Kallen, Stuart A.
Summary: "In 2019 the Anime Expo attracted over 115,000 people from all over the world to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The expo, which is the largest anime convention in North America, would not exist without Japanese comics called manga. While appealing to the masses, most mangaka work alone. They write the scripts for the stories and draw every panel themselves. Because manga are a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 741.2 KALSummary: Join in the adventures of teenage martial artist Ranma Saotome and his father as they train on the sacred ground of Jusenkyo where falling into springs turns you into whomever, or whatever, drowned there last. After the two fall into a spring, any splash of cold water turns the father into a giant panda and Ranma into a red-haired girl.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME RANSummary: "Master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. 'The Wolf, ' and his right-hand gunman Jigen are hot on the trail of a double-crossing counterfeiter. But when their search leads them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro, they find far more than they bargained for. Lupin unwittingly attracts the attention of the nation's mysterious monarch when he tries to help a damsel in distress escape the Count's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Manga Video 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CASSummary: Odd Jobs Gin has taken on a lot of odd work in the past, and when you're a Jack of All Trades agency based in a feudal Japan that's been conquered and colonized by aliens, the term 'Odd Jobs' means REALLY ODD jobs. But when some more than slightly suspicious secrets from the shadows of Gintoki Sakata's somewhat shady former samurai past and a new pair of odd jobs collide, the action is bound to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2012
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME GINClements, Jonathan.
Contents: Thematic entries -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Publisher's note -- The Anime Encyclopedia -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain ClementsSummary: After the world is taken over by a heartless corporation, a dark and mysterious figure arises from Kabuki Town, who may be the only one who can fight against the evil oppression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Manga Corps 1999
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME DARSummary: After the death of his mother, child prodigy Arima Kosei gave up the piano forever. That vow turned out to be no match for the persistence of sprightly violinist Kaori Miyazono, who's roped Arima back into the world of competetitive classical music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After discovering she can leap through time, high school student Makoto Konno does what any teenager would do. She re-takes tests, corrects embarrassing situations, and sleeps in as late as she wants, never thinking that her carefree time traveling could have a negative effect on the people she cares about. By the time she realizes the damage she's done, she'll have to race against time to set...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME GIRSummary: At what speed must I live in order to see you again? In this anime film, Takaki is a young man on a journey from Tokyo to reunite with his childhood best friend, Akari. This film travels through three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives. 5 Centimeters Per Second, the speed at which cherry blossoms fall from the trees, is reminiscent of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In an imaginative and lighthearted tale, a young schoolgirl saves the life of a noble cat and is rewarded with a shocking proposal of marriage - to the Cat King's son - and a fateful journey to the extraordinary Kingdom of Cats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CATSummary: Magnetic Rose: Two space travellers follow a distress signal and are drawn into a magnificent world created by one woman's memories. Stink bomb: A young chemist accidentally transforms himself into an unstoppable biological weapon set on a direct course for Tokyo. Cannon fodder: Depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unknown enemy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD ANIME MEMSummary: Nausicaa is the princess of a rural valley that lives at peace on the edge of a deadly fungal wasteland, until a ship carrying a weapon from a bygone industrial age crashes nearby. When warriors from a far country come to retrieve the artifact, their i
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NAUAult, Diana
Summary: "Embark on a foodie's journey through the world of anime-and learn to recreate delicious dishes from your favorite series-with this practical guide to anime food. Japanese animation has beautiful designs, fleshed out characters, and engaging storylines-and it's also overflowing with so many scrumptiously rendered meals! Do you ever watch your favorite anime series and start craving the crunch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 AULSummary: A look inside the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli. Follows director Hayao Miyazaki, producer Toshio Suzuki, and director Isao Takahata for a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PORSummary: A young warrior searching for a cure for a deadly curse becomes entangled in a battle between a clan of humans and the forest's animal gods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRI RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PrSummary: Naruto, Shikamaru and Sakura are returning a lost ferret to its owner - the easiest mission ever. Or so they think. When a young knight, attacks them out of nowhere, they are drawn into a fierce struggle over a treasure harboring legendary power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANIME NARSummary: When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SPICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPI RATED PGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SpSummary: In the year 12,090 AD, the Earth has fallen into the clutches of vampires. Humans are enslaved by a corrupted feudal system, prey to the whims of vampire aristocrats. Vampire Hunter D is the only being who dares to challenge the authority of the immortal vampires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Urban Vision Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME VAMDrazen, Patrick.
Summary: Where did Japanese animation come from, and what does it all mean? Written for fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this is a tour of the anime megaverse, from older arts and manga traditions to the works of modern directors like Miyazaki and Otomo. Read about anime standbys like giant robots, samurai, furry beasts, high school heroines, and gay/girl/fanboy love--even war and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2003