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Title: Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics by Frederik L. Schodt, Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 0-87011-752-1 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: December, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic
Comment: The first book written on Japanese comics in English. It is very important to remember that this book was written in the year 1983 because when today's manga reader reads this book he is most likely to be greeted with several series that he or she has never heard of, but don't let that stop you from reading the book. Schodt's book is a wonderful introduction to manga, and many of its cultural aspects. The book is divided into several sections including, the history of manga, girl's comics, work comics, and comics dealing with samurai or the modern day samurai the salaryman. Easy to read and ckock full of information about manga creators and readers. This is not a book to be missed by manga fans, and if you like this book please read _Dreamland Japan_ also.
Rating: 5
Summary: simply the best
Comment: Fred Schodt's Manga! Manga! still delivers the goods. The toughest of acts to follow, his fluency, his meticulous research and his personal anecdotes make his work truly irreplaceable. Schodt's translation genius shines through, it's his job to break the language barrier, and he does it so well one forgets that at the time he wrote it, nobody knew what a manga was. Be advised, this is classy stuff. There's no amateurish, media-studies fudging, no fancy guesswork about partially-understood titles, but an incredible introduction to the manga world, presented with stunning clarity. Schodt has no need to rely on what others translate, by going straight to the source he remains years ahead of the competition. To write this review, I took my weatherbeaten copy off the shelf and was amazed at how much of Schodt's writing remains original and unexplored, even today. I found a piece on Graveyard of the Fireflies (why didn't I see that before?), and chunks of Saito and Otomo much ripped-off by lesser researchers, I chuckled once more at the manga Einstein, and fell in love with three titles still unavailable in English. This is still the best book on manga, and even now, the only serious contender is Schodt's own Dreamland Japan. After nearly 20 years of being plagiarised by lesser writers, Schodt's book is still effortlessly outshining them all. Buy it. I did.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fabulous book about manga.
Comment: Very interesting work. Goes over every aspect of manga - what it is, how it developed, and then different genres of manga - samurai series, manga showing japanese values about work, boys and girls manga, sports manga...every type of manga is described. There are also tons and tons of b&w images, not to mention a few color ones. If this wasn't good enough, Frederik L. Schodt is also a very articulate and interesting writer, and is able to express himself very well while keeping the material interesting. This is not all: the book comes with four samples of manga from Japan. My favorite in this group is Leiji Matsumoto's short story "Ghost Warrior," set during WWII. This book is more than just the sum of it's parts, though: It's also a fantastic introduction to manga, and can be read and enjoyed by even people who aren't fans of comic books. My highest reccomendations.
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Title: Dreamland Japan : Writings on Modern Manga by Frederik L. Schodt ISBN: 188065623X Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation by Patrick Drazen ISBN: 1880656728 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 by Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy ISBN: 1880656647 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation by Gilles Poitras ISBN: 1880656329 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke : Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier ISBN: 0312238630 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 21 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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