%0 Book %1 manga2002 %D 2002 %E Atsushi, Hosogaya %K comics japan manga priorität:3 %T A Guide to Books on Japanese Manga %X This collection of book reviews, published looking toward the Asian Manga Summit to be held in Yokohama in October 2002, introduces in a Japanese-English bilingual format a variety of books written on Japanese manga. In this country of Japan, manga, particularly in the genre of comics, have in comparison to Europe, America and other Asian countries achieved quite unique development. With works produced to meet the tastes of a diverse readership that also varies greatly in age, and with the high paced cycle of production that churns out enormous quantities of these works cheaply for sale, Japan is unmistakably the world's pre-eminent comic nation. However, it is an unfortunate fact that Japanese themselves have no yet found the appropriate words to explain the secrets of this Japanese manga success, or to introduce the rich and fertile world that has been created in these manga. In recent years, even in academic institutions such as universities, the movement towards making manga the object of scholarly study has gained force. From overseas counties as well, researchers holding interests in manga have come to gather. At such times it is noticeable that even information such as "by whom, on what aspects, and where, has manga been written and spoken about up to the present?" has not been common knowledge. Moreover, an objective viewpoint, that attempts to study comparatively the conditions surrounding Japanese comics with those of overseas countries, has not been fostered. It is precisely from a standpoint of trying to overcome these problems that this book was planned. Books on manga that deserve the attention of up-and-coming young researchers have been selected, and their positions within the field of manga studies explained. In addition, foreign researchers with experience studying in Japan have taken charge of an English translation. Unfortunately many of the books introduced here are out-of-print, and for this reason a reference section covering all types has been provided at the rear of the book. It will also be a guide for those patiently searching for references. Moreover, we feel there are many shortcomings with this book, such as the use of terrns and data not being uniforrn, however we welcome comments and suggestions from readers. We will feel very pleased if this book proves useful in the future to researchers who intend pursuing manga studies.

@book{manga2002, abstract = { This collection of book reviews, published looking toward the Asian Manga Summit to be held in Yokohama in October 2002, introduces in a Japanese-English bilingual format a variety of books written on Japanese manga. In this country of Japan, manga, particularly in the genre of comics, have in comparison to Europe, America and other Asian countries achieved quite unique development. With works produced to meet the tastes of a diverse readership that also varies greatly in age, and with the high paced cycle of production that churns out enormous quantities of these works cheaply for sale, Japan is unmistakably the world's pre-eminent comic nation. However, it is an unfortunate fact that Japanese themselves have no yet found the appropriate words to explain the secrets of this Japanese manga success, or to introduce the rich and fertile world that has been created in these manga. In recent years, even in academic institutions such as universities, the movement towards making manga the object of scholarly study has gained force. From overseas counties as well, researchers holding interests in manga have come to gather. At such times it is noticeable that even information such as "by whom, on what aspects, and where, has manga been written and spoken about up to the present?" has not been common knowledge. Moreover, an objective viewpoint, that attempts to study comparatively the conditions surrounding Japanese comics with those of overseas countries, has not been fostered. It is precisely from a standpoint of trying to overcome these problems that this book was planned. Books on manga that deserve the attention of up-and-coming young researchers have been selected, and their positions within the field of manga studies explained. In addition, foreign researchers with experience studying in Japan have taken charge of an English translation. Unfortunately many of the books introduced here are out-of-print, and for this reason a reference section covering all types has been provided at the rear of the book. It will also be a guide for those patiently searching for references. Moreover, we feel there are many shortcomings with this book, such as the use of terrns and data not being uniforrn, however we welcome comments and suggestions from readers. We will feel very pleased if this book proves useful in the future to researchers who intend pursuing manga studies. }, added-at = {2008-11-07T10:02:17.000+0100}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2abf2c65d71507d97c1af2b0cc4ee6785/iglesia}, editor = {Atsushi, Hosogaya}, interhash = {7ce39b84b1bd04c9997abb66c0a5ee59}, intrahash = {abf2c65d71507d97c1af2b0cc4ee6785}, keywords = {comics japan manga priorität:3}, month = {October}, timestamp = {2008-11-07T10:02:17.000+0100}, title = {A Guide to Books on Japanese Manga}, year = 2002 }