Pokemon Ranger to Umi no Ouji Manaphy

This Manaphy manga is possibly better than the original movie.

It is such a shame that most Westerners are not familiar with this Obscure Manga's existence.

This obscure Pokemon manga is pretty faithful to the original Manaphy movie, except Manaphy is a pretty precocious baby pokemon in this manga adaptation compared to it's anime counterpart.

Here's the differences between the anime and manga in my opinion:

Judy is absent in the manga.

During May's dream sequence, it is implied that May is naked while in the water, while she is fully clothed in the movie.

After his submarine is destroyed, the Phantom threatens to take May hostage and wields a pillar as a weapon, instead of failing to hold the pillar up and being trapped underneath it.

The newly-hatched Manaphy seemingly became somewhat more precocious in the manga adaptation, unlike its movie counterpart, which seems to act annoying and angsty about the new world outside of its Egg.

Manaphy's Egg case breaks when Manaphy hatches, instead of its Egg falling out of the case before hatching.

Manaphy is happy to see Ash in Jack Walker's body after using Heart Swap in the anime, while in the manga, Manaphy seems to mellow out a bit after using Heart Swap on Ash and Jackie, but it's still not happy that May is gone.

*May and Manaphy's goodbye at the end and Ash's near-drowning scene before becoming the "King of the Sea" is a lot more lighthearted in the manga than it is in the movie.

*Instead of the People of the Water's mark, The Phantom opens the door to the Sea Crown by playing an instrument known as the Water Flute.

*When escaping from The Phantom's submarine, Jackie is attacked by several Water Pokémon used by The Phantom's underlings, instead of The Phantom and his Bug Pokémon.

This obscure Pokemon manga is a good must-read for any Pokemon fan.

Overall, I would give this underrated obscure Pokemon manga a 9 out of 10.

- RFART419