Have any of you guys read the Japanese comic version of Episode I?

I’m not sure if it’s even called ‘The Phantom Menace’ (all I remember is seeing the title Star Wars: EPISODE I). I found two issues of it at my local library, and it seems that in its cartooney-ness, the movie works a lot better. And I believe the script was used verbatim, and Jar Jar still seemed less annoying and more like a Mexican compadré. It was written in English, but the author had a Japanese name.

Has anyone seen this stuff before? And if so, do you know if he did EPs II and III as well?