Books on Japanese Animation and Japanese Comics
1983 – 2026

Kiki’s Delivery Service (BFI Film Classics)
author(s):
Daniel Martin
copyright: 2026
published: October 1, 2026
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kikis-Delivery-Service-Film-Classics/dp/1839022868

Exploring Isekai: Mapping Worlds through Anime, Manga, and Light Novels
editor(s):
Shintarou Mizushima, William B. Ashbaugh
copyright: 2026
published: March 5, 2026
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/exploring-isekai-9781350465565/

Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989
author(s):
Andrea Horbinski
copyright: 2025
published: October 28, 2025
https://amzn.to/4jMIyvi

Anime, Religion, and Theology
editor(s):
David Armstrong, Roberto De La Noval
copyright: 2025
published: October 2, 2025
https://amzn.to/4nrlaFy

The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao
editor(s):
David Desser, Lindsay Coleman, Rayna Denison
copyright: 2025
published: August 31, 2025
https://amzn.to/4ovK6wT

Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics
author(s):
Eike Exner
copyright: 2025
published: August 4, 2025
https://amzn.to/4fDb7ZC

Studio Ghibli Animation as Adaptations: Investigating How the Japanese Animation Powerhouse Reimagines Stories
editor(s):
Dominic J. Nardi, Keli Fancher
copyright: 2025
published: June 12, 2025
https://amzn.to/3V57vb1

The Fangirl Diaries: Finding Community in the Anime Fandom of the ’90s and ’00s
author(s):
Erica Victoria Espejo
copyright: 2025
published: March 17, 2025
https://amzn.to/3QLkmNo

Women’s Voices in Manga: Japanese Cultural and Historical Perspectives
editor(s):
Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase, Masami Toku
copyright: 2024
published: February 19, 2025
https://amzn.to/3Xcb8xh

Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K–12 Settings
editor(s):
Ashley Hawkins
copyright: 2025
published: December 4, 2024
https://amzn.to/3TfN5Lz

Glibliverse – Studio Ghibli Beyond the Films. Books, Music, Manga and More: A Guide to a Magical World
author(s):
Jake Cunningham, Michael Leader
copyright: 2024
published: October 10, 2024
https://amzn.to/3XGv6Ah

Three, Two, One: Let’s Jam! The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Original Cowboy Bebop
author(s):
Satoru Stevenson
copyright: 2024
published: October 1, 2024
https://telos.co.uk/shop/cult-tv/three-two-one-cowboy-bebop/

The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime
editor(s):
Jaqueline Berndt
copyright: 2024
published: September 30, 2024
https://amzn.to/4fjliDF

The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Japanese Animation
editor(s):
Marco Pellitteri
copyright: 2024
published: September 22, 2024
https://link.springer.com/book/9789819704286

Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls‘ Comics Artists and Fans
author(s):
James Welker
copyright: 2024
published: July 31, 2024
https://amzn.to/3R7HJ4R

The Tale of Genji Through Contemporary Manga: Challenging Gender and Sexuality in Japan
author(s):
Lynne K. Miyake
copyright: 2024
published: June 13, 2024
https://amzn.to/3YgNOQi

Ghibliotheque: The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli, Revised and Updated
author(s):
Jake Cunningham, Michael Leader
copyright: 2024
published: June 6, 2024
https://amzn.to/41UjFYU

The Flesh of Animation: Bodily Sensations in Film and Digital Media
author(s):
Sandra Annett
copyright: 2024
published: April 30, 2024
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-flesh-of-animation

Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Fourth Edition
author(s):
Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc
copyright: 2024
published: April 23, 2024
https://amzn.to/4hpvBFU

Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai
author(s):
Jinying Li
copyright: 2024
published: March 12, 2024
https://amzn.to/3x3DsaM
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