The story of The Nightmare Before Christmas, in manga form.

Didn't really work for me. The manga helped me that a lot of the charm in the movie is in the audio—the music and the voice acting. The movie's fun, with catchy songs and a charming fairy-tale aspect to it. The writing here didn't capture that.

The art's good, and the "be yourself" message still came through. I wonder, though, if people who haven't seen the movie will get much from this.

"Miracles await those who believe in this halloween fairy tale"

Perfect of course, no surprise here!
I was sure I will love it because I'm a huge fan of the movie.
This manga was lovely. I love the illustration. And I want to sing when I've finished !

Honestly I felt more lost than I should have with a story I know
..... others will like it I'm sure but I just couldn't do the manga

The art work in this graphic novel: manga is beautiful. It's almost like watching behind the seems of the claymation movie it's incredible. I loved it very much and as The nightmare before Christmas is one of my favorite movies I might go out and buy this for my shelves.
I recommend!

I’ve always been in love with Tim Burton and especially his Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s always been my favourite movie and when I saw the option to read Nightmare Before Christmas, I just had to do it!

Nightmare Before Christmas tells the story of Jack, the Pumpkin King, and Sally. Jack is a little tired of Halloween and wants something new. On a walk he discovers Christmas and decides that he wants to be Santa. In order to be Santa, he must make Christmas decorations and even capture, Santa… During all these events, Sally is struggling with her creator, Finklestein, and is helplessly in love with Jack. Besides being in love with him, she’s also scared that something is going to happen.
Can Jack make a great Christmas and does Sally find the courage to tell Jack how she really feels?

Like I mentioned above, I’ve always been in love with Nightmare Before Christmas so how could I not like this? I LOVED IT! I liked the drawings and I liked the story (duh!). I’m so happy that I got the chance to read this graphic novel. I can’t even write a proper review because I just love Nightmare Before Christmas and it seems like that’s the only thing I can say!

If you’ve never read or watched Nightmare Before Christmas, make sure to do it because it’s so beautiful!

To anyone who knows me, it's no secret that The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite movies. I didn't doubt that I would enjoy this quick Manga but it's always nice to have that confirmed. This is basically just the telling of the story but a bit more from Sally's perspective, which I really liked. All of the main parts of the movie have been captured, although, in this specific instance, the movie is better (generally if the movie comes before the book, it's better whole if it's based on a book, the book is better) but it was still an enjoyable read. This would be great for kids learning to read longer books than just picture books. There are still obviously quite a few pictures but the story carries on longer. It's also a great introduction to the way Manga is read so it can be used as a stepping stone for younger readers as well.

If you're a fan of Tim Burton's movie and reading, you will enjoy this. It's a retelling of the movie with beautiful artwork. I feel it isn't quite as magical a story without the music, however it is still a nice read.

I'm a huge fan of the Nightmare Before Christmas and it receives regular viewings in my home. Had no problems opening the file type. First of all the artwork is fantastic, while it cannot match the wonder of the stop motion movie it definitely is a very well drawn adaptation. Only 4 stars because like many others I found the font a bit too small on certain instances of dialogue and because of the different medium it did lose some of what makes the film so great (the songs and stop motion mainly). It made me want to rewatch the film and I think I'd class that as a success.

This is a manga version of the 1993 movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Jack Skellington, the ruler of a Halloween centric world, called Halloween Town, comes across a door that leads him into a new world. A world that shows him the joys of Christmas, Christmas Town. Jack wants to replicate this world in his own world because he is becoming bored of the constant repetition. He has all of his citizens work together to create the holiday and this is when problems ensue.

I liked the overall premise of the story. When I was a child, I saw this movie but did not remember most of it when I read this book. I do remember that it creeped me out though. This was an interesting manga.

I love the Pumpkin King. Jack's innocence when he found about Christmas and how he wanted to recreate the joyful feelings of it was enduring. The way he goes about accomplishing this is not the best idea but he just wanted to spread the Christmas feeling.

The artwork was nice to look at. It was reminiscent of the style of the movie, just in black and white. The style was nice but it loses some of the magic without the stop-motion animation and the music.
I'll have to watch the movie again to compare it to this. If you are interested in this manga I would pick it up. I don't feel that it would disappoint a fan of the movie.

This is definitely an interesting concept and I think that it would be cool to see the other doorways in the forest that Jack comes across. I would watch those movies. Let's have Jack go into another door and become obsessed with St. Patrick's Day or Easter.

Also, I'm going to be watching the movie this weekend and doing a review on that.

This manga adaptation of The Nightmare Before Xmas has some great artwork. However, a lot of the font is on the small side and without the soundtrack the story falls a bit flat. Overall, I just don't think it measures up to the film.

Great for The Nightmare Before Christmas fan. Nicely Illustrated but found the captions a little on the small side but others may not find this.

*thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars

Omg, this was amazing! I absolutely love the movie and reading this, expecually the song lyrics, made me feel like I was watching the movie version of it again. Its such a fun read. I love the characters and the story line. If you are a fan of the movie or like Tim Burton's style, then this book by Jun Asuka is a must!

I'm sad to say that I have a few books from Netgalley that I DNF on... either it didn't hook me into the story and I lost least or I found out that there is more to the series and can't get the first and so on book from that series... Yup here it goes, Don't believe me wash the dishes! Look at the website: http://fkrants.blogspot.com/2017/09/ng-dnf-sept-edition.html

Interesting and new way to follow the story of the much loved classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, was such a great read and brought new life to the well loved story. Was such a great format & one I hadn't thought of before as working for this story. Will keep an eye out for this in the shops

Loved reading this one. Would have enjoyed it in color more.

A must have for any 'Nightmare before Christmas' fan.

The manga is directly based on the movie, it's a fun different version of everyone's favorite Halloween story.

My edition was hard to read, half the pages were cut off, but I know the story so well I could fill it in. I will be buying a copy of this manga when it hits shelves.

I am not a big fan of the movie, never really saw the appeal. My boyfriend is a huge fanatic to the point of multiple massive tattoos and that is just the small stuff. So I thought I would give it a shot as a book. I much prefer books to movies after all. I still wasn't impressed. The book literally had a different font for when the characters were singing, but it was never addressed that they were. It felt like a lazy adaption. I wanted a manga, I got an adaption that rivals Adam & Steve for lame (the book literally referenced a famous drag queen coming on stage by her name and it was pretty awful). I just expected more from Tokyopop.

The art was consistent and well done. There was nothing technically wrong with the book, but it just wasn't exciting. It is hard to bring the fun of a musical to a written work. I did like that there was more Sally than I remember in the movie though. she is the only real character that made sense throughout the movie. 

The book isn't bad and it is a great way to get a young reader into manga in a very safe and easy way. Give it a shot, but it didn't do anything for me.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a HUGE fan of the Nightmare Before Christmas. It's probably one of my favorite movies, and I love the soundtrack. I was so excited last fall when I got to meet Jack and Sally at Disney. That being said, this wasn't amazing. My rating is biased based on my love for the source material (actual rating being a 3.5 star). This manga was a retelling of the movie, which I loved, except it wasn't as good as the movie. There was nothing really new about it, and the story was simplified (due to the different medium of storytelling, but in this case, I think it did a disservice to the original material). I would get excited when some of the dialogue would be the songs from the movie, only to be disappointed when it was always condensed and paraphrased into the actual dialogue (instead of song). Overall, this made me just want to rewatch the movie, and not worry about the manga.

I don't really recommend this unless you are a really big fan of the Nightmare Before Christmas and need something more related to it.

A brilliantly illustrated telling of the original story. Featuring all the characters and even some songs that were in the film.

As good as the movie, minus the soundtrack!