Overview

This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterword. Frederik L. Schodt looks at the classic publications and artists who created modern manga, including the magazines Big Comics and Morning, and artists like Suehiro Maruo and Shigeru Mizuki; an entire chapter is devoted to Osamu Tezuka. The new afterword shows how manga have evolved in the past decade to transform global visual culture. Frederik L. Schodt, based in San Francisco, is fluent in Japanese and author of many works about Japan.

Full Product Details

Author:   Frederik L Schodt
Publisher:   Stone Bridge Press
Imprint:   Stone Bridge Press
Edition:   Collector's Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9781933330952

ISBN 10:   1933330953
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   30 June 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface to the New Edition 1 Enter the Id What Are Manga? Why Read Manga? 2 Modern Manga at the End of the Millennium What's in a Word? The Dojinshi World Otaku Are Manga Dangerous? Freedom of Speech vs. Regulation Black and White Issues # 1 Black and White Issues #2 Do Manga Have a Future? COVERS OF MANGA MAGAZINES 3 The Manga Magazine Scene CoroCoro Comic Weekly Boys' Jump Nakayoshi Big Comics Morning Take Shobo and Mahjong Manga Pachinko Manga Magazines Combat Comic June Comic Amour Yan Mama Comic Garo 4 Artists and Their Work Hinako Sugiura King Terry Z-Chan (Shingo Iguchi) Yoshikazu Ebisu Kazuichi Hanawa Murasaki Yamada Suehiro Maruo Silent Service (Kaiji Kawaguchi) Akira Narita Shungicu Uchida Shigeru Mizuki Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun Criminal Defense Stories Fancy Dance (Reiko Okano) Tomoi (Wakuni Akisato) Naniwa Financiers (Yuji Aoki) Yoshiharu Tsuge Banana Fish (Akimi Yoshida) Milk Morizono The Way of Manga (Fujiko Fujio*) Doraemon (Fujiko F Fujio) King of Editors (Seiki Tsuchida) A Declaration of Arrogant-ism AUM Cult Comics 5 Osamu Tezuka: A Tribute to the God of Comics The Human Dream Factory Mighty Atom and Astra Boy The Three Adolfs Princess Knight and Thkarazuka Blackjack Phoenix Jungle Emperor 6 Beyond Manga Nausicaa and the Manga-Anime Link Manga Artist as Film Director The Manga-Novel Nexus Information Manga Manga Artists and Computers 7 Manga in the English-Speaking World English-Language Manga Publishers Manga Made in America Fan Power Networking Beyond Fandom Appendix: Manga in English References and Recommended Readings Index

Reviews

The best introduction to manga I have ever read. --Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit The informally encyclopedic Dreamland Japan--the result of Schodt's 16-plus years of studying manga--not only makes it easier to understand the art form but also says a good deal about Japanese culture...this is an authoritative reference of the different categories of manga, popular titles and publishers. --Publishers Weekly The definitive survey of the Japanese comic book mindscape... --Alvin Lu, The San Francisco Bay Guardian Panoramic --Wired Schodt gives readers a sense that manga is a vast ocean in Japan with genres undreamed of in American comics. Dreamland Japan is recommended for all comic fans--not just for the historical information, but because Japan has truly understood that comics are only limited by our imagination. -Ed Sizemore, MangaWorthReading.com No one knows more about this world and conveys it with such warmth and unpretentious insight than Frederik L. Schodt, and the timing of this collector's edition is ideal: as Schodt notes in his new afterword, manga, Japan, and those of us interested in both are undergoing radical transformations. Luckily, we have this kick-ass book to guide us. -Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the US

<br> The best introduction to manga I have ever read. <br>--Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit <br> The informally encyclopedic Dreamland Japan --the result of Schodt's 16-plus years of studying manga--not only makes it easier to understand the art form but also says a good deal about Japanese culture...this is an authoritative reference of the different categories of manga, popular titles and publishers. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <br> The definitive survey of the Japanese comic book mindscape... <br>--Alvin Lu, The San Francisco Bay Guardian <br> Panoramic <br>-- Wired <br> Schodt gives readers a sense that manga is a vast ocean in Japan with genres undreamed of in American comics. Dreamland Japan is recommended for all comic fans--not just for the historical information, but because Japan has truly understood that comics are only limited by our imagination. <br>--Ed Sizemore, MangaWorthReading.com <br> No one knows more about this world and conveys it with such

Author Information

"Frederik L. Schodt is a translator and author of numerous books about Japan, including Manga! Manga!. He often served as ""God of Manga"" Osamu Tezuka's English interpreter. In 2009 he received the The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette from the Japanese government for his contribution to the introduction and promotion of Japanese contemporary popular culture. http://www.jai2.com/Welcome.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Schodt"

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