The Complete Anime Guide: Japanese Animation Video Directory & Resource Guide

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Summary: A wonderful, informative guide
Review: A wonderful guide book for people new to anime. Includes a overview of anime history; year by year breakdown of TV programs released in the States from the 60's to the 90's; a listing of videos released in the states (both in and out of print), and a listing of anime related clubs, retailers, and conventions. Dated now, but still a wonderful resource.

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Summary: An essential, if imperfect, guide for Anime fans.
Review: This is solid an knowledgeable work, and an excellentresource for anyone new to Anime (Japanese Animation). The first half of the book covers the history and culture of Anime, and is thorough and well-researched. The second half gives quick synopses of the Anime titles available on video in the US. This section is slightly weaker: it is dating rapidly (unavoidable in such a work), and the synopses tend to be back-of-the-video stuff and not always too informative. On the whole, though, well worth buying.

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Summary: The definitive source on anime released in North America
Review: This is the best book on anime released in North America. The section on anime TV series is interesting as well as informative. It just about covers every series that aired on U.S. television. It also covers the vast genres of animewhile it gives informative side notes. It also has brief synopses on a few anime titles as well as a listing of all titlesreleased up to December 1995. To sum it up, I believe thatthis is the definitive source on anime released in North America. The authors really did their homework in writing this book