Bless manga adaptations of movies/established stories. if you are looking for some new insight into the story you will need to look else where. If you are looking for a cute adaptation of Disney's 2017 live-action release then you are in the right place.
Vol 1 is a beat for beat retelling of the movie from Belle's point of view, but it had been drastically pared down to fit the format. It was nothing particularly spectacular, but as a big fan of all things Beauty and Beast, I'm glad I read it and will definitely read Vol 2.

A must-have for "Beauty and the Beast" fans! The artwork is absolutely beautiful and the traditional manga style lends a sense of newness to the familiar tale. 5/5 stars.

Beauty and the Beast Volume 1 is called Belle's Tale and is told from her point of view. It's the classic Disney story we all know and love with a few changes but it follows the new live action movie very well. I thought the illustrations were gorgeous and I really enjoyed reading this. I liked being able to see Belle's thoughts and reactions to everything as it happened. I read both Belle's Tale and Beast's Tale in a couple of hours and I thought they complimented each other really well.

Beauty and the Beast was a favorite of mine long before Disney got their monopoly on it. But naturally, I enjoyed the classic animated film as well as the live action recreation that came out earlier this year. This manga tells the tale from both sides very well and you really shouldn't read one and not the other. If you liked the live action film these are based on that version and are sure to delight. (4 stars)

Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites so I was super excited to pick this one up. The artwork is great and just a fun read.

Beautiful artwork giving more detail to a beautiful story. It reminds us all that no one is able to judge based off a first impression.

Belle lives in the French town of Villeneuve with her father. Belle is considered an outsider to the other villagers because she is always reading and inventing things to make her life easier. When her father goes on a trip to the market, she asks him to bring back a rose. But when his horse returns without him, Belle knows he’s in trouble. The horse leads Belle to a castle where her father is being held prisoner by the Beast. Belle tricks her father into trading places with her so she will stay at the castle and her father can return to his home. The Beast lets Belle out of the cell, and gives her a bedroom, where she meets the personified household furniture. Belle soon learns that the Beast is just a misunderstood man who has been cursed to live as a beast.
Beauty and the Beast is my favourite Disney movie. I was so excited about the new movie and these manga adaptations

The pictures of the characters are very true to the new movie. Though the drawings of furniture are exactly like the movie, Belle still has a manga look to her. She has big eyes, but she looks like Emma Watson in the movie.

One thing that bothered me was the position of the dialogue in some frames. Since it’s a manga, it has to be read from right to left, but some frames had the order of the text going from left to right. This was a little confusing and it slowed down my reading.

There is also a sequel to this manga that tells the Beast’s side of the story!

In occasione dell'uscita nelle sale cinematografiche del film "La Bella e la Bestia" con Emma Watson e Dan Stevens, la Tokyopop ha distribuito un'interessante trasposizione della pellicola in formato manga. I due volumi che compongono l'opera raccontano entrambi la stessa storia, ma ognuno dal punto di vista di uno dei protagonisti.

Belle's tale narra gli avvenimenti seguendo da vicino il personaggio di Belle. Nessuna strega, rosa e maledizione, dunque, ma un focus sulla cittadina di Villeneuve, i suoi meschini abitanti e una ragazza palesemente fuori posto in un ambiente del genere.

In principio il manga mi ha entusiasmato tantissimo, le tavole sono molto belle, soprattutto quelle che illustrano Villeneuve. Poche scene sono capaci di mostrare chiaramente la violenza di Gaston, e fanno riflettere su quale sarebbe stato il - triste - destino di Belle se questa avesse accettato di diventare sua moglie.
Tuttavia, mi aspettavo un po' di introspezione in più; inoltre non c'è nessun pathos nelle scene del ballo, né durante la trasformazione della Bestia.

Molto significative alcune battute; naturalmente la storia tocca il tema della diversità, dell'esclusione sociale, e illustra come cose meravigliose come l'amore, la letteratura e la cultura in generale possano essere viste negativamente.
Piuttosto bello l'epilogo, e soprattutto il fatto che il tradizionale "e vissero felici e contenti" non sia considerato come la fine, ma come un inizio.
Benché immagino che chiunque al mondo conosca la storia della Bella e la Bestia, e soprattutto la versione disneyana, credo che il manga si segua meglio dopo la visione del film, a cui è molto aderente.
Gli sketch finali che corredano il volume fanno comprendere quanto lavoro ci sia dietro un'opera del genere.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for letting me read and review this book.

This was cute. I really enjoyed looking at the pictures.

When I was ten years old I became obsessed with fairy tales, visiting the public library and perusing as many books as I could find that were filled with tons of these stories from the past. One of my favorites was Beauty and the Beast, originally created by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740. However, the version I knew was adapted in 1889 by Andrew Lang in the Blue Fairy Book. The universal theme of finding love by uncovering the beauty within a person despite their outward appearance or misguided actions is appealing to all story tellers, so it's not surprising that this is one tale that has gone through numerous reinventions over the years appearing in formats ranging from stage to screen to television to animation to written word and now - Manga style.

While I love Disney, in recent years their adaptations of many well known fairy tales only retain a teeny essence of the original such as Frozen (doesn't even slightly resemble The Snow Queen), Tangled (well she did have really long hair), or The Princess and the Frog (not even close). However, many aspects of Disney's animated Beauty and the Beast actually took components from the original, especially if you leave out that whole Gaston bit. While I haven't seen the new live action Disney Movie, it is my understanding that several details were added to flesh out the story which at least have a footing in the French version.

Along with the artistic talents of Studio Dice, Mallory Reaves has created a manga graphic novel based on this movie. In order to provide some depth and present the points of view of both main charactors, Tokyo Pop has published twin companion books, Belle's Tale: (Disney's Beauty and and the Beast, #1) and The Beast's Tale: (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, #2). Their challenge was to retain the essence of the Disney renditions utilizing the Shojo Manga style which was beautifully accomplished with the location pieces superbly rich with details using line drawings to recreate various rooms in the castle and other locales. My favorite was the vast library which the Beast presents to Belle as her own. While it is difficult to capture all the nuances of a movie in a one dimensional drawing, the artist made a valiant attempt, helped along with our familiarity with the animation, stage, and movie versions so many of us have seen over the years.

As far as the plot is concerned, Belle's point of view will be the most familiar to the readers, but the Beast's tale is definitely a companion piece meant to be read in conjunction with the first. While Belle's story could easily stand alone, too much is missing from the book featuring the Beast's perceptions, despite the duplication of many panels. Yet I found it fascinating to listen in to the Beast's thoughts and reactions as he experienced the same events as Belle, helping the reader undergo his transformation from Beast to man in a way which makes us root all the more for true love. While there are a few "holes" in both stories, the manga style necessitates brevity over explanation forcing the reader to interject their own aesthetics into the saga. It was clever how the artists were able to differentiate the character's thoughts from the dialogue.

Both books contained several pages of concept art at the conclusion of the story.

A thank you to Netgalley and Tokyo Pop for providing this ARC in the exchange for an honest review. Four stars. This review also appears on my blog, Gotta Read.

Stunning artwork and a gorgeous new take on a "tale as old as time." It gives a beloved story new life and a new perspective. Bravo!

Loved it! My 13 year old daughter is a huge Disney and manga fan, so this was a big hit for her reading enjoyment.

The artwork in this was beautiful, but the story didn't add anything to what we already know about Beauty and the Beast. I was hoping this would give us more insight into Belle's life and thoughts, but it was just the movie in comic book form. Also, I had a review copy, which had a giant watermark across the center of every page, making some of the writing difficult to read.

'Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Tale' by Mallory Reaves with art by Studio Dice is a manga version of the Disney movie. It is a 2-part series with the second part being told from Beast's perspective.

To those familiar with the Disney movie, this follows along fairly faithfully from the perspective of Belle. Her father gets captured by the Beast and Belle takes her place. Belle discovers the curse and slowly Belle and the Beast form a relationship.

The artists worked with the Disney team to get the characters close, and yet still give them a manga sensibility. This volume includes some character concepts and other sketch details at the end. There are a few added details, but this is pretty much a straightforward adaptation in Manga form.

I received a review copy of this manga from Tokyopop, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.

This was my first ever Manga and I loved this experience. It's my favourite Disney story and this Manga version was adorable, beautiful and was just like the movie!!

I really enjoyed this volume of Beauty and the Beast! I love the story and with the Disney look you can never go wrong! I would recommend it to everyone.

This is a manga adaptation of the new live-action beauty and the beast movie with beautiful illustrations and a well-executed plotline. I loved the idea of having two volumes with the perspectives of both the protagonists - it's different, refreshing and captivating. I adored this adaptation because it unveils the innermost thoughts of Belle along with the dialogues which not only made the characters easier to connect to but the story as a whole, very interesting - I had a toothy grin plastered on my face the entire time.

I did like the illustrations but some scenes could've been better - the dinner party scene, for example, was definitely something that could've used more detailing and been improved. Also, since the manga is black and white, there were some scenes that would've just been amazing with colour which was obviously lacking and made me wish that it was there. Overall, a cute and fun read which didn't disappoint!

I was quietly watching emails when suddenly I get the usual NetGalley newsletter with the manga/comics news. Sometimes I avoided watching to not fall into temptation but sometimes I get it and here I am! Two manga volumes of Disney's film "The Beauty and the Beast", what do I do? Do not I ask them? Of course not. And time to connect and download them, I'm reading in PC.
The story is identical to that of the film, the designer has faithfully reproduced it, but has also added backgrounds depending on the subject matter. Obviously for the volume dedicated to Belle has been deepened a little bit more her character and we notice sprays of her childhood and her deeper thoughts. For Adam/The Beast was the same but I found his point of view more interesting perhaps because he does not go to talk much about him in the other transpositions and why he behaves so coldly. Yet I found sweet him thoughts for Belle changing page after page and him heart melting with the girl's presence.
The fact that I did not give a full score is because as far as the designs I have liked, what Gaston did was not convincing at all. He looks like a distant relative of Zenigata (Lupin III) with him hair at Elvis Presley and that's all to say. Then, I do not know, there is a lack of insight into Belle that would not have been wrong.

Beautiful and fun for all ages! I LOVED it so much!

I liked the style and the art work. Fun read, thoroughly enjoyed it.