With the live-action adaptation of Lilo and Sew hitting cinemas in Might, now could be the proper to revisit a manga tackle the adorably harmful alien. Sew visits a Japanese island close to Okinawa, the place he befriends a younger woman named Yuna who excels at karate. The pair rise up to varied hijinks together with going fishing, getting into a fancy dress contest, and even trying to bake a cake.

Based mostly on a well-liked anime sequence that ran for 3 sequence and even bought its personal TV specials and movie, this manga was initially launched in 2008 to coincide with the anime’s launch. Sew is already a personality that lends himself nicely to anime and manga. His anime run together with the Sengoku period manga Sew and The Samurai have proven he can simply be fitted into manga type themes and storytelling. However this manga that Panini have well timed launched within the lead-up to the live-action movie particularly appears like the proper marriage between the 2 worlds.

The unique anime already did a fantastic job in capturing the spirit of the unique 2002 animated movie, with Yuna filling within the position of Lilo nicely. However the manga adaptation has the additional good thing about manga creator Yumi Tsukurino. Tsukurino got here to the sequence with a number of years of expertise engaged on licenced properties involving cute characters equivalent to Pokémon and Cinnamoroll.  She proved to be a pure match for Sew on this regard, together with her artwork packing a ton of power while injecting a manga attraction to the sequence with out shedding observe of the spirit of the unique movie. She additionally manages to take care of the chemistry and antics between Sew and the human character (on this case Yuna) that’s so integral to story.

Lilo and Sew followers will naturally gravitate in the direction of this launch, and it’s a robust leaping on level for individuals who wish to familiarise themselves with the character. It’s additionally a fantastic all-ages manga in addition that’s good for kids simply beginning with the style.

Sew! Quantity 1 is out now from Panini Manga (9781804913192, p/b, £9.99)

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