A nice read. The illustrations were good and the story, obviously good, though, I do feel that this story is getting a bit old considering there was a movie released last year (or the year before?) Maybe that's why the kids might appreciate it and love it. I'm not sure if the adults would enjoy it that much though.

Excerpt from Review: "...I had never before realized that the tale of Mowgli was not the only story to be found in The Jungle Book, nor did I realize that Kipling had incorporated poetry into his tales as well. What a talented author. Each of the stories has a message for the young – that you should praise your differences for they are what make you great, that you should believe in yourself, that loyalty is something to be honored, that size does not always matter. I liked the stories and the art that accompanied them, featuring some classic manga just right for children’s tales. Manga Classics does it again with their rendition of The Jungle Book, a great way for me and anyone else who hasn’t yet had the opportunity to experience this classic."

This book tells several stories about animals and how they interact with humans (it isn't just Mowgli's story, something that surprised me).

First off, the art is very similar to that of manga, something that I really appreciate about this book.

The stories are very sweet even though they include death most of the times.

The characters are very lovable and I bet you'll fall in love with them instantly.

This is a vert fun and light read I recommend.

Rating: 4 stars

Nice artwork. This is an ideal introduction to classic fiction for children and young adults. There are many different ways to help them engage in the story.

I read The Jungle Book many years ago, and was interested to see a Manga version of it. I've never read a classic Manga adaption before. While I believe it was true to the original story, I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. There wasn't anything particularly wrong, it just didn't "do it" for me.

Jungle book is not one of my favorite stories, but I couldn’t pass up a chance to view Udon’s take on the classic tale. What fantastic animals!!! Beautiful work. This is perfect for all ages

I was pleasantly surprised with this one. The Jungle Book was never a favorite for me. Although I liked it (Disney version which was the only one I knew), I just never cared as much for it as others, so I wasn't as excited to pick this one up, but I did want to try it out... Well, it was nothing like what I thought it would be!

First of all this book is composed of 7 stories, each one accompanied by a poem. Only 3 of the tales being about Mowgli.

Stories: 

Mowgli's Brothers (favorite from the Mowgli ones)
Kaa's Hunting
Tiger! Tiger!
The White Seal (favorite)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Toomai of the Elephants
Her Majesty's Servants
The only ones about Mowgli are Mowgli's Brothers that tells the story of how Mowgli came to live among the animals in the jungle, which I loved. Kaa's Hunting that is about the part where the monkeys kidnap Mowgli, and Tiger! Tiger! that is about Mowgli trying to be a man and his final match with Shere Khan.

The White Seal and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi were tales I've never read before and I absolutely loved them! They are so warm-hearted and beautiful! I highly recommend reading them. The drawings were beautiful too - they work immensely well in manga format!

Toomai of the Elephants was one I didn't really like much, and Her Majesty's Servants was one I definitely disliked! But I did like the manga design of them.

Poems and others:

Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
Road-Song of the Bandar-Log (favorite)
Mowgli's Song
Lukannon
Darzee's Chant
Shiv and the Grasshopper
Parade Song of the Camp Animals
I loved seeing some character I always liked from the Disney movie and haven't seen in many years like Baloo and Bagheera! They were always the best and they are actually a bit different from what I thought! Well, the whole book was different from what I thought. I'm really happy I finally read this and got to know the other tales in the book!

The artwork in this book at first seemed a bit... weird? The animals and their expressions... I guess I never read a manga with animals as characters so it was a bit of a change and a surprise. Sometimes they look rougher than others, but at the beginning, I really thought I wasn't gonna like the art... But I actually got used to it in only 10 pages or so. It's a different type of art due to being mainly animals but it's still pleasant and very detailed just like the other manga classics, especially the backgrounds. The emotions are also drawn very well and they captivated me to keep reading.

Overall it was a quite nice and different book. I'm really happy I read it in manga format because I love animals and it just made it really interesting. I would definitely recommend it and I can't wait to check out the original classic!

It has been many years since I read this and while I will pick up the novel again at some point it was enjoyable to refresh myself on the main points of the story through this Manga adaptation. I’m always thrilled and astounded how close Manga classics are to the original books, not only capturing the story but many of the main themes too. This was charming.

I love these Manga retellings of famous classics.

This one is no exception! I loved the artwork, and the story is well told and easy to follow.

A wobderful way to introduce the clasics! Beautifully drawn. Jungle Book is one of my all time favorite books. Thank you for including the poems. Thank you for the opportunity to read for a fair review.

This is the second Manga book I have read as well as the second on based on a classic novel. I have to give credit to Udon Publishing and the artists of these books because I think they are excellent.
The Jungle Book storyline is true to the original by Rudyard Kipling and does a gorgeous job of depicting the short stories visually. I especially like the representations of all the animals which bring them alive.
The stories even come with the poems, which I never was a huge fan of. But, here again, I have to give credit that the publisher/artist adhered to the classic novel.
Thank you NetGalley and publisher, Udon Publishing, for the opportunity to read this ARC.

This wasn’t my favorite of the graphic novel adaptations of the classics. I like the manga versions of some others, but this one fell a bit flat. I can only speculate that it was the animals instead of people, and the artistic choices. I would have liked a more exaggerated manga style. It was just lukewarm for me.

I enjoyed reading this book. The cover caught my attention. The stories brought back so many memories of my childhood, being read to, and later, reading myself. Books such as this one contributed to my lifelong love of reading. Although these were classics, they felt relevant to modern readers. I would recommend the book to adult readers who wish to revisit beloved childhood stories and to youngsters who will discover the magic of such tales.

I didn't know that this was originally written by Rudyard Kipling, this may be the only thing that I ended up with after reading this book 😞😞😞

I expected this to be good as the manga version of Les miserables, it wasn't.
I simply read this for the nostalgia as the jungle book was a part of my childhood but that was not delivered too.

The biggest problem with this is the writing style which was annoying when it tried so hard to state the obvious, I rolled my eyes many many times going through this!!
The drawings were not the best too, but to be fair, there were actually some funny drawings...

I had higher expectations for this which were simply not met. I didn't know that were multiple stories in this, the shorter they got, the lamer they were. SORRY_NOT_SORRY!!

Mit wunderschönen Zeichnungen die einen direkt wider in die Geschichte ziehen erlebt man diesen Klassiker ganz neu. Es macht einfach Spaß in die Seiten einzutauchen und Balu und Co auf ihrem alten- neuen Abenteuer zu begleiten. Ein Schmuckstück im Regal.

"I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review"

Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Rudyard Kipling created some of the most well-read children s stories in Western Culture. Book One of The Jungle Book(s) includes Mowgli s Brothers, the story of Mowgli, the abandoned man-cub who was raised by animals in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose, and Toomai of the Elephants, the tale of a young elephant-handler, and in The White Seal, we meet Kotick, a rare white-furred northern fur seal as he searches for a home where his family will not be hunted by humans. Originally published as a series of short stories for magazines in the late 1800s, the Nobel Prize-winning Rudyard Kipling would eventually publish the classic The Jungle Book in 1894."

Well, this was a quick easy read and it was fun to read a manga with the jungle book and other short stories. It was an enjoyable read but I can't say I loved it. I am not sure if it was because it was a manga and I just could not get into it or because the way it was set out (I have loved other mangas). The pictures in this were amazing and I did enjoy the humor in the stories.

I ended up giving this Manga 3 out of 5 stars and I would read other in the manga classic series. Anyone who loved the jungle book and enjoys mangas will really enjoy this book

Manga Classics has brought the Jungle Book to life for a new generation in this very readable manga reincarnation. Accessible and enjoyable as always.

Thanks to NetGalley and UDON Entertainment for the opportunity to read and review Manga Classics! Manga Classics include Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, which is true to the original classic with added cliffhangers to keep manga readers interested and eye-catching illustrations. After the story ends, the details of adaptation from classic literature to manga lets us see into the transformation. Each story in this collection follows these same guidelines! Impressive artwork and transformation!
Manga Classics also include The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (the only color is the scarlet letter A, which makes striking illustrations!), Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven. The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red death and The Fall of the House of Usher; Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and many more!
5 stars for books that make classics accessible and understandable to every reader!

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Crystal S. Chan, & Julien Choy

2.75 stars

The Jungle Book is a famous classic about young Mowgli who is raised in the jungle. There is a famous Disney film based off of Kipling’s tale and it has kept this story relevant and one that many kids love watching.

I have never read anything by Kipling and I didn’t know what to expect when it came to this manga adapted version of the tale. I’m a big fan of the Manga Classics series and I highly recommend them because they have made me excited to pick up the original source material. This on the other hand didn’t do that. I was not a huge fan of Kipling’s storyline(s) with Mowgli and while the stories did have cute moments, they were not what I expected. Also Baloo isn't loving at all. He was horrifying. I would give the two Jungle Book, or Mowgli centered stories, 2 stars and 3 stars.


The White Seal is an absolutely adorable tale about a young seal who has a white coat. He discovers one day that humans kill seals and he makes it his mission to find an island away from the monsters, so his fellow seals can live in peace. I really loved this one and it was my favorite in the collection. 4.5 stars


Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a widely popular story about a family who takes in a mongoose and he must protect the family from Nag and Nagiana, two cobras who have made their home in the family’s garden. I absolutely loved this story growing up and it was fun to see a new illustration style to accompany a story that I have not been exposed to since elementary school. 4 stars



Toomai of the Elephants in contrast to the previous two stories falls more along the lines of The Jungle Book for me. It was boring, too short, and enjoyable. It wasn’t horrible though, which is why I am only giving it 2 stars.


Her Majesty’s Servants, on the other hand, was horrendous. The art saved this from being unbearable, but I hated it with a passion. 1 star


Overall, I would recommend this edition purely because Julien Choy’s illustrations are absolutely wonderful and there is such love and detail in every panel. His artwork is magnificent.



Art Scale: 4

Cover Thoughts: I love the cover; it’s fierce.

Thank you, Netgalley and Udon Entertainment for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I've read most of the other Manga classics, and they were always nice, so even though I had only seen the Disney movie with the same name, I wanted to read this version of the Jungle book.

I had some problems at first to get into the short story collection, probably since I was unaware that the original stories were quite different from the movie, and did not seem to follow in a chronological order. One of the stories even takes place in icy seas so I didn't associate that with jungle either. But once I settled for this I was glad for it. The way some of the original prose was kept in the manga was great.

Also, most importantly, it made me curious towards The Jungle Book, even though I previously read some of Rudyard Kipling's work in a Little Black Classic and was slightly disappointed with it.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!