MANGA & ANIME TERMS

MANGA & ANIME TERMS
Animé—A style of Japanese animation using stark,
colorful graphics in action-filled plots, often with
fantastic or futuristic themes. Frequently there is
crossover with manga, where series appear in both
the anime and manga forms.

Gekiga—Stories that teach history, or may contain
political satire or creative ideas. Adolf is an example.

Kodomo—Manga for small children.

Manga—Japanese comic books, usually first published
in a magazine format, and later compiled in book
format. In Japan, and often in the U.S. they are read
from back to front and from right to left on the page.

Mecha—Spaceships, giant robots, vehicles and other
mechanical devices that may play a large role in the
story.


Sh?nen—Manga for boys aged 6-18. One popular
series is Initial D.

Sh?jo—Manga for girls 6-18. Boys Over Flowers is a
popular series.
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St. Appleton WI 54911

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Tankoubon—Small paperback books containing
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numerous issues of a manga series.
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Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made upon request and if feasible.

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HOW TO READ A PAGE OF MANGA
Start to read from the upper right, and end at the

lower left. Here is an example of a page and the order.











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This is the back page of this brochure. Many








manga series are read from back to front,


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unlike American-style graphic novels.










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MANGA AND ANIME WEBSITES


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Animé Café—A Parent’s Guide to Animé

www.abcb.com/parents
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

Animé and manga are frequently
Christian Animé Alliance
misunderstood for the following reasons:
www.christiananime.net


• Many Japanese animé and manga storylines are
Librarian’s Guide to Animé and Manga:
meant for teens and adults, with sophisticated
www.koyagi.com
plots and different views of appropriate behavior.

American audiences should take this into account
No Flying, No Tights
when selecting animé and manga for children and
www.noflyingnotights.com
teens.


T.H.E.M. Animé Reviews
• Dubbed translations from Japanese to English are
www.theanime.org/reviewlist.php
sometimes of poor quality, and may use more

crude language than a literal translation would

provide.
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SOME BOOKS ABOUT MANGA AND ANIME
FAMILY FRIENDLY MANGA
These are found in the adult nonfiction collection (2nd floor).


SERIES NAME

AUTHOR
741.5
Chinn, Mike

Chi
Writing and illustrating the graphic novel:
Astro
Boy
Tezuka, Osamu


everything
you
need
to know to create great










graphic works
Castle in the Sky

Miyazaki, Hayao




741.5
Okum, David
Howl’s Moving Castle
Miyazaki, Hayao
Oku
Manga Madness: Over 40 basic lessons for
drawing
Japanese
comics


Kiki’s Delivery Service
Miyazaki, Hayao
741.5
Weiner, Stephen

Wei
The 101 best graphic novels
Saint
Tail
Tachikawa, Megumi


791.430233 Cavallaro, Dani
Sgt.
Frog
Yoshizaki, Mine
Cav
The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki


Spirited Away

Miyazaki, Hayao
791.433 Clements,
Jonathan

Cle
The animé encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese



animation
since
1917


791.433 Poitras,
Gilles
Poi The
animé
companion:
what’s Japanese in
Japanese
animation?


DVDs are found in the first floor media area.

DVD
Animé. From concept to reality
778.5347
Ani
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POPULAR MANGA FOR TEENS
SERIES NAME
AUTHOR
SERIES NAME

AUTHOR




Marmalade Boy Yoshizumi,
Wataru
Bleach Kubo, Tite




Mars
Soryo, Fuyumi
Boys Over Flowers

Kamio, Yoko




Neon Genesis Evangelion Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki
CLAMP School Detectives
CLAMP


Oh My Goddess

Fujishima, Kosuke
D.N.
Angel
Sugisaki, Yukiru


One Piece
Oda,
Eiichiro
Dragon Ball Z


Toriyama, Akira




Ragnarok
Yi,
Myong-jin
Fruits Basket


Takaya, Natsuki


Ranma 1/2 Takahashi,
Rumiko
Fullmetal Alchemist

Arakawa, Hiromu


Tsubasa


Clamp
Fushigi Yugi


Watase, Yu


Vampire Game

Judal
Initial
D
Shigeno, Suichi


Inu-yasha
Takahashi, Rumiko
NON-SERIES
AUTHOR


American Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen
Kare
Kano
Tsuda, Masami










Kindaichi Case Files

Kanari, Yozaburo


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