Maple Town Story Manga

[Philip]

While the TV series was on air in Japan, there was also a Maple Town Story manga (comic) running in TV Magazine, drawn by Angel Matsumoto. The art style is drastically different from the anime, and the stories are much more light-hearted. It's a comedy manga which lacks the depth and hearttouching stories of the anime, yet it can be amusing at times. Each chapter is only 4 pages long. After running for 11 issues, Patty moved to Palm Town and the title changed to "New Maple Town Story: The Palm Town Chapter" to match the TV series. It then contiunued on for a couple of more issues featuring the Palm Town characters.

The manga was never collected into a Tankoubon (Likely there wasn't enough material to fill one book), so it's a pretty rare find. Now, without further ado, here are scanlations of the first two chapters. Enjoy! (Remember to read the panels from right to left)

Chapter 1:









Chapter 2:

[Ryusui]

Did you actually do these scanlations, or did you just find them?

Nice work, either way...the translation seems a little over-literal in spots, but it is a kids' manga, after all. The grammar and punctuation are otherwise spot-on.

The artwork is a bit jarring, though - it's more reminiscent of a 60's or 70's style. I suppose the anime's art style might be hard to do in manga form, though.

[Philip]

Yup, the scanlations are my work. Feel free to point out anything that sounds awkward, I can revise it. =)

I have 7 chapters of Maple Town and 5 chapters of Palm Town. The manga seems to just get wackier as it goes on. It's too bad that it fails to capture the feel of the anime, but it's still a curiousity.

I wonder if there are any doujins out there for me to find...

[Gunheart]

These are just so weird. You have got to post the rest of the ones you've got.

I kind of like that it doesn't really capture the look or feel of the show. In that case, it would've just been an inferior copy. This way, it gets to be its own bizarre curiosity!

[Philip]

Glad you like them, they are a curiosity indeed! I'd like to scanlate a few more chapters eventually... can't say when it will be, but stay tuned! =)

[Gunheart]

One thing I find particularly funny is how the author seems to have taken Johnny having the attention of both Patty and Diana in the second episode and ran with it. Both title panels show what I assume to be him apparently attracting unwanted affection of other characters...

[Philip]

Yep, I don't think it ever has any impact on the plot (I don't have all the chapters though), but it's something that's often there in the background. There's one chapter where everyone is swimming in a lake. However, Patty can't swim so everyone offers her advice on what to do. A raccoon girl (Lola?) says that all you need is a handsome boy to hold on to, while she appears to be strangling Johnny to death with her arms. XD

In the same issue Gretel accidently rips off Patty's bikini top, giving us what was probably the first nipple shot of the franchise (and most likely the only one from a female character). Patty responds by beating Gretel to death! This is a prime example of the weird stuff you see in this manga.

[Gunheart]

Mar 7, 2012 15:09:41 GMT -5 Philip said:

In the same issue Gretel accidently rips off Patty's bikini top, giving us what was probably the first nipple shot of the franchise (and most likely the only one from a female character). Patty responds by beating Gretel to death! This is a prime example of the weird stuff you see in this manga.

...What.

Okay, that was rude of me. It's just rather...shocking, given the ages of the characters present. Then again, this was the decade that gave us Dr. Slump.

Though I do have to admit I'm rather partial to the manga's costume designs, like Bobby's hoodie. That might make a fun art project someday; the design style of the anime with the costumes of the manga.

[Philip]

Maybe I'll have to provide some scans of this before people's imaginations start running amok. XD

It's a very silly scene, clearly not intended to be sexual in any way. This manga does seem to take a few cues from Dr Slump or other traditional Japanese gag manga.

For the sake of adding fuel to the fire: in one chapter we get a panty shot from Rolley (her skirt flies upp while she is skydiving, of course), and a creepily smiling Yota exclaiming "I saw them!" (That's great Yota. Did you know she is 9 years old too? =P)

I guess now there are two pages that have to be scanned!

[Robert26194]

I knew that you're a little pervert^^ But I'm interested in this pages, too =P

[Philip]

Don't blame me! Blame the artist! I'm only taking note of these things.

As promised, here is Patty's topless scene:


Rolley's frilly panties and Lolicon Yota:


And for the sake of completion, here is a nipple shot from the Palm Town anime:

[xany]

Heym do you have more these? It would be nice to read

[Philip]

Yeah, one of these days I gotta get some more chapters up. They're a lot of fun to translate.

[Philip]

Putting the christmas chapter here for the sake of having all the Maple Town manga in the same thread. (Sorry, no new stuff yet)