Download or read book Hinadori Girl written by Mari Matsuzawa and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the robot maid occupation like you've never seen it before in Hanidori Girl. Support Robot: Sally 001 has just been completed by boy technophile Yoshiki. Yet her "hanidori" or fledgling personality makes her ill-suited for maid-dom and leaves her very smitten by one Yoshiki. Evil teachers and jealous sisters round this quirky cast of slapstick literature.
Download or read book Hinadori Girl written by Matsuzawa and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-out war breaks out at the meeting between the notorious drug lords. In the meantime, Nicholas visits Carlo's mistress Simone to discover the secret of Gino's true nature. In the aftermath of the killings, Gino Carlos reflects on his rise to power and the mysterious man that made it possible.
Download or read book Manga The Complete Guide written by Jason Thompson and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST! Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or a longtime reader on the lookout for the next hot series, here’s a comprehensive guide to the wide, wonderful world of Japanese comics! • Incisive, full-length reviews of stories and artwork • Titles rated from zero to four stars–skip the clunkers, but don’t miss the hidden gems • Guidelines for age-appropriateness–from strictly mature to kid-friendly • Profiles of the biggest names in manga, including CLAMP, Osamu Tezuka, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others • The facts on the many kinds of manga–know your shôjo from your shônen • An overview of the manga industry and its history • A detailed bibliography and a glossary of manga terms LOOK NO FURTHER, YOU’VE FOUND YOUR IDEAL MANGA COMPANION!
Download or read book The Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan written by Stanleigh H. Jones and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plays presented here were first performed between 1769 and 1832, a time when the Japanese puppet theatre known as Bunraku was beginning to lose its pre-eminence to Kabuki. During this period, however, several important puppet plays were created that went on to become standards in both the Bunraku and Kabuki repertoires; three of the plays in this volume achieved this level of importance. This span of some sixty-odd years was also a formative one in the development of how plays were presented, an important feature in the modern staging of works from the traditional plebeian theatre. Only a handful of complete and uncut plays—often as much as ten hours long—are produced in Bunraku or Kabuki nowadays; included here is one of these. Two among the four plays contained in this volume are examples of the much more common practice of staging a single popular act or scene from a much longer drama that itself is seldom, if ever, performed in its entirety today. Kabuki, while better known outside Japan, has been a great beneficiary of the puppet theatre, borrowing perhaps as much as half of its body of work from Bunraku dramas. Bunraku, in turn, has raided the Kabuki repertoire but to a far more modest degree. The final play in this collection, The True Tale of Asagao, is an instance of this uncommon reverse borrowing. Moreover, it is an example of yet another way in which some plays have come to be presented: a coherent subplot of a longer work that gained an independent theatrical existence while its parent drama has since disappeared from the stage. These later eighteenth-century works display a continued development toward greater attention to the theatrical features of puppet plays as opposed to the earlier, more literary approach found most notably in the dramas of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (d. 1725). Newly translated and illustrated for the general reader and the specialist, the plays in this volume are accompanied by informative introductions, extensive notes on stage action, and discussions of the various changes that Bunraku underwent, particularly in the latter half of the eighteenth century, its golden age.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Manga written by Jason S. Yadao and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Manga is the ultimate handbook offering a comprehensive overview of one of the most fashionable genre's in today's popular culture. The guide features the manga story: from manga's twelfth-century roots to the rise of English-language manga with profiles of influential creators like Leiji Matsumoto and CLAMP as well as publishers to look out for. You'll find an overview of manga's unique styles, techniques and genres decoded as well as a canon of fifty must-read manga, including the iconic Astro Boy, global hits Fruits Basket and Battle Royale, plus less well-known works like Please Save My Earth. The Rough Guide to Manga demystifies unfamiliar terms and genres for newcomers whilst offering manga fans plenty of new recommendations including listings for manga magazines and websites along with a glossary of terms. Crammed with illustrations, and including a section on the anime connection, this is must-have Manga for beginners and enthusiasts alike.
Download or read book The Herald of Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tori Koro Vol 2 written by Hai-ran and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teenage girl Yae and her mom are joined by two female lodgers for a hilarious journey of nothing in particular. This is a cute Seinfeld-esque comedy about the girls' everyday life. Stories are random, but Hai-Ran does a great job with building characters and relationships. The title Tori Koro comes from the tricolors of the national French banner (blue, white and red) that coincide with the character' mood.
Download or read book Stellvia written by Ryo Akizuki and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stellvia is a space academy and one of the Space Foundations dedicated to saving Earth from a second wave of supernova explosions that is scheduled to hit the planet in 70 days. Shima Katose is a newly-enrolled student at Stellvia with exceptional skill as a programmer and lack luster talent as a pilot. Her dream is to be chosen as one the elite pilots needed to help save the earth. This is Shima's story of struggle and perseverance - a touching story of friendship amongst unbeatable odds
Download or read book Dark Edge written by Yu Aikawa and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Takagi and the gang are still recovering from the deadly events in the previous volume, their teacher Mr. Tsuchiya reveals his true form after questioning the potency of his "evil genes."
Download or read book Kof MI written by Wing Yan and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After refusing to join the Mephistopheles gang Terry attempts to leave the premises but is stopped by the gang's invincible leader - Duke! Also, Kyo locks fists with Duke's lieutenant - Alba Meira!
Download or read book Pretty Maniacs written by Shinsuke Kurihashi and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoping to further the manga-anime craze, Takezou sets up a sister shop in the United States. Watch as this zany new bunch of cute otaku girls match wits with other fans in this humorous and offbeat romp through the world of Japanese fandom!
Download or read book Rahxephon written by Hiroshi Ohnogi and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More action and giant robots await in the RahXephon novel. Features events from the anime plus untold stories from a first-person perspective, seen through the eyes of the various characters in the Raxhephon mythos. Tokyo has been quarantined off from the rest of the world in every way by the mysterious otherworldly Mu. As a result, a new liberation force rises from the confusion to free Tokyo from their alien captors.
Download or read book Iron Wok Jan written by Shinji Saijyo and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kid gloves are off and Otani is back. Organizing another cooking battle, Otani hopes to squash Jan's culinary career before it even starts. Yet this battle will be like none other! But first, can Jan handle Karin's gourmet grace?
Download or read book Stellvia Volume 1 written by Xebec and published by DrMaster Publications. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shima joins the space academy and begins her training as a programmer and pilot.
Download or read book The Moon in the Water written by Gwenn Boardman Petersen and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "The Moon in the Water".
Download or read book Kabuki Handbook written by Aubrey Halford and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Halfords' book is an achievement. For the first time ever, any Westerner who reads English can obtain a real insight into the plots and stories, the texts and characteristics of Kabuki dramas, and in terms which a Western-trained mind can readily understand. For this the entire Kabuki world must be grateful." -- From the Foreword by Faubion Bowers, author of Japanese Theatre and Theatre in the East Kabuki has been described as "in the main, the finest theatre art in the world," and its ever-growing popularity both in Japan and abroad bears witness to its tremendous dramatic effectiveness. The fact that many persons tend to regard it as mere spectacle, thus missing the greater part of its moving appeal, has been due to the lack of any key to the intricacies of its plots and its unfamiliar stage conventions. Here at last is a genuine key, one which opens wide vistas of understanding and appreciation. Included here are lucid synopses and crystal-clear explanations of the hundred odd plays which form the backbone of the classical Kabuki repertoire and constitute over twice that many individual program items. Equally as valuable as the synopses are the informative and entertaining Notes explaining the many points that have proved perplexing to the non-Japanese spectator. Both synopses and notes are provided with a careful system of cross references and an indispensable index, all making for ready use and saving the spectator from "dwelling so much on some minor, but incomprehensible, point that the thread of the drama is lost." Kabuki is drama -- drama par excellence -- and now, thanks to this invaluable handbook, may at last be enjoyed as such. The authors have well fulfilled their aim of allowing the playgoer to concentrate on the performance and appreciate both the Kabuki actor's amazing virtuosity and the unique art of the Kabuki theatre.
Download or read book Theatre in Japan written by Nihon Yunesuko Kokunai Iinkai and published by [Tokyo] : Print. Bureau, Ministry of Finance. This book was released on 1963 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
