picture books?

[Dr M M]

No: HPFGUIDX 735

From: Neil Ward <neilward at dircon.co.uk>

>Since it's been raised, the idea of a picture book version (or comic
book
>version) of the Harry Potter books is intriguing, not as a means of
>simplifying the books or appealing to young children, but as an
alternative
>format.  Wasn't this done with "Lord of the Rings" for example?  Imagine
>what some of those Japanese cartoonists would do with it.  

eek!  don't call them cartoons.  It's anime.  Anime is *not* cartoons. 
Cartoons are those cheezy things meant entirely for children.  Anime, on
the other hand is full of nasty plot twists, creativity, subjects such as
homosexuality that could *never* be dealed with in a cartoon, and
incredible animation that surpasses any American animation (except,
perhaps Disney).

*cough*  Um, sorry, got totally off-topic there with one of my pet
subjects :)  We Otaku's (anime fans) get that way about anime vs.
cartoons (Pokemon is a *horrible* example of anime).

Anyway, it would be wonderful to have Harry turned into an anime series. 
Japanese anime, when adapted from an original work (especially mangas --
er, graphic novel), treats them better than any American company ever
could.  It would be fun to see :)

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