'
|
If you're using a text browser or your browser does not support JavaScript, a text index is available. |
For More Information About Anime and Manga: |
Books Books on Anime Samurai from outer space : understanding Japanese animation / Antonia Levi. Peru, Ill. : Open Court, 1997, c1996.Run, don't walk, to your nearest bookstore (or Internet retailer) and grab a copy of this book while it's still in print, probably the best introduction to anime for Western readers ever written. This is the book that provides you with the initial clues you need to begin deciphering the many cultural references and concepts that make anime so interesting, and sometimes so "quirky" to the beginning viewer. It's not an anime "guide"; for that, see below. Rather, it deals a chapter at a time with such topics as religion, mecha, androids, and death, and their relation to anime, with plenty of examples. Highly, highly recommended. A personal note: We'd seen perhaps five or six anime, usually rented from a local laserdisc outlet, and found it interesting but "odd." We ran across this book in our local university library, and after reading it picked up a few of the titles mentioned that sounded particularly interesting. One of them was All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku. We've never looked back since.
The anime encyclopedia : a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 / Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy.
Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, 2006.
The anime! movie guide / Helen McCarthy. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1996.
The complete anime guide : Japanese animation film directory & resource guide / Trish Ledoux,
Doug Ranney ; edited by Fred Patten. 2nd ed. Issaquah, WA : Tiger Mountain Press, 1997.
The anime companion : what's Japanese in Japanese animation? / Gilles Poitras. Berkeley, CA :
Stone Bridge Press, 1999.
Books on Manga Manga! Manga! : the world of Japanese comics / Frederik L. Schodt ; foreword by Osamu Tezuka. Updated pbk. ed. Tokyo, Japan : Kodansha International, 1986, c1983.Dreamland Japan : writings on modern manga / Frederik L. Schodt. Berkeley, CA : Stone Bridge Press, 1996. If you want to learn the history, cultural background, and commercial organization of the Japanese manga (graphic novel) industry, these books make very interesting reading. Don't, however, expect to find information on Ranma 1/2 or Video Girl Ai here; the author concentrates primarily on older manga and some non-mainstream recent titles. There's also an occasional unconscious bit of ethnocentricity, particularly in the area of sex, with a distinct odor of "Of course we know better in the West" at times. Nonetheless, if you're serious about manga you shouldn't be without these.
Books on Japanese History/Culture Japan : its history and culture / W. Scott Morton. 3rd ed. New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, 1994.
The Japanese have a word for it : the complete guide to Japanese thought and
culture / Boye' Lafayette de Mente. Lincolnwood, Ill. : Passport Books, 1997, c1994.
|
Magazines General Magazines Protoculture Addicts : the Anime & Manga Magazine. Published bimonthly by Protoculture Enr., PO Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 3L2 (http://www.protoculture-mag.com/).Like Animerica, we don't read this for the reviews, which rarely rise above the superficial. However, Protoculture Addicts does often provide considerably more in-depth coverage of individual series than does their American rival, sometimes even including detailed episode guides. Also unlike Animerica they're willing to spend a considerable amount of space on series that aren't even available in North America yet (except as imports), such as Marmalade Boy. If I had to choose between the two, I'd take Protoculture Addict, typos and all.
|
Online Vendors Right Stuf (http://www.rightstuf.com/main.shtml)Anime, graphic novels, and some artbooks, CDs, and anime-related merchandise. Their weekly specials and DVD bundles can offer very good deals on select items. Membership in their Got Anime? Purchasing Club may result in additional discounts.
AnimEigo
(http://www.animeigo.com/)
Sasuga Japanese Bookstore
(http://www.sasugabooks.com/)
|
Note: We have no commercial ties or other financial interest in any of the above vendors, nor are we endorsing them. We do not receive a share of profits if you visit one of these vendors from our site. Ours is a 100% non-commercial site. We list them only because we have personally had good experiences patronizing these vendors. |
This page last updated 2/5/2010. |