Japanese Special Collection 1

Holman Library Collections
Japanese Films in English
Japanese Films in Japanese & Anime
Learning the Japanese Language

Japanese Special Collection 2

Japanese Special Collections 1

In 2006-07, Holman Library received a $5000 CARLI grant to purchase Japanese materials in the areas of manga, anime, language and "how to" books related to these topics within Japanese culture. The following is an alphabetical title list of items purchased.

Title  Author Year
1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson, and Issa  Saito, William R. Nelson and Takafumi 2006
300: The Art of the Film Miller, Frank 1999
500 Manga Heroes and Villians McCarthy, Helen 2006
9 Faces of Love  Wann 2006
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow Lee-Tai, Amy 2006
A Year in Japan Williamson, Kate T. 2006
Abandon the Old in Tokyo Tatsumi, Yoshihiro 2006
Absolute Dark Knight  Miller, Frank 2006
Adolf, Volume 2: An Exile in Japan  Tezuka, Osamu 1996
Adolf, Volume 3: The Half-Aryan Tezuka, Osamu 1996
Adolf, Volume 4: Days of Infamy  Tezuka, Osamu 1996
Adolf, Volume 5: 1945 and All That Remains Tezuka, Osamu 1996
Adolf: A Tale of the Twentieth Century Tezuka, Osama 1995
Adolf: A Tale of the Twentieth Century Tezuka, Osama 1995
Advanced Stick Fighting Hatsumi, Masaaki 2005
Akira Vol. 1 Otomo, Katshuiro 2000
Akira Vol. 2 Otomo, Katshuiro 2000
Akira Vol. 4 Otomo, Katshuiro 2000
Akira Vol. 5 Otomo, Katshuiro 2000
Akira Vol. 6 Otomo, Katshuiro 2000
Akira Vol.3 Otomo, Katshuiro 2003
Akria Club Otomo, Katshuiro 2007
Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature Hatfield, Charles 2005
Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature  Hatfield, Charles 2005
Amano: Complete Prints of Yoshitaka Amano Amano, Yoshitaka 2003
American Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen 2006
Anada (Budda, Vol 6) Tezuka, Osamu 2005
Angura Posters of the Japanese Avante Garde Goodman, David G. 1999
Animation in Asia and the Pacific Lent, John A. 2001
Anime BFI Screen Guides Brody, Phillip 2006
Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know  Poitras, Gilles 2001
Anubis Tapestry: Between Twilights  Zick, Bruce 2006
Appleseed: The Promethean Challenge Shirow, Masamune 1995
Arf Museum Yoe, Craig 2006
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on  a Popular Medium Heer, Jeet 2004
Art of Kiki's Delivery Service: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki Kadono, Eiko 2006
Art of Miyazaki's Spirited Away Miyazaki, Hayao 2002
Art of Usagi Yojimbo Sakai, Stan 2004
Art of Yoshitaka Amano   2004
Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1969 Nadel, Dan 2006
B. Krigstein Comics Krigstein, B. 2004
Babel: A Film By Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Hagerman, Maria Eladia 2006
Before the Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges Chetam, Deirdre 2002
Being Japanese American Asakawa, Gil 2004
Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach Isbister, Katherine  2006
Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel McGruder, Aaron. 2004
Bizaro Comics Duffy, Chris 2001
Bizarro World Alcott, Todd 2005
Black Hole   Burns, Charles 2005
Blackfoot Braves Society: Spirit Totems Long, Christopher E. 2006
Blade of the Immortal: Dark Shadows Samura, Hiroaki 1997
Blythe Style Garan, Gina 2006
Book of  Kimono Yamanaka, Norio 1986
Buddha, Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu Tezuka, Osamu 2005
Buddha, Volume 8: Jetavana  Tezuka, Osamu 2006
Budo Mind and Body: Training Secrets of the Japanese Martial Arts Suino, Nicklaus 2007
Castles of the Samurai: Power and Beauty Mitchellhill, Jennifer 2003
Cinema Anime Brown, Steven T 2006
Coffin: The Art of the Vampire Hunter D Amano, Yoshitaka 2006
Comic Artists: Asia: Manga Manthwa Manhua Sugiyama, Riko 2004
Comics and Ideology: Popular Culture and Everyday Life McAllister, Matthew 2001
Comics and Sequential Art Eisner, Will  1990
Comics Journal Special Edition: 2005 Groth, Gary 2005
Comics Journal Special Edition: Volume 5: Seduction Groth, Gary. 2005
Considering Maus: Approaches to Art Spiegelman's "Survivor's Tale of the Holocaustt Geis, Deborah R. 2003
Constructing animerica: History, style, and spectatorship of anime in the United States Kasa, Naomi 2005
Contemporary Japanese: An Introductory Textbook for College Students Vol. 1 and 2  Sato, Eriko 2005
Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide Jenkins, Henry 2006
Create Your Own Graphic Novel Chinn, Mike 2006
Creating Characters with Personality: For Film, TV, Anamation, Video Games and Graphic Novels Bancroft, Tom 2006
Deer Park (Buddha, Vol.5) Tezuka, Osamu 2005
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda Stassen, J.P. 2006
Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections Miller, Steve 2005
Devil's Trill Won, Sooyeon 2006
Digital Art Tutorials: Anime Style Haberline, Brian 2004
Dokebi Bride Vol. 1 Marley 2006
Dokebi Bride Vol:2 Marley 2006
Dokebi Bride Vol:3 Marley 2006
Dokebi Bride Vol:4 Marley 2006
Don Bluth's Art of Storyboard Bluth, Don 2004
Draw Manga: How to Draw Manga in Your Own Unique Style Lewis, Bruce 2005
Draw Your Own Manga: Beyond the Basics Nagatomo, Haruno 2005
Drawing the line : the untold story of the animation unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson Sito, Tom  2006
Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga Schodt, Frederik L. 1996
Drop Dead Cute Vartanian, Ivan 2005
Dynamic Figure Drawing Hogarth, Burne 1996
Eden Vol. 2: It's An Endless World Endo, Hiroki 2005
Eden Vol. 4: It's An Endless World Endo, Hiroki 2005
Eden Volume 1:It's an Endless World Endo, Hiroki 2005
Eden Volume 3:It's an Endless World Endo, Hiroki 2005
Eden Volume 5:It's an Endless World Endo, Hiroki 2005
Eden: Its and Endless World Endo, Hiroki 2005
Edu-Manga: Anne Frank Suzuki, Etsuo 2006
Edu-Manga: Beethoven Kanda, Takayuki 2006
Edu-Manga: Einstein Himuro, Isao 200
Edu-Manga: Helen Adams Keller Yanagawa, Sozo 2005
Epileptic B., David 2005
Essential Guide to World Comics Pilcher, Tim; Brooks, Tim 2005
Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules…That Make the Difference De Mente, Boye Lafayette 1990
Fables : 1001 nights of snowfall  Willingham, Bill 2006
Fishing for the Moon and Other Zen Stories Hansen, Lulu 2004
Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Role of Traditional Japanese Art and Architecture in the Work of Frank Llyod Wright Nute, Kevin 2000
Geisha Women of Japan's Flower and Willow World Skinner, Tina; Martin, Mary 2005
Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life Gravett, Paul 2005
Graphic Storytelling Eisner, Will  1996
Heir to Fire: Gila Flats Worley, Rob M. 2006
Hello Kitty: The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon Bilson, Ken 2004
Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Smith, Henry D. 1999
History of Webcomics Campbell, T 2000
Hokusai Yonemura, Ann 2006
Hokusai Calza, Gian Carlo 2004
Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michner Collection White, Julia M. 1998
Hokusai: the Man Who Painted a Mountain  Ray, Deborah Kogan 2001
Hong Kong Comics Wong, Wendy Siuyi 2002
How to Draw and Sell Comics  McKenzie, Alan 2005
How to Draw Japan's Sights and Symbols  Tecco, Betsy Dru 2004
How to Draw Manga: Costume Encyclopedia  Home Room 2003
How to Draw Manga: Samurai and Ninja Action Scene Home Room 2007
Installationview McGuniess, Ryan 2005
Intron Depot :Volume 2 Shirow, Masamune 1998
Intron Depot :Volume 4: Bullets Shirow, Masamune 2004
It’s a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken Seth 2004
Japan Pop! : Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture Craig, Timothy 2000
Japanese Comickers 2 Comickers Magazine 2006
Japanese Comickers: Draw Anime and Manga Like Japan's Hottest Artists Comickers Magazine 2003
Japanese for College Students: Basic Kodansha International 1996
Japanese for Everyone: A Functional Approach to Daily Communication Nagara, Susumu 1990
Japanese Graphics Now! Wiedemann, Julius 2006
Japanese in Magaland 2: Basic to Intermediate Level Bernabe, Marc 2005
Japanese in Mangaland: Basic Japanese Course Using Manga Bernabe, Marc 2003
Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai Hatsumi, Masaaki 2005
Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar and Structure Lammers, Wayne P. 2005
J-Rock Groupies: 200 Photos of Unique Japanese Girls Brooks, Cocoro 2007
Kabuki: Circle of Blood Mack, David 1997
Kana De Manga Kardy, Glenn 2004
Kana De Manga: Special Edition Japanese Sound FX Kardy, Glenn 2007
Kanji Pict-o-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics Rowley, Michael, 1962-  1992
Language of Comics: Word and Image Varnum, Robin 2001
Lets Draw Manga: Astro Boy Tezuka Productions 2003
Library of Graphic Novelists: Collen Doran Rosenberg, Aaron 2005
Living in Japan Kerr, Alex 2006
Love Hotels: The Hidden Fantasy Rooms of Japan Kirino, Natsuo 2006
Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts Ward, Lynd 2005
Mail Order Bride Kalensniko, Mark 2001
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels McCloud, Scott 2006
Manga Claus Marunas, Nathanial 2006
Manga Mania Video Games Hart, Christopher 2004
Manga Matrix: Create Unique Characters Using the Japanese Matrix System Tsukamoto, Hiroyoshi 2006
Manga Moods Takarai, Saori 2006
Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics Schodt, Frederik L. 1986
Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics Gravett, Paul 2004
Manga: Masters of the Art Lehmann, Timothy 2005
Mangajin's Basic Japanese Through Comics Kazuko, Ashizawa 1996
Mangajin's Basic Japanese Through Comics Part 2 Kazuko, Ashizawa 1993
Mangaka America: Manga by America's Hottest Artists Steel River Studio LLC 2006
Mark Twain in Japan: The Cultural Reception of an American Icon Ishihara, Tsuyoshi 2005
Masters of American Comics DeHaven, Tom 2005
Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga Lunning, Frenchy 2006
Mechanics of Anime and Manga Volume 1: Drawing an Anime or Manga Character from Concept to Color Studio Imagiks 2006
Metropolis Tezuka, Osamu 2003
Nat Turner  Volume 1 Baker, Kyle 2006
New Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes Callahan, Bob 2004
Night Fisher Johnson, R. Kikuo 2005
NIHONGI: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. Aston, W.G. 2005
Ohikkoshi Hiroaki, Samura 2006
One Day in Japan with Hokusai  Altmann, Julia 2001
Orient Gateway  Giardino, Vittorio 1997
Origins: The Creative Spark Behind Japan's Best Product Designs Hagiwara, Shu 2006
Oxide 2: Carta Numinous Kim, Hyung-Tae 2004
Oxide 2X: Kim, Hyung-Tae Kim, Hyung-Tae 2005
Palestine Sacco, Joe 2001
Path of the Assassin Vol. 1 Serving in the Dark Koike, Kazuo 2006
Path of the Assassin Vol. 2 Sand and Flower Koike, Kazuo 2006
Path of the Assassin Vol. 3 Comparison of a Man Koike, Kazuo 2006
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Satrapi, Marjane 2003
Phoenix Vol.4: Karma Tezuka, Osamu 2004
Phoenix Vol.5: Resurrection Tezuka, Osamu 2004
Phoenix, Volume 2: A Tale of the Future Tezuka, Osamu 2004
Phoenix, Volume 3: Yamato/ Space Series Osamu, Tezuka 2003
Photo Journal Guide to Marvel Comics Volume 2 K-Z Gerber, Ernst 1991
Photo Journal Guide to Marvel Comics Volume 3 A-J Gerber, Ernst 1989
Photo Journal Guide to Marvel Comics Volume 4 K-Z Gerber, Ernst 1991
Pictures and Words: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration Bell, Roanne 2005
Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conqured the World  Phoenix, Woodrow 2006
Popular Literacy in Early Modern Japan Rubinger, Richard 2007
Reading Comics: Language, Culture, and the Concept of the Superhero in Comic Books Bongco, Mila 2000
River of Fire, River of Water Unno, Taitetsu 1998
Ronin Miller, Frank 1987
Samurai: Heaven and Earth Marz, Ron 2006
Sandman: The Dream Hunters Gaiman, Neil 1999
Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma Hurvitz, Leon 1976
Sheep of Fools: A BLAB storybook Coe, Sue 2005
Silence Endo, Shusaku 1980
Singapores Greatest Comics Lingle, Christopher 2006
Spirit of the Samurai: Of Swords and Rings  Reed, Gary 2006
Stagger Lee McCulloch, Derek 2006
Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii Ruh, Brian 2004
Struwwelpeter and Other Disturbing Tales for Human Beings Bob Staake 2006
Tale of the Genji Amano, Yoshitaka 2006
The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki Cavallaro, Dani 2006
The Anime Companion 2: More What's Japanese in Japanese Animation Poitras, Gilles 2005
The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation Poitras, Gilles 1999
The Art of Howl's Moving Castle  Miyazaki, Hayao 2005
The Art of My Neighbor Totoro: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki Watsuki, Nobuhiro 2005
The Art of Porco Rosso Miyazaki, Hayao 2005
The City: A Vision in Woodcuts Masereel, Frans 2006
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel Gertler, Nat 2004
The Forest King: Woodlarks Shadow Mishkin, Dan 2006
The Forest of Uruvela (Buddha, Vol.4) Tezuka, Osamu 2004
The Fountain Aronofsky, Darren 2005
The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924 Kiyama, Henry (Yoshitaka) 1999
The Inner Harmony of the Japanese House Ueda. Atshushi 1998
The Magic Bottle: A BLAB! Storybook Garcia, Camilla Rose 2006
The Magic Flute: Adapted from the Opera by W.A. Mozart Russell, P. Craig. 2003
The Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Japanese Shapiro, Norma 1998
The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adapations Vol. 3 Russell, P. Craig 2003
The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 2: Adaptations fo Paprsifal, Ariane and Bluebeard, I Pagliacci Russell, P. Craig. 2003
The Park Bench Takeshita, Fumiko 1989
The Push Man and Other Stories Tatsumi, Yoshihiro 2005
The Rabbi's Cat Sfar, Joann 2005
The Ronin (Usagu Yojimbo, Book 1) Sakai, Stan 1987
The Silk Tapestry (Songs of Our Ancestors) Atangan, Patrick. 2004
The Tea Ceremony Tanaka, Sen'O 2000
The Yellow Jar: 2 Tales from Japanese Tradition (Songs of Our Ancestors) Atangan, Patrick. 2002
This Monster Book of Manga: Draw Like the Experts Joso, Estudio 2005
Tibetan Buddhist Goddess Altars Wise, Tad 2006
Translating Mount Fuji: Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity Washburn, Dennis  2007
Tree of Love: Songs of Our Ancestors Atangan, Patrick. 2005
Uwe Ommer: Around the World in 1424 Days Ommer, Uwe 2006
Uzumaki, Vol.1 Ito, Junjo 2000
Uzumaki, Vol.2 Ito, Junjo 2002
V for Vendetta Moore, Alan; Lloyd, David 1989
V for Vendetta: from script to film Lamm, Spencer 2006
Virtual Pose 2: The Ultimate Visual Reference Series Drawing the Human Figure Chakkour, Mario Henri 2001
Virtual Pose 3: The Ultimate Visual Reference Series Drawing the Human Figure Chakkour, Mario Henri 2004
Visual Storytelling: The Art and Technique Caputo, Tony C  2003
Warriors of Legend: Reflections of Japan in Sailor Moon Navok, Jay; Rundranath, Sushil K. 2005
Watcha Mean, What's a Zine? Watson, Esther Pearl 2006
Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews Patten, Fred 2004
Way of the Ninja: Secret Techniques Hatsumi, Masaaki 2004
Webcomics: Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning Withrow, Steven 2005
Weedflower Kadohato, Cynthia 2006
What I Did on My Hypergalactic Interstellar Summer Vacation Beechen, Adam 1983
Who's who in animated cartoons : an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators  Lenburg, Jeff  2006
Winsor McCay: His Life and Art Canemaker, John 2005
Women on the Verge Japanese Women, Western Dreams Kelsky, Karen 2001
Writing for Comics with Peter David David, Peter 2006
Writing for Multimedia and the Web: A Practical Guide to Content Development for Interactive Media Garrand, Timothy 2006
Wrong About Japan Carey, Peter 2005
X Zero Illustrated Collection Clamp 2000
Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics, and Manga Preiss, Byron 2005
Yoshitaka Amano's Hero Amano, Yoshitaka 2006
Zombie Monkey Monster Jamboree Hart, J.J. 2006