Manga Messiah
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| Manga Messiah | |
 Cover of first edition |
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| Author | NEXT |
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| Country |  Japan |
| Language | English |
| Series | Manga Bible |
| Publisher | Tyndale House |
| Publication date | 2006 in UK 2007 in USA |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-4143-1680-1 |
| NEXT Editorial Team | |
| People who made Manga Messiah | |
| writer: | Hidenori Kumai |
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| artist: | Kozumi Shinozawa |
| assistant artist: | Atsuko Ogawa |
| art director: | Chihaya Tsutsumi |
| supervisor: | Kenichi Nakagawa |
| co-ordinator: | Toshikazu Iwaoka |
Manga Messiah is a graphic novel based on the Christian Bible(The New Testiment), written and illustrated by the group NEXT. Although it was created in Japanese,[citation needed] it was first published in English.
Manga Messiah tells the story of Jesus's life, based on the four gospels of the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Contents |
[edit] Plot/Overview
The story starts at the birth of Jesus (Yeshuah) and follows his life until his death and resurrection.
Original Hebrew names are sometimes used instead of traditional English names, for example Jesus is called by the name Yeshuah, Mary is called Miryam and Joseph is called Yosef.
[edit] Release
- 2006 in the
United Kingdom and the 
Philippines - September 2007 in
United States and 
Canada
Has not yet been released in it's home country Japan
[edit] Language translations
Originally written in Japanese and immediately translated to English. Currently the English version is the only version available. The Japanese version will be released in 2008. Numerous other languages are currently being translated including Chinese, Russian, Tagalog, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
[edit] Future developments
There are plans to make 5 books in the Manga Bible series, each covering different parts of the Bible:
- Old Testament Books
- Manga Mutiny - Genesis through the beginning of Exodus
- Manga Melech - David, Kings/Chronicles
- Manga Messengers - Major and Minor Prophets
- New Testament Books
- Manga Messiah - Gospels (the only book completed so far)
- Manga Metamorphosis - Acts and Epistles
[edit] Allegations of Anti-Judaism
Manga Messiah allegedly contains anti-Jewish depictions of Jews. Bruce Wilson of the Huffington Post focused on Manga Messiah in a May 29 editorial decrying the manga's extreme anti-Jewish overtones, connecting it with Christian anti-Judaism in general.[1](65.10.55.42 (talk) 14:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC))
