{"id":173,"date":"2007-04-16T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T09:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=173"},"modified":"2007-04-16T10:04:11","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T10:04:11","slug":"the-anime-encyclopedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/04\/16\/the-anime-encyclopedia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anime Encyclopedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/anime.jpg\" alt=\"The Anime Encyclopedia\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Jonathan Clements<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Helen McCarthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Stone Bridge Press)\u00c2\u00a0 ISBN 1-84576-500-1<\/p>\n<p>Although a bit of a reach for this particular forum, I thought I&#8217;d put in my tuppence-worth in regard to this splendid reference tome that thudded onto my doormat yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This is a revised and expanded edition of a very useful thing: a comprehensive, informative and passionate lexicon of all things to do with Japanese cartoons. If you&#8217;re a new convert, an expert, a nostalgic dabbler (Yay, <strong>Marine Boy<\/strong>!) or even a curmudgeon who thinks he has no interest, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n<p>Subtitled &#8216;A Guide to Japanese Animation since 1917&#8217;, this hefty (nearly 900 pages) paperback covers film and television features, providing technical details and a synoptic overview of everything from <strong>A15 Anthology<\/strong> to <strong>Zorro the Magnificent<\/strong> with thematic entries, a huge index, 150+ illustrations, and screen captures culled from the more than 3,000 reviews. Separate listings of studios, creators and anime history are included. And there&#8217;s even a parental advisory for each entry &#8212; to\u00c2\u00a0prevent any surprise or misunderstandings when Gran visits!<\/p>\n<p>Thoroughly readable, this work glows with the writers&#8217; enthusiasm, making it a pleasure to consult. My review copy went straight to my reference shelf and yours should go next to your TV\/home entertainment system.<\/p>\n<p>Text \u00c2\u00a9 2006 Muramasa Industries Ltd. &amp; Helen McCarthy.<br \/>\nOriginal illustrations \u00c2\u00a9 2006 Steve Kyte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 By Jonathan Clements &amp; Helen McCarthy (Stone Bridge Press)\u00c2\u00a0 ISBN 1-84576-500-1 Although a bit of a reach for this particular forum, I thought I&#8217;d put in my tuppence-worth in regard to this splendid reference tome that thudded onto my doormat yesterday. This is a revised and expanded edition of a very useful thing: a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/04\/16\/the-anime-encyclopedia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Anime Encyclopedia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AFj-2N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}