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Manga! Manga! : the world of Japanese comics / Frederik L. Schodt ; foreword by Osamu Tezuka.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Kodansha USA, 2012.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 259 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781568364766 (pbk.)
  • 1568364768 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • World of Japanese comics
  • Japanese comics
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.5 MAN
Contents:
A thousand million manga -- A thousand years of manga -- The spirit of Japan -- Flowers and dreams -- The economic animal at work and at play -- Regulation versus fantasy -- The comic industry -- The future.
Awards:
  • Winner of the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award Special Prize.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 741.5 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100567701

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Since first published in 1983, Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics has been the book to read for all those interested in Japanese comics. It is virtually the bible' from which all studies and appreciation of manga begins. More than that, given the influence of Japanese manga on animation and on American-produced comics as well, Manga! Manga! provides the background against which these other arts can be understood. The book includes 96 pages from Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix, Reiji Matsumoto's Ghost Warrior, Riyoko Ikeda's The Rose of Versailles, and Keiji Nakazawa's BarefootGen.'

Originally published: Japan : Kodansha International, 1983.

Previously published: Japan : Kodansha International, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A thousand million manga -- A thousand years of manga -- The spirit of Japan -- Flowers and dreams -- The economic animal at work and at play -- Regulation versus fantasy -- The comic industry -- The future.

Winner of the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award Special Prize.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

FREDERIK L. SCHODT is a writer, translator, and interpreter who lives in San Francisco. His books include America and the Four Japans: Friend, Foe, Model, Mirror; Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics and the Coming Robotopia; and Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Among his translations of novels are The Gundam Mobile Suit series, Betty and Jack Forever, and My Boy: A Father's Memories. His translations of manga include Barefoot Ben: A Cartoon History of Hiroshima (vol. 2), The Rose of Versailles (vols. 1 & 2), Ghost in the Shell, and The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924. Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics won the special prize at the Manga Oscar Awards in 1983, sponsored by the Japan Cartoonists Association. In 2000, Fred himself was awarded the Asahi Shinbun's Osamu Tezuka Culture Award "Special Prize" for his outstanding contribution toward making manga known outside of Japan.

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