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“Halloween king Jack Skellington kidnaps Santa, unleashing chaos in his quest for a new holiday.”
Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
ナイトメアー・ビフォア・クリスマス
7.16
7,147 rank · 1,177 readers · 7 favorites
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Synopsis
Halloween king Jack Skellington kidnaps Santa, unleashing chaos in his quest for a new holiday.
Jack Skellington's got the blues. He's sick and tired of his hometown holiday, Halloween, and is longing for something new. But when his soul-searching leads to his well-intentioned kidnapping of Santa, things start getting pretty creepy indeed!
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.75
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Nov 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Really it the anime vertion of the movie 'the nightmare befor christmas'. I found it to be enjoyable to read eventhough I've see the movie many a times. I would recomend it to a Tim Burton and/or...”
- 7 “This is simply a condensed version of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" movie in manga form. The story is done following closely to the original story but centers more on Sally for the most part....”
- 9 “This is basically the same story as the movie. The art was well done and the manga really kept the Manga style, even though the story is Western made. Although I've seen the movie, it was enjoyable...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Oct 2004 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5450 catalog