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Summary: An excellent sourcebook
Review: The only things keeping me from giving this book a five star rating are: 1: The organization would have been better in English, with the proper Japanese word listed thereafter. 2: A wider variety of sources, while Rumiko is an excellent artist and story-teller, she's not the only one out there. 3: Instead of alphabetical, it would be easier to access particulars based on category, then alphabetized. Overall, a very useful sourcebook for anime fans, or those who are interested in Japanese culture. Contains a number of day to day type of things, such as how Japanese toilets are not the same as Western ones.
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Summary: A good start for those needing more information on anime. .
Review: The world of Japanese animation is a very different one than American animation fans are used to - this book helps to take away some of the foreign-ness and provide a basic introduction to manga/anime and Japanese culture. While the organization (alphabetical) is a poor choice, since many will not know the Japanese vocabulary for looking up a reference. Despite this, the book is a good value. It's best used by a simple flip-through, reading entries at random. Purists may find the book mildly offensive as it does deal with the blatant sexism often presented in mainstream anime. This is not to say it does anime a disservice, however - it places the animation squarely in the context of the society that has created it. Americans and Japanese people have a very different concept of what crosses the line from stereotype into outright sexism, and I feel this book has done a fairly good job in illustrating some of the commonly seen genres and images within anime exported to the United States. This book does Japanese animation a great service, as well, by making sure that a new anime fan does not think that all anime is so violent/sexual in nature - it allows the reader to see anime for what it is: a type of film genre with tons of variety, and stories for people of every taste.
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Summary: Great reading, great for neophytes and veterans alike!
Review: This book is a good example of how to introduce japanese animations to the uninformed american person that believes the movies centere around sex, violence, gore and BIG BIG breasts. It also teaches vocabulary in a fun way to the average person that is learning Japanese. However, it does lack a section on how to draw anime and manga, but that would be something I personally would have added as an appendix.
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Summary: An excellent reference book!
Review: This book is an awesome book for those who just want to know about japanese culture, or the whole tamale on anime movies! It covers things like japanese history, to cultural notes as to the eccentricities of some scenes in anime (like why they have big eyes). It is an awesome book!
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Summary: perfect for almost any anime otaku
Review: this book is great. its kinda like a japanese dictionary with a whole bunch of anime refrences. its got a bunch of pictures from diffrent series used as examples to what certian words mean. really speaking, its a dictionary with lots of pictures, lots of words, in black and white, and one of the best anime refrences i've ever seen. but if your looking for a "how to draw anime" kind of book, this isn't what your looking for. "The Anime Compainion" will give you a bit of a background of japanses culture also; trust me,its a great book!
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Summary: Very enlightening
Review: This book, though it may not have concentrated on anime or manga per se, still helped me understand everything Japanese as shown in manga or anime. It even helped broaden my Japanese vocabulary as well.
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Summary: Muhahahaha!!
Review: This is a really wonderful book. Before i read it, i was completely oblivious to the japanese culture, but after, i was a walking, talking otaku(well i WAS before the book, but now i now more!) Thanks to this book by the talented Gilles Poitras i understand all the japanese things i frequently see in my anime, now you will too!
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Summary: Cool book
Review: This is a very cool book for everyone to read. It tells you about all the stuff in Japanese anime, And some neat pictures. I'd give this book a 5 star rateing because it is an easy to understand Anime and All the translations are neat to.
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Summary: Pretty kewl!
Review: This was a really good and informative book. I learned a lot and it even helped me in Japanese class! Too bad the author only took information from his fave artist(Rumiko Takahashi) and didn't delve into other anime. Almost half of those references you'd find in MKR or Sailor Moon. Albeit limited in anime examples still very interesting. ^*^
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Summary: Informative handbook for any fan
Review: This was one of the first books I read on the subject of anime. Since the first time I read it, I have since re-read it over and over, cover-to-cover. It's full of useful reference points that otherwise would have just been picking at the back of my mind, questions unresolved. Besides that, it's just fun to read! I'd recommend it to any anime fan, new or seasoned. There's always something new to learn!
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