- Mugar Library Resources -

Don't forget about the resources available at Boston University's very own library! Here is a list of some of the anime and manga related publications Mugar has available. (Other interesting materials can be found in the catalog.)

Anime

• The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 by Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy (Reference Only)
• Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier
• Animation in Asia and the Pacific edited by John A. Lent (a chapter by Fred Patten on Japanese animation)
• A Reader in Animation Studies edited by Jayne Pilling (chapter on Disney, Warner Brothers, and anime)
• Understanding Animation by Paul Wells (features an analysis of Osamu Tezuka's animated art short "Jumping")

Manga

• Adult Manga by Sharon Kinsella
• Dreamland Japan by Frederik L. Schodt
• The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924 by Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama, translated by Frederik L. Schodt
• Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics by Frederik L. Schodt
• Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan by Anne Allison.

Japanese Popular Culture

• Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture edited by John Whittier Treat. (chapter on destruction in anime by Susan J. Napier)
• Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture edited by Richard Gid Powers and Hidetoshi Kato (chapter on Japanese comics by John A. Lent)
• Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan by Jennifer Robertson
• The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries, and Global Cultures edited by D.P. Martinez (chapter on Akira, Japanese superheroes, women's magazines, and a chapter written by Susan J. Napier)

Random Books of Interest

• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (the book Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's film is based on, available in the School of Education's Library)
• Understanding Comics, The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud