Three recent anime and manga related books
Gilles Poitras
Clements, Jonathan
Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade
London: Titan Books, 2009
I was jazzed when the Cartoon Art Museum store got this one in. I
spotted a box that the manager had yet to open, and knowing the book was
on the way got her to process the order.
I buy damn near anything Clements publishes, the only thing I don't have
is his book on the Empress Wu.
This is a fat (393 p + index) collection of his essays.
I also walked out of the museum store with:
McCarthy, Helen
500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide
New York: Collins Design, 2008
An excellent book to show folks who are trying to decide what to watch
next.
Richmond, Simon
The Rough Guide to Anime: Japan's finest from Ghibli to Gankutsuo
New York: Rough Guides, 2009
Looks like a good introduction to the industry and has entries on 50
select titles.
I also recommend his Rough Guide to Tokyo, one of the best travel books
on the city available.
--
Gilles Poitras
Profession: Librarian Obsession: Anime
http://www.koyagi.com
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Dave Baranyi
"Gilles Poitras" <For-add...@www.koyagi.com> wrote in message
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> Three anime books
>
> Clements, Jonathan
> Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade
> London: Titan Books, 2009
>
> I was jazzed when the Cartoon Art Museum store got this one in. I
> spotted a box that the manager had yet to open, and knowing the book was
> on the way got her to process the order.
>
> I buy damn near anything Clements publishes, the only thing I don't have
> is his book on the Empress Wu.
>
> This is a fat (393 p + index) collection of his essays.
>
> I also walked out of the museum store with:
>
> McCarthy, Helen
> 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide
> New York: Collins Design, 2008
>
There are 500 anime movies? They must be including OAVs.
Is the ToC available on-line anywhere? If not, can you give us examples of
what some of those 500 anime movies are?
Thanks -
Dave Baranyi
(Why do I suspect that Sturgeon's Law applies in spades here?)
Invid Fan
<a_nospam.b_nospam@sym_nos_p_am_atico.ca> wrote:
> "Gilles Poitras" <For-add...@www.koyagi.com> wrote in message
> news:For-address-see-8D...@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
> > McCarthy, Helen
> > 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide
> > New York: Collins Design, 2008
> >
>
> There are 500 anime movies? They must be including OAVs.
>
You're talking 40 years worth, so including made for tv movies and long
OAVs (like Megazone 23) there's easily that amount.
> (Why do I suspect that Sturgeon's Law applies in spades here?)
>
Oh, hell yeah :)
--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
Gilles Poitras
"Dave Baranyi" <a_nospam.b_nospam@sym_nos_p_am_atico.ca> wrote:
> Is the ToC available on-line anywhere? If not, can you give us examples of
> what some of those 500 anime movies are?
The publisher has a sample of two pages online.
<
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061474507/500_Essential_Anime_Movi
es/excerpt.aspx >
The structure is by genre with a star rating, five star titles listed
first then the rest. It also includes a recommended age rating.
Dave Baranyi
> In article <7a2bitF...@mid.individual.net>,
> "Dave Baranyi" <a_nospam.b_nospam@sym_nos_p_am_atico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Is the ToC available on-line anywhere? If not, can you give us examples
>> of
>> what some of those 500 anime movies are?
>
> The publisher has a sample of two pages online.
>
> <
> http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061474507/500_Essential_Anime_Movi
> es/excerpt.aspx >
>
> The structure is by genre with a star rating, five star titles listed
> first then the rest. It also includes a recommended age rating.
>
Not as much as I had hoped, but it does illustrate the structure.
Thanks -
Dave Baranyi