The Rough Guide to Manga
Publisher: Rough Guides
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781405384230
Description: The Rough Guide to Manga is the ultimate handbook offering a comprehensive overview of one of the most fashionable genre's in today's popular culture. The guide features the manga story: from manga's twelfth-century roots to the rise of English-language manga with profiles of influential creators like Leiji Matsumoto and CLAMP as well as publishers to look out for. You'll find an overview of manga's unique styles, techniques and genres decoded as well as a canon of fifty must-read manga, including the iconic Astro Boy, global hits Fruits Basket and Battle Royale, plus less well-known works lik.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Iii; Contents iv; Introduction v; Acknowledgements viii; 1 The story of manga 1; 2 From Japan to the world 33; 3 Decoding styles and genres 57; 4 Fifty essential manga 77; 5 Anime, live action, videogames 191; 6 Manga publishers 209; 7 Where to go next 247; Glossary 261; Index 266.