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Cirque du Freak (manga)

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[ serialized in [Weekly Shonen Sunday] ]
Alternative title:
Darren Shan
The Saga of Darren Shan
ダレン・シャン (Japanese)
向達倫大冒險 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: monsters, vampires
Plot Summary: Darren Shan is an ordinary boy living an ordinary life until he receives a flyer for the freak show "Cirque du Freak". When the preformance is over, he overhears a conversation between his friend Steve Leopard and one of the preformers, Mr. Crepsley, only to discover that the odd perfomer is a vampire. In order to save Steve's life, Darren must become Mr. Crepsley's Half vampire assistant. Now he must travel the world to regain his humanity.
User Ratings: 22 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Excellent: 9 votes (Eng:4, dub:2, sub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 5 votes (Eng:4, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 4 votes (Eng:3, others:1
1 French
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 Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 79 users, rank: #910 (of 4134)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.136 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3583, rank: #765 (of 4137)
Weighted mean: 7.893 (Very good), rank: #1131 (of 4137) (seen all: 8.02 / seen some: 7.83)
Bayesian estimate: 7.882 (Very good), rank: #585 (of 2592)
Number of tankoubon: 12
Vintage: 2006-11-17
Release dates: We have 28
Trivia: We have 1
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Yen Press to Adapt von Ziegesar's Gossip Girl Novels (Dec 4, 2009)
Yen Press to Adapt James Patterson's Daniel X Novels (Nov 7, 2009)
IMAGI's Astro Boy Film Opens at #6 with US$7 Million (Update 2) (Oct 25, 2009)
Yen Press to Be Combined with Hachette's Orbit (Oct 23, 2008)
Yen Adds Cirque du Freak, Oninagi, GA, Ichiroh! Manga (Jul 26, 2008)
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Graphic novel
    Cirque du Freak (GN 1) 2009-06-30 (from $7.48)
    Cirque du Freak - The Vampire's Assistant (GN 2) 2009-08-31 (from $7.62)
    Cirque du Freak - Tunnels of Blood (GN 3) 2009-10-31 (from $7.62)
    Cirque du Freak - Vampire Mountain (GN 4) 2010-01-31 (from $7.62)
    Cirque du Freak - Trials of Death (GN 5) 2010-04-20 (from $7.62)
    Cirque du Freak - The Vampire Prince (GN 6) 2010-07-27 (from $7.62)
    Cirque du Freak - Hunters of the Dusk (GN 7) 2010-10-26 (from $7.62)
    Cirque du Freak - Allies of the Night (GN 8) 2011-03-22 (from $7.50)
    Cirque du Freak - Killers of the Dawn (GN 9) 2011-05-24 (from $7.50)
    Cirque du Freak - The Lake of Souls (GN 10) 2011-07-19 (from $7.50)
    Cirque du Freak - Lord of the Shadows (GN 11) 2011-10-25 (from $7.50)
    Cirque du Freak - Sons of Destiny (GN 12) 2012-01-24 (from $7.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Original creator: Darren Shan
Art: Takahiro Arai
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan, Inc.
English staff
English cast
Translation: Stephen Paul

Adaptation: Stephen Paul
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Yen Press
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Pika Édition
French cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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