"Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive—The Anime Encyclopedia is an astonishing piece of work."—Neil Gaiman Over one thousand new entries . .

An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.

An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.

Manga is more than a genre in the comics field: it is a vital creative medium in its own right, with hundreds of millions of readers worldwide, a host of graphi

This comprehensive history of Japanese animation draws on Japanese primary sources and testimony from industry professionals to explore the production and recep