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

Japanese animation is at the nexus of an international multimedia industry worth over $23.6 billion a year, linked to everything from manga to computer games, P

Japanese animation is at the nexus of an international multimedia industry worth over $6.5 billion a year, linked to everything from manga to computer games, Po

Presents alphabetized profiles of more than two thousand anime films and television shows spanning more than eighty years, listing credits and providing plot su

"Both anime and manga have been popular in Japan for more than a hundred years. More recently, they have also attracted a large number of fans around the world.