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Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "A RUDE AWAKENING. Thanks to Hidaka-sensei's intensive training, Akiko manages to get through her art school exams. She's one step closer to seeing her dreams come true...or so she thinks!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "Akiko has finally achieved her dream of becoming a manga artist! She's almost ready to fully immerse herself in the wonderful world of shoujo when Hidaka-sensei approaches her. Just what does he want?"--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAPesuyama, Poppy
Summary: "Nonbinary manga artist Poppy Pesuyama is excited when forms offer the option to choose "neither" for gender and thrilled about their new job working as an assistant for mangaka X! But then he sexually harasses them, treating them first like a girl and then like something less than human. It only lasts a few months, but in some ways it never ends. Born into a body they hate and still reeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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Summary: "A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HIGToriyama, Akira
Summary: "Goodbye, Dragon World. The world's greatest heroes have fallen, absorbed by the ever more powerful Boo, who has slaughtered everyone on the planet. Only Goku remains alive to fight ... but even his strength will not be enough, unless he uses the Fusion Earrings to permently merge with another warrior! Who will he choose ... and when the dust has cleared, who or what will he become? On earth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC TORRowe, Kaz
Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAHAzuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2009
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Summary: "Trapped on war-torn Planet Namek, Earth's heroes Gohan, Kuririn and Bulma struggle to keep the Dragon Balls out of the hands of both Vegeta and the planet-destroying Emperor Freeza. But even a power-up courtesy of the Great Elder of Namek may not be enough to save them from Freeza's reinforcements: the Ginyu Force, the five strongest fighters in outer space, led by the supervillain Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz, LLC 2003
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1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC TORAzuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: "YOTSUBA heeeeeere! Guess what, guess what!? Yotsuba is going to a flower store with Fuuka! Yotsuba's gonna give flowers to everybody in the whole, wide world, even the police lady with her whistle that goes-- PI! PI! PIPI! PI! PIPUUUUUUUU!!"--Publisher's web site
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 YOTŌba, Tsugumi.
Summary: "Moritaka and Akito's hard work is paying off, and they start challenging their rival Eiji's popularity in Shonen Jump. But just as they plan the next step, the team is hit with a surprising setback. Moritaka and Akito will need the help of their manga artist friends to overcome this hurdle!" -- p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BAKMacellari, Elisa
Summary: "Follow her incredible journey in this vivid graphic biography which details her bold departure from Japan as a young artist, her embrace of the buzzing New York art scene in the 1960s, and her eventual return home and rise to twenty-first-century super-fame"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laurence King Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MACŌba, Tsugumi.
Summary: "Moritaka and Akito complete their new story, Reversi, and hope it will finally lead to their getting an anime. But standing in their way is Eiji Nizuma with his new story, Zombie Gun. This intense head-to-head battle may have ramifications for the entire manga industry!" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BAKOhba, Tsugumi.
Summary: "Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world? Moritaka is hesitant to seriously consider Akito's proposal because he knows how difficult reaching the professional level can...
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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 BAKKashiwaya, Cocco
Summary: "This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai's classic novel, often considered his masterpiece. Set in the aftermath of World War II, this is the story of Kazuko, a strong-willed young woman from an aristocratic family that has fallen into poverty since the war. The book follows Kazuko's journey as she and her family struggle to survive and adapt to the harsh new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 KASTakamatsu, 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 SKIToriyama, Akira
Summary: "Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball!... The Tournament of Power is about to begin! Warriors from all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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Summary: Moritaka Mashiro is unsure whether he wants to turn his drawing hobby into a serious business when classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi asks him to team up to create and publish a manga.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BAKYoshino, Satsuki
Summary: "After ten years of false starts, Naruhiko Yoshino's new manga series is garnering sales little by little. Now, the guy who's never left his secluded island home and never even had a drawing assistant is getting his own autograph event. What's going to happen when he travels to Tokyo to meet his fans?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 YOSToriyama, Akira
Summary: "Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball! The decisive battle! Farewell, trunks! The battle for the fate of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DRAOwara, Sumito
Summary: "Asakusa loves to design worlds. Mizusaki loves to animate. Kanamori loves to make money! And at Shibahama High, they call them Eizouken-a three-girl club determined to produce their own spectacular science fiction anime! But with no budget from their school and a leaky warehouse for a studio, Eizouken is going to have to work hard and use their imagination...the one thing they've got plenty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KEEŌba, Tsugumi.
Summary: "Is Akito Takagi and Moritaka Mashiro's newest rival also their greatest fan? The duo is asked to judge a manga contest and the best entry reminds them of their own creations. But who is this mysterious new artist and what are his controversial methods of creating manga?"--From the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BAKŌba, Tsugumi.
Summary: Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world? With their new series, Moritaka and Akito start beating Eiji Nizuma in the Shonen Jump rankings for the first time. But in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2013