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 UXL Graphic Novelists written by Tom Pendergast and published by UXL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains articles that profile twenty-six authors, writing teams, and illustrators of graphic novels, arranged alphabetically from Joe Sacco to Marv Wolfman, and includes sidebars, photographs, and illustrations.
Download or read book Rizelmine written by Yukiru Sugisaki and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The government has been conducting experiments to genetically engineer a human. Its first creation is a girl named Rizel, and the experiment is a success-sort of. While healthy and cheeful, 12-year-old Rizel also possesses the uncanny need for love to further her development. Saddened by this emptiness in her life, she sheds tears that can end up destroying a city block. So what's a girl to do...except get married! Enter Iwaki Tomonori, your average 15-year-old boy. His world is turned upside -down the day he arrives homet o find that the government has just announced that he's a married man! -- VIZ Media
Download or read book Bizenghast Volume 1 written by M. Alice LeGrow and published by TOKYOPOP. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dinah, a disturbed young girl who has been sent to the small town of Bizenghast to live with her aunt following the tragic death of her parents. Dinah thinks her aunt's house is haunted, but her aunt thinks she has some sort of mental illness. Dinah sneaks out with her only friend, Vincent, and together they discover a lost graveyard where Dinah reads from a stone engraving. This act binds her to a contract requiring Dinah to release spirits stuck somewhere between life and the afterlife. So Dinah begins her quest of "cleaning" the vaults, crypts and graves of lost souls, while struggling with the haunts at home and suspicions of her growing mental illness. The debut series from the creator of the hit Webtoon series Stagtown.
Download or read book Rizelmine 1 written by Yukiru Sugisaki and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the government marries him to Rizel, a girl made entirely of nanobots, fifteen-year-old Tonomori Iwaki is not happy, and he tries to get away from the clingy Rizel, who is desperate to make him love her.
Download or read book Van Von Hunter Volume 2 written by Mike Schwark and published by TokyoPop + ORM. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of a dim-witted hero and his sidekick continue as they encounter the undead, cookie-baking elves, and more in this funny, fantasy manga. Continuing their journey through the lands of Dikay, fighting the most horrid, totally wicked stuff ever imagined, Van Von Hunter and Sidekick encounter lots and lots of evil! Not only does everyone’s favorite decaying jester Laspo return to wreak havoc, but we also meet the lovely, scantily armored Adonette, the famous necromancer, who treats her rotting zombie hordes as family. Throw in something scary lurking in a secret labyrinth and a surprise that will put lumps in your cookie dough, and you can bet your sweet tooth that Van Von Hunter and his sidekick are in more trouble than you can swing a sword at—or a giant crossbow! Based on the much beloved online comic. Praise for Van Von Hunter, Volume 1 “[A] humorous adventure. . . . The figures are well-designed and likable. . . . An amusing quick read.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Kanpai Volume 1 written by Maki Murakami and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yamada Shintaro is a teenager who protects monsters from overhunting by humans, and develops a crush on a girl from his school named Nao.
Download or read book The Anime Encyclopedia 3rd Revised Edition written by Jonathan Clements and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 2372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive—The Anime Encyclopedia is an astonishing piece of work."—Neil Gaiman Over one thousand new entries . . . over four thousand updates . . . over one million words. . . This third edition of the landmark reference work has six additional years of information on Japanese animation, its practitioners and products, plus incisive thematic entries on anime history and culture. With credits, links, cross-references, and content advisories for parents and libraries. Jonathan Clements has been an editor of Manga Max and a contributing editor of Newtype USA. Helen McCarthy was founding editor of Anime UK and editor of Manga Mania.
Download or read book hack AI buster Volume 1 written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2005-08-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of five short stories about various characters from AI Buster and.
Download or read book The Anime Encyclopedia written by Jonathan Clements and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.
Download or read book Psychic Academy Volume 9 written by Katsu Aki and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic Novel. Aura and 'Aura' are different. Most people think of an aura as a sort of life energy emitted from humans and animals. This title focuses on 'Aura'.
Download or read book I Luv Halloween Volume 1 written by Keith Giffen and published by TokyoPop + ORM. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A black comedy that reads as if Quentin Tarantino and Tim Burton had collaborated on a Halloween heist story . . . a lively and inventive” graphic novel (Publishers Weekly). Halloween has always been and always will be about one thing: getting the best CANDY. And, some fiendish friends excel at tricks if they don’t get the right treats. When these gremlins receive a frickin’ apple at their first house of the night, they plan deadly revenge on the offending fruit-favoring old-timer. Join the misadventures of a group of particularly disturbing trick-or-treaters as they go about their macabre business on Halloween night. Colored by Michael Kellaher, Kyle Foster and Glasshouse Graphics. “Twisted and almost evilly funny . . . hits the spot usually reserved for zombie movies.” —Booklist
Download or read book Anime and Manga written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 1563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jing King of Bandits Twilight Tales Volume 5 written by Yuichi Kumakura and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a fantastical, far-out journey in the out-of-this-world adventures of Jing and his feisty, feathered friend Kir. When Jing sets his sights on a valuable jewel in the coffin of a notorious mafia boss, will he get away with it?
Download or read book The Tarot Caf Volume 3 written by Sang-Sun Park and published by TOKYOPOP. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More paranormal tales from the Tarot Cafe, including a sultan who wishes for nothing more than to learn what has become of his first love... an impoverished student falls in love with a lake fairy... two 700 year old dragons attempt to rekindle an ancient friendship...
Download or read book Mostly Manga written by Elizabeth F.S. Kalen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriate for any public library collection, this book provides a comprehensive readers' advisory guide for Japanese manga and anime, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua. Japanese manga and anime, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua are Asian graphic novels and animated films that have gained great popularity in the last ten years and now are found in most public library collections. Mostly Manga: A Genre Guide to Popular Manga, Manhwa, Manhua, and Anime is the first readers' advisory guide to focus on this important body of literature. This guide provides information on all of the major manga and anime formats and genres, covering publications from the early 1990s to the present. It identifies important titles historically and provides a broad representation of what is available in each format. Selected major titles are described in detail, covering the general plot as well as grade level and pertinent awards. The author also discusses common issues related to manga and anime, such as terminology, content and ratings, and censorship.
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
