Andrew
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Darren Shan:
Have you read the Mange adaptations of your CDF series? If so, would you recommend them to somebody who likes the books?
Darren Shan
Hi Andrew,
yes, I've read the manga, and loved them! I actually picked the artist, Takahiro Arai, from a shortlist drawn up by my Japanese publishers. He and his team then went ahead and created the manga without any further input from me. But when it was translated into English, I was involved in the translation process -- first a translator would translate the text, then I would go through and tweak it where I felt it needed to be tweaked in order to make it read more like the books, e.g. have Mr Crepsley say "do not" and "cannot" instead of "don't" and "can't".
yes, I've read the manga, and loved them! I actually picked the artist, Takahiro Arai, from a shortlist drawn up by my Japanese publishers. He and his team then went ahead and created the manga without any further input from me. But when it was translated into English, I was involved in the translation process -- first a translator would translate the text, then I would go through and tweak it where I felt it needed to be tweaked in order to make it read more like the books, e.g. have Mr Crepsley say "do not" and "cannot" instead of "don't" and "can't".
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