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NeburPT
 Posts: 101 Location: Portugal |
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I'm looking to delve deeper into manga and perhaps to start writing some reviews, so I'd like to begin this thread by asking you what books/authors/essay do you know about manga. I'm looking for a broad range of styles, from the informative and more distant journalistic point of view to a fan's defense and deconstruction of their favorite series.
If the responses are positive I could update this first post and create a list of references for people interested in the subject. I've only just began researching, so my references at the moment are: Manga: The Complete Guide (a good place to start, well organized, informative, with a small overview of each particular series published in North America, but it needs, unfortunately, a new update to cover the last few years) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga:_The_Complete_Guide Manga and Philosophy - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/130362-manga-and-philosophy-fullmetal-metaphysician-by-joseph-steiff-and-ad/ Scott Green's AICN (ex: Dorohedoro volume 1 review) - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44128 Jason Thompson's House of a Thousand Manga - animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/ Naruto as Hero Among Shinobi essay - http://zapenstap.livejournal.com/15394.html Update: Gilles Poitras list of available books on manga (and anime) in english: http://www.koyagi.com/recBooks.html Manga Movable Feast archives: http://mangacritic.com/mmf-archive/ Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade by Jonathan Clements - http://books.google.pt/books?id=ce4uTsv-3e4C Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga by Frederik Schodt - http://books.google.pt/books?id=Loug6sbKTvEC Manga! Manga! the world of Japanese comics by Frederik Schodt - http://books.google.pt/books?id=OMpTaEzEtsQC&dq Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics by Paul Gravett - http://books.google.pt/books?id=VgdjrS-lYwQC The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy - http://books.google.pt/books?id=NnzqAAAAMAAJ&q_Aw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews by Fred Patten - http://books.google.pt/books?id=VWE79MHm1JoC Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation by Helen McCarthy - http://books.google.pt/books?id=4YPh2_D9q2EC&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT#v=onepage&q&f=true Manga Design by Masanao Amano and Julius Wiedemann: http://books.google.pt/books?id=XiZ-SXfp50cC Last edited by NeburPT on Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:45 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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RAmmsoldat
 Posts: 1261 Location: North wales coast |
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well i know Jonathan Clements co wrote the anime encyclopedia and he's a kind of anime celeb over here when we had dedicated tv segments. He's mainly an author by trade and has written articles about anime mostly but you should be able to find some of his works dotted about the internet.
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st_owly
 Posts: 5234 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland |
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There's a British author called Helen McCarthy who's written a few. The only one I know of is 101 Manga Heroes and Villains, but I wouldn't recommend it tbh; there's quite a lot of small niggly little mistakes that really grated on me.
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Tamaria
 Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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Most of Helen McCarthy's books are nice introductions to series you may not have heard of before. If you're planning to dig deeper, I recommend Manga Manga! The World of Japanese Comics and Dreamland Japan - Writings on Modern Manga. Both books were written years before manga was even a thing in the US, but if you want to learn more about how the Japanese manga industry worked (and still works...), these are the books you want. If you prefer something in between that focuses more on series and genres and less on the industry as a whole, Manga - Sixty Years of Japanese Comics by Paul Gravett provides a good read.
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pathetic1
 Posts: 25 Location: PA |
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http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AComic+books%2C+strips%2C+etc.+Japan+History+and+criticism.&dblist=638&fq=ln%3Aeng&qt=facet_ln%3A
You may find more good stuff in here, and WorldCat will be able to point you in the direction of the closest library should you find something interesting. 
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Has anyone read the Manga and Philosophy book? I've read similar books and enjoyed them but I have a feeling that this one might concern series I haven't read so I don't know if I would enjoy it that much. Also pretty sure there is an Anime one too which I have the same concerns about.
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kyokun703
 Posts: 2505 Location: Orgrimmar |
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Gilles Poitras has compiled a very thorough list on books for both anime and manga. Manga is towards the bottom.
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Lokarunith
 Posts: 30 Location: Portugal |
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There is also Manga by Masanao Amano from Taschen, which is a more personal approach to the work of many relevant manga artists and their lifes. It also includes a DVD with interviews with Naoki Urasawa, Usamaru Furuya and Reko Okano and other extras. There is an English/German/French edition and a Spanish/Portuguese/Italian edition.
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NeburPT
Posts: 101 Location: Portugal |
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I've updated the first post with all of the books mentioned here and also included a link to the Manga Movable Feast Archive
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Moomintroll
 Posts: 1600 Location: Nottingham (UK) |
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Nobody seems to have mentioned Manga: Masters of the Art by Timothy Lehmann, which features interviews / art / bibliographies / articles regarding a dozen or so manga artists including Usamaru Furuya, Takehiko Inoue, CLAMP, Jiro Taniguchi and Suehiro Maruo.
Volume 5 of The Comics Journal Special Edition (2005) was a manga special with pieces about Maruo, Hino and Tezuka amongst other things (not all manga related). Talking of Tezuka, there have been books on him by Helen McCarthy (The Art of Osamu Tezuka - God of Manga), Fred Schodt (The Astro Boy Essays) and Natsu Onoda Power (God of Comics - Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga). The McCarthy book also includes a DVD with an old Japanese Tezuka documentary. There's also Starting Point 1979-1996, which is a collection of articles by / interviews with Hayao Miyazaki. It's mostly concerned with animation rather than comics but it does cover the creation of Nausicaa if memory serves. Udagawa Takeo's Manga Zombie is a must read. The link is to an authorised translation at ComiPress. Lastly, you might want to check out What Was Alternative Manga? - Ryan Holmberg's series of essays on manga (mostly covering early stuff) over at the Comics Journal site. |
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Tamaria
Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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Oh, I almost forgot! It's not a book, with still a must read if you want to learn more about shoujo manga, the industry or translations: http://www.matt-thorn.com/
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ikemenya
 Posts: 3 Location: Tokyo Japan |
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Famous Japanese weekly manga list:
http://tac.oops.jp/manga/ |
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NeburPT
Posts: 101 Location: Portugal |
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I find this essay about Madoka Magica quite interesting and worth sharing: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56815
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Lokarunith
Posts: 30 Location: Portugal |
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jcaliff
 Posts: 156 Location: Houston |
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Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud has some sections about manga in comparison to typical western comic books. Very interesting book.
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