Old Boy Manga Coming To North America

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1. Daniel J. Winclechter 04/29/2006 @ 9:03pm

   Nice, hadn’t seen word on Dark Horse’s plans for Old Boy in a few months. I’ll be checking this one out.

2. robix 04/30/2006 @ 12:59am

   finally. haven’t even been able to find a fan sub of this before.

3. Caterpillar 04/30/2006 @ 3:36am

   You’re in for a big disappointment. The manga is completely different from the movie. The only common part is that someone gets imprisoned and seeks revenge. No incest. No tooth-torture. Oh well, I’m sure it’ll sell anyway.

4. logboy 04/30/2006 @ 3:43am

   knew this was coming for some time, no details on the dark horse website last time i checked so nice to hear it confirmed now for the summer, as expected. just interested to see what its like… know its different, but still worth checking out.

5. ataris 04/30/2006 @ 2:30pm

   Oooh, I’ve been hoping for an english translation.

6. James 04/30/2006 @ 9:03pm

   Despite being very different from the resultant film, it’s a quality manga in its own right. The kidnapping-imprisonment is such an enticing premise on its own that there’s a lot of mileage to gain out of it (as both the film and this comic show). After having read the manga, I felt that Park’s film is that much more impressive for being able to weave the story he did from what’s presented in the comic. Maybe “Oldboy” the manga and “Oldboy the movie are like the old “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” - “Blade Runner” argument: both work for what they are, and the latter in both cases is not a strict adaptation.

7. evergreen 04/30/2006 @ 9:38pm

   It’s about damn time.

8. James Chung 05/01/2006 @ 1:12pm

   I read the comic book. The resemblance ends with both prisoners are released from their respective imprisonment.

   Movie if far more original and edgy (which is very unusual in book/comic book to amovie adaptation).

   Believe me, even if you haven’t read the comic book version, you are not missing much.

9. Justin 05/02/2006 @ 10:55am

   this korean girl bought me all the mangas, but sadly I cant understand korean.

10. JC 04/07/2007 @ 5:28pm

    anyonr know how many volumes it is total?

    thanks!

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