What if Belle, Ariel, and Jasmine have been anime heroines?
Disney’s Twisted Story collection of younger grownup novels takes traditional Disney tales and provides a “What if?” twist to them, similar to “What if The Little Mermaid’s Ariel by no means defeated Ursula?” or “What if Frozen’s Elsa and Anna by no means knew one another rising up?” However there’s yet one more “What if?” facet when the novels are printed in Japan, which is, “What if Disney motion pictures had anime-style character designs?”, and the reply is that they’d look fairly superior.
Gakken, which publishes the Twisted Story collection in Japanese, is getting set to launch its translation of creator Liz Braswell’s As Outdated as Time, set on the earth of Magnificence and the Beast and with the premise of “What if Belle’s mom was the one who cursed the Beast?” As is commonly the case with novels in Japan, the story is being break up into two volumes, and each of them are getting newly drawn covers by Japanese illustrator Mizumizutori.
▼ I’m guessing that Belle’s mother is drawn so massive due to her intimidating energy, although “She was a strong sorceress…and likewise a large!” would even be a compelling story setup.
Mizumizutori is understood for lovely fantasy paintings similar to these promotional items executed for the Overlord and Utawarerumono franchises.
こちらのイラストを描かせて頂きました！ https://t.co/ma9gMRsaiw
— 水溜鳥 (@mizumizutorisan) September 14, 2024
うたわれるものロストフラグにて本日実装の限定灯幻鏡「世界はかくも美しい」のイラストを描かせていただきました。どうぞよろしくお願いします！ #うたわれ #ロスフラ pic.twitter.com/Qsr8RErnXu
— 水溜鳥 (@mizumizutorisan) July 8, 2024
This isn’t Mizumizutori’s first contribution to the Twisted Story collection, although, because the artist additionally created covers for the Japanese version of Frozen spinoff Conceal, Don’t Really feel.
Different Japanese variations of Twisted Story books have featured covers from different Japanese manga/anime-style illustrators, together with Naomi Ikemoto’s covers for A part of Your World (The Little Mermaid) and A Entire New World (Aladdin)…
…and Yuko Sasayama’s covers for What As soon as Was Mine (Tangled/Rapunzel).
As Outdated as Time, titled Disney Twisted Story Yugamerareta Sekai Bueaty and Beast in Japanese, goes on sale October 17, however could be pre-ordered now via Amazon Japan (half 1 right here, half 2 right here).
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