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Drawing on Tradition: Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan

by Jolyon Baraka Thomas

30 members

½ 3.3

3 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea, Midruto

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Anime, Religion and Spirituality: Profane and Sacred Worlds in Contemporary Japan

by Katharine Buljan

3 members

2 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea

3

Anime Intersections: Tradition and Innovation in Theme and Technique

by Dani Cavallaro

11 members

2 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea

4

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture

by Yoshio Sugimoto

73 members

1 review

4.1

2 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea

5

Fantasy Fiction into Film: Essays

by Leslie Stratyner

11 members

2 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea

6

Anime and Memory: Aesthetic, Cultural and Thematic Perspectives

by Dani Cavallaro

14 members

1

Member: LunaSlashSea

7

A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition: From Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga

by Patrick Drazen

11 members

3

2 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea

8

Pop-Diplomacy: Anime and Manga as Vehicles of Cultural Context, Identity Formation, and Hybridity

by Morgan Elizabeth Burkett

1 member

2 Members: stealth.librarian, LunaSlashSea

9

Anime and Philosophy: Wide Eyed Wonder

by Josef Steiff

43 members

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

10

Anime and the Art of Adaptation: Eight Famous Works from Page to Screen

by Dani Cavallaro

13 members

1

Member: LunaSlashSea

11

The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation

by Thomas LaMarre

59 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

12

Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan

by Marc Steinberg

14 members

5

Member: LunaSlashSea

13

Anime: A History

by Jonathan Clements

73 members

1 review

4

Member: LunaSlashSea

14

Art in Anime: The Creative Quest as Theme and Metaphor

by Dani Cavallaro

6 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

15

Asian Gothic: Essays on Literature, Film and Anime

by Andrew Hock Soon Ng

10 members

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

16

Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre

by Antonia Levi

21 members

1 review

3.2

Member: LunaSlashSea

17

Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan

by Mark McLelland

18 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

18

Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media

by Anne M. Cooper-Chen

2 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

19

by Steven T. Brown

50 members

1 review

3.2

Member: LunaSlashSea

20

Cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology and Politics

by Dani Cavallaro

11 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

21

CLAMP in Context: A Critical Study of the Manga and Anime

by Dani Cavallaro

17 members

1 review

5

Member: LunaSlashSea

22

Enviro-Toons: Green Themes in Animated Cinema and Television

by Deidre M. Pike

5 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

23

Comics as a Nexus of Cultures: Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

by Mark Berninger

24 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

24

The Fairy Tale and Anime: Traditional Themes, Images and Symbols at Play on Screen

by Dani Cavallaro

11 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

25

From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West

by Susan J. Napier

36 members

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

26

From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe

by Peter Y. Paik

32 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

27

Goddesses of Water & Sky: Feminist Ideologies in the Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki

by Daniel Nienhuis

2 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

28

Japanese Aesthetics and Anime: The Influence of Tradition

by Dani Cavallaro

13 members

1 review

4

Member: LunaSlashSea

29

Magic as Metaphor in Anime: A Critical Study

by Dani Cavallaro

11 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

30

Manga Girl Seeks Herbivore Boy: Studying Japanese Gender at Cambridge (Japanese Studies / Japanologie)

by Brigitte Steger

8 members

5

Member: LunaSlashSea

31

Mechademia, Volume 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga

by Frenchy Lunning

56 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

32

Mechademia, Volume 2: Networks of Desire

by Frenchy Lunning

51 members

½ 3.5

Member: LunaSlashSea

33

Mechademia, Volume 3: Limits of the Human

by Frenchy Lunning

34 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

34

Mechademia, Volume 4: War/Time

by Frenchy Lunning

28 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

35

Mechademia, Volume 5: Fanthropologies

by Frenchy Lunning

26 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

36

Mechademia, Volume 6: User Enhanced

by Frenchy Lunning

14 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

37

Mechademia, Volume 7: Lines of Sight

by Frenchy Lunning

12 members

1 review

Member: LunaSlashSea

38

Mechademia 8: Tezuka’s Manga Life

by Frenchy Lunning

13 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

39

Mechademia 9: Origins

by Frenchy Lunning

11 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

40

The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan

by Patrick W. Galbraith

97 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

41

Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon

by Joseph Tobin

43 members

½ 4.5

Member: LunaSlashSea

42

Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime

by Christopher Bolton

95 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LunaSlashSea

43

Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade

by Jonathan Clements

35 members

½ 3.4

Member: LunaSlashSea

44

The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story (Experimental Futures)

54 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

45

Starting Point: 1979–1996

by Hayao Miyazaki

384 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: LunaSlashSea

46

Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata

113 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

47

Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture

by Steven T. Brown

32 members

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

48

Turning Point, 1997-2008

by Hayao Miyazaki

184 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

49

Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shojo Manga

by Jennifer S. Prough

28 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: LunaSlashSea

50

A Sociology of Japanese Ladies' Comics: Images of the Life, Loves, and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Japanese Women

5 members

5

Member: LunaSlashSea

51

Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga

by Frederik L. Schodt

267 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

52

Kyoto animation a critical study and filmography

by Dani Cavallaro

4 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

53

Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls' Culture in Japan

by Deborah Shamoon

16 members

5

Member: LunaSlashSea

54

Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society

by Sharon Kinsella

55 members

1 review

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

55

Anime and the Visual Novel: Narrative Structure, Design and Play at the Crossroads of Animation and Computer Games

by Dani Cavallaro

13 members

1

Member: LunaSlashSea

56

The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki

by Dani Cavallaro

85 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

57

The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation

by Gilles Poitras

180 members

1 review

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

58

The Anime Companion 2: More What's Japanese in Japanese Animation?

by Gilles Poitras

58 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: LunaSlashSea

59

The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Revised and Expanded Edition

by Jonathan Clements

258 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

60

Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know

by Gilles Poitras

78 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

61

Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation

by Patrick Drazen

128 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

62

Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation

by Susan J. Napier

217 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

63

Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas: An Insider's View of the Birth of a Pop Culture Phenomenon

7 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

64

The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution

by Frederik L. Schodt

78 members

3 reviews

4

Member: LunaSlashSea

65

Cosplay Girls: Japan's Live Animation Heroines

by Jennifer Cahill

24 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

66

We Love Cosplay Girls: More Live Anime Heroines from Japan

by Cocoro Books

4 members

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

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A Critical Linguistic Analysis of Japanese Children's Manga: Power and Gender Bias in the Language of Manga

by Angela Rawson

1 member

Member: LunaSlashSea

68

Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism

154 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

69

Frames of Anime: Culture and Image-Building

by Tze-yue G. Hu

7 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

70

A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony

by Héctor García

364 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LunaSlashSea

71

God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga

by Natsu Onoda Power

37 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

72

Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation

by Helen McCarthy

243 members

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

73

Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subculture

56 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: LunaSlashSea

74

Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture

by Timothy J. Craig

52 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

75

Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

by Roland Kelts

177 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

76

Japanese Boy-Love Manga and the Global Fandom: A Case Study of Chinese Female Readers

1 member

Member: LunaSlashSea

77

Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool

by Brian Ashcraft

76 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

78

Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime

by Mark W. Macwilliams

56 members

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

79

The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki

by Mark I. West

16 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

80

Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture

by Takashi Murakami

113 members

4 reviews

4

Member: LunaSlashSea

81

Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan: Cultural Myths and Social Realities

by Mark J. McLelland

23 members

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

82

Manga and Philosophy: Fullmetal Metaphysician

by Josef Steiff

18 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

83

Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics

by Frederik L. Schodt

306 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: LunaSlashSea

84

Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics

by Paul Gravett

249 members

1 review

4

Member: LunaSlashSea

85

Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives

by Toni Johnson-Woods

18 members

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

86

Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World

by Martha Cornog

22 members

2 reviews

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

87

Millennial Monsters : Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination

by Anne Allison

80 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

88

The Moe Manifesto: An Insider's Look at the Worlds of Manga, Anime, and Gaming

by Patrick W. Galbraith

54 members

3

Member: LunaSlashSea

89

Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan

by Aimee Major Steinberger

152 members

12 reviews

4

Member: LunaSlashSea

90

The Notenki Memoirs: Studio Gainax And The Men Who Created Evangelion

by Yasuhiro Takeda

33 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

91

One Thousand Years of Manga

by Brigitte Koyama-Richard

64 members

½ 2.4

Member: LunaSlashSea

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by Patrick W. Galbraith

43 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

93

Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals

by Hiroki Azuma

167 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

94

Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan

by Anne Allison

83 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LunaSlashSea

95

Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan

by Matthew Allen

8 members

Member: LunaSlashSea

96

Postgender: Gender, Sexuality and Performativity in Japanese Culture

by Ayelet Zohar

1 member

Member: LunaSlashSea

97

The Rough Guide to Anime

by Simon Richmond

39 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LunaSlashSea

98

The Rough Guide to Manga

by Jason S. Yadao

23 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: LunaSlashSea

99

Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation

by Antonia Levi

96 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: LunaSlashSea

100

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

by Andrew Osmond

39 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: LunaSlashSea

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