Books on Japanese Animation and Japanese Comics
1983 – 2026

America and the Four Japans: Friend, Foe, Model, Mirror
author(s):
Frederik L. Schodt
copyright: 1994
published: June 1, 1994
https://amzn.to/48p3aUE

Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
author(s):
Susan Napier
copyright: 2001
published:
https://amzn.to/3UtBZkW

500 Manga Heroes and Villains
author(s):
Helen McCarthy
copyright: 2006
published:
https://amzn.to/3R24XYP

Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation
author(s):
Antonia Levi
copyright: 1996
published:
https://amzn.to/3TDo9ij

Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics, and the Coming Robotopia
author(s):
Frederik L. Schodt
copyright: 1988
published:
http://www.jai2.com/onjapan.html#ITRK

Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics
author(s):
Frederik L. Schodt
copyright: 1983
published:
http://www.jai2.com/MM.htm

Reading Manga: Local And Global Perceptions Of Japanese Comics
editor(s):
Jaqueline Berndt, Steffi Richter
copyright: 2006
published:
https://search.worldcat.org/title/80745384

Intercultural Crossovers, Transcultural Flows: Manga/Comics
editor(s):
Jaqueline Berndt
copyright: 2012
published:
http://imrc.jp/images/upload/lecture/data/Web_Version_Cologne%E8%AB%96%E9%9B%86.pdf

Comics Worlds and the World of Comics: Towards Scholarship on a Global Scale
editor(s):
Jaqueline Berndt
copyright: 2010
published:
http://imrc.jp/images/upload/lecture/data/20101227Comics%20Worlds%20and%20the%20World%20of%20Comics.pdf

Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga
editor(s):
Philip Brophy
copyright: 2006
published:
https://amzn.to/3tPP9Rc

The Early Reception of Manga in the West
author(s):
Martin de la Iglesia
copyright: 2023
published:
http://www.christian-bachmann.de/b_bn13.html
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