Japanese Anime

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My Neighbor Totoro – Rainy Day – Japanese Text 11×17 Poster $6.98 …

Momiji Random Dolls Collection, Pixie Message Doll $15.50 3″ DOLL WITH MESSAGE SLOT AT BASE NOODLE BOX PACKAGING IS THE PERFECT TOUCH…

COPIC Set of 36 Sketch Markers $165.99 COPIC Sketch Markers- Set of 36….This set features 36 best selling COPIC Sketch Marker colors. It comes in a handy clear plastic box that has a slot for each marker. A perfect way to start you collection of COPIC markers! COPIC markers are made in Japan. The sketch markers are double ended- one end has a fine point flexible brush tip; while the other end is a multi purpose chisel tip. COPIC wer…

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex $14.98 …

Naruto Shippuuden (OST) $36.99 …

Tsubasa Chronicle $25.06 …

Kiki’s Delivery Service [VHS] $9.88 In Hayao Miyazaki’s magical Kiki’s Delivery Service, a 13-year-old girl meets the world head on as she spends her first year soloing as an apprentice witch. Kiki (Kirsten Dunst) is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a cat Jiji (a gently subdued Phil Hartman) by her side she’s ready to take on the world, or at least…

My Neighbor Totoro [VHS] $9.98 My Neighbor Totoro is that rare delight, a family film that appeals to children and adults alike. While their mother is in the hospital, 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei move into an old-fashioned house in the country with their professor father. At the foot of an enormous camphor tree, Mei discovers the nest of King Totoro, a giant forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit. Mei a…

Lady Snowblood 1 (Ws Sub) [VHS] $20.00 A flamboyantly blood-spattered samurai revenge picture with a twist: the implacable seeker of retribution is a slender female (Meiko Kaji) with a flawless ivory complexion and a dead-center killer stare. Born in prison, Snowblood is raised by a martial priest and trained to fulfill a single purpose: tracking down, and dismembering (or bisecting), the four cackling fiends who killed her father and …

Kanon Wakeshima – Folding Fan $15.00 This official limited edition black and red folding fan was made exclusively for Kanon’s first trip to the US. Kanon Wakeshimas original artwork designed on the front face. Get this collectors item while supplies last! Kanon Wakeshima is the latest Visual-kei, Goth-Lolita superstar. A unique star who sings and plays cello in her own style….

Japanese Anime Magazines: Animage $14.14 Japanese Anime Magazines: Animage

The Anime! $11.9 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.

Anime and It’s Roots in Early Japanese Monster Art $74.84 Anime and It’s Roots in Early Japanese Monster Art

Japanese Mythology in Popular Culture: Japanese Mythology in Anime and Manga Spirited Away In $14.14 Japanese Mythology in Popular Culture: Japanese Mythology in Anime and Manga Spirited Away In

Anime $30.36 Anime

Anime Explosion! $12.57 Suddenly anime is . . . exploding. But where did Japanese animation come from, and what does it all mean? Written for fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this is an engaging tour of the anime megaverse, from older arts and manga traditions to the works of modern directors like Miyazaki and Otomo. 50 photos.

Anime Intersections $35 Cavallaro examines the artistic development of anime, from its origins as a subset of the Japanese film industry to its modern-day status as one of the most popular forms of animation worldwide, and examines the impact of the medium within Western contexts.

Anime and Philosophy $12.14 Anime and Philosophy focuses on some of the most-loved, most-intriguing anime films and series, as well as lesser-known works, to find what lies at their core. Astro Boy, Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell, and Spirited Away are just a few of the films analyzed in this book. In these stories about monsters, robots, children, and spirits who grapple with the important questions in life we find insight crucial to our times: lessons on morality, justice, and heroism, as well as meditations on identity, the soul, and the meaning — or meaninglessness — of life. Anime has become a worldwide phenomenon, reaching across genres, mediums, and cultures. For those wondering why so many people love anime or for die-hard fans who want to know more, Anime and Philosophy provides a deeper appreciation of the art and storytelling of this distinctive Japanese culture.

Cinema Anime $52.45 This collection charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production in the last twenty-five years. The essays offer bold and insightful engagement with anime’’s concerns with gender identity, anxieties about body mutation and technological monstrosity, and apocalyptic fantasies. The contributors dismantle the distinction between high and low culture and offer compelling arguments for the value and importance of the study of anime and popular culture as a key link in the translation from the local to the global.

The Anime Companion $11.24 More than a guide to the hot phenomenon of Japanese animation, this book offers an encyclopedia treatise on the culture that produces it. More than 500 glossary-style entries explore the author’s rants on fandom, food, anime babes, large eyes, and sex and bloody noses . 30 photos. 45 line drawings.

The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki $36.94 This critical study of the art of Hayao Miyazaki, director of the Academy Award]-winning Spirited Away, begins with an analysis of the visual conventions of manga, Japanese comic books, and anime; an overview of Japanese animated films; and a consideration of the techniques deployed by both traditional cell and computer animation.

The Anime Companion 2 $12.57 From The Publisher:This long-awaited companion volume boasts over 500 all-new glossary-style entries to help you decipher anime’s distinctive content, images, and cultural motifs. Ranging from Aikido to Zero fighters, it covers the minutiae of anime in fascinating detail, including illustrations, anime images, film citations, and numerous references to the related art of manga. More than a guide, Anime Companion 2 is a pop survey of Japanese art, kitsch, history, food, and daily life. Now with entries in kanji and English, the Anime Companion remains the best friend an otaku (anime fan) ever had, and a fun way for the non-otaku to learn about Japan.About The Author:Gilles Poitras is a librarian in the SF Bay Area. This is his third book on anime. He writes a monthly column for Newtype USA (circ. 100K) and appears in documentaries including one for The Animatrix. Dubbed, The most influential anime fan in America, Poitras recently lectured at Pixar Studios.

Japanese Comickers: Draw Anime and Manga Like Japan’s Hottest Artists $16.27 Where else can you find such an incredible collection of 14 young comic, anime and manga artists willing to share the secrets of their techniques? Each artist includes a brief biography, the most representative work and a gallery of their best work with step-by-steps on how to create the work. The last chapter features a who’’s who in the industry or Tree of Japanese Comickers and information about the art materials used by each artist along with a glossary of terms unique to Japanese comic/anime illustrations.

1962 in Japan: Anime of 1962 Manga of 1962 Osomatsu-Kun Himitsu No Akko-Chan Japanese Films $14.14 1962 in Japan: Anime of 1962 Manga of 1962 Osomatsu-Kun Himitsu No Akko-Chan Japanese Films

Japanese Mythology in Anime and Manga: Shinigami in Fiction, Spirited Away, Inuyasha, Yuyu Hakusho, Urusei Yatsura, Naruto, Dragon Ball $19.99 Japanese Mythology in Anime and Manga: Shinigami in Fiction, Spirited Away, Inuyasha, Yuyu Hakusho, Urusei Yatsura, Naruto, Dragon Ball

Trigun Anime Manga $9.7 Adding to the Trigun collection of fantastic television animation and dynamic manga, a new hybrid of the two mediums arrives to keep the experience alive. Composed entirely of frames taken from the popular Japanese animated television series, the Trigun anime manga books are enhanced with colorful sound effects and dialogue taken directly from the teleplay.

Stray Dog of Anime $19.79 Upon its US release in the mid-1990s Ghost in the Shell, directed by Mamoru Oshii, quickly became one of the most popular Japanese animation films, or anime, in the country. Despite these accolades, Oshii is known as a contrarian within anime, a self-proclaimed stray dog, with a unique cinematic vision. Working in both live-action film and animation, directing everything from absurdist comedy to thrillers to meditations on the nature of reality, Oshii defies the confines of genre and form. Stray Dog of Anime is the first book to take an in-depth look at his major films, from the early days working on Urusei Yatsura to Avalon, his most recent feature. Ruh details Oshii’’s evolution as a director, paying special attention to his personal style and symbolism, resulting in a unique guide that will appeal to anime fans and cineastes of all kinds.

Anime Animus Anima $13.21 Poetry. ANIME ANIMUS ANIMA is formed from a mass of influences but most prominently from three classic Japanese anime. Parts One and Three evolved from imagery in Ghost in the Shell (1995, Production I.G.), an adaptation of the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow, directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Ito, and Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 (2004, Production I.G. and Studio Ghibli), written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Part Two evolved from imagery in Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995, Gainax), both the television series and the movies, written and directed by Hideaki Anno. Imagery from Cowboy Bebop (1998), the Japanese animated television series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, appears throughout all three sections.

Essence of Anime-Ghost in the Shell $12.22 Best Theatrical Film – 1997 World Animation Festival Best Director of a Theatrical Film – 1997 World Animation Festival 2029 – A female government cyber agent and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of a The Puppet Master – a computer virus capable of invading cybernetic brains and altering its victim’s memory. Created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and codenamed Project 2501 , this ‘hacker’ is actually a prototype virtual agent which has now defied its makers by seeking asylum within a new host body outside of the electronic net. Now the two agencies must maneuver against each another in a violent, high-tech race to capture the omnipresent entity. Ghost in the Shell took the world by storm exhibiting a new dimension of anime with unprecedented and mesmerizing cinematic expression. Seamlessly merging traditional cel animation with the latest computer graphic imagery, this stunning sci-fi spectacle broke through the boundaries of mainstream animation with detailed artistic expression and a uniquely intelligent story line. The film has gone on to inspire a generation of filmmakers and has become the most revered anime feature of all time. Veteran anime writer/director/producer Mamoru Oshii, working in conjunction with the animators at Production I.G. (Blood: The Last Vampire, Kaidohmaru, Kill Bill) brought to life Masamune Shirow’s vision (originally serialized in 1991 in Japan’s Young Magazine manga). This excellent cyberpunk thriller was co-produced by Manga Entertainment and enjoyed both critical and popular success at the U.S. box office before becoming the first Japanese animated film to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top Video Sales Chart (August 24, 1996).

Shogi: Japanese Shogi Players, Shogi Anime and Manga, Shogi Players, Shogi Variants, Ko Shogi, Dai Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi, $19.99 Shogi: Japanese Shogi Players, Shogi Anime and Manga, Shogi Players, Shogi Variants, Ko Shogi, Dai Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi,

Anime Classics Zettai! $12.57 Here are extended reviews of 100 top Japanese animation films, TV series, and made-for-video series, from 1958 to the present. Each entry includes data, summary, style, critical comments, and viewer-discretion guides.

Haibane Renmei Anime Manga 1 $9.91 In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surrounding, however burning questions remain in the back of her mind. What are Haibane and what is their purpose? What lies beyond the town walls? Thus Rakka begins her wistful journey of self-discovery and wonderment. The Haibane Renmei anime manga is a full-color adaptation of Yoshitoshi Abe’s fantastic anime series, presented in the non-westernized manga format for a fun, Japanese-style reading experience!

Anime Poster Art: Japan’s Movie House Masterpieces $13.01 The posters, programs and flyers that launched a revolution in animated film! Anime, now 50 years old, is as much a part of Japanese culture as sushi and Sony. And though many of the best works remain hidden from fans unable to visit Japan, some of these desireable images are here in this book! With 9 chapters, 160+ full-color images, 4 full-page essays and rich bonus material, this is more than just another film poster book. Here’s a sample of the contents: – original Japanese posters, programs and flyers of Akira, Dragon Ball Z, Lupin III, Urusei Yatsura, Space Battleship Yamato, Mobile Suit Gundam and the Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli- rare titles: Tomorrow’s Joe, Jin-Roh, Golgo 13, Project A-ko and Hoshi of the Gaints- each with storylines and background gossip- each with original Japanese copy and English translations- poster titles in English, Japanese, and Romaji- the story behind the colorful, crazed art- tantalizing facts and little-known information- detailed, witty introduction- page-length essays covering anime spin-offs (cels, toys, doujinshi) anime’s roots; anime greats; the Japanese movie market