Selena Book:

The Manga Tarot



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Selena Book:
The Manga Tarot



Book
The Manga Tarot
The Manga Tarot
List Price: $19.95Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Salesrank: 574029

Released: September 5, 2006
Our Price: $7.67
Used Price: $0.99
Media: Cards

Editorial Review:

Created and drawn by Selena Lin, the most popular manga (manhua) artist in the Chinese language, The Manga Tarot is a unique book and deck kit that mixes the art and tropes of the increasingly popular manga style with the ancient traditions of the tarot.  The result is a lively, compelling deck that is sure to appeal to manga fans, introducing many to the intricate world of tarot, as well as acquaint the more traditional tarot enthusiasts with the burgeoning world of manga.
A unprecedented bestseller upon it's release in Taiwan, The Manga Tarot is now finally available in this first English language edition, bringing Selena Lin's unique take on the shojo manga tradition as well as her manga-inflected take on the tarot to the manga-hungry audience in the U.S.
Included in the pack is a 64-page illustrated book detailing the cards, several layouts on how to use them for an effective reading along with a full illustrated deck with both major and minor arcana.  A perfect introductory tarot deck and the perfect gift for the manga fan of any age.

The Manga Tarot Reviews:
Manga Tarot Deck 5 Star Review
2009-11-16 - I love this deck. It really connected with me and I really enjoy the feel of the cards. They are smaller then regular cards, but the graphics are beautiful. If you feel a connection to this deck I suggest you act on it...

Perfect For The Otaku Witch 5 Star Review
2008-04-25 - So, this deck "called" to me. I'm Wiccan and a major otaku, so these were perfect. My friends are scared at how accurate they've been. It's been 1/15 wrong so far for me.
I recommend this if you want to have a different deck than others, and love manga. Everything is in manga style, major and minor. The colors are bold and the box is handy. Defiantly a keeper for me.

Selena Lin's Tarot.... ok? where? 2 Star Review
2007-05-16 - I was highly dissapointed with Selena Lin's Tarot Deck. ONLY the Major Arcana and the Royalty cards are pictured in a Manga style, All of the Minor arcana cards were nothing but the number of pentalces, wands, swords, cups that needed to be represented.

Although the Major arcana was great looking, it makes it so much more dissapointing that the minor was given such a light treatment. Such a Bummer that most asian decks are similar to this one.

You may want to go with the LS Manga Tarot, even though it has alot of samuri related images, the deck incorporates more pictures and meanings into the deck.

Where as selena's is hard to read unless you are a studied reader. You can use the deck, at least the Majors for an oracle...

A surprising deck 4 Star Review
2007-01-19 - I freely admit, I picked this deck up as a lark. I was quite ready to just toss it into my bin of "novelty" decks after toying with it- a place where sadly a good many current decks belong.

Suffice to say I was very surprised. Though the art is hardly traditional to tarot and it follows the old, pre-Rider-Waite/Crowley method of having the minor arcana as solely pip cards: the deck is actually quite lovely (if you like shoujo manga) and accurately done. The narrow cards are easy to handle, the images of the major arcana and court cards fitting of their meanings.

The book itself is a bit lacking in usefulness if you are a beginner- it tends to sugarcoat the meanings. However, this deck follows perfectly the Rider-Waite set up- so if you are familiar with that deck and simply want something unusual and colorful to read in its stead: this certainly qualifies.

Not a bad deck at all 5 Star Review
2007-01-07 - Good points about this deck:

-unlike some decks, the book that comes with the cards is very helpful with its definations and gives clear info on the spreads, not to mention it gives you 2 or 3 others besides the traditional celtic cross

-manga fans who are familiar with CardCaptor Sakura will notice the style design of the cards looks very similar to the ones Sakura uses in the anime but not quite the same and the images of the people are very much different


Bad Points about this deck:

-while it's beautiful to view, if you're serious about learning tarot and know zilch about it, start with a rider-waite deck because the minor arcana will be difficult to read. The suits themselves(swords, cups, wands and pentacles) are in the cards and nothing else.

Neutral Info:

Most decks are a bit longer than wider in shape. This deck in particular is actually more "long and lean" but it shouldnt make too much of a difference in handling them when shuffling the cards.










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