazing. Each chapter reflected a short story and, if I didn’t knew this came from a classic book, I’d say the story was born to be a manga! =D From all the adaptations I’ve read so far, this one is the most natural – pun not intended.

CONS
To be honest, I prefer manga art with more details and rounder lines. The Jungle Book has a shonen styled drawing and I think drawing in shoujo style are prettier. That’s the only thing that bothered me a bit, as I’m very picky with manga art.

COVER ANALYSIS
The colors and the animals’ positions are just so refreshing! This cover invites the reader for an adventure and, best of all, it delivers! Very pleasant and neat.

RECOMMENDED FOR
Manga, Comics and Classic lovers!

A visual retelling of the 7 stories found in the The Jungle Book. The first 3 are about Mowgli and are very good as is the Ricki-Ticki-Tavi story of the mongoose who is taken in by a family and he protects them from too cobras. There was a story about a white seal that felt very out of place in something called The Jungle Book. There's also a story about an elephant tamer that felt very tone deaf in today's world where domesticating elephants is frowned upon. There were another story about talking horses that made little sense. All in all worth a read if you're too lazy to read the original telling.

'The Jungle Book' from Manga Classics is 329 pages of Rudyard Kipling adapted in to manga form. If you only know the Mowgli stories from the Jungle Book, those are here and more.

The seven books of the Jungle Book are adapted here. Some get longer adaptations than others. Also included are the poems in unabridged form that accompany the stories.

Along with the Mowgli stories, there is the story of the White Seal, Toomai of the Elephants, and my favorite, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The poems fit in to the stories where they do in the books.

The adaptation by Crystal S. Chan is spot on, per usual. This time out the art is by Julien Choy and it's a good job. At 327 pages, there is a lot here, but I enjoyed revisiting these characters.

I received a review copy of this manga from Udon Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.

I absolutely love the manga forms of classics. Thank you for providing me with a copy to read and review.

The artwork was amazing, the story was brilliant. I loved it so much!

The Jungle Book is an excellent choice for Manga. The story of a lost child raised by his jungle animal family comes alive with the fantastic drawings in this book. It is so much easier to start children on a lifetime of enjoying reading when you combine great stories with vivid illustrations.