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researching anime and manga
manga and anime in the library:
This guide was created to support the activities of the Anime and Manga Club at Swarthmore College, but hopefully others interested in the topic will find it useful as well. McCabe contains a small but growing collection of anime films and manga books. The films are found upstairs on the 3rd floor and the manga are found both in the general stacks and the popular reading room on the main floor. If you have suggestions for specific titles you'd like us to add to the collection, please let us know!
reference books on anime and manga:
The anime encyclopedia
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, c2006.
This completely revised, expanded, and updated guide includes over 1,000 new entries on anime titles, studios, creators, and history, and hundreds of all-new critical reviews. Covering almost a century of industry history with authority and wit, Clements and McCarthy reveal both the milestones and the minutiae of the expansive and influential art of anime.
Graphic novels
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
A genre guide to comic books, manga, and more.
Comic art in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America through 2000
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
This work is the most comprehensive bibliography of the comic art of these regions and all its dimensions. This volume brings together both mainstream and fugitive materials relating to animation, caricature, comic books, political cartoons, and other types of animation.
selected books on anime and manga:
The anime companion 2
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge, 2005.
This long-awaited second Anime Companion volume boasts hundreds of all-new glossary-style entries to help you decipher anime's distinctive content, images, and cultural motifs. Ranging from Adachi-ku (in Tokyo, seen in You're Under Arrest) to Zomen (a mask, seen in Spirited Away), with Miso Ramen in between (a favorite noodle dish in GTO), Gilles Poitras covers the minutiae of anime in fascinating detail, including illustrations, anime images, film citations, and numerous references to the related art of manga.
Manga from the floating world
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; Published by the Harvard University Asia Center : 2006.
Cinema anime
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
"Cinema Anime charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production in the last twenty-five years. This collection of essays brings together new, original scholarship at the cutting edge of research on anime. Authors discuss anime by Japanese directors ranging from Oshii Mamoru to Kon Satoshi, from Rintaro to Watanabe Shinichiro."--BOOK JACKET.
Adult manga
Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2000.
Adult Manga describes and analyses the rise and fall of the mammoth Japanese comic book industry since the 1960s and the complex new attitudes towards manga in Japan since the 1980s.
finding more books on anime and manga:
Surprisingly, "anime" and "manga" are not subject headings used in Tripod. Use the following search terms in Tripod or WorldCat to find even more books on anime and manga. Many of the books will be found in the call number range NC1766.
animated films - japan
animated television programs - japan
comic books, strips, etc. - japan
animated films - japan
animated television programs - japan
comic books, strips, etc. - japan
finding anime films in Tripod:
You can pull up a bunch of anime films in Tripod by clicking on the Videos/DVD's tab, then selecting the genre field Animated Films. This will throw you into an alphabetical list of subject headings. Click on either Animated Films Japan or Animated Television Programs Japan for a list of films and shows.
anime and manga sites:
That Anime Project
This site was designed in order to provide information about anime to a wide audience, from first-time viewers to serious fan-subbers. The information provided is on a wide range of topics, from tips about common gestures used to in-depth discussions on the mecha genre.
Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga
Brief introduction to anime and manga , including a well-written overview, a discussion of violence, nudity, and sexual content, a list of recommended titles, and a bibliography of books and periodicals. Maintained by Gilles Poitras , author of the Anime Companion and editor of the monthly USA Anime and Manga Report.
Anime Web Turnpike
Extensive guide to Web sites for both anime and manga . Links are categoried by series, publisher, fan sites, clubs, news groups, and general resources. A separate section covers currently popular series, such as Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, and Pokemon .
Anime 101
A consise introduction to anime.
Shoujou Manga
Excellent introduction to Shoujo manga -- manga -style comics written by women for female readers. Includes a description of the medium, a history of manga , lists of classic and recommended comics, bibliographies, and links to other sites. Maintained by cultural anthropologist and translator Matt Thorn.