Summary: The international breakthrough for one of Japan's most innovative filmmakers, who went on to make such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko. It follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island, a nearly backbreaking task essential for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN NAKIsaki, Uta
Summary: A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identity as aromantic asexual. When it comes to love, high schooler Chika wonders if she might be an alien. She's never fallen for or even had a crush on anyone, and she has no desire for physical intimacy. Her friends tell her that she just 'hasn't met the one yet,' but Chika has doubts...It's only when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ISAMatsumura, Naohiro
Summary: "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up meets Nudge in this irresistible design method from Japan. We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.4 MATHino, Matsuri.
Summary: Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, there to protect the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires. Zero warns Yuki to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hakusensha 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN JAPMatsuoka, Tatsuhide
Summary: A frog jumps. Boing! A kitten jumps. Boi-ing! A dog jumps. Boiyyyyyyoiingg! "And I jump too--BOING!" This joyful book gets children joining in the fun of each animal's jump--sharing the sounds and actions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MATIkeda, Daisaku.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weatherhill 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 IKEMatsuda, Aoko
Summary: "In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales-shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells-and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MATSummary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOUMadokoro, Hisako
Summary: Buster is frightened by the strong winds outside his dog house until he goes outside to play and discovers what fun the wind can be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Children's Books 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Preschool Madokoro 1991Contents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN
Hino, Matsuri.
Summary: When high school freshman Airi Hoshina loses an ancient mirror that was passed down to her from generations, a boy suddenly appears from a magical kingdom and turns her world upside down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y GRAPHIC MERHino, Matsuri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shojo Beat 2002
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y GRAPHIC MERIkeda, Daisaku.
Summary: After a war destroys their Japanese village and kills their father, Taichi and Yumiko find hope by nursing a cherry tree through a harsh winter and seeing it blossom into new life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Knopf 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IKEMadokoro, Hisako
Summary: A puppy named Buster helps a lost and frightened kitten find its mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Children's Books 1991
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JE Preschool Madokoro 1991Takamatsu, Misaki
Summary: "While Mitsumi adjusts to big city life, her cheerful and forthright personality brings joy to her classmates. Now that she's getting the hang of high school, her circle expands even further."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SKITakamatsu, Misaki
Summary: The critically acclaimed romantic comedy about a country girl chasing her dreams in Tokyo! Mitsumi is bound for high school in Tokyo! She's got book smarts, but this small-town girl is about to find out she's massively unprepared for the social norms of big city high schoolers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SKIHino, Matsuri.
Summary: When high school freshman Airi Hoshina loses an ancient mirror that was passed down to her from generations, a boy suddenly appears from a magical kingdom and turns her world upside down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Graphic MerHino, Matsuri.
Summary: While on a field trip to the seashide, Aram and Airi are trapped in a public bath during a blackout. When they are discovered, will Aram's secret be out? And when Aram's former fiance, Miriabel shows up at school, what evil does she have planned?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2005
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Summary: Lilico's life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team. She's happy! Then comes her parents' news: they're moving to America! Before she knows it, Lilico finds herself in Brooklyn, New York, forced to start all over. And that won't be easy with her closest friends thousands of miles away or a school bully who immediately dislikes her....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2021
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Summary: An irresistible Japanese craft book full of photos, illustrations, and 20 crochet patterns to make adorably understated long-legged stuffed animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 OKANoguchi, Isamu
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams in association with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOGUCHI, ISAMU NoguchiHoshino, Katsura
Summary: "D.Gray-man is the story of Allen Walker, who roams a fictional 19th century Earth in search of Innocence, a mysterious substance used to fight demons called akuma. Allen has had his heart pierced and his Innocence pulverized by an assassin from the Clan of Noah. Allen is taken to the Asian branch of the Black Order to heal. He is keen to rejoin the battle, but he will not be able to fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2014
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Summary: An experimental virus is turning members of the Black Order into zombies! It's up to Komui, creator of the virus, to deal with this disaster. Can he figure it out while also contending with a vengeful spirit eager to see the virus complete its rampage?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DGRHoshino, Katsura.
Summary: Krory, who is trapped, receives an unlikely visit while his friends struggle through the Ark and meet up with Tyki Mikk, who wishes to speak with Allen Walker before any more fighting occurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2009