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| ANIME/MANGA BOOKS
English-language academic and popular books on (or containing chapters on) anime and manga |
| [author] | [title] | [publishing data] |
| Anne Allison | Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination | ISBN: 0520245652 University of California Press, 2006, 356 p. |
| Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics and Censorship in Japan | ISBN: 0520219902 University of California Press, 2000; 225 p. |
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| Robin Brenner | Understanding Manga and Anime | ISBN: 1591583322 Libraries Unlimited, 2007; 356 p. |
| Steven Brown (ed.) | Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation | ISBN: 1403970602 Palgrave Macmillan, 2006; 256 p. |
| Timothy Craig (ed.) | Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture | ISBN: 0765605619 M.E. Sharpe, 2000; 360 p. |
| Dani Cavallaro | Anime Intersections: Tradition and Innovation in Theme and Technique |
ISBN: 0786432349
McFarland & Company, 2007, 218 p. |
| The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology and Politics |
ISBN: 0786427648 McFarland & Company, 2006, 256 p. | |
| The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki |
ISBN: 0786423692 McFarland & Company, 2006, 212 p. | |
| Patrick Drazen | Anime Explosion!: The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation | ISBN: 1880656728 Stone Bridge Press, 2002; 320 p. |
| Satoru Fujii (ed.) | Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Culture | ISBN: 1569313458 Cadence Books, 1999; 200 p. |
| Paul Gravett | Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics | ISBN: 1856693910 Harper Design International, 2004; 176 p. |
| Roland Kelts | Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. | ISBN: 1403974756 Palgrave Macmillan, 2006; 256 p. |
| Sharon Kinsella | Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society | ISBN: 0824823184 University of Hawaii Press, 2000; 240 p. |
| Thomas Lamarre | The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation | ISBN: 0816651558 University of Minnesota Press, 2009; 408 p. |
| Trish Ledoux | Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly (1992-1997) (ed.) | ISBN: 1569312206 Viz Communications, 1997; 175 p. |
| The Complete Anime Guide: Japanese Animation Film Directory and Resource Guide (With Doug Ranney) |
ISBN: 0964954257 Tiger Mountain Press, 1997; 214 p. |
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| Antonia Levi | Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation |
ISBN: 0812693329 Open Court Publishing Co., 1996; 180 p. |
| Mark MacWilliams (ed.) | Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime |
ISBN: 0765616017 M.E. Sharpe, 2008, 384 p. |
| Helen McCarthy | The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga | ISBN: 0810982498 Abrams ComicArts, 2009, 272 p. |
| 500 Manga Heroes and Villains | ISBN: 0764132016 Barron's, 2006; 352 p. |
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| The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (with Jonathan Clements) |
ISBN: 1880656647 Stone Bridge Press, 2001; 592 p. |
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| Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation: Films, Themes, Artistry | ISBN: 1880656418 Stone Bridge Press, 1999; 240 p. |
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| The Erotic Anime Movie Guide | ISBN: 0879517050 Overlook Press, 1999; 192 p. |
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| The Anime! Movie Guide | ISBN: 0879517816 Penguin USA, 1997; 288 pages |
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| Scott McCloud | Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels | ISBN: 0060780940 HarperCollins, 2006; 272 p. |
| Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology are Revolutionizing an Art Form | ISBN: 0060953500 HarperCollins, 2000; 256 p. |
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| Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art | ISBN: 006097625X Kitchen Sink Press, 1994; 224 p. |
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| Susan Napier | From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Culture in the Mind of the West | ISBN: 1403962146 Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, 304 p. |
| Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, Updated Edition: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese animation | ISBN: 1403970521 Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; 384 p. | |
| Anime from Akira to Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation | ISBN: 0312238630 St. Martin's Press, 2001; 304 p. |
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| Natsu Onoda Power | God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga | ISBN: 9781604732214 University Press of Mississippi, 2009; 208 p. |
| Andrew Osmond | Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist | ISNB: 1933330740 Stone Bridge Press, 2009; 96 p. |
| BFI Film Classics: Spirited Away | ISBN: 9781844572304 Palgrave Macmillan, 2008; 121 p. | |
| Michael Pawuk | Graphic Novels: A Genre Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More | ISBN: 159158132X Libraries Unlimited, 2006; 600 p. |
| Gilles Poitras | Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Should Know | ISBN: 1880656531 Stone Bridge Press, 2000; 144 p. |
| The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation | ISBN: 1880656329 Stone Bridge Press, 1998; 176 p. |
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| Dennis Redmond | The World is Watching: Video as Multinational Aesthetics, 1968-1995 | ISBN: 0809325357 Southern Illinois University Press, 2003; 202 p. |
| Annette Roman (ed.) | Fresh Pulp: Dispatches from the Japanese Pop Culture Front (1997-1999) | ISBN: 1569313717 Viz Communications, 1999; 120 p. |
| Brian Ruh | Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii | ISBN: 1403963347 Palgrave Macmillan, 2004; 256 p. |
| Frederik Schodt |
The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution | ISBN: 1933330546 Stone Bridge Press, 2007; 215 p. |
| ISBN: 188065623X Stone Bridge Press, 1996; 360 p. |
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| America and the Four Japans: Friend, Foe, Model, Mirror | ISBN: 1880656108 Stone Bridge Press, 1993; 200 p. |
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| Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics, and the Coming Robotopia | ISBN: 08701158544 Kodansha International, 1988; 256 p. |
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| Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics | ISBN: 0870117521 Kodansha International, 1983; 260 p. |
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| Jason Thompson (ed.) | Manga: The Complete Guide | ISBN: 0345485904 Del Rey, 2007; 592 p. |
| Jay Tobin (ed.) | Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon | ISBN: 0822332876 Duke University Press, 2004; 304 p. |