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Author : J.K. Rowling
Edition : 1
Release Date : 2006-07-25
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
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Product Description Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, through his many adventures with Hermione and Ron, to his confrontations with rival Draco Malfoy and the dreaded Professor Snape. From a dangerous descent into the Chamber of Secrets to the Triwizard Tournament to the return of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, each adventure is more riveting and exhilarating than its predecessor, and now all six books are available together for the first time in an elegant paperback boxed set. Customer reviews Exactly as advertised  by .. C. Burks (Oklahoma)
We were very pleased with the set. It was exactly as shown, arrived promptly, and was packaged well.
A Truly Magical Set of Books by .. phantasmagoria (florida, usa)
Like many readers, I was one of those people who decided to read all of the Harry Potter Books at once, rather than endure the long waits between the release of each book. In fact, no sooner than I purchased Deathly Hallows, I went and ordered this set which include the paperback versions of books 1-6 (Book I: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book II: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Book III: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Book IV: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Book V: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and finally, Book VI: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.).
After ravenously devouring each book one after the other, I can honestly say that I was blown away by the quality of this series. Without a doubt, J.K. Rowlings has created a timeless fantasy series that will appeal to future generations just like The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.
Buying this set is a great way to get your hands on the first six Harry Potter Books, but it also makes for a great gift. The only drawback is that the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is not included in this set.
I highly recommend this book set, especially to the Harry Potter fans who have only seen the movies and not yet read the books.
Loved it! by .. Moore11 ()
I was very happy to see this for so cheap.I had never read these before and I couldn't afford all of the books separately either.I love this and am totally hooked!
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6) by .. H. Fernando (Honolulu, HI USA)
What else is there to say? If you haven't heard of Harry Potter, something's wrong w/you. Books are awesome, delivered quickly. Description of the item were to the T. Couldn't have gotten them any better than it arrived!
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Author : C. S. Lewis
Edition : Mti
Release Date : 2008-04-01
Publisher : HarperFestival
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Product Description This rack edition box set will feature movie stills from the PRINCE CASPIAN film on the box. All seven rack books inside have cover artwork by Cliff Nielsen and black-and-white interior illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Customer reviews I gave this as a gift..... by .. Cassandra (Plants) Pullin (Houston, Texas)
Im not a fan of "Narnia" myself, but I ordered and shipped it to my friend abd she loved it. Great Value!
The Chronicles of Narnia is an excellent series.  by .. thy_avatar (Maryland)
The Chronicles of Narnia is an excellent series.
That being said, it is quite unfortunate that some religious groups have taken it up as a banner for further attempts to force their views onto people who have no interest in them and impose beliefs places where they were not originally intended. If you ignore the supposed 'christian theological concepts' and supposed 'christian allegories' some want to hammer in as the only reason for this series existence, then you can freely enjoy the series. Bear in mind that all reputable retailers keep this series in the 'Fantasy' or 'Science Fiction' section, not the 'religion' or 'religious fiction' section. If you want a good christian thematic series with strong christian overtones and message, look elsewhere. This is a good Fantasy and Science Fiction series-and nothing more. Fiction should be read or watched as enjoyment, not used as a teaching tool or religion tool or political tool.
From C.S Lewis's own written words come his opinion on the imposition of christian theological concepts and allegories:
"Although he did not set out to do so, in the process of writing his fantasy works, Lewis (an adult convert to Christianity) found himself incorporating Christian theological concepts into his stories. As he wrote in Of Other Worlds:
'Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument, then collected information about child psychology and decided what age group I'd write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out 'allegories' to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. I couldn't write in that way. It all began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn't anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord.'
Lewis, an expert on the subject of allegory and the author of The Allegory of Love, maintained that the books were not allegory, and preferred to call the Christian aspects of them "suppositional". This indicates Lewis' view of Narnia as a fictional parallel universe. As Lewis wrote in a letter to a Mrs Hook in December 1958:
'If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity in the same way in which Giant Despair [a character in The Pilgrim's Progress] represents despair, he would be an allegorical figure. In reality, however, he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, 'What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?' This is not allegory at all.' "
The Chronicles of Narnia is an excellent Science Fiction or Fantasy series.
If you want a good christian thematic series with strong christian overtones and message, look elsewhere.
This is a good Fantasy and Science Fiction series-and nothing more.
Fiction should be read or watched as enjoyment, not used as a teaching tool or religion tool or political tool.
Wonderful Books!! by .. RoAnn (Brandon, MS United States)
If you haven't read these books, you are missing something very special!! I have always admired C.S. Lewis and his writing.....but, after reading the Narnia books, I have even more respect for him and awe for his genius! I LOVED these books!!
Always a classic... by .. J. Webb (Salem Oregon)
This is the third set of Chronicles of Narnia that I have bought for my daughter over the years. She is 19 now and pregnant and has reread the series until the books fell apart. Now that she is about to have a child of her own she wanted another set to read to her baby.
This series is truly a classic that will be read for generations to come.
Go through the wardrobe by .. E. A Solinas (MD USA)
In the first half of the twentieth century, two drinking buddies wrote vastly different fantasy series -- one a rich fantasy epic, the other a pleasant, sometimes bittersweet children's story.
Obviously, the former was the classic "Lord of the Rings," and the latter was the "Narnia" series. A close pal of J.R.R. Tolkien's and a fellow "Inkling," C.S. Lewis was one of the first widely-read fantasy writers, and "The Chronicles of Narnia" -- despite a few flaws -- is a charming, classic read.
"The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" opens as four children (Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter) are being shipped to the English countryside at the beginning of World War II. While exploring the vast house where they are staying, Lucy accidently ventures into a winter-locked world called Narnia, which is ruled over by the evil White Witch. The king Aslan is about to return -- but the Witch quickly gets a hold on Edmund's soul.
"Prince Caspian" takes place long after the events of "Lion" (though in our world, only a short time has passed). Young Prince Caspian escapes his uncle's castle when his life is threatened, and he finds refuge with the hidden races of Narnia -- dwarves, talking animals, dryads, centaurs and many others. And to help Caspian regain the throne, the two kings and two queens of Narnia are called back...
"Voyage of the Dawn Treader" begins when Edmund, Lucy and their obnoxious cousin Eustace are sucked through a painting into Narnia, where their pal Caspian is now king of Narnia (and an adult to boot). Caspian is heading toward the end of the world to find several knights who were banished, and vanished into the perilous islands along the sea.
"The Silver Chair" heads into slightly darker territory when Eustace returns to boarding school. He and outcast girl Jill Pole are drawn into Narnia, where Jill must perform a task to redeem herself for a stupid act. She must find the dying Caspian's son Rilian, who vanished many years before. The search will send the two children across Narnia with the pessimistic Puddleglum, to carnivorous Giants, creepy underground creatures, and an enemy worse than they could have imagined...
"Horse and His Boy" shoots back in time to the middle of "Lion." Shasta lives with the man he thinks to be his father in a hovel by the sea, but when a Calormene warrior purchases him, he escapes with the man's talking horse, Bree. He meets the escaping noblewoman Aravis (who also has a talking horse), and the two are planning to escape to Narnia and freedom. But in the capital city, there is a conspiracy brewing against the visiting Narnian kings and queens...
"Magician's Nephew" clears up many of the questions about Narnia, Aslan and the White Witch. Digory and Polly end up in very serious trouble when they encounter Digory's weird, slightly nutty uncle, a magician who has created magical rings that send the user to other worlds. The two kids end up in the "wood between the worlds," and venture into a dying land where they set loose the evil Queen Jadis -- who follows them to the newborn world of Narnia.
"The Last Battle" is definitely the end of the series, where Narnia decays slowly into the final battle between good and evil. Humans are destroying the trees and killing the dryads, and a false Aslan is appearing to mislead the inhabitants of Narnia. Old and new friends will band together as the true Aslan prepares to lead them to a new land.
If you don't like allegory (religious or otherwise), then steer clear of the Chronicles. While Lewis's beliefs are presented in a more complicated and subtle manner in his other fictional works, here the parallels to basic Christian beliefs are very obvious. Reportedly even Tolkien, one of Lewis's best pals, found the allegory annoying.
But if you can get past the slightly ham-handed treatment, it's a fantastic read. Lewis reshapes typical mythical elements like dwarves, nymphs, talking animals, centaurs and wicked witches into shape in his invented world. And Narnia is an inviting place -- it isn't always fun or pleasant, but there is always the feeling that the good guys will ultimately -- if not immediately -- come out on top.
Lewis's writing can become a bit precious at times, in the tradition of many British authors writing for children. But he puts plenty of detail and mystery in his stories, sprinkling them with little mysteries and questions that are explained as the story goes on. Where did the lamppost come from, for example? How did humans come to Narnia? And what is the deal with the White Witch?
There's a pretty broad range of characters, from British schoolchildren to talking animals, fishing foundlings to prepubescent kings of Narnia. But Lewis does a solid job with almost all of them (Susan is a bit of a copout -- but contrary to rumor, she does not go to hell). In fact, the entirely made-up kids are the most fascinating -- fiery Aravis Tarkeena and the young Professor are among the best he wrote.
While not quite as well known as his pal Tolkien's work, C.S. Lewis's Narnia series still a fun and dramatic fantasy story. For a bit more insight into the origins of fantasy as we know it, check out "The Chronicles of Narnia."
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Format : Import
Author : J.K. Rowling
Number of Pages : 7
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Customer reviews Great Set of Books by .. Janis N (Pembroke Pines, FL United States)
I wanted to have the hard copies of these books to pass on to my kids and this is an excellent collection.
Worth reading, overall, by .. ()
I read these books when I was about nine or ten. And I was totally, utterly, and completely in love.
And then I reread them now as twelve year old, and they have degraded. The plot and the characters are ultimately lovable, though it becomes a bit too repetitive in the fifth and sixth book. But I'm actually quite proud of how the characters have developed from the first one; they are 3D, dimensional, lovable, and almost believable. (though I find Draco Malfoy is just too...cliche-bad-boy-unbelievable)
It's mostly J.K. Rowling's writing style. I like fresh, appealing descriptions, not so much the "and there was a chair in the room and a small boy and another boy and..." (Okay, I just made that sentence up. But still. I find that to sorta be her style... lists and not descriptions.)
Still, if not just for the characters - I'd read it.
Don't you dare put it down! by .. Christine (Canada)
WOW- I absolutly FELL IN LOVE with these books, and all because of how good the first one was. Some people may say that if you read the first couple of pages of a book, and it doesn't really "light your fire" then don't bother with the rest. I BEG to differ! The first chapter of Harry Potter #1 might make little sense to one, until you have read farther along into it. I know I didn't really "get it" at first, but I kept reading. So don't listen to those people who say don't bother!
Because this is one of the best series of books ever written. Right up there with "The Hobbit"- that's something big. And for those who are worried about their children learning bad lessons from Harry, about sneaking around, keeping secrets, witchcraft?!?!, ; people, just relax. Don't over anyalse it, (it's a BOOK! not some devil worshipping cult, I still can't get over how some people are so prejeduced against it and won't even read it because they think it will "corrupt their children" and think that Harry Potter will lead them down the not-so-primrosed path. Qualities of loyalty, honour, love, friendship, and good against evil are very prominent, and clear to see in these books.
I think everyone will enjoy these books entirely! They're not just children's books, they're books that everyone can read and benefit from.
If I could rate this book ( and it's series ) as 10 stars, I would!
simply the best... by .. cindyLYRA ()
cant help but to give two thumbs up...it's nice to read a story about a mother's love, great friendship, story with a twist and humor and most especially with a plot and setting that definitely would take your imaginations to the highest level in one package...so hold on to your seats and be ready for the stories that this extraordinaire would leave you spellbound!!!
What can I say? by .. Jessie (USA)
It's Harry Potter, what can I say? It's the series that got kids reading again. Everyone knows the plot. A boy wizard named Harry grew up with his cruel muggle (non-magic) aunt and uncle after his parents were killed in a car crash. At the age of 11 he's informed that he's a wizard, and that an evil wizard named Lord Voldemort murdered his parents and very nearly killed him. His aunt and uncle dissaproved of the world of magic and tried to keep everything a secret from Harry. He's taken away to live at a castle called Hogwarts, a school for young witches and wizards where he befriends the studious, proper Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasly, a poor boy who lives in the shadow of his brothers Charlie, Percy, Bill, and Fred and George. In book 1, Harry arrives at Hogwarts and finds that someone there is secretly trying to destroy him and is hiding a VERY big secret from the rest of the school.
In book 2, an unknown assailant is attacking students and everyone thinks Harry's doing it. We learn that no less than THREE characters are not what they seem. We are also introduced to Ron's younger sister Ginny, who has a crush on Harry.
In book 3, a murderous madman is on the loose and seems to be coming after Harry. But who, exactly is he? And the very LAST character you'd ever suspect of being evil reveals his true self.
In book 4, Harry is enrolled in the Triwizard Tournament, where three different magical schools select students to compete in daring, dangerous tests of school. Harry also attends the Quidditch world cup with the Weasleys and has a frightening run in with Voldemort and his servant in a graveyard. One character is tragically killed (I actually cried) at Voldemort's hand.
Book 4 is probably my favorite, along with 1, but there's really no such thing as a bad Harry Potter book. The movies are fantastic as well, and the sixth book is due out in a few months.
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Author : C. S. Lewis
Release Date : 2000-08-22
Publisher : HarperCollins
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Product Description This collection includes all seven novels in the series. Customer reviews All of Narnia in one volume by .. Greg Phillips (Georgia USA)
If you, like I, have read your Narnia books to pieces, thn this is a great replacement volume -- or a wonderful gift to give to introduce someone to the world of Narnia. I'd especially recommend it to parents who spend time each night reading to their children -- you will have the whole set at hand, and the children can be kept interested for quite a while! The text is easy to read, and the illustrations capture the people places and "feel" of Narnia well, giving children (and adults!) a face to go with a name etc. WELL worth it!!! Should you want to introduce Christianity to your kids, or to someone else, this volume also gives a wonderfully gentle way to do that as well.
Excellent Reading by .. Dixie Skalma (Mission Hills, CA)
Chronicles of Narnia are a wonderful set of stories about what Christ can do for us in times of great turmoil and troubles. I recommend this to all parents as a great way to share with their children, young and old.
Prompt Service by .. Sally L. Senger (Bradenton,FL)
Seller was very prompt in sending my book, Chronicles of Narnia. It is in great shape, just like new. I was very happy with the service and would definitely buy from this seller again.
To Stop ALL The Confusion.. by .. sPaZtaStiC (Charlotte, NC)
In order to get the intended story of Narnia read them in their theatrical release. At first, i must admitt, that i was confused as to why "they" (movie people and such)would release the 2nd book within the series, The Lion,The Witch and The Wardrobe, before the first, The Magician's Nephew, but afterward i thought of the order into which i was introduced to Narnia. My 2nd grade teacher first read LWW (#2) to us & then Prince Caspian (PC,#4) and so on with the stories containing Lucy and Edmund. Only THEN is it time to see the creation of Narnia, the importance of the lampost and other seemingly insignificant elements.
So i would say that the correct (or less confusing & complicated) order of reading would be 1: LWW (#2); 2: PC (#4); 3: VDT (#5); 4: SC (#6); 5. HHB (#3); 6. MN (#1) 7. LB (#7)
Stories to read again and again by .. Betty Mulloy (Waukesha, WI USA)
This is well-written, fun fantasy with a message (though not a preachy one). Enjoyable for middle schoolers and adults, grab something hot to drink and curl up for a fun escape. This is one of those books the movie doesn't spoil. The characters are memorable and believable.
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Author : Erin Hunter
Release Date : 2008-09-30
Publisher : HarperCollins
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Customer reviews Wonderful for pre-teens by .. T. Foye (Florida)
I bought this set last year for my then 9 year old daughter. She devoured them and then loaned them to her best friend. This Christmas I'm buying two more sets for a niece and a stepdaugher. Everyone loves them. 5 stars all around!
Great Book for Kids by .. L. Goodwin (Texas)
My 11 year old daughter can not put these books down!! She has already made all her A.R. points for the entire year of school! Love them!!
My grandsons love this series! by .. K. D. Jones (BROOKLYN, NY USA)
I ordered these books for my grandsons who love the Prophecy Series..It turns out that they had previously taken them out of the Library, but they refused to send them back..They are re-reading them now and are happy that they don't have to return them.
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Edition : Pap/Pstr/B
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
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Product Description Best selling VIZ series now in complete and fan-desirable sets! Save $ by buying the first complete story arc of Naruto! Special bonus premium items included in each like full color, two sided poster and mini-booklet. All custom boxes have attractive box printing, sturdy handle and hook & look enclosures. Naruto Boxed Set contains all 27 volumes of Naruto manga featuring the first Naruto story arc. A wonderful item for all fans, the set comes in a quality sturdy corrugate display box and features attractive premium items! Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief and, sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, intense Sasuke and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! Believe it! Customer reviews Amazing Purchase by .. David Watson ()
Naruto may not be everyone's personal favorite anime/manga, but this box set is an unbelievable purchase for any fan of manga or naruto.
Firstly, shipping is ridiculously fast and arrived in perfect condition.
Secondly, Contains all of Naruto Part 1, including Kakashi arc, which gives you a peek at the 4th hokage(amazing). Also, the individual volumes arrived in perfect condition and are incredibly easy to read. The box set also comes with a bunch of smaller goodies described on the main page, but the shinobi mini guide is basically a huge advertisement for more naruto stuff. It gives you cut outs from naruto fanbooks and anime profile books to entice you, but I was really disappointed with it.
The box set is very prtoective and you would have to do something fairly serious to damage either the box set or a volume of the manga because both are incredibly durable.
I've tried to go over everthing I could think of for any questions anyone would have, but its an amazing box set and I would advise anyone who is contemplating on whether or not to buy this box set to get it. You will not regret it.
Any questions about the box set feel free to respond to this review and I'll respond as soon as I can. This Naruto Box Set is amazing and worth it.
AWESOME GIFT!! by .. J. SPIDELL (USA)
This is a great gift. My daughter loves Naruto so I know she will love this box set. Delivery was fast and everything was intact when it arrived.
Full Set by .. Erica Cain (Florida)
This is the full original series of the Naruto manga. Shippuden/Hurricane Chronicles are not part of the set. The box is thick cardboard and protects the books well. It is worth the price.
Great box set for ninja fans. by .. Christopher Huanosta (California)
If you like the Naruto show then you will love this box set. Great value for 27 volumes. This is all of the first part of the Naruto story which also includes the Kakashi gaiden story, which was not in the show. Shows the team Kakashi was in when he was a kid and how he got the sharingan. Must have for all Naurto fan, ninja fans, and anyone who like a good story.
Naruto 1-27 -- Best of Naruto by .. Aion (England)
Naruto's a name that brings lots of memories to the front of my mind. Many years ago, when I was 14-15 and hadn't watched anime for very long, I was told about this hugely popular title. Being new to anime at the time, discovering I had 60-80 episodes to watch before I'd catch up wasn't a worry; discovering Naruto's a lengthy story actually made me even more eager to catch up. I caught up within a week, finding myself addicted to it, the weekly episodes working as a sort of drug that kept me going until the next episode aired.
...But, sadly, nothing in life lasts forever. The Naruto anime eventually ended up becoming a joke after the first 135 episodes due to the anime evil known as 'filler'; original stories the animation studio come up with when they run out of manga material to animate. Older Naruto anime fans had to endure nearly two years of soul destroying stories, involving cooking ninja, postmen ninja and a Tony the Tiger lookalike. And when the anime finally started to follow the real plot again, a combination of budget cuts and laziness meant it just wasn't enjoyable to watch any more.
After enduring so much, I decided that reading black and white pages to finish the story would be far more enjoyable than continuing to watch the anime adaptation. From that point onwards I've followed the manga instead of the anime weekly, starting from the point where the proper anime story restarted after the two year filler hell. I didn't read the first 250 or so chapters that came before because I already knew the story and reading all those pages would've taken a long, long time.
Now, as a Naruto fan, I'm sure you can imagine my joy a few weeks ago when I discovered a new Naruto Vol. 1-27 box set was just around the corner, it containing all the chapters I hadn't read. After being impressed with the box art images, I was fast to order when I saw that a store were selling it for £60; £2.23 per volume AND with a box to hold all 27 volumes - A bargain if there ever was one for an American import.
When it arrived a few days after ordering my initial reaction wasn't pure joy. The box my set was packaged in (which had been used for both the journey from America and to me) had some damage to a corner and, sure enough, one of the corners of the set inside had taken a nasty knock. My anger was cooled by the store I purchased it from offering me a £18 refund on the day the set arrived, which I was quick to accept when the damage wasn't THAT bad and the volumes inside hadn't been damaged. I suppose it's hard not for such a heavy set to get damaged in some way when it travels such a long way...
Forgetting about the damage, the box looks fantastic. On the front is a large image of Naruto (green background), on the right side is an odd(ish) looking image of Sasuke (orange background), on the left is a cute image of Sakura (yellow background) and the back of the box has a cool looking shot of a huge chunk of the cast together. Although it would've been nice to see the Vol. 26-27 cover art used instead, I can't see any Naruto fan disliking the box art; most I'm sure would be very satisfied. It's also worth mentioning that the set has a small handle on the top that allows you to move it around with ease.
The box opens by pulling the right-hand side, that side being held by three velcro circles. Once inside, the 27 volumes are stacked on two blue shelves, with a small double-sided poster and booklet also included. Let me tell you, it's very pleasing on the eye for a Naruto fan to open the box and see the spines of 27 volumes, knowing they contain the best section of the Naruto story.
The volumes themselves are great. For a weekly manga, the art is top class and, unlike in certain other series, it's very easy to follow the action. There are even some pages in-between the chapters used for Kishimoto's personal thoughts, including some interesting information such as who his favourite character is, what manga attempts he made before Naruto, how he let a plant die by doing something silly, etc. His comments are great for Naruto fans who want to know more about the man who created what they love.
Overall, this set is truly wonderful and was created for fans who want to own the first half of the series in style. The only problem is the risk of it arriving damaged due to the distance it had to cover to reach the UK. You'd have to be a pretty damn lucky person for it not to have received at least some damage along the way.
Moving on, with my brief Naruto history and box description covered, I'm going to try to quickly describe the actual story and express my feelings about it a little more.
Naruto's a relatively simple story that steals from other famous shounen (young boy) series, namely Dragon Ball. In Naruto we, the readers, follow a young ninja called Naruto who has a big dream: he wants to become the Hokage; the champion/leader of his ninja village. This dream is not a very likely one when Naruto happens to have the lowest grade his class and be more well known for being a trouble maker than being a skilled ninja.
But, unknown even to Naruto, he has something special hidden inside him that sets him apart: Kyuubi (9-tails); the most deadly creature in existence that was sealed inside his newly born body as a last resort by the previous Hokage (at the cost of his life) when the Kyuubi attacked his ninja village (Konoha). Although a law was made preventing any of the adults revealing this afterwards, the adults hated Naruto because they saw him as the Kyuubi in a human form, and their hatred of him spread to their children even without them revealing the reasoning behind their feelings. This resulted in Naruto wanting to be respected, fuelling his dream to become the Hokage.
Using that plot as its base, the story goes on from there, quickly developing by putting Naruto in a team with two other rookie ninja: Uchiha Sasuke (Naruto's skilled rival) and Sakura (the brightest girl ninja, who just so happens to have a crush on Sasuke and hates Naruto). All three are distinctive characters that keep the the series interesting with their differences, the dialogue between the three never being dull.
One last plot related matter worth mentioning is the manga/anime differences...or rather, the lack of. Some filler additions and less blood/gore aside, the story you see in Vol. 1-27 (excluding Kakashi Gaiden) and EP1-135 is practically identical. There wouldn't be much point seeing both if you wanted to see changes.
Finally: My thoughts about Naruto...
Aside from Naruto having some of the best fights ever, what makes it stand out from the crowd is the diverse cast of likeable characters and absorbing world. All too often with stories you find yourself disconnected, not caring about the supporting cast or surrounding world very much, but Kishimoto (the manga author) somehow managed to create a huge amount of characters and make most enjoyable to pass time watching. The length of the story obviously helped, with Kishimoto having a lot of time to develop the cast, but it was more to do with his ability to create charming characters than anything else.
One of the accusations many throw at Naruto due to its worldwide popularity is that it's too simple. Sure, its story is simplistic and aimed at young/teenage boys, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth the time of adults when the characters receive excellent development and there are adult themes used constantly (Naruto is, after all, set in a world where ninja kill other ninjas). Lots of grown men in their 20s admit to loving Naruto, and that's because it's the sort of story everyone can enjoy. Don't make the mistake of assuming that what's aimed at young boys in Japan is what's aimed at young boys elsewhere in the world - the Japanese aren't as overly protective as people in most other countries.
...Well, I think that's about it. I hope this wall of text helps at least someone!
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Format : Box set
Author : Charles M. Schulz
Number of Pages : 688
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
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Product Description As they have the previous three holiday seasons, Fantagraphics are offering a boxed set collecting the current (1965-66) and previous (1963-64) volumes, in a new slipcase designed by the award-winning graphic novelist, Seth. It's the perfect gift book item of the season! In The Complete Peanuts 1963-64: this volume is particularly rich in never-before-reprinted strips: Over 150 (more than one fifth of the book!) have never seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago, so this will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors. These "lost" strips include Linus making a near-successful run for class president that is ultimately derailed by his religious beliefs (two words: "great" and "pumpkin"), and Snoopy getting involved with a group of politically fanatical birds. One wonders: Was it the political edge in these stories that got them consigned to oblivion for so long? Also worthy of note is an extended, never-reprinted sequence in which Snoopy gets ill and heads to the veterinarian hospital...Also in this volume: Lucy's attempts at improving her friends branches out from her increasingly well-visited nickel psychiatry booth to an educational slideshow of Charlie Brown's faults (it's so long there's an intermission!). Also, Snoopy's doghouse begins its conceptual expansion, as Schulz reveals that the dog owns a Van Gogh, and that the ceiling is so huge that Linus can paint a vast (and as it turns out unappreciated) "history of civilization" mural on it. And baseball continues to be a mainstay: Charlie Brown suffers from pitcher's elbow and is replaced by Linus, who turns out to be a vast improvement; he also blows several more crucial matches through various screw-ups (one with the little red haired girl in attendance); and adding insult to injury, his favorite baseball player is demoted to the minor league. The Complete Peanuts 1963-64 features a new introduction by animator Bill Melendez, producer of over 75 Peanuts animated specials and movies, including the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas. In The Complete Peanuts 1965-66: We are now in the mid-1960s, one of Schulz's peak periods of creativity (and one third of the way through the strip's life!). Snoopy has become the strip's dominant personality, and this volume marks two milestones for the character: the first of many "dogfights" with the nefarious Red Baron, and the launch of his writing career ("It was a dark and stormy night..."). Two new characters—the first two from outside the strip's regular little neighborhood—make their bows. Roy (who befriends Charlie Brown and then Linus at summer camp) won't have a lasting impact, but upon his return from camp he regales a friend of his with tales of the strange kids he met, and she has to go check them out for herself. Her name? Peppermint Patty. The Complete Peanuts 1965-66 features a new introduction by Hal Hartley, writer/director of acclaimed independent films Trust, Henry Fool, Kimono, Simple Men, The Unbelievable Truth, and Fay Grim. Customer reviews Peanuts by .. Minnie (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
A wonderfully bound book, with a solid cover and sturdy pages. This might seem irrelevant but these two books are for carrying around and reading and re-reading and they will withstand the heavy usage. I love the index in the back, it makes searching for a particular strip easier. And then of course, there is the impeccable quality of the writing and drawing that has never and will never age. an excellent addition to my collection
Simply the best. by .. DEREK MCCARTHY (Southborough, MA)
This is my second of these boxed sets of Peanuts. Beautiful packaging & publishing details. No color Sunday strips, of course (they appear in B&W like all the strips); but color would make the editions impractical to print anyway.
Many hours of pure enjoyment ahead: I plan to get all the sets as they come out and am learning a great deal about some favorite characters. A must-have for any true lover of Peanuts.
Love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by .. abc snoopy (New Jersey)
I love Peanuts it really got good by these years when they put in Peppermint Patty. I love when they talk to the readers like on 2/4/65 when Snoopy was gonna marry his skating girlfriend he said to the readers wish me luck so cute. Great comics great books and a lot of long lost comics and lots of it came from TV. I guess I should have put this review on the Complete Peanuts 1965-1966 but all the years are great. I really do like the Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 a lot because they talk to readers a lot.
Never had an equal by .. Too Little Space (Washougal, WA USA)
For those of us who grew up in the 1960's Peanuts was the paragon of subtle wit and insight into our cultural minds. We could live vicariously in the dancing of Snoopy, his triumphs over the Red Baron, and his material excesses(a house with a Van Gogh, no less). We could sigh along with Charlie Brown, philospophize with Linus, and argue with Lucy. This collection continues the daily progression of the characters as they navigate the turbulent 1960's and gave us all something we could share in common every day in the paper.
Complete 2-book Set : Identical as the books sold separately only cheaper! by .. Zaved Ahmed (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
The Complete Peanuts is definitely complete! It's a real collectors' item!
Each book contains 2 complete years of Peanuts - the funniest comic strip of all time (IMHO). So this two-book set contains four complete years of Peanuts - all the strips that were published between 1963-1966.
Note that both books included in the boxed set are exactly the same ones that are sold separately. The books also contain full book jackets (i.e. if desired can be shelved separately). As of this review date it is cheaper to buy the two-book set than to buy them separately at Amazon and we get an added attractive slipcase with the two-book set.
Unfortunately the Sunday strips are in black and white - a minor gripe. However other such comic strip collections (including Calvin and Hobbs) have the Sunday ones in color.
Recommended.
(Note: I have essentially copied my review of the other peanuts sets for this one)
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Format : Box set
Author : Charles M. Schulz
Number of Pages : 688
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
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Product Description With intros by John Waters and Mo Willems! The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968 is a particularly Snoopy-heavy collection. In addition to seeing the beagle adopt multiple personas, this volume also sees the appearance of what would be Schulz's most controversial major character: Franklin. In Charles Schulz's The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970, Woodstock makes his first appearance, Snoopy is left in the Van Pelt family's care as the Browns vacation... and the Little Red-Haired Girl moves away. Customer reviews Not really collectable by .. Charlie Brown (Seattle, WA)
All the strips in these books are freely available online. You can query the strips according to the published dates (from date ~ to date) and the number of strips per page shown. And it's really convenient. So, then why should we buy this book ? It is because the books are supposed to be superior so that they have the value of the "collectable". Unfortunately, this is not the case. All the Sunday strips are black and white. To see them in color you have to go online. So, this book is actually inferior to the free online version, and I wonder why anyone should buy it, unless he thinks that he has a better deal because he exchanged 30 not so artistic green papers with 200+ cartoon strip papers.
The 60's come to a close in style with the Peanuts gang by .. Michael W. Howe (Chicago, IL)
'741.5 SCH'
That may be gibberish to some, but to me, it was the dewey-decimal system location of the Peanuts strips in my Elementary school library. I really gained my love of Peanuts from those library-bound books, but always remembered coming back to 'The Peanuts Jubilee,' which was (at the time) the only way to find insight into the earlier strips. With Fantagraphic Books, we've been able to see what many of those early years were like. With the latest volume, we've moved into familiar territory with some of the more familiar characters and stories.
In this volume, a number of revelations come about:
-Lucy goes to extreme measures and throws Schroeder's piano to the kite-eating tree.
-Snoopy befriends one of the many birds that hangs around his doghouse, and the friendship with Woodstock is born.
-The Little Red-Haired Girl moves out of the neighborhood.
-The Head-Beagle appears(in name only). Soon after his 'appearance,' Snoopy is promoted to the role...and finds out how hard a job it is.
-Snoopy becomes the first beagle on the moon.
Some of the comics in this collection have been seen in some previous collections, but most cut out some of the key bits. One example was a previous Peanuts collection that showed the aftermath of the Little Red-Haired Girl moving away, but not what came before.
One note to make is that there appear to be two different versions of this volume. If you purchase the volume as a single book, it includes a 3-panel strip that was not included in the previous volume. The version that comes in the 2-book set (The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970) does not have the missing strip.
NEAR TWO DECADES STANDARDS MAINTAINED! by .. VOICE OF VICTORIA (VICTORIA AUSTRALIA)
While perhaps not quite as consistent as the mid 50's to mid 60's strips this collection is still superior to almost anything else around. I'll be collecting these sets for a while yet!
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Author : Tsugumi Ohba
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
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Product Description The entire Death Note manga story arc is now available in a box set for the first time! This custom box set includes all 12 books from the Death Note series, the information How To Read "Death Note 13" and exclusive Death Note premium gifts! The high gloss printed box set also comes with a recessed handle and velcro closure. The box set is 10% off the total retail price of 13 volumes of Death Note! This is a perfect gift for either yourself or anyone not yet exposed to the amazing intrigue of this Obha / Obata masterpiece. Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know? Customer reviews If You Love The Anime, You Will Love This by .. GameraRocks (Gillsville, GA USA)
The original manga is just as good as the anime and this is a must have if you are a fan of the series. It's almost exactly like the anime, but there are times with new dialogue and more in-depth info. The box that the complete manga comes in is, to say the least, very beautiful. The artwork on the box alone is great and is a great carrying case. This is definitely a nice collectable and the stories of each manga are great. This is a must own for fans or a nice gift to buy a fan.
This is a REAL deal! by .. A.M.A.C. (Puerto Rico)
I received this box set just a few days ago and all I can say is that I'm very pleased with my purchase. This item is a real bargain!!! The box includes the 12 manga books that are worth each one almost 10 bucks, plus the book #13, which is the "How to read" Death Note special, and a small booklet that has all the Death Note rules. The art on the box looks awesome; it features Light Yagami with Ryuk, Rem and some other death gods. This makes a GREAT present for anyone who's a fan of the series or wishes to own this amazing manga. I highly recommend to buy it here in Amazon: it's the lowest price I've seen yet.
Excellent Purchase by .. David A. Brown (Perth, Western Australia)
This is a great series and this collection captures it perfectly. The container which comes with it is great aswell. The only downside is that once you've finished it you're left with an empty feeling; there's no other manga as good as this one.
Kira's World by .. Aion (England)
There are a limited number of manga series that can be considered worldwide hits. Rather surprisingly, considering the amount of dialogue and seriousness of a story that the author had doubted would be accepted as a Shounen (young boy) Jump title even in Japan, Death Note became one of those titles. When a story about someone in our world finding a killing tool Death Gods use (and killing anyone they view as evil with to create a better world) becomes so successful it's a little special - it isn't every day that a story where words and not fists are used as weapons becomes this popular. Death Note has become so popular that there have even been stories on the American news about kids at school getting suspended after notebooks were found on them with details of deaths written inside!
My first encounter with Death Note was with the anime. I saw discussions about it on a forum I used to visit frequently just after the anime started airing in Japan and what I read interested me, a lover of dark and depressing stories, enough to download the first episode. I was blown away by the quality of the story, the mix of real world and fiction blending superbly. Every episode thrilled me more than the last during the first section of the story, never allowing me to remove myself from the edge of my seat. I watched all 37 episodes weekly and was very rarely disappointed.
Fast forwarding to the recent past, I discovered a Death Note manga box set was coming out by chance. I put in a pre-order with Amazon as soon as I found out about it, later cancelling to order from a cheaper store (I paid £39). I was a little worried about receiving a damaged set after my Naruto manga box set had arrived with some damage, but I put those fears aside since I wouldn't have ended up ordering it if I kept predicting a pessimistic future involving damaged goods. Thankfully, lightning didn't end up striking twice and this time around I was lucky - my set was undamaged on arrival.
After seeing the size of the box my set had been packed in, I was a little worried about the possibility of the store I purchased from sending me the wrong item - it looked tiny in comparison to the Naruto set. I realized after removing the box set from the packaging that the reason for the size was simply down to the Death Note set being compact, so there wasn't to be any drama. I suppose it was a bit silly of me to expect it to be anywhere as near as big as the 27 volume Naruto set...
The box set is certainly very stylish. On the front is an image of a vast amount of skulls bundled together (very fitting), with the Death Note logo going through the middle and various Death Note rules are written in faint text on black behind the image/logo. The back and both sides of the set have one lovely piece of artwork spread across them, the image showing Light holding a scythe whilst walking in (what I assume to be) the Death God world, with a total of seven Death Gods, including Ryuk and Rem, flying behind him in the background. The top and bottom of the set have the same look as the front, minus the bundle of skulls.
Moving onto the interior, the box opens by pulling at the two velcro circles located on the top of the box that connect the front of the box to the top. Once the front of the box is pulled down, you're greeted with an excellent view - all 12 of the Death Note story volumes lined up together and volume 13 sitting alone in its very own little area to the right of volume 12. The inside of the box is totally black apart from an image of a skull.
There's also a small extra thrown in: a large booklet. The booklet contains all the Death Note rules that were put in-between the chapters in the volumes. It isn't the most amazing extra you'll live to see when everything in the booklet is in the volumes, but having the booklet does make finding the rules a lot easier, and it was a nice surprise for me as I wasn't expecting the booklet to be included.
To be honest, I was a little concerned when I first saw pictures of the set; I thought it looked a little disappointing compared to the recently released Naruto set, but it actually looks very pleasing in the flesh. My only complaint about the artwork is that only Light, Ryuk and Rem managed to get themselves onto the box artwork - where were the images of L, Misa, Mikami and a fair few other characters who should've took the place of the (admittedly stylish) black background with faint Death Note rules?
I do have one technical problem with the box, although the problem is more down to me than the design of the box. There's a thin piece of cardboard that separates volume 1-12 and volume 13, this piece of cardboard being connected to the top and bottom. I rather stupidly put one too many volumes into the volume 1-12 section when trying to straighten the bent covers/pages of the books I'd read, not thinking about what could go wrong, and when I tried to remove a volume I must have pushed the little piece of cardboard too far, resulting in it coming loose from the top and no longer supporting the weight of volumes 1-12 when the box is on its side and volume 13 isn't in to support it. It's only a minor problem (at this stage) but, after I was so happy to receive it in perfect condition, it's still going to haunt an idiotic perfectionist like me to my grave. I hope none of you are silly enough to put too many volumes in and/or move the box around too much without volume 13 in to support the evil piece of cardboard!
As for the actual volumes (what you really pay for!), each of the volumes has a different coloured spine, with an image of different Death God at the top of each of the spines. The volume spines are definitely my favourite manga spines to date. The covers of the volumes all have the same theme: a cross, one or two characters shown and faint Death Note rules in the background, with each each volume cover using a different coloured background. The art inside the books is truly wonderful, the art clearly benefiting from Death Note having had one person work on the story and another on the art. The characters expressions are amazing at times, the artist clearly being very good at showing extreme emotions. The only problem with the art I spotted was with the early drawings of the Kira investigation team members being poor, the reason for this being that the artist didn't know during the early stages if they were important characters or not.
After only recently reading volume 1-27 of Naruto and seeing the author of that series use the pages in-between the chapters to reveal lots about himself, what disappointed me about the volumes wasn't the covers, nor was it the story - it was the lack of extras. The author of Death Note seems to have used a pen name, meaning he or she didn't want to reveal too much, which seems to be the reason behind the author not adding any information about his/her life in-between the chapters. Sure, there are a few Death Note rules in-between the chapters, but most of the rules aren't very interesting...reading about the experiences of the author would've been much better.
Now, with the box out of the way, it's best I cover volume 13 before describing the story and giving my thoughts, the reason being that volume 13 isn't anything to do with the story - it was called volume 13 only to get more people to buy it. So, what is volume 13? The answer is that it's a book filled with extras, ranging from interviews to character profiles. Quite a lot of the extras are a waste of space because they don't give new information or because they simply aren't detailed enough. For example, the early part of the book goes through the main characters, giving a few bits of information and showing a graph to highlight their qualities, yet there wasn't any in-depth character analysis and, going on a comment the author made about the most intelligent character in an interview, even the skill graphs were inaccurate. There is a lot of good content in the book, though, namely an interview with the author, an interview with the artist, an interview with both together and the pilot chapter that was created before Light and L came into existence. In all honesty, it's worth the money for the interviews and pilot chapter alone, so the disappointing sections don't really matter - it's nice to read once you finish the series.
I can now finally get into what matters: the story. Death Note is, as you can doubt work out from the name alone, one that deals with death on a regular basis. It starts with Light Yagami, a genius student who finds life all too easy, finding a notebook that a Death God dropped into the human world out of boredom. Light's initial reaction was to not take the notebook or the rules written inside it seriously, but he soon came to the horrifying realization that the notebook wasn't a joke when, out of curiosity, he wrote down the name of someone who was holding kids hostages in a school - the person died from a heart-attack 40 seconds after the name had been wrote down, just as the Death Note rules stated. Once Light paid attention to the rules, he understood that he could make anyone have a heart attack if, with their face in mind, he wrote down their name, or he could be more creative and specify exactly how they die.
From there, Light quickly overcame his fear and started to think about how he could better the world with this power. He was bored with his life prior to finding the Death Note and was disgusted with a world where criminals escaped punishment time and time again, so the Death Note made him more happy than he'd ever been once he got over the fact that he'd actually killed another human. But, as you'd expect, Light wasn't doing this purely out of the goodness of his cold heart: he wants to become the God of the new world he plans to create with the power of the Death Note. As Ryuk (the Death God who dropped the notebook) accurately points out at the start, even if Light manages to accomplish his goal he would have to write his own name in at the end since he would be the last 'evil' person alive.
Much to the frustration of Light and the joy of suspense lovers worldwide, an enemy who could stop him was quick to stand in his way, the enemy being someone called L; the greatest detective in the world. Light's arrogance and temper allowed L to stun Light in their very first encounter, and from that point onwards a psychological battle between the two got underway. Light/Kira (what he comes to be known as by the public) wants to discover the name and face of L in order to kill him, while L wants to find out who Kira is and capture him. Both hide behind masks and, with Light able to kill anyone he knows the name and face of, the battle between the two is not without many twists and turns as the two geniuses try to outwit the other.
The Death Note story is mostly very well written and thrilling to read. The first 34-36(ish) chapters are all brilliant, the best manga I've read. The quality does then drop during the Yotsuba section for a fair few chapters, with comedy and needless chatter taking away from the seriousness and slowing down the story, but the story returns to being epic before too long and then hits its highest point with the tear-inducing finale to the first half of the story. Then, once the second half of the story gets going, it starts out exciting but the quality quickly deteriorates and the pacing becomes very poor, with far too much needless chatter taking up space. And, after a lengthy period of boring chapters, the story resumes being thrilling near chapter 80 and this time it doesn't stop until the very end - the author seemed to rediscover the magic that made the first section of the story so amazing.
I suppose it's fair to call Death Note a bit of a mixed bag due to how the quality shifts from stunning to average from time to time, but the best parts of the story more than make up for the less interesting parts. I don't even think the areas I've described as average were that bad, they just don't have the wow factor the best sections of the story have.
What makes Death Note stand out in my mind is how well the author depicts our world. The Death Note world is bleak, depressing and full of people who don't deserve to live - just like our world. Whilst reading, I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if a Death Note appeared in our world: would people still say killing is wrong or, as the world changed as more and more criminals died and crime reduced dramatically, would Kira become a God in the eyes of people? It's a question we'll never know the answer to but it's pretty interesting thinking material for a Shonen Jump title to provide readers.
The author has made a lot of surprising comments in interviews, the two most attention grabbing being that he/she supposedly only had up to chapter 3 planned when he/she started and that he/she didn't intend to send out a message with the story. It's fascinating that someone could write such an intelligent story with so little forward planning and create so many in-depth discussions about topics such as good and evil when the author only intended to create an entertaining story. Using myself as an example of someone who reads more into Death Note than the author intended, I've always thought the message Death Note sends out is clear: it's not possible for a human to reach the realm of God, no matter how perfect the person who tries may be.
With the story parts done and dusted, there is one more important area I need to talk about: the characters. Death Note has a cast of characters that start out complete, which is highly unusual. Everything you need to know about Light is revealed in the first chapter (he's intelligent, selfish and has a God complex), L is an eccentric genius with no social skills (no development needed), Misa is a simple woman who is obsessed with Kira due to her past and everything you need to know about the important members of the Kira investigation team is clear from their personalities. It would've been nice if, for example, a few flashbacks to L's past had been included, but it wasn't necessary for either the plot or his character, and the same can be said about the others. I mean, did we need to see a flashback of Light's past that tried to make him into a more sympathetic character? It would've ruined his character; he's supposed to be a character who cares only about himself, not one who started hating others because of a tragic event or something.
There is one fairly big character negative that needs to be mentioned and, due to the risk of spoilers, I'm going to have to be vague. A character who enters the story in the second half starts out by doing everything he can in order to be the best, even going as far as using and killing others to reach his goal. But, near the end, he does something illogical that goes against his character, and that illogical action resulted in the story ending how it does. So, at the expense of the character, the author used him in order to reach the conclusion he/she she wanted. Even though I love the ending, it's bad writing for a character to do something out of character for the sake of the story.
...Anyway, since this review has gone on for far longer than I intended already, I'm going to attempt to end this after I touch on one more issue: The anime. In my eyes, the anime is the best manga adaptation in existence - it's near enough perfect in my eyes. Madhouse (the studio behind the anime) made the experience far better with the perfect choice of colour, great 'camera angles', small additions that made certain scenes far more dramatic (such as a certain evil grin in episode 25) and a FAR better second half of the story. Madhouse did the best thing they could've done when they removed all the boring chatter out of the second half of the story - they turned what was slow-paced and boring into something fast-paced and exciting. The ONLY thing they did wrong was changing the ending slightly. Also, I have to mention that Death Note has the best soundtrack I've ever heard (I still listen to it even now) and the best Japanese voice acting performance I've heard.
To sum it all up, Death Note is brilliant and the box set is a nice piece for a collector. No manga and/or anime fanatic should miss out on reading/seeing Death Note, and no bargain hunter should miss out on getting the box set.
If you're the sort of person who likes to see a review end with a rating, 9/10 is the rating I give it. Since I rated the anime 10/10, I think it's fair that the (in my opinion) inferior manga receives a slightly lower rating. Although I want to go into more detail, the review has gone on for longer than I intended already and time is getting on, so I'm going to stop here. I hope whoever reads this finds it at least a little bit helpful.
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Author : Erin Hunter
Release Date : 2007-10-09
Publisher : HarperCollins
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Product Description The first story arc in the #1 nationally bestselling epic warror cat series is now available in a beautiful box set. Customer reviews THE AWESOMEST BOOKS EVER! by .. ()
I started out reading the Warriors series with the first book in the Power of Three series from my library. I became addicted and asked for this for Christmas in '08. I've only read the first two books in the series, but they're awesome! MUST RESIST SPOILING THE PLOT!!!
Gift by .. Elizabeth B. Schnepp (newark, de)
This was a Christmas gift for my 11 year old grandson. He was very much impressed.
Nervous by .. Carmen T. Ash (Arizona)
Warriors Box Set: Volumes 1 to 6
I am very happy with the product, however, it arrived just 2 days before Christmas and I was getting very nervous as it was ordered on Thanksgiving. Basically, I could have gone to a bookstore and gotten them instantly and saved the postage.
Classroom Favorite by .. Eldene Burrows (Greeley, Colorado USA)
This set is so popular with the sixth graders I teach that students are often checking to find out if the next book in the series is available for checkout. Both boys and girls enjoy this series.
Cat's rule! by .. Kathleen Moore (Austin, TX)
I bought this for my 10 and 12 year old grandsons. They are having a blast read and discussing the adventures with each other.
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