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At one point, a character uses Zulu's trademark sign of Jhebbal Sag to summon animals to help them. Conan once seeks out a wizard he claims "Grey Wolf of Xanthus" told him about; he also mentions that he once knew a firebird, and jokingly claims that he ate him. The fact that Conan's sword is made of metal from the stars is mentioned several times, a reference to the original series in which a major theme was that Conan's sword was made of a magical star metal.

According to The A. Conan and the Young Warriors is a television animated series produced by Sunbow Entertainment and aired by CBS as a sequel to the animated series Conan the Adventurer, but featuring a different set of characters besides Conan. Plot With Wrath-Amon vanquished and his family returned to life from living stone, Conan thought that his questing had finished. At one point, a character uses Zulu's trademark sign of Jhebbal Sag to summon an Look up Conan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Conan may refer to: Conan the Adventurer is an American-French-Canadian animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on September 13, , ran for 65 episodes and concluded on November 22, The series was developed by Christy Marx who served as the sole story editor. The series also spawned a small toyline in created by Hasbro. This first incarnation of Conan in cartoon form performed much better than its follow-up cartoon, Conan and the Young Warriors, which lasted only 13 episodes.

Plot Conan lived in Cimmeria with his parents throughout his childhood. While out with his grandfather one night on a trek, "fiery tears" or meteors dropped from the skies. Conan collected them and Conan the Barbarian also known as Conan the Cimmerian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer , television programs cartoon and live-action , video games, role-playing games, and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in in a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.

Publication history Conan the Barbarian was created by Robert E. Howard in a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales in Conan The Adventurer is a weekly one hour American television live action-adventure series. It was produced by Max A. Keller and Micheline Keller from to and loosely based on the fantasy hero Conan the Barbarian. The TV show premiered on September 22, It comprised 22 episodes and was filmed mainly in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. The series has reached many countries of the world, more than Keller Entertainment Group, the same production company responsible for the series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures and Acapulco H.

Universe, a native of Germany, and friend to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The script for the 2 hour Fairytopia - Laverna, Pixie 2, Pixie 4 Barbie: Mermaidia — Laverna Barbie Fairytopia: Conan the Barbarian is a American sword and sorcery film based on the character of the same name created by Robert E. The film is a new interpretation of the Conan mythology, and is not related to the films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The film had spent several years in development at Warner Bros. Lionsgate and Sony Pictures entered negotiations for distribution, with the film seeing many directors, prominently Brett Ratner, before settling on Nispel in , and subsequently bringing together a cast and crew.

Filming began on March 15, , and concluded June 5, The film was first released on August 17, , in four countries: Kelly Sheridan born May 19, [3] is a Canadian voice actress best known for being the voice for Barbie in the Barbie film series from to and from to She has also voiced in numerous cartoons and English-language dubs of Japanese anime, including as: She has been a member of Genus Theatre Company since August She was initially succeeded as the voice of Barbie by Diana Kaarina in , beginning with Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale, bu Michael David Donovan born June 12, is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his voice on the series Conan the Adventurer where he played the lead role of Conan.

He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation Penguins! This is a list of fantasy television programs.

It includes original television movies, miniseries and television serials in the fantasy genre and its various subgenres. This list excludes fantasy films originally made for the cinema, which are listed at List of fantasy films. Conan the Barbarian is a American fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by John Milius. It is based on stories by Robert E. Howard, a pulp-fiction writer of the s, about the adventures of the eponymous character in a fictional prehistoric world of dark magic and savagery.

The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a young barbarian Schwarzenegger , who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom Jones , the leader of a snake cult. Pressman as an executive producer. Basil Poledouris composed the music. Ideas for a Conan film were proposed as early as ; Pressman and associate producer Edward Summer began a concerted effort to get the film made in It took them two years to obtain the film rights, after which they recruited Schwarzenegger for the lead role and Oliver Stone to draft a script.

Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in August After Conan's time spent with the Afghulis begins to sour, he leads a band of tribesmen away from the Afghuli mountains and towards Koth. During their journey, the tribesmen are intercepted by a calvary of Turanian soldiers, led by Khezal, an old acquaintance of Conan's.

Unbeknownst to ether Conan or Khezal, The Mist is controlled by the Lady of the Mists, who is gathering captives to feed to the Mist, in hopes of controlling it The Afghulis and Turanians meet up with a third group of desert nomads, the Ekinari, led by Bethina, an attractive young wa The following is a list of sword and sorcery films.

These tend to focus on single heroes, romance, and magic. Griffin-Bacal's first animations were animated commercials for Hasbro's G. Due to their close working relationship with Hasbro, Sunbow came to be recognized as the toy giant's unofficial television arm. Company overview Sunbow is noted for many cartoons aired during the s. Most of their work was co-produced with Marvel Productions. Although it is not limited to Hasbro's various toy lines its reputation is tied to the cartoon series tied to them.

By , most of Hasbro's toy lines were losing money and internal struggles forced the company to end popular series such as G. This is a list of animated television series first aired in Mark Hildreth born January 24, is a Canadian actor and musician. He has appeared in many movie and television roles. Since then, major roles have included: Spy Troops and G.

Chiara Zanni ; born July 19, is a Canadian actress, comedian, singer and voice actress. As an actress, Zanni is known for playing, Amy Ryan, the titular character in the television series About a Girl for The N,[1] as well as for her previous role as Maggie Buckman on CBC's adult drama Edgemont —05 As a voice actress, Zanni is known for performances, such as Bionicle: She has also worked on various animated series, including, Storm Hawks, Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy, and Sushi Pack. Chiara started her career at the age of eight when she was cast as the "Pokey Little Puppy" in a cartoon called Little Golden Bookland and hasn't stopped working since.

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Momoa portrayed the title character in the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian Road to Paloma was Momoa's first film as director, writer, and producer. He also starred in the lead role in the film, released on July 11, Aksyon Balita — The Weekend News Howard featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian.

A fragment begun in the s but not finished or published in Howard's lifetime, it was completed by L. Sprague de Camp and published in the following works: The Conan Chronicles Sphere Books, It has since been published in its original form in the following collections: The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: Volume One Del Rey, Plot summary Howard's unfinished version Nestor, a mercenary from Gunderland, is leading a calvary of Zamorian soldiers in pursuit of the thief Conan.

In a mountain gorge, Nestor trips over a rawhide tripwire set in the high grass of a grove by Conan. The trap activates an avalanche which kills all of Nestor's men James Michael Reaves born September 14, is an American writer, known for his contributions as scriptwriter and story editor to a number of s and s animated television series, including Disney's Gargoyles and Batman: He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction.

Books Novels The following table can be sorted to show Reaves' novels in chronological order,or arranged alphabetically by title, or by co-author, or by series. Over the years, the company has been doing overseas work for the productions of many North American animated films and series, most notably Nickelodeon's Doug for season 1, season 4 of Disney's The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the version of The King and I.

In its native land, it is best known for its work on Fly, Superboard, which aired on the KBS network from to Kim Seok-ki is currently the company's president. The Legend of Orin Production Facilities: The following is a list of episodes for the animated television show Conan the Adventurer.

The first episode is the story's premiere, and the final three episodes make up the series finale. Episodes Season 1 Title Original air date Episode "The Night of Fiery Tears" 13 September 1 After taking refuge from a meteor shower while watching a herd of wild horses, Conan, a young barbarian in Cimmeria, and his grandfather find that the meteorites are made of a strange metal.

The village collects all the meteorites they can find so Conan's father, the blacksmith, can forge many tools and weapons to sell at the following year's merchant gathering. Among the items forged is a sword made for Conan and placed under a large stone until he is strong enough to lift it and claim the weapon. Sometime after the merchant gathering, despite Conan picking a fight with two merchants over the wild horse he saw a year prior, the Cimmerians' Starmetal items attract the attention of a Stygian high priest named W Virgin Media One known as TV3 until 30 August is a commercial free-to-air television channel available within the Republic of Ireland.

The channel launched on 20 September , becoming Ireland's first commercial television channel. Following this TV3 was intended to be the Republic of Ireland's third terrestrial channel. The original broadcasting licence was granted to a consortium Tullamore Beta Ltd in some of this consortium made up of Windmill Lane Productions and Paul McGuinness. It was originally envisaged that the channel would broadcast solely on cable and analogue MMDS, but it was later decided that the channel should broadcast on some terrestrial UHF transmitters similar to other Irish channels.

Initially their signal coverage was m Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine, v. Volume Three Del Rey, It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan's battle against a savage tribe of Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River. Plot overview The foreword to the story tells of Conan's journey to Punt with Muriela, a scam perpetrated against the worshippers of an ivory goddess, and then into Zembabwei, where he joins a trading caravan on their way towards Shem. Around 40 now, Conan visits Cimmeria and It was first published in hardcover by Tor Books in July ; a regular paperback edition followed from the same publisher in July Plot The Aquilonian Empire, bent on expansion, invades southern Cimmeria, occupying a number of villages and building the armed encampment of Fort Venarium to keep them pacified.

The Cimmerian villagers, including young Conan's family, bear the Aquilonian yoke resentfully but stoically. Conan himself, a boy of twelve, is kept down as much by his overbearing blacksmith father as the invaders Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in two Howard based films, another Howard-inspired film and is scheduled to star in a fourth.

The works of Robert E. Howard — have been adapted into multiple media, the most famous being the Conan films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. In addition to the Conan films, other adaptations have included Kull the Conqueror and Solomon Kane In television, the anthology series Thriller led the adaptations with an episode based on the short story "Pigeons from Hell. Multiple audio dramas have been adapted, from professional audio books and plays to LibriVox recordings of works in the public domain.

Computer games have focussed on Conan, beginning with Conan: Steve Perry born August 31, is an American television writer and science fiction author. Biography Perry is a native of the Deep South. His residences have included Louisiana, California, Washington and Oregon. Prior to working full-time as a freelance writer, he worked as a swimming instructor, lifeguard, assembler of toys, clerk in a hotel gift shop and car rental agency, aluminum salesman, martial art instructor, private detective, and nurse.

His wife is Dianne Waller, a Port of Portland executive. They have two children and four grandsons. Literary career Perry has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, which have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Perry is perhaps best known for the Matador series. He has written book It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April and reprinted in June Plot A young Conan's prospects for a domestic existence are destroyed, along with his intended fiance, by the renegade Taharka of Keshan.

To achieve vengeance, the Cimmerian joins forces with a one-eyed warrior woman, Mad Kalya, also wronged by Taharka's outlaws. The couple pursue their enemies across several nations, from Croton's fighting pits to the Ophirian plains, overtaking them in time and again only to see Taharka slip through their fingers. The chase ultimately culminates in a battle to the death.

Reception Don D'Ammassa, writing of Roberts' Conan novels, noted that "[a]lthough Roberts did not recreate Howard's character exactly, making him more intellectual and less inclined to solve every problem by hitting it with a sword, his evocation of the barbaric setting Michael Richard Dobson born August 12, is an English-Canadian actor, voice actor and voice director who works for Ocean Studios and various other studios in British Columbia, Canada. Venom, Blob in X-Men: Evolution, Leonardo in Ninja Turtles: Masters of Spinjitzu, as well as voicing many other characters in animated shows and anime dubs.

He is the brother of Paul Dobson and Brian Dobson, who are also voice actors. Brynne Chandler born is a writer best known for her work on animated television series such as Gargoyles, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Batman: She was nominated for an Emmy award for her work on Batman, and was at one point the highest-paid female animation writer working in Hollywood. At the beginning of her career circa , she was billed as J. Brynne Stephens, then simply as Brynne Stephens. As Brynne Stephens, she published a handful of short stories and a novel called The Dream Palace, all while continuing to write numerous animated television scripts.

She also wrote the text of the videogame Dragonworld video game , based on the novel by Byron Preiss and Michael Reaves. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejected Kull story. Kull was portrayed in the movie Kull the Conqueror by actor Kevin Sorbo. Fictional character biography Life in Atlantis Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. East of Atlantis lay the ancient continent of Thuria, of which the northwest portion is divided among several civilized kingdoms.

Note that the word "Thuria" never appears in any of the Kull stories. Later paperback editions of the collection were issued by Ace Books and The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in The book has also been translated into Italian. Plot summary The Hyperboreans have kidnapped Rann, the daughter of Njal, leader of a tribe of Aesir warriors. Not for those who dislike violence.

Looking forward to reading more! Jun 01, Highness Atharva rated it really liked it. It's the first book in the Young Samurai series written by Chris Bradford, who himself is an expert in martial arts and the ''Japanese'' arts and language. The story revolves around a 12 year old Jack Fletcher, a young lively boy who works at a ship piloted by his father in order to discover the unknown lands in the big wide world. But things turn bad as his ship is raided by Dokugo Ryu, a rogue Japanese ninja and assassin and Jack gets stuck in the very orderly land of Japan and is trained as a samurai and makes new friends in order to gain redemption for his fathers murder.

The introduction of the characters is done really well. The prologue was crafted remarkably, it gives you of the brief idea about the outline of the novel. Jack Fletcher is a unique and a very different hero, but a true an an original one. The thing that makes this novel stand out from many others is that it is set in the land of the rising sun, that is, in Japan.

After, a few introductory chapters and murder of his father, Jack is transported to the shores of Japan and taken to a dojo, this marks the beginning of Jack learning to be civilized and groomed in Japanese culture. The book gives a lot of historical data as well as information and enlightens the reader about Japanese language, tradition and culture. Mark my words, a lot of importance is given to these things which makes it very interesting as you get to learn some real helpful things from a story book. There's a lot of Japanese words too, like Dojo, Katana, Ninja, Bushiden, Zen and a glossary of fifty more frequently being used.

The pace of the story is steady, barring the huge time leaps Chris teleports us readers into. I found that it exactly resembles the Harry Potter universe, just in a different culture, and without magic, but the fundamentals are just the same. Therefore, I say the book is not entirely original but don't get me wrong it does not fail, in the least way to entertain you. In the beginning you may feel, these Japanese names are harder than chemical reactions but trust you instincts and read on, you will get the idea of who's who as you continue to read a few more chapters and enjoy the blissful experience of getting enchanted by this beautiful Japanese world.

The writer describes many places, natural environments in a very fine detail. It may bore some reader as the writer goes into unnecessary details. The characters, mainly Jack, Akiko, Yamato, Masamoto play the main role in the story along with some selective university students and their sensei Japanese word for teacher. The story progresses and gets a lot better as our young samurais enter the academy and enter various classes martial arts, sword fighting, wrestling, philosophy, meditation, etc.

The dialogues are used economically, but impressively. The book contains heavy weaponry and arsenal including swords, shurikens, star blades and frequent bloodshed at regular intervals. But it's not only about war, its also about human heart, love, a lot of philosophy and the true way of living life. The Zen Sensei throws around some very appreciable quotes which are very inspiring which makes it a good reason to gift this book to younger readers. It emphasizes on some moral values like courage, determination, bravery, selflessness, sacrifice.

It is indeed a well balanced book. Just add some creepy supernatural stuff and it would be just perfect. The villains are classy and I'm sure some particular characters that will play an important role in the future installments. There's some bullying and beating up involved but it ends in a positive way and is forgotten soon.

The characters' personality development is done well in just a period of one book. That reminds me, time flows very quickly and jumps months at a time. This book covers almost 10 months of Jack's life as he reaches from England to Japan and starts training at the latter. A perfect book with good vocabulary, stylish Japanese words, culture, brief history, original characters, immersive plotlines, awesome and really malevolent villains, love, friendship, bonds, sword fights, battles and want for power and honour.

A well balanced book that took to to a different place and a different time.

I look forward on pressing on the Young Samurai series and I definitely will. Aug 25, Denae Christine rated it it was amazing Shelves: Loved the first book and look forward to the rest! This story was a bit like karate kid the training and final climax where trainers compete by using their trainees in a contest and also had pirate ninjas and was also historical. All these elements worked well together. I loved that the author so clearly knows what he's talking about when it comes to Japan's culture and language and when it comes to martial arts I've take Reader thoughts: I loved that the author so clearly knows what he's talking about when it comes to Japan's culture and language and when it comes to martial arts I've taken just enough karate to recognize that CB knows what he's talking about.

I might disagree with CB's portrayal of Protestantism vs Catholicism, but I'm no historian I only know what Protestants and Catholics are like today, not 4 hundred years ago. I definitely wouldn't disagree with his portrayal of 17th Century Japan. I like that Jack and his "brother" didn't get along but had to learn to get along.

It was reminding people that just because you don't agree with someone now doesn't mean you'll always disagree with them. I liked the discrimination Jack faced and wondered that it was rather mild. He's the only blond kid in thousands of miles. I liked that Jack's past of climbing rigging helped him with Samurai training although it had been a few months since he did any climbing and probably shouldn't still have the muscles to do so.

I liked that Jack and his "sister" got along so well and had such a great friendship.

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They help each other train and share their hopes and such. I'm a little lost at why Jack's father's map is so so so valuable to everyone the priest, the ninja guy that they're willing to kill for it. Could Jack just make a bunch of copies and start selling them so everyone has an accurate map? I really don't know what it would be like to not have satellite maps of anywhere I want to go. It's so handy and normal that I don't appreciate the convenience.

The MC had to be English in order to appeal to English readers. If the MC had been a young Japanese boy, he wouldn't have felt the need to explain all the strange cultural traditions. He wouldn't have been able to refer to all the familiar things readers know about. Jack isn't quite the Watson character the one there just to ask questions so the reader doesn't get lost , but he plays a similar role. He is there to provide explanation to the reader for why things happen the way they do. May 07, Graylark rated it really liked it Shelves: Stopped reading this series at book 4 because it felt like the focus had shifted gradually from fun cool samurai learning and adventures which is what I was after to oppressive xenophobia and persecution.

May 20, Paul, rated it it was ok. Clavell's Shogun meets Rowling's Harry Potter. Both of which I love. The author appears to have done a lot of research about the martial arts aspect of the book, which is interesting. I have lived as a foreigner in an Asian context for a long time now. I love Japanese history and culture. So I should have enjoyed this book. But the characters have no depth and not much consistency. They do what they do Yamamoto hates Jack, until he doesn't.

Jack is terrified of heights Feudal Japanese are racists, but Englishmen of the same time, especially young boys whose fathers are killed by Asians, are NOT racist Bradford uses a LOT of Rowling's tropes, but without her thoughtfulness. Rowling set up a long backstory for why Voldemort couldn't kill Harry Potter. Bradford gives us nothing on why the most deadly ninja in Japan can't seem to kill a small, half-educated 13 year old.

It works because it's magic. But martial arts is based on size, strength, and skill. Yet Jack, the Boy Who Lived, manages to win again and again while greatly disadvantaged in all 3 areas. Bradford makes "culture" a part of the scenery, like the island of Japan and the Japanese words.

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But there is no depth there. Jack never has a cultural insight. Like "hey, the way Japanese treat their kids is way different from the way my father treated me". Why does Jack's father treat him like a modern father? This is what was the best part of Clavell's novels. I think Harry Potter was a game-changer. It set a much higher standard for what kids want to read and can understand. Deep characterization and fast action are not mutually exclusive.

This is the YA equivalent of a Lee Child novel. Flat characters racing through life to arrive at a predetermined and incredibly obvious ending. This book has a cool premise, but the author needed to think a bit more about his characters and his writing and a bit less about his martial arts and his plot, in my opinion. Aug 08, Celestia rated it liked it Shelves: My summer class is over, so what should I do with my time until fall classes? Obviously a trip to the library was in order.

Since middle school I've had an interest in Japanese culture, due to the extreme consumption of anime and manga. So while I didn't think that this book — written for a younger, less nerdy audience — would have too many cultural references, I was mildly surprised. While keeping a more casual tone, there were indeed a lot of things to learn in this book, and a lot of Jap My summer class is over, so what should I do with my time until fall classes?

While keeping a more casual tone, there were indeed a lot of things to learn in this book, and a lot of Japanese vocabulary used. The characterization of Jack Fletcher, the main character, was mostly believable to me.

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He wasn't too gung-ho about the fact that he was expected to live in Japan and learn their customs and how to be a samurai, and he was understandably eager to leave. The characterization of the other students made sense too, at first Jack is heckled by calls of "gaijin Jack" everywhere he goes, but like most stories with bullying, that really only worked for so long before Jack proved himself.

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Surprisingly, I actually really liked the character of Yamato too. I think he showed the most emotion of the cast, and I empathized with him. His brother was killed to send a message to their father, and now it's his job to measure up to his brother's memory. In the meanwhile, his father's expectations seem too high to ever attain and his dad favors a barbarian over him? Yeah, that's a lot of pressure for one person.

I also thought that there was one moment that really stood out, where view spoiler [even amongst Jack's friends the Englishman realized that they thought that he was inferior because he was a gaijin, they just were too polite to be mean over it. We tend to overromantisize Japan, with its ninja and its samurai and its cool art.

There was snubbing of foreigners for a long time there; no matter how cool it seems, Japan was as flawed as any other country. So I thought that it was neat that the book explored that. I have a thing for ninjas okay. So this was cool. Also Japanese samurai and swords and a guy who was some sort of version of Yoda and yes.

You could say that it was a slight copy off some other stories - Star Wars, Harry Potter, Karate Kid - but to be honest I liked it anyway and didn't really mind any of those elements. The main character was quite interesting , but my favourites were probably two of the side characters. Their character arcs were better and heaps more interesting I have a thing for ninjas okay. Their character arcs were better and heaps more interesting and engaging.

And Saburo was random and quirky, and seemed like the kind of kiddo who would be loyal to the very last. It was a really interesting and obvious comparison and I liked it. There was some elements that could be not-so-good in some views. There's violence and bullying. The pacing was pretty good the whole way, and then general plot ignoring the slight rip-offs was interesting. I loved all the elements of the Japanese culture and those parts were super cool and how it used the Japanese words for some things and just yes.

Overall it was pretty cool. I was going to like it. I mean, someone was poisoned on page three. Mar 18, Jordan rated it liked it. A good book and an interesting look into feudal Japanese culture. I liked the characters and the action. The setting was interesting although I imagine that this is one that is going to develop in later books as Jack's skills develop. This was obviously written for younger readers and the writing style seems like it will keep them gripped and entertained.

I wasn't fond of some of the Japanese terminology, I like how this might increase their interest and knowledge of Japanese culture and persona A good book and an interesting look into feudal Japanese culture. I wasn't fond of some of the Japanese terminology, I like how this might increase their interest and knowledge of Japanese culture and personally I enjoyed it however some inserts seemed a little overdone.

There is a particular scene where Jack is being given directions and there is so much Japanese mixed in with the English I can see this easily losing some younger readers. I might be underestimating them a little bit especially as this book seems to be a much loved and lasting series and as I said personally I did enjoy reading the different terminology.

This was a fun book and I'd definitely encourage younger readers or even young adults looking for a quick and interesting read. Although I would warn them that they need to be prepared to read the other books in the series as this seems to be on that will develop over time. May 13, Beverly rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Okay, so the Young Samurai is Harry Potter with an historical setting and a couple hundred fewer pages.

YA readers won't care. The story is every adventure loving kid's fantasy. Set in Shogun era Japan of the late 's, Jack is a rigging monkey on his father's ship. When the ship is attacked by pirates, Jack ends up in the Sea of Japan, is rescued by a samurai and sent to an elite samurai training sshool. Of course, it turns out the pirate attack wasn't random, Jack has something the pirates a Okay, so the Young Samurai is Harry Potter with an historical setting and a couple hundred fewer pages.

Of course, it turns out the pirate attack wasn't random, Jack has something the pirates are desperate to find, and the samurai training Jack has been receiving from Japan's greatest master swordsman comes in very handy. Like Harry Potter, Jack is an outsider who endures harrassment and finds two friends, who help him adjust to this strange new culture, and vow to be his allies.

Well, actually one friend and ally, the other can't decide if he wants to be Jack's friend or enemy. The historical details are rich, fascinating and extremely accurate. In a surprise twist - the evil antagonists are ninjas. All readers will be swept up in the adventure and history of the Young Samurai, even the most reluctant readers. Set in the early 's this tale tells of Jack, at sea with his father a navigator before maps are generally available and Jack's dad's notebook, called a rutter is violently pursued, leaving Jack an orphan on the coast of Japan.

He is taken into the home of a samurai where he slowly learns Japanese and the mysterious ways of his new land. Intrigue imperils Jack as he attempts to make his way. There is a great deal about honor, grief, jealousy, despair, and redemption. Sometimes didactic yet th Set in the early 's this tale tells of Jack, at sea with his father a navigator before maps are generally available and Jack's dad's notebook, called a rutter is violently pursued, leaving Jack an orphan on the coast of Japan.

Sometimes didactic yet this is a generally warm coming of age story. Bradford has clearly done his homework, one passage I enjoyed- "I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. The real and most dangerous opponents we face in life are fear, anger, confusion, doubt and despair. If we overcome those enemies who attack from within , we can attain a sure victory over any attack from without.

There are some satisfying complexities in this story as Jack and his fellows conquer pride with love, understanding and courage. The action comes fast, and Bradford writes with the authority of a black belt—which he happens to be—and a genuine respect for the subject. Employing a wide range of Japanese terms will have the dual effect of drawing readers intrigued by Japanese culture into the story, while dispelling the interest of those less enthusiastic.

Apr 21, Fred Kirchner rated it it was amazing Shelves: Disney is putting a lot of money into this book. My guess is they're seeing the potential to assume the power vacuum left vacant by the demise of Potter. And why not compare this book to Potter? Another reason for the Potter comparison: Young Samurai is freakin' awesome! Poisoned shirukens Disney is putting a lot of money into this book. Poisoned shirukens by page 3! You can see the gleam on these ninja swords.

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Okay, there's lots of action. The author, Chris Bradford, is a Zen black belt super ninja. But can he write? He can also transmit his love and respect for the more elusive values behind the martial arts through his writing. The values beneath Young Samurai show readers the best of martial arts philosophy and Zen Buddhism. View all 4 comments. May 10, Matilda Rose rated it really liked it Shelves: In the year , a young boy named Jack is on board a ship with his father, searching for new land. But ninjas clamber aboard the ship in search of valuable objects and kill his crew and father.

Jack is saved by the legendary samurai warrior Masamoto who adopts him. There he is taken to samurai school where he will have to learn to defend himself against Masamoto's jealous son, Yamato. But with his friend Akiko and quiet companion Yori, Jack is able to fit in at the samurai school and master ba In the year , a young boy named Jack is on board a ship with his father, searching for new land.

But with his friend Akiko and quiet companion Yori, Jack is able to fit in at the samurai school and master basic moves. But is that enough to defeat Yamato? In a competition between two schools, Jack, Saburo and Akiko beat an unexpected arrival and his fellow samurai, during which Jack helps Yamato and they become friends.