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Did you know that there is a Narnia manga?

Magister Xehanort

Magister Xehanort

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From what I understand, the books are already in the Public Domain in Japan (and also in some other places like the Canada) and this manga that I discovered already adapted "The Magician's Nephew" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", but entered on hiatus at the beginning of this year, but the author posted the following images on his Twitter (X) this month:

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Orayn

Orayn

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Gorgeous, the style reminds me of some of FFXIV's official illustrations.
 
metalmonstar

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myanimelist.net

Narnia-koku Monogatari 1: Majutsushi no Oi

On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible.
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Seems they are working book by book but MAL only has the one entry as far. There might be a translation out there somewhere but I would imagine it is behind.
 
dark494

dark494

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There were the opening chapters released a few years back and then it was dropped. Looks like someone picked it up recently and has been uploading new chapters.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - MangaDex

On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible.
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mrmoose

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Nov 13, 2017
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So I imagine it's not public domain in the US so has no chance for an official release here?
 
DrForester

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Did you know there was a shoujo X-Men manga where Kitty Pride is the only girl student at the school?

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Also Beast looks like Totoro.
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mrmoose

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Nov 13, 2017
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There's a manga of Superman eating different kinds of food for some reason (Superman vs. Meshi, and I saw it at Target).

And of course the Deadpool samurai manga (also available at Target) outsells basically every Marvel graphic novel/tpb in the US.
 
MyDudeMango

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The literal power of god and anime on their side with this one.
All jokes aside, really neat! I love seeing these odd adaptations all across the world.
 
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