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Senin, 08 Februari 2016

(Notes Between Pages) Noblesse: Awakening OVA - From Webtoon to Anime


Halo teman, adakah penyuka Webtoon di sini? Apa judul webtoon favoritmu? Atau malah ada yang belum pernah tahu makhluk apa webtoon itu sebenarnya??

Kalau Jepang punya manga-manganya yang diterbitkan dalam bentuk printed (majalah dan tankubon) secara berkala sejak berpuluh tahun silam, maka komik Korea (manhwa) berusaha mencari celah dalam dunia perkomikan ini. Karena mereka memiliki infrastruktur jaringan internet yang salah satu terbaik dunia, para artis manhwa Korea ini sejak awal era 2000-an lalu punya jalur lain dalam mempublikasikan hasil karya mereka, yaitu lewat dunia maya atau istilah kerennya, Webtoon.


Webtoon


Dimulai dari Daum yang membuat portal komik amatir yang dapat dinikmati pembaca secara gratis tahun 2003 diikuti dengan Naver di tahun berikutnya, seni komik internet ini berkembang pesat dan memasuki dunia bisnis profesional. Sampai Juli tahun 2014 saja Daum sudah menerbitkan 434 judul dan Naver 520 judul. Kebanyakan seri di-update seminggu sekali, dengan format webtoon yang panel-panelnya full color dan kontinyu sekitar 30-50an baris panel per episode - sedikit berbeda dengan format hitungan printed manga yang biasanya 16-24 halaman per minggu.

Situs Webtoon Naver tentu saja sekarang sudah menjadi Line-Naver, tetapi komik-komiknya dapat terus dinikmati oleh khalayak luas (tetap gratis) lewat aplikasi Line Webtoon di seluruh dunia. Tengah tahun 2015, Line Webtoon Indonesia juga sudah ada, dengan menampilkan komik-komik lokal Indonesia, seperti Si Juki yang konyol dan Piraku x Piraku karya Sweta Kartika, dan juga karya terjemahan webtoon-webtoon asli Korea yang sudah ada sebelumnya dan sebagian sudah melegenda di kalangan pembacanya, seperti Tower of God dan Noblesse.


Kesukaanku membaca manga edisi scanlation (alasan resmi: karena nunggu versi Indonesianya terbit kelamaan, alasan tidak resmi: nyari gratiissssan  :p ) pada satu waktu mendaratkanku pada sebuah situs webtoon fans-sub. Banyak sudah judul webtoon yang kunikmati di sini, dari yang hanya beberapa puluh episode saja, hingga yang berseason-season bertahun-tahun. Sayang situs ini akhirnya kukut saat Naver bergabung dengan Line dan bermaksud menterjemahkan webtoon-webtoon-nya secara legal. Sempat jeda cukup lama menunggu dari saat itu hingga Line Webtoon masuk ke Indonesia, tapi saat akhirnya aplikasi ini tersedia, satu webtoon yang langsung kucari dan kubaca paling dahulu, Noblesse Season 6!



Petualangan Raizel - Sang Noblesse, dan pengikut setianya, Frankenstein serta para "Raizel's Knights" sedang dalam tahap seru-serunya, saat terputus dulu (baca reviewku untuk Noblesse Season 1 - 5). Ehh... ternyata aku tak tertinggal terlalu banyak, karena seri ini sempat hiatus beberapa bulan karena ilustratornya, Lee Kwangsu jatuh sakit dan tak boleh meneruskan bekerja (dan pengarang ceritanya, Son Jaeho sama sekali tak ingin mencari ilustrator baru) *yeaaah.... serasa the real Moritaka dan Takagi dari manga Bakuman*. Tapi sekarang, seri ini sudah dilanjutkan kembali, kini update tiap hari Selasa, dan sudah sampai pada episode 392.

Raizel and Frankenstein (Ep. 385)

Yuk, baca mulai Episode 1 di sini.


Anime - OVA


Tahun lalu, setelah senang karena bisa membaca kembali webtoon kesayanganku ini, ada kabar yang juga sangat menyenangkan, Ternyata hak kreasi animenya telah dibeli dan akan segera dibuatkan OVA-nya (Original Video Animation).... yaaaayyy...

Dan...., hari Kamis minggu lalu Line merelease link untuk menonton Noblesse: Awakening. Seri pertama dari season awal ini menceritakan kebangkitan Caldis Etrama de Raizel setelah tidur panjangnya lebih dari 800 tahun. Pertemuannya kembali dengan Frankenstein, serta sekelompok bocah SMA menjadi titik awal petualangannya untuk kembali melindungi umat manusia dan klan Noble dari kelompok Organisasi tertentu yang ingin menguasai dunia.



Dibandingkan dengan versi webtoon-nya, grafisnya sedikit terlalu vivid dan gory menurut seleraku, sedikit berasa manga Claymore atau yang seperti itu. Juga di beberapa adegan, kulihat warna-warna animenya tidak setajam dan secemerlang ilustrasi di versi webtoonnya. Tapi ceritanya cukup setia dengan aslinya kok, meski demikian di seri pertamanya ini, kekonyolan tingkah Rai yang kagok menghadapi kemajuan teknologi dan kegandrungannya terhadap ramen belum terlalu terekspose, padahal dulu itu hal pertama yang bikin aku jatuh cinta pada cerita ini, bahkan sejak episode 1.

Hal lain, karena anime-nya dibuat di Jepang, rasanya aneh saja mendengar Rai, Frankie, Sonwoo, Yoona dan lainnya bercakap-cakap dengan menggunakan bahasa Jepang, dan bukannya bahasa Korea. *Emang beda??? Isshh, ya beda lah atuh, rasa drakor dan dorama juga beda kok* :p



Notes:
Kemarin saat ada kopdar tidak resmi BBI-ers Joglo dengan penerbit Haru/Spring, aku sempat menitip tanya apakah mereka berminat menerjemahkan dan menerbitkan komik Noblesse ini, seperti juga The Dragon Next Door atau Seri Blood Type yang lebih dahulu terbit dengan hasil sangat memuaskan. Tapi ternyata dijawab bahwa hak terjemahan webtoon Noblesse ini sudah dibeli oleh penerbit lain.

Jadi H2C inih, siapa ya yang bakal menerbitkannya.... Yah, siapa pun itu, semoga terbitan edisi Indonesianya nanti bagus, berwarna, kertasnya jangan tipis-tipis, terjemahannya enak dibaca, bagus, dan sekali lagi baguuusss cetakannya. Hehehe..... :)

Noblesse Season 1
ISBN 978-890-11-3011-8

PS: terbit dalam bentuk boxset cantik seperti versi printed aslinya, boleh juga ituh...

Jumat, 02 Agustus 2013

Noblesse

Title: Noblesse
Original Title: 노블레스 Noblesse
Author:  Son Jae Ho (Story), Lee Gwang Su (Illustrator)
Publisher: Naver
ISBN Season 1 Boxset: 9788901130118 (Chapter 1-92 --- 820 pages)
ISBN Season 2 Boxset: 9788901139173 (Chapter 93-154 --- 600 pages)
Season 3 Chapter 155-199
Season 4 Chapter 200-238
Season 5 Chapter 239-258
Season 6 Chapter 259 - (?)

Current Publication: Season 6, Chapter 296 (19/09/2013)
Original Published Date: Free Weekly Webtoon from www.naver.com (2010 - now)
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=25455&no=1&weekday=tue

Noblesse (노블레스) is an online manhwa written by Son Jae Ho and illustrated by Lee Gwang Su. It is a story about a powerful Noblesse, Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, who slept for 820 years and woke up one day in South Korea in an abandoned building. With the help of his faithful servant Frankenstein he enrolls in Ye Ran high school where he befriends Ikhan,Shinwoo and Yuna. The series follows the group's often dangerous adventures against a secret organization while uncovering Rai's past.

This is the first webtoon I ever read, and unexpectedly addictive. Really like the colorful graphics and how the illustration go back and forward between full color and greyish tones to set the mood of the story. I like the simple graphic lines. And I also (suprisedly!) like the simple rectangle-landscape-format panellings. The story itself was started a little slow in season 1, but then picked up pace. The endings (season 1-5) were always good and promised to have a lot of steam for the next season to come.

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Season 1 (Awakening/Human World/Union)

In this first installment, we meet Cadis Etrama di Raizel - or Rai as the girls would called him-, a noblesse that found himself awaken after slumbering for 820 years. While wondering this new modern world he encounters his faithful servant, Frankenstein - now a principal in an elite private high school in Seoul - and thus befriend with some -not so- regular highschooller, Shinwoo the extraordinare jog, Ikhan the hacker, and Yoonah the pretty. In the mean time, a secret organization called The Union sent some of their men to retrieve Rai casket, not knowing what it trully been held. This organization was the same one that entagled with noblesse fate centuries ago and for a looooong time has been experimenting to make enhanced super humans. When some of these experiments broke loose and threaten human lives, Rai dan Frankenstein must stood up and protect the civilization as their noblesse oblige, eventhough that would mean to uncover their own secrets peaceful live.

Like I said before, this manhwa was reeaaaaaaly addictive since the first panel. The side stories of how Rai adjust himself to new technology (cellphone, videogame, automatic door,etc) was amusing, and that Rai and ramen stuff was really-really-really ludicrous, awkwardly-silly but funny, made me lol everytime, so were those manuals Frankenstein wrote for him. (he despreatly need manual for food other that ramen!!). But then again, the main story about him, his past and present life, and the organization was equally exciting. Above them all, the red string of all the characters here was about trust, friendship and loyalty that goes beyond indiscrimination of what you are or how strong you are, but more about who you really are (and Rai was the symbol of it) and I think this is the most advantageous point compares to the other seinen manga/manhwa out there.

btw: This season does not explain what is Noble/Noblesse aniway? Frank truly hasn't elaborated it clearly.... secretive, hasn't he?

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Season 2 (Visitor/DA-5/Dr.Aris)

Second season, more nobelesse visitor came lurking at Rai and Frank and more enhanced men from the organization came after them. Again, the ending -especially for Takeo and Tao- was very nice, the same with M-21 in the previous season. The repetition of mind-erasing process to the 'innocent humans' was a little boring, at this point of the story, I wonder how many times more do they have to endure that kind process if they keep around the noblesse.


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Season 3 (Nobility/Lukedonia/Static)

In this third season, Rai and Frank must go to Lukedonia and confront their past and clear Rai's name of conduct of betrayal that have been done by the Five Clan Leaders. Eventhough Frankenstein clearly said that only him would go with Ray, but of course who could stop Takeo 'n friend from infiltrating their plane. Little do they know, Frank actually plans to blew it up and jump down with his Master. Like that wasn't enough, Rai's Mansion now is considered forbad and guarded by special forces.

The plot was totally absorbing, made me hold my breath again and again. No repetitives ideas like in the previous season 2, a lot facts and backgrounds were given, the story was progressing rapidly, a bunch of interesting new characters, the fight scenes were awesome(!!!!) and of course, -like always- a very nice ending. The end speech by the late Lord, about humanity, how human became human because they are always changing, moving forward..., not static like the noblesse, was very moving. Almost made me overlooked my desire to become noblesse myself. #eeaahh
If something were lacking, that was the usual ice breaker: the witty-silly conversation and Rai's calmed ignorance face-expressions, which in this season didn't have much due to the seriousness of the story line.

Notes 1: Ooohhh... so now we knew what 'Noblesse' mean. Fascinating.
Notes 2: Wait..., if he -the peacock, that is- was human, how... who....what did.... oh whatever! He's immensely amazing anyway. *blushing* ^^V
Note 3: I read the last few chapters twice, but I still do not understand what happened when the old Lord died. Who betrayed who and why and how? Annoying cliff-hanger!!


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Season 4 (KSA/Cerberus/Elders)

So Rai and all RK-5 (btw, luuuuuuuv when Rai's blushing coz Frank tell him about the RKs and what RK means) back on our known earth after dipsy-daisy on Lukedonia. While the union's problem still at lenght, another threat came from the country instead. Two KSA agent lurking at school tried to scouting potential future agents. Even if Principal Lee aka Frankenstein aka The Peacock ^_^ try his best to protect the kids, he ends up jeopardizing all of them when the agents turns out to be enhanced humans. The danger became more hazardious when 12th elder sent his personnal bodyguards -Cerberus- to investigates the death of Dr. Aris and the rest of DA-5. So began the battle between the RKs, KSA agents and, 12th elder and 13th elder....

Not bad, but compared with 3rd season, I liked #3 more. But here opens more secrets about the treachery within the noble clan leaders long time ago, the one that made Rai disappeard for 820 years.


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Season 5

Whoaa... Best. Season. Yet!!!

 [spoiler eventhough through reading it my heart can't stop pounding and fear that writer-nim will have the heart to make another "Dumbledore's death moments". TG it was a happy ending - if u know what I mean.]

The story progress quite quickly, an now the enemy now have faces and open agenda to coup with. Great development with the RKs (plus bonus how Tao manipulate Rael to help them fight *ROTFL - I think Tao hang around Frankenstein too much, slyness is contageous - ROTFL* ). Love Rajak and Rael and Karias (when he call the Lord Noonim, epic response :D) Love the KSA agents Ahn and Na's characters. Love the fighting scenes. Love the ending. Do NOT love the waiting for season 6!

For all the RKs characters, I always had soft spot for M-21. I thought he was the most complex personnel, and in this season, his relationship with everybody was tested by the appareance of M-24. I felt so sorry for him and really-really-really despise Dr. Crombel for it.
I wish you the best ajusshi -- no Oppa, I'll call you Oppa. ^_^

I wonder what happened to Rai and Frankenstein long-long-long time ago. How could he be so loyal to him... well, I know -despite his ignorance face- Rai is a very good person with a verrrryy big heart and unbelieveable power, but to have someone like Frankenstein unwavered for hundreeedssss of years must had a lot more in its foundation. Hope writer-nim will elaborate more in the next season.




http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/672299185
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/672617371
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/673276910
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/674070125
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/678663403
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