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On this page, we're building a list of the publications written
about anime which we can refer the press to for more information.
Please help us add to this list. Contact
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with any additions or corrections. Thanks!
- Online Resources by Title
- Electronic magazines and review sites.
- EX
- The Internet
Movie Database - Genres: Anime
(UK
mirror)
- Books by Title
- Books written about anime.
- Anime Interviews
- The Complete Anime Guide...
- Dreamland Japan: Writings
on Modern Manga
- The Encyclopedia of Japanese
Pop Culture
- The Anime Movie Guide
- Graphic novels and other comics.
- Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind
- Anime Interviews:
The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly
(1992-7)
- By Trish Ledoux, Editor
- 1997,
Cadence Books (a division of Viz Communications, Inc.),
San Francisco
- ISBN: 1-56931-220-6 (paperback)
- 192 pages
- Contains an interview with
Miyazaki,
which first appeared in the July and August 1993 issues of the
magazine "Animerica."
- The Complete
Anime Guide:
Japanese Animation Video Directory & Resource Guide
- By Trish Ledoux and Doug Ranney
- First Edition: 1995,
Tiger Mountain Press, Issaquah, Washington.
- Dreamland
Japan: Writings on Modern Manga
- By Frederik L. Schodt
- 1996,
Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley
- ISBN: 1-880656-23-X (paper)
-
Schodt is, perhaps, the foremost Western expert on manga, or
Japanese comics. He has also written highly regarded books on
other aspects of Japanese culture. In the sixth chapter of
Dreamland Japan, in a section called
"'Nausicaa'
and the Manga-Anime Link" Schodt looks at
Miyazaki
the manga
artist and author.
He examines the significance of Miyazaki's epic graphic novel
"Nausicaa
of the Valley of Wind" and how it relates to Miyazaki's
animation.
- The Encyclopedia
of Japanese Pop Culture
- By Mark Schilling
- 1997,
Weatherhill, Inc., New York
- ISBN: 0-8348-0380-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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In this highly respected book, Schilling covers Japanese pop
culture from A to Z. When he gets to M he stops to take a close
look at
Hayao
Miyazaki and
Studio
Ghibli. The eight and a half
pages he spends on the subject are an indication of just how
important a figure Miyazaki is in Japan.
- The Anime
Movie Guide
- By Helen McCarthy
- 1997,
USA: Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc.,
Woodstock, NY
- ISBN: 0-87951-781-6
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McCarthy's book is an in depth listing of Japanese animation
films accompanied by subjective reviews. The author unabashedly
admits her bias, pointing out that Miyazaki's
"My Neighbor
Totoro" is her all time favorite movie. She also includes
glowing reviews of many of
Miyazaki's
other films, including
"Kiki's
Delivery Service."
- Nausicaä of the Valley of
Wind
- By Hayao Miyazaki
- Published by
Viz
Communications, Inc., San Francisco
- ISBN: 1-56931-096-3 (vol 1, 1995)
- 1-56931-087-4 (vol 2, 1995)
- 1-56931-111-0 (vol 3, 1996)
- 1-56931-211-7 (vol 4, 1997)
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This is the English translation of the epic graphic novel series by
Hayao
Miyazaki.
It covers his thoughts on the conflicts between Nature and Man,
war and peace, hope and despair, and the meaning of life and
death. Written and drawn from 1982 to 1994, it is regarded as his
most significant work.
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More Information
- Manga (Japanese comics) published in English
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Although these are not strictly books about anime,
they may serve you as reference material to better understand
the printed storytelling medium that inspires (or is inspired by)
the animated one.
- Index by Author
- Hayao MIYAZAKI
- Hayao MIYAZAKI
- Hayao
Miyazaki's graphic novels, film comics (storybooks for
children which feature stills from the animated film), and
illustrated stories which were the inspiration for animated
films are listed in the
Miyazaki,
Takahata, Studio Ghibli Book List.
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