Download or read book The Anime Companion 2 written by Gilles Poitras and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become an expert on cultural details commonly seen in Japanese animation, movies, comics and TV shows.

Download or read book The Anime Companion written by Gilles Poitras and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entries covers Japanese life and culture with specific references to the subject in anime and manga.

Download or read book The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 02 written by Aneko Yusagi and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture written by Yoshio Sugimoto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of the twentieth century, and paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity. With contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture is an authoritative introduction to this subject.

Download or read book Belladonna of Sadness written by J. C. Gabel and published by Hat & Beard Press/Cinelicious Pics. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belladonna of Sadness, the final film in the adult-oriented Animeramatrilogy, is one of the great forgotten masterpieces of Japanese anime. Loosely inspired by La Sorci�re, Jules Michelet’s 1862 history of witchcraft and the occult, Belladonna of Sadnesstells the story of a young woman who makes a pact with the devil to exact revenge after being raped and driven from her home. This brief synopsis, however, does no justice to the visual spectacle of the film, which proceeds as a series of still images flashing onscreen. Spectacular watercolor paintings by Kuni Fukai marry the art nouveau artifice of artists like Aubrey Beardsley to ’60s psychedelia; the film’s North American distributor, Cinelicious Pics, describes it as “equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien and gorgeous, explicit Gustav Klimt-influenced eroticism.” A legendary cult classic, Belladonna of Sadnesshas never been officially released in the United States—until now. This publication accompanies the restored film’s North American release. Beautifully produced in a colorful, large-format edition, this volume provides an indispensable companion to this incredible animated masterpiece, including script outtakes, stills and other ephemera from the film, a text about the film’s painstaking restoration and interviews conducted with the film’s illustrator, composer, and director Eiichi Yamamoto. The first printing of the book will include a Blu-ray disc of the 4k restored version of the feature film, with bonus features including interviews with the director, composer and illustrator of the film, original trailer and more. Once the first printing of the book is sold out, the Blu-ray will not be included with any future printings.

Download or read book Anime Essentials written by Gilles Poitras and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prequel to the incredibly successful Anime Companion.

Download or read book The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 07 written by Aneko Yusagi and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you refuse to fight, I'll have to kill you all." Naofumi and his friends meet Fitoria, the queen of the filolials. But in order to fulfill her own objectives, Fitoria challenges Filo to battle! What's more, the Spear Hero, Motoyasu, utters something absolutely shocking. In the midst of despair, when all seems lost, what will Naofumi do?

Download or read book The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol 1 written by Narise Konohara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since becoming a vampire, Albert’s life has fallen into an unchanging cycle-day to night, bat to vampire, USA to...Japan? After a mishap at a meat-processing plant in Nebraska, bat-Al is flash-frozen alongside his midday snack and shipped to a foreign land! Explaining to police how he really ended up wandering naked is out of the question, not to mention he doesn’t know a word of Japanese! Al will have to rely on the kindness (?) of his new companions if he’s going to get by in Tokyo-that is, if he can convince them he’s the bat!

Download or read book The Wheel of Time Companion written by Robert Jordan and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The definitive encyclopedia of the series, the companion sheds light on some of the most intriguing aspects of the world, including biographies and motivations of many characters that never made it into the books, but helped bring Jordan's world to life. Over the course of fifteen books and millions of words, the world that Jordan created grew in depth and complexity. However, only a fraction of what Jordan imagined ended up on the page, the rest going into his personal files. Included in the volume in an A-to-Z format are: An entry for each named character An inclusive dictionary of the Old Tongue New maps of the Last Battle New portraits of many characters Histories and customs of the nations of the world The strength level of many channelers Descriptions of the flora and fauna unique to the world And much more! The Wheel of Time Companion is required reading for The Wheel of Time's millions of fans. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 04 written by Aneko Yusagi and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi soon finds himself alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!

Download or read book How to Draw Anime Game Characters written by Tadashi Ozawa and published by Graphic Sha Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to draw Japanese anime and game characters.

Download or read book The Anime Trope System written by Alvin Atwater and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anime Trope System Season 2 begins here! The truth of the stone-viper fight has been revealed! Clyde and Team Stone triumphed something with all odds set against them, including the weight of Taint itself. The stone-viper games were but phase one of what is to come. The universal apocalypse in which Celestial wants to avoid... A dark revelation: what lies beyond the authors of Taint and Purity? What else slumbers...? For now, the team sets off to Ako and Neko's homeland. There, unexpected events happen. Clyde and Team Stone is back for the second season, ready to kick ass, expand the humor, and get to the bottom of this continuous problem. Book edited by Adam Luopa, series editor! Bookcover by Shirasiyuki Character art illustrated by Shirasiyuki

Download or read book The Anime Movie Guide written by Helen McCarthy and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenally popular "Power Rangers", the most mainstream offshoot of "anime", or Japanese animation, is just the tip of the iceberg. There are hundreds of these virtually astonishing films, appealing to people of all ages and tastes. This guide features detailed listings of feature films and direct-to-video features, arranged by title, year of release, and subject, that have been released since 1983. Illustrations throughout.

Download or read book The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 08 written by Aneko Yusagi and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising from the depths of despair, this is a fantasy about persistence. Church of the Three Heroes vs. Four Holy Heroes! Can Naofumi protect Raphtalia, Filo, and the world? What is the mysterious high priest aiming at? From despair, Naofumi chooses an evil path. The flames of the curse series will burn!

Download or read book The Comic Book History of Animation True Toon Tales of the Most Iconic Characters Artists and Styles written by Fred Van Lente and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the team behind The Comic Book History of Comics comes the perfect companion piece telling the story of the triumphs and tragedies of the filmmakers and beloved animated characters of the past century and a half—essential for hardcore fans of the medium and noobies alike! It's all here, from Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyazaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in-between! Begin in the early 1900s with J. Stuart Blackton and the first American cartoon, Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur, and Felix the Cat! Find out about Margaret Winkler, the most powerful person in early animation, and Walt Disney, who revolutionizes cartoons with sound and color! Discover how Fleischer Studios teaches us to sing "Boop-boop-a-doop" and eat our spinach, and how Warner Bros' Looney Toons rivaled Disney's Silly Symphonies! Plus, icons of animation including Hanna-Barbera, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, and Ruby-Spears; the Plastic Age of toy-based TV shows including G.I. Joe, Transformers, and He-Man; and the new Golden Age of TV animation launched by The Simpsons! And go abroad to France with Émile Cohl's dynamic doodles in Fantasmagorie; to Japan, where the Imperial Navy debuts the first full-length anime as propaganda, Divine Sea Warriors, and Osamu Tezuka conquers TV as he conquered manga; and to Argentina, which beat out Snow White for the first feature length animated movie by two decades! And finally, Jurassic Park and the computer animation revolution! Post-Little Mermaid Disney, Pixar, and Studio Ghibli conquer the world! If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the history of animation but were afraid to ask, this book is especially for you!

Download or read book The Companions written by R. A. Salvatore and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world-shaping event revives old favorites, introduces new complications—and moves hero Drizzt Do'Urden into a restored era of the Forgotten Realms Alone and with his fate hanging in the balance, Drizzt Do'Urden reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life—the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Unbeknownst to him, the goddess Mielikki has given Bruenor, Catti-brie, Regis, and Wulfgar the chance to return to the world they left behind. Reborn as children but with their memories still intact, the friends must find a way back to one another—and to their lone Companion, Drizzt. Meanwhile, three seemingly unrelated commoners, growing up across the far reaches of the Forgotten Realms, display incredible feats of power. Against all odds, they hold the fate of Drizzt Do'Urden in their hands—a fate that is far from certain. For in the shadows, a cunning cabal of wizards is watching, intent on hunting the "Chosen" mortals who have been blessed by the gods. These wizards know something mere commoners do not: Long-forgotten gods have begun to stir. Long-lost lands have begun to tremble. The world around them is about to change—and these wizards will do whatever it takes to turn the coming chaos to their advantage. The Companions is the first book in the Sundering series and the twenty-seventh book in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Download or read book A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies written by Paul Booth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field of fan studies. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especially-commissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast-growing field. Separated into five sections—Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies—the book synthesizes literature surrounding important theories, debates, and issues within the field of fan studies. It also traces and explains the social, historical, political, commercial, ethical, and creative dimensions of fandom and fan studies. Exploring both the historical and the contemporary fan situation, the volume presents fandom and fan studies as models of 21st century production and consumption, and identifies the emergent trends in this unique field of study.