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From the first examples in 1917 to today's feature-length animated masterpieces like Princess Mononoke, Japanese animation (or anime) has drawn a devoted international fan base. For quite some time, these enthusiasts have needed an all-encompassing, detail-oriented reference work. Fortunately, Clements and McCarthy, who coedited The Erotic Anime Movie Guide and have an outstanding history in anime indexing, translation, and criticism, are just the folks to carry it off. Choosing the best examples from a field that was about twice the final number of entries, the authors review and detail more than 2000 anime films and TV series. Each entry includes a short synopsis, commentary, details about key creative personnel, and evaluation of the work's significance. Over 100 illustrations representing major releases are sprinkled throughout. Other notable features include a selective bibliography, a name/studio index, and a title index that makes it easy to go right to the vital information about a particular example. The end product is a huge, exhaustive, timely, and authoritative compendium of information that will be appreciated by anime experts and neophytes alike. Recommended for all libraries and essential for film and media collections. David M. Lisa, Wayne P.L., NJ
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.From Booklist
Mary Ellen Quinn
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Review
"Get The Anime Encyclopedia, because you don't have time to watch bad anime." -- Anime Tourist, November 2001
"Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive--THE ANIME ENCYCLOPEDIA is an astonishing piece of work." -- Neil Gaiman, English script of Princess Mononoke, Sandman, American Gods
"It's a classic, taking anime scholarship proudly into the new millennium. Now, where's the expanded CD-ROM?" -- Animation World Network, December 2001
"Landmark reference works are few in the media field, but The Anime Encyclopedia definitely belongs on that short list." -- Video Librarian Magazine, Fall 2001
"Promises to do for anime what Halliwell did for films." -- Mark Schilling, Screen International
"There is a vast alternate universe called anime, waiting to be explored... You need a good guidebook. This is it." -- Frederik Schodt, author of Manga! Manga! and Dreamland Japan
"[A] huge, exhaustive, timely, and authoritative compendium of information that will be appreciated by anime experts and neophytes alike." -- Library Journal, January 2002
“[D]estined to become primary source material for any anime fan, collector, moviegoer, or scholar." -- PopMatters.com, November 2001 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Book Description
Bigger and better! Our first edition rocked the anime world with its in-depth entries on anime famous and obscure and its superb index/film finder. Now this fantastic book is 40 percent larger—with all-new entries on hundreds of anime released after 2001, updates on older entries, and over fifty thousand words on anime creators (like Tezuka and Otomo) and genres (“Early Anime,” “Science Fiction and Robots,” etc.). An absolute must-have for every anime shelf!
"If I only had space on my overcrowded shelf for one book on anime, this would be it. If I had no space on my shelf I'd select two books at random and drop them into the bin, just to make room-- it's that indispensable."-- Paul Jacques, Anime on DVD
"While you may not agree with their opinons on a given anime, they are informative and entertaining, especially when skewering a really bad anime." -- Frames Per Second
