RERF Panel @ San Japan – Part 1
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From Painted Scrolls to Anime: Literature and the Arts of Japan $33.45 From Painted Scrolls to Anime: Literature and the Arts of Japan |
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A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony $18.95 A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony |
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From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West $27 From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West |
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Anime $10 Anime |
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100 Anime $19.95 Tentacles from the bowels of the earth. Machines from another dimension. Cyborgs designed by ghostly children. Planets destroyed by psychic amoeba. Welcome to the wonderfully complex and disorienting world of Japanese animation–anime. 100 “Anime “is not a guide to this world; it is a ticket to keep you lost in sensory overload. This expansive and mind-blowing book delves deep into the chaotic meaning forged by anime’s mutation of Eastern/ Western themes, images, and sounds. Read it in order to navigate the postwar shock waves that still propel Japan’s mass media. “100 Anime “offers stimulating revelations of the wild world of anime and gives an overview of how vast the anime industry is in comparison to live- action cinema; how important the calligraphic vein of Japanese culture is in its dissemination of highly graphic material; and how the westernized reading of Japanese iconography requires a complete and irre trievable dumping of Judeo Christian Eurocentric postulations of semiotics, symbolism, and mythology. |
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The Anime Companion $3.48 Anime is from Japan, so it’s full of all sorts of cultural details that are downright perplexing . . . unless you’re Japanese or unless you’ve got The Anime Companion. Find out why characters wear belly bands and what nosebleeds really mean. Learn about the Edo Jidai and those games they play at New Year’s. Gilles Poitras has taken his popular anime website and created a new print version that’s filled with curious details and fresh insights drawn from dozens of the most popular anime. And for students of Japanese, The Anime Companion is a great way to learn about Japan while indulging in your favorite pastime."Combining personal passion with an intelligent sense of perspective, this enjoyable book is just right for dipping into, full of amusing and informative snippets which fans will love and even non-fans can enjoy."-Helen McCarthy, author of The Complete Anime Guide"I’ve worked on over 20,000 pages of manga over the last ten years, and I still learned quite a bit from this fascinating book. For anyone with more than the most casual interest in anime and manga, The Anime Companion should be on their coffee table right next to the remote control."-Toren Smith, Studio Proteus"Entire generations of English speakers now receive their first exposure to Japanese culture through anime. But many cultural references can be puzzling. Gilles Poitras’s book is like a Rosetta Stone for confused anime fans. Before slipping that next anime video into your VCR, make sure this book’s handy!"-Frederik L. Schodt, author of Manga! Manga! and Dreamland JapanCategories covered:Building/Structure/LandmarkClothingCultureEntertainment/GameFood And DrinkGeneralGeographical Feature/LocationHistory/SocietyHomeNaturePeopleReligion/Mythology/BeliefSports/ActivityWeaponry/WarSample Entry: AIDORU (IDOL SINGER)Pop singers. Idol singers are not unique to Japan; every modern country has its clean-cut prefabricated stars known for their short careers. In Japan highly competitive management companies maneuver to get their latest singers in the spotlight for as long as they can before the nex |
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Anime Mania $4.48 There’s no doubt about it: Japanese animation is hot. Television shows, films, and videos featuring the anime style of animation are wildly popular. Japanese animation is like a comic book come to life, retaining all its power but in moving form. It has a very different style from traditional western animation, incorporating heavy shading, dramatic camera angles, and beautifully rendered special effects-especially the fantastic anime depictions of ocean waves, storms, smoke, and explosions. Easier to draw than its western counterpart, anime is more limited and simpler in its execution. In Japanese anime the characters move, but their movements are generally staccato, sharp, and dramatic-not free-flowing with lots of overlapping action, anticipation, and follow-through. In Anime Mania, famous cartoonist, teacher, and best-selling author Christopher Hart demonstrates how any comic book artist can become expert in this wonderful style of animation. Step by step, he details how to draw the coolest anime characters from the widest selection of popular styles: high-tech cyberpunks who live in the world of the future; teen characters-with troubled relationships at school, home, and on the street; and mighty monsters, fantasy warriors, and giant robots. Aspiring animators will also find chapters on anime’s spectacular special effects, the role of storyboarding in anime, sketching and the art of character design, and a mini-crash course in perspective. The book concludes with interviews with Scott Frazier, an American anime director working in Japan, and Mahiro Meada, a renowned Japanese animation director. Brimming with hundreds of spectacular examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Anime Mania details how anyone can become a real anime artist without having to reinvent the art of drawing. |
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Anime Figures $12.98 If you like your women sassy, sophisticated and synthetic, then get in line, ‘cos anime figures are hot and getting hotter! The half-naked lumps of plastic that line the shelves of Japan’s otaku stores ooze such sex appeal that demand and supply might as well live on different planets. That’s all well and good if you’re The Man, but with prices as high as a Tokyo tenth-grader’s skirt, how’s the "real fan" of My-Hime, ToHeart2, or even Night Shift Nurses, ever gonna get his hands on his significant other? The answer is Anime Figures-Tokyo’s Hottest 50 Figurines. For much (much!) less than the price of one figure, 50 of the hottest girls to come out of Tokyo’s sexiest anime productions are introduced in gorgeous, glossy full color. Some you already know–Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mizuho Kazami from Please Teacher!–and some you’re gonna wish you knew–Mizuki Tasake from Comic Party, and "bodacious bovine babe" Sanae Aizawa. Totally authentic, totally hot, this sizzling collection of PVC pin-ups is a must for every red-blooded anime fan. *Contains PVC Nudity |
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Japanese Comickers Draw Anime and Manga Like Japan’s Hottest Artists $12.5 ISBN-13: 9780060513559 ISBN-10: 0060513551 Title: Japanese Comickers Draw Anime and Manga Like Japan’s Hottest Artists. Author: Fujiko Hiroshi. |
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Japanese Comickers 2 Draw Manga and Anime Like Japan’s Hottest Artists $12.5 ISBN-13: 9780060833305 ISBN-10: 0060833300 Title: Japanese Comickers 2 Draw Manga and Anime Like Japan’s Hottest Artists. Author: Comickers Magazine. |
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Anime Poster Art: Japan’s Movie House Masterpieces $19.95 The posters, programs and flyers that launched a revolution in animated film! Anime, now 50 years old, is as much a part of Japanese culture as sushi and Sony. And though many of the best works remain hidden from fans unable to visit Japan, some of these desireable images are here in this book! With 9 chapters, 160+ full-color images, 4 full-page essays and rich bonus material, this is more than just another film poster book. Here’s a sample of the contents: – original Japanese posters, programs and flyers of “Akira, Dragon Ball Z, Lupin III, Urusei Yatsura, Space Battleship Yamato, Mobile Suit Gundam and the Academy Award-winning “Studio Ghibli- rare titles: “Tomorrow’s Joe, Jin-Roh, Golgo 13, Project A-ko and “Hoshi of the Gaints- each with storylines and background gossip- each with original Japanese copy and English translations- poster titles in English, Japanese, and Romaji- the story behind the colorful, crazed art- tantalizing facts and little-known information- detailed, witty introduction- page-length essays covering anime spin-offs (cels, toys, doujinshi) anime’s roots; anime greats; the Japanese movie market |
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The Rough Guide to Anime (Paperback) $12.76 A fan`s reference profiles directors, composers, voice-over artists, and more for top-selected films and series while sharing complementary travel information for recommended anime shrines and locations in Japan. Original. |
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Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Profiles $10.28 Devoted to the splashy cartoon series that began as a manga series in Japan, a comprehensive anime profile collection features actual cel work artwork, extensive character biographies, and an episode guide. |
