On August 23, Kim Dong Publishing House officially released the classic comic series called "Royal Seal" (Japanese: Ouke No Monshou), the new name of the story "Queen of Egypt". When Kim Dong Publishing House decided to republish this series, it reused the original name "Royal Seal" to better match the Japanese original and create unity in the comic market.
"Royal Seal" is the new Vietnamese version by author Chieko Hosokawa since 1977. This is a story in the genre of time travel, fantasy, history with many attractive details, interesting discoveries about the land of Cairo, Egypt in ancient times. In the years 1990 - 2000, the series was released in Vietnam with the name "Queen of Egypt", which was associated with the childhood of many generations of 8x, 9x readers. The return with the new name "Royal Seal" has created a real fever in the community of comic lovers. The Vietnamese copyright published by Kim Dong Publishing House fully meets the expectations of fans.
On August 23, Kim Dong Publishing House officially released the classic comic series "Royal Seal" (Japanese: Ouke No Monshou), the new name of the story "Queen of Egypt". Photo: Kim Dong Publishing House
Across forums and Facebook groups, the "Royal Seal" fan community is currently "feverish" as they show off their achievements in hunting for the first 5 volumes, along with gifts, posters, and extremely impressive postcards. After many years of waiting, the fans' dream has finally come true.
Phuong Loan (1989) shared with Travellive: "Since I heard that The Queen of Egypt was published, I could not contain my excitement. I read this series since 7th grade, more than 20 years ago. Because I was so excited to hunt for this childhood series, I even planned to leave at 2am for fear of not being able to buy it. But probably because of the rain, when I arrived at 5am, I still saw a few people waiting to buy the book. Sitting and waiting until I could hold the first 5 volumes with eye-catching posters, I felt very happy and excited, feeling like I was returning to my childhood. I especially like the romantic love between Memphis and Carol, the beautiful and eye-catching drawings, the time-traveling content makes it even more attractive. In my opinion, both the new and old versions have their own good points, but the new version has more beautiful colors and quality."
Waiting from 5am until she held the first 5 episodes in her hands, Phuong Loan felt happy and excited, as if she was returning to her childhood. Photo: Phuong Loan
Extremely impressive posters and postcards. Photo: Phuong Loan
Also a member of the early 9x generation, Duc Tuan (1991) said: "I didn't think there would be so many fans lining up to hunt for the story. It's true that the appeal of this story is always hot in any era."
Previously, on May 15, Kim Dong Publishing House announced that they would not use the cover design of author Ta Quoc Ky Nam because this artist had made inappropriate statements, affecting the work, the author, readers and the publisher. This event also forced the series "Royal Seal" to be delayed until August.
The first 5 episodes of "Royal Seal". Photo: Phuong Thao
Eye-catching, impressive design. Photo: Phuong Thao
Check-in with eye-catching backgrounds at bookstores. Photo: Phuong Thao
Currently, Kim Dong Publishing House has released the first 5 volumes. The next volumes of the series will be released every other week. In particular, the background color of the cover is changed for each volume. This impresses fans. Since the announcement of the project to release the series "Royal Seal", readers of all ages have paid special attention to the work. The number of interactions under each post of Kim Dong Publishing House about the series is also extremely high.
The central character of the series is Carol Reed, a 16-year-old American girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, the daughter of a billionaire family, studying archaeology in Cairo, Egypt. When her family sponsors a program to excavate and study the tomb of a young pharaoh, a curse from the tomb falls on her family. The curse takes her back to ancient Egypt, where she is drawn into the problems of Egypt and other ancient countries such as Assyria and Babylon. Here, Carol meets Memphis - a brave young pharaoh, whose tomb her family excavated in the modern world. They fall in love and overcome many challenges together. This angers Memphis's half-sister, Isis, because she has long waited to marry Memphis.
Subsequent volumes of the series will be released every other week. Photo: Kim Dong Publishing House
With modern scientific knowledge, Carol became an important figure in ancient history and was known as "Princess of the Nile" or "The most beautiful lotus of the Mediterranean". Her beauty and wisdom indirectly caused many political conspiracies and wars between kingdoms. The troubled love story of Carol and Memphis - the brave young pharaoh also attracted readers. Carol often fell into dangerous traps, but thanks to her intelligence and Memphis's rescue, she escaped many times and helped Egypt fight against hostile plots to annex this country.
