I mentioned some time ago how I enjoyed reading Manga Jesus
by Siku.

Well, they have plans to do a movie and much more with this. Check out the video with Siku explaining the influence that manga and anime had on his art and the plans they have for doing movies, video games, music and more based on Manga Jesus.

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The anime short film adaptation of the Jesus Film, My Last Day, is now on Youtube in Standard Definition and HD.

Cantonese SD

Cantonese HD

Mandarin SD

Mandarin HD

It will be available for download from our new podcast shortly.

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Last year I posted on the Manga Messiah series put out by NEXT Manga.

Last month I bought a copy of Manga Jesus for my reading on the 24-hour train trip from Hong Kong to Beijing.
The first thing that I can say is that these two Manga retellings of the gospels are markedly different.
Manga Messiah is Japanese-produced manga, aimed primarily at an Asian teenaged audience, whereas Manga Jesus is produced by Siku, a British artist who has worked on Judge Dredd and similar comics, mainly for a British teenaged audience.

In that sense, Manga Jesus is not really manga per se, as it is not drawn in the style of Japanese manga, but more in a graphic novel style. A bit more along the lines of Frank Miller (300, Sin City) than Japanese manga. It also includes quite a few British pop culture references (eg Ali G, Ricky Gervais) that British teens would get, but that would pass over the heads of teenagers from other cultures.

I found that the storytelling of Manga Jesus was superb. The story does not start off with t...

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The English version of My Last Day, the anime short film of Jesus’ death and resurrection is now available.

Other languages should be ready soon.

You can visit Global Short Film Network to download a copy. Both the Media Device and Hi-Definition versions are free. So download and share freely!

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Hi all,

Over the past few weeks I have been working on an internet outreach using a new anime version of the Jesus film.

The new film is a 9-minute story, which utilizes dialogue from the original “JESUS” film. It unfolds through the eyes of a criminal who receives the same brutal crucifixion sentence as Christ. The criminal’s own guilt causes him to realize Christ’s innocence. “My Last Day” is a short film of regret, repentance and redemption that frames the story of salvation using Japanese-style animation to capture the attention of a new generation.

At the moment, the finishing touches are currently being put on the film, but I can show you a few stills to get an idea of what it will look like:

The idea behind this production was that while the Jesus film had experienced a  lot of success in places where there was not a lot of exposure to film and video, in areas where film and video were widely available, the effectiveness of the film in bringing people to Christ was significantly dim...

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