Manga Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet

SelfMadeHero’s Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (2007–present) adapts the Bard’s tragedy into a single, full-length manga volume, with writer Richard Appignanesi and artist Sonia Leong transforming the classic Verona-set romance into a vivid, contemporary visual style. Leong’s expressive, shojo-influenced artwork brings fresh energy to the star-crossed lovers’ tale, making the original Elizabethan dialogue accessible to a new generation of readers. This series kickoff matters as a key entry in the Manga Shakespeare line, demonstrating how classic literature can be reimagined through the global language of manga.