From: pearl@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga,news.answers
Subject: rec.arts.manga: Manga Resources
Keywords: monthly informative posting
Date: 12 Nov 92 15:59:08 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.manga
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division


Archive-name: manga/resources

		       THE MANGA RESOURCES LIST
		       ========================

			      Edited by
			     Steve Pearl
			     November, 1992

This is a monthly list of sources of manga material available to the readers of
this newsgroup.  If you have any questions, additions or corrections, send them
to:

Internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu   	or 	Steve Pearl
CI$: >internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu		359 Lloyd Rd
GEnie:  S.PEARL6				Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826

Changes to this posting since October, 1992:
- Added European Manga source
- Updated Steve Feldman's American manga list
- Added Matt Pyson's Manga/Anime FTP Site list

Things to do:  
- Find out which of the "anime" ftp sites contain non-animated manga material. 

DISCLAIMER 1: The editor is not associated with ANY of the companies or
organizations mentioned below.

DISCLAIMER 2:  The opinions expressed on this post do not necessarily represent
the opinions held either by the editor or any organization he's affiliated with.

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Table of Contents

o TRANSLATED MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
o MANGA FTP SITES
o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
o OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES

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o TRANSLATED AND/OR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA

     Some manga (Japanese comics) have been translated into English for
the American market.  Those manga which have spun off into anime-related
projects are indicated in parentheses.  [Note:  "American manga" based on
Japanese characters are not included.  That's why CAPTAIN HARLOCK, DIRTY
PAIR and LENSMAN are not listed here.  Also not listed here is NINJA HIGH
SCHOOL, an "American manga" that is only *indirectly* based on Japanese
characters (it is a satirical blend of elements taken from ORANGE ROAD,
PROJECT A-KO, and URUSEI YATSURA).  Manga produced by Japanese creators
in English, however, like MAZINGER, ONI & SAMURAI: SoD are included.]

Antarctic Press:
  MANGAZINE #17-19 (All three issues contain "The Age of Hydroplanes,"
  the serial by Hayao Miyazaki.  This was the prototype for the movie,
  PORCO ROSSO.), STAR TREKKER

Blast Books [New York]:
  MR. ARASHI'S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, PANORAMA OF HORROR

Catalan Press:
  GOODBYE AND OTHER STORIES

CHEVAL NOIR [Dark Horse Comics]:
  ANGEL FUSION by Keisuke Goto & Hiroyuki Kato in #1; IN DREAMS by
  Masashi Tanaka in #24-26

Dark Horse Comics:
  GODZILLA (TV series and lots of man-in-a-rubber-suit movies)

Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus:
  CARAVAN KIDD, ORION, OUTLANDERS (OAV) and VENUS WARS (movie)

Eclipse Comics:
  SAMURAI: SON OF DEATH [not a translation but an all-new work in English
  by Hiroshi Hirata, whose work was well-liked by Yukio Mishima]

Eclipse Comics International/Studio Proteus:
  APPLESEED (OAV), BLACK MAGIC (OAV), CYBER 7, DOMINION (4 OAVs),
  THE LOST CONTINENT

Eclipse International/Viz Comics:
  AREA 88 [was continued by Viz Comics afterwards] (3 OAVs, TV series),
  (THE LEGEND OF) KAMUI [this is not the same Kamui as the Kamui in "The
  Dagger of Kamui"] (TV series), and MAI THE PSYCHIC GIRL

Educomics:  [see also entries under "New Society Publishers"]
  BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera) and I SAW IT

Epic Comics:
  AKIRA (movie), FAREWELL TO WEAPONS, MEMORIES

EPIC Magazine, ?/?/83:
  ONI ["Ogre;" not a translation, but an original story written & drawn
  by Go Nagai, of Devilman, Fandora, Shuten Doji & Violence Jack fame.]

First Comics:
  LONE WOLF AND CUB (a live-action TV series & 6 live-action movies) and
  MAZINGER [not a translation but an all-new English-language work by
  series creator Go Nagai] (3 TV series & 6 movies; the first TV series
  was released in the USA under the name "Tranzor Z")

Innovation Comics:
  SAZAN 3x3 EYES (4 OAVs)

MANGA! MANGA! THE WORLD OF JAPANESE COMICS by Frederik L. Schodt [book]:
  PHOENIX [Tezuka!] (movie & a live-action film), THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
  (TV series & a French live-action movie), SENJO [BATTLEFIELD; by Leiji
  Matsumoto], and BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera)

New Society Publishers [PO Box 582, Santa Cruz, CA 95061]:
  BAREFOOT GEN: A CARTOON STORY OF HIROSHIMA (284 pages) copyright 1987,
  BAREFOOT GEN: THE DAY AFTER (177 pages) copyright 1988, and
  BAREFOOT GEN: LIFE AFTER THE BOMB (164 pages) copyright 1989

Now Comics:
  SPEED RACER CLASSICS (TV series)

Sun Comics:
  COSMOS: CHRONICLES OF PARADISE, HIGH SCHOOL AGENT, RAGNAROK GUY, RAIKA

University of California Press:
  JAPAN, INC. by Shotaro Ishinomori [ISBN 0-520-06289-2]

Viz Comics:
  BAOH (OAV), BATTLE ANGEL ALITA, COBRA (TV series and movie), CRYING
  FREEMAN (OAV series), FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (2 TV series, a movie & a
  live-action Hong Kong kung fu movie), GREY (OAV), GOKU: MIDNIGHT EYE
  (2 OAVs), GOLGO 13: THE PROFESSIONAL [also put out by two other
  publishers] (movie), HOROBI, HOTEL HARBOUR VIEW, JUSTY (OAV), LUM:
  URUSEI YATSURA (TV series, OAVs and movies), MACROSS II (OAV series),
  NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (movie), PINEAPPLE ARMY, RANMA 1/2
  (2 TV series, 2 OAVs & 2 movies), RUMIC WORLD: FIRE TRIPPER (OAV),
  RUMIC WORLD: LAUGHING TARGET (OAV), SABER TIGER, SANCTUARY, SHION:
  BLADE OF THE MINSTREL, SILENT MOBIUS (movie), STRIKER: ARMORED WARRIOR,
  and 2001 NIGHTS (OAV)

                                           -- Written by Steven Feldman

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o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
  ===================

Two Japanese bookstore chains in America offer original mangas and
manga magazines.  They are the Kinokuniya and Asahiya bookstores.  You
shall also be able to find some small bookstores that carry manga in
any major city with a decent size of Japanese populations.  For them
check the various "shopping guide" availble at various FTP site.
(There are shopping guide to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New
York, Hawaii, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.)

For the people in Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand, many
translated bootlege pirate copys of manga exist at a cheaper price
with a poorer quality.  

People in Australia and Europe generally are stucked with the American
translations, unless they can find some distributors which carry the
original stuffs, or make oversea order to Japan or America.  There are
suppose some French translated manga (Maison Ikkoku and Saint Seiya),
but apparently they are very hard to find.

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Kinokuniya Bookstores:

Los Angeles		        (213) 687-4447
New Jersey                      (201) 941 7580
   Yaohan Plaza
   Kinokuniya Bookstore
   595 River Road, Edgewater, NJ
Newport Beach                   (714) 640 1505
New York                        (212) 745-1461/1462
   Kinokuniya Bookstore
   10 West 49th Street, New York, NY
San Francisco                   (415) 567 7625
   Kinokuniya Bookstore
   1581 Webster Street
   SF, CA 94115
San Jose                        (408) 252 1300
   Kinokuniya Bookstore
   675 Saratoga Ave
   San Jose, CA 95129
Seattle				?
Torrance Store                  (213) 327 6577
Weller Court Store              (213) 687 4480

Yes, Books Kinokunia does indeed special order books and mangas through 
mail.  If you will go to one of their stores, or ask them by writing or 
phone, they will give you a yellow postcard that looks like this:

(my best ASCII representation of the back of the postcard)

===============================================================================
  Books 			MAIL ORDER CARD			DATE___________
Kinokuniya			

	Please supply me the following publications with bill-invoice

_______________________________________________________________________________

AUTHOR			TITLE			PUBLISHER		PRICE
_______________________________________________________________________________

If it's not currently in stock, please let us know if you obtained the book 
from Japan.				YES __		NO __


ORDER BY:		SEA __		AIR __  (20% MORE from AIR CARGO)
_______________________________________________________________________________

MR.
MISS MRS. _________________________________________PHONE NO.___________________
			please print

STREET ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________

CITY AND STATE _________________________________________ ZIP CODE _____________

===============================================================================

(and the address on the front says)


KINOKUNIYA BOOK STORES OF AMERICA CO., LTD.

1581 WEBSTER STREET - KINOKUNIYA BUILDING

SAN FRANCISCO, CA  94115-9948


You may not even need this postcard (although the postage is paid for by Kino.) 
as long as you send in the necessary informations.  If you can't write Kanjis 
then it may help if you would send in a copy of those slips of papers that 
always get in your way of reading the manga, but you never bothered to take 
out.  Those papers have all the essential information (title, publisher, 
author, price, etc.).  Sea cargo would take 2 - 2 1/2 months (so they claim, 
expect 3-4 months) but at no extra cost (compare to store retail, that is), 
while the air cargo would take 1 months (5-6 weeks) at 20% additional cost over
retail.  If you live in the middle of nowhere (no offense to those living in 
the "Good Morning" State (^.^)) ask Kino if they would also do UPS, since most 
special orders are picked up at the store.  The store also carries some CD & 
Video tapes, so they may special order those for you as well.......
								 
(By davmou@ocf.berkeley.edu)
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Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
Yaohan Plaza
333 S. Alameda St. Suite 108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 626-5650
(213) 626-1746 (fax)

Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
Yaohan Plaza
100 E. Algonquin Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
(708) 956-6699
corner of Arlinton Heights Rd and Algonquin Rd. 
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Two Japanese Bookstores, Nikaku and Book Nippon, also carry some of
the more popular manga titles in their stocks.

Books Nippan
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai U.S.A., Inc.
532 West 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 687-7400
(213) 687-7401
(213) 687-9896 (fax)

Books Nippan
115 West 57th Street
New York, NY
(212) 582-4622
Hours:  M-F 10:30-7:30; Sat 11-7; Closed Sundays
Discounts to members.
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Nikaku Japanese Art
615 N. 6th 
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 971-2822
Tues-Sat: 10-6PM
Sun-Mon: 10-5PM
send them a SASE for their catalog.
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Books Nippan in New York has better reputation than the one in L.A. (cheaper 
price) but they are really very expensive speciality stores.  I would only 
recommend people to get the hard to find items there.  Nikaku is just slightly 
more expensive than the Kino and Asahiya bookstores, and the most convinent at
mail order.  


DIRECTLY FROM JAPAN

- Manga-Chan
	800 5th Ave #186
	Seattle WA 98104-3191
 Manga-chan is a new mail-order service that will export anything 
 from Japan (we specialize in manga and anime, however). 
 Manga-chan accepts checks or money orders in US$ from a US bank, or 
 in Pounds from a British bank.  Other means of payment are possible,  
 please ask if necessary.  Your order is mailed directly to you from Japan.


In Europe:

O.C.S. Bookshop B.V.
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333
NL-1072 LH  Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone : +31-20-6799238
Fax   : +31-20-6766187
Hours : 10:00-18:00 daily
 
For the people who want to visit the bookshop, it's located in Hotel Okura.
It's easy to get there by taking tramline 25. The manager of the shop is
Mr. Masanori Iwanaga. The shop sells japanese books, magazines, manga and
some other things. Note that everything is in japanese and not in English.
The manager told me he is willing to take orders from all over Europe. If
he doesn't have what you're looking for, he can always order it directly
from Japan. He also provides subscriptions to magazines, just call and ask.
				--Leon Oninckx 

o MANGA FTP SITES

These Internet sites contain manga related materials and are
accessible by anonymous FTP.  There may be other sites, but these are
the major ones.  Many of them only contain animated related files and have
no files derived from the printed forms of manga.

Site			IP address	directory	contents
====			==========	=========	========
ftp.white.toronto.edu	128.100.2.160	/pub/anime	GIFs
ftphost.cac.washington.edu	128.95.112.1	/pub	urusei-yatsura archives
ix2.cc.utexas.edu	128.83.186.29	/anime		scripts, GIFs, EAV
ix3.cc.utexas.edu	128.83.186.13	---- Mirror of ix2.cc.utexas.edu
network.ucsd.edu	128.54.16.3	/anime		scripts,GIFs,AnimeStuff
ocf.berkeley.edu        128.32.184.254	/pub/AnimeB	scripts, sound files
lightning.berkeley.edu	128.32.234.10	\
volcano.berkeley.edu	128.32.234.11	 --- Mirrors of	ocf.berkeley.edu
headcrash.berkeley.edu	128.32.234.31	/
piggy.ucsb.edu		128.111.72.50	/pub/anime	scripts,GIFs,sounds
cavevax.ucsb.edu	128.111.72.55	\
ferkel.ucsb.edu		128.111.72.60	 --- Mirrors of	piggy.ucsb.edu
oinker.ucsb.edu		128.111.72.55	/
remus.rutgers.edu	128.6.13.3	/pub/anime	Rutgers Anime
romulus.rutgers.edu	128.6.13.2	--- Mirror of remus.rutgers.edu
wpi.wpi.edu		130.215.24.1	/anime		scripts, GIFs


A crude guide to using FTP:

	Unix Command:	ftp <site name>
	Login:		anonymous
	Password:	login@machine_name

Let's say that geeker@pac.man.edu wants to get the latest and greatest
Ranma-chan GIF (/anime/hentai/r-chan1.gif) from happosai.com.
- At the Unix prompt, geeker types "ftp happosai.com".
- At the "login:" prompt, he types "anonymous".
- At the "Password:" prompt, he types "geeker@pac.man.edu".  He's now logged
  at happosai.com.
- geeker now uses cd(1) and ls(1) just like in Unix to find whatever he's after.

If geeker want to get the Ranma-chan GIF, he must do the following:
- He uses cd(1) to go to /anime/hentai.  Once there, he uses ls(1) to make sure
  that r-chan1.gif is actually there.
- GIF files are binary, so geeker sets the file transfer type to binary by
  typing "binary".
- geeker types "get <filename>", where <filename> is the name of the file he
  wants to copy.  In our case, he would type "get r-chan1.gif" to get the file.
  Note that no wildcards are allowed.
- Several other ftp commands to know:
	"?" - lists the commands available
	"quit" - exits the program
	"ascii" - sets file transfer mode to ascii
	"mget" - allows multiple-file gets, and wildcards

If you need help, or want to learn advanced techniques, DON'T post to
rec.arts.anime for help.  Instead, ask your local system administrator / CCON
/ Unix witch doctor for help.  That's what they're paid for.

Notes:

- Synopses are available at most of the sites mentioned above.

- Sound files:  These are IFF "raw" sound files, which can be played on Amiga,
  MS-DOS, Macintosh and Sun computers.  There is also a text file with
  instructions on how to play them.

- urusei-yatsura archives:  the collected messages of four years (1987-1991)
  of the Urusei Yatsura mailing list (see below).  Warning:  this file is
  HUGE! (about 300 pages long).

- The Rutgers Anime files contain all the manga translations by Theresa
  Martin, and current copies of all the lists maintained by Steve Pearl
  (see OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES, below).

- Remember to set your file type to BINARY before reading any GIF files, sound
  files, or compressed text (.Z) files.



o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS

listserv@brownvm.brown.edu -- Miyazaki mailing list archive.  From the
	Internet, send a message with the text 'get nausicaa filelist' to
	the above address.

BITFTP@PUCC -- FTP access for BITNET sites.  For more info,
	type 'tell bitftp at pucc help' from a BITNET account.

ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com -- Alternate e-mail FTP access.  Send the message
	'help' and it will send back instructions.

o OTHER ELECTRONIC ANIME RESOURCES

  - Alt.manga mailing list:  a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
	mailing list echo of the alt.manga newsgroup).  To subscribe,
	send e-mail to alt-manga-request@darwin.sura.net.  The mail should
	have the following text in the first line:
	    subscribe alt-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname

  - Anime/Manga APA Index:  an article describing anime/manga APAs (Amateur 
	Press Associations) and a list of known anime/manga APA's. Maintained 
	by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
	UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl 

  - Anime Shopper's Guide to Chicago:  a travelogue of the manga/anime stores 
	in Chicago (submissions are welcome).  Maintained by Enrique Conty at
	jester@ihlpl.att.com.

  - Anime Shopper's Guide to Los Angeles: a travelogue of the
	manga/anime stores in Los Angeles.  Maintained by Jim Lick at
	jim@piggy.ucsb.edu.

  - Anime/Manga Shopper's Guide to New York City:  a travelogue of the stores
	in NYC where one can purchase manga and anime.  Maintained by Steve
	Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
	UUCP address:  ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl

  - Anime Shopper's Guide to San Francisco:  a travelogue of the anime/manga
	stores in the Bay Area.  Maintained by Steve Mah at 
	smah@sdcc13.ucsd.edu. 

  - Anime Shopper's Guide to Sydney:  a travelogue of the anime & manga stores 
	in Sydney. 
	Maintained by Iain Sinclair at axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au.

  - Anime Shopper's Guide to Tokyo:  a travelogue of the anime & manga stores 
	in Tokyo. 
	Maintained by Jeff Okamoto at okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com.

  - CD List:  a list of anime & manga related Compact Discs.
	Maintained by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
	UUCP address:  ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl

  - FTP Script List:  a list of all the manga translations available through 
	anonymous FTP, and then some.  Maintained by Kenneth Arromdee at
	arromdee@cs.jhu.edu.

  - Manga FTP Site list: A list of currenly known ftp sites with
	manga/anime content.  Maintained by Matt Pyson at mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu

  - Hayao Miyazaki mailing list:  a mailing list for fans of the works of
	Hayao (Nausicaa, Shuna's Journey) Miyazaki.  Discussion of
	alternative/progressive manga and anime is also welcome.
	To subscribe, send mail to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu.  The mail
	should have the following text in the first line:
	    subscribe nausicaa yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname

  - National Anime BBS Watch:  a list of U.S. BBSes with anime or manga content
	in them.  Maintained by Chet Jasinski.  Chet doesn't have an Internet
	address, but can be contacted through Steve Pearl at 
	pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.

  - Rec.arts.manga mailing list:  a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
	mailing list echo of the rec.arts.manga newsgroup).  To subscribe,
	send e-mail to rec-arts-manga-request@darwin.sura.net.  The mail should
	have the following text in the first line:
	    subscribe rec-arts-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname

 - Shampoo mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the character Shampoo from
	the Ranma 1/2 manga series by Rumiko Takahashi.  To subscribe,
	send e-mail to shampoo-request@calvin.sfasu.edu.  To post,
	send e-mail to shampoo-l@calvin.sfasu.edu.

  - Urusei Yatsura mailing list:  a mailing list for fans of Urusei Yatsura
	and Maison Ikkoku and of the works of Rumiko Takahashi in general.
	To subscribe, send e-mail to urusei-yatsura-request@panda.panda.com.
	The mail should have the following text in the first line:
	    subscribe urusei-yatsura yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname

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