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Adolescentes du secondaire Japon Bandes dessinées Clubs Bandes dessinées Clubs Comic books, strips, etc Clubs Fiction Hearing impaired Comic books, strips, etc High school girls Japan Comic books, strips, etc High school girls Japan Fiction Japan Male friendship Comic books, strips, etc Écoles secondaires Japon Bandes dessinéesSummary: "One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FLASummary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Surreal Japanese drama about a latex doll which becomes human. Hideo (Itsuji Itao) lavishes affection upon his doll, Nozomi (Doona Bae), and seems to appreciate her silently passive nature. Unbeknownst to him, however, one day Nozomi comes to life and sets out in search of human experience. On her wanderings she happens upon a video rental store, where she meets Junichi (Arata). As an emotional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN AIRSummary: "Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has - until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encore Films 2011
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SUMSakai, Komako
Summary: When everyone is asleep, Hannah wakes up and discovers the quiet, exciting night-time world. When Hannah wakes suddenly in the night, she discovers a whole new world of adventure. With nobody awake to tell her off, she can do just as she pleases. The book combines simple language with beautifully textured images, capturing the innocence and wonder of young children at play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAKSakai, Komako
Summary: A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father's flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SakFumino, Yuki
Summary: "Because of a hearing disability Kohei is often alone. Taichi is outspoken and cheerful. At first, Kohei keeps himself well guarded, but after he meets Taichi he slowly learns to open up."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Peace Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 IKomaiko, Leah.
Summary: Katy attends a dance show with her Aunt Elaine, who becomes a different person when she dons her Spanish costume and takes the stage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book for Young Readers 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KOMMotoya, Yukiko
Summary: In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien--and, through it, find a way to liberation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MOTOwara, Sumito
Summary: "Impressed by their debut film, Shibahama High's Robot Club has commissioned Eizouken to make an anime showing off their robot ... fighting a monster! Fine concept, but where will they find the monster? Their penchant for hands-on research leads them into the deepest depths of the campus ... where the dangers are great, but nothing compared to the produciton issues that await them in the...
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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 KEEFumino, Yuki
Summary: "Stunningly handsome Kohei Sugihara was outgoing and popular with the girls at school. But when a sudden illness left him with partial hearing loss, he grew quiet and reluctant to engage with others. At college, a chance encounter with an ever-optimistic classmate named Taichi Sagawa helped Kohei open up once more. And over time, the two began to develop feelings for each other. As the story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Peace Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 IOwara, Sumito
Summary: "Midori loves to design worlds. Tsubame loves to animate. Sayaka 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 of!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KEEFumino, Yuki
Summary: Kohei is a college student who, because of his hearing loss, tends to distance himself from others. His attitude starts to change after he crosses paths with an ever-optimistic classmate named Taichi. And over time, the two begin to develop feelings for each other. As the story continues, the pair tries to balance their budding relationship alongside Taichi's inspiring new career and Kohei's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Peace Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 IMotoya, Yukiko
Summary: Motoya's collection of stories features individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces, only to be confronted by the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic-- yet somehow find a doorway to liberation. -- adapted from back cover. "A housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique, which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2018
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Summary: "Eizouken returns to their very first short anime, Clutch That Machete With Strength!, planning to expand it into a full-length work! Mizusaki recalling the lessons she learned in her days as a child actress may provide one key to moving forward--but what about a creative challenge they haven't tackled seriously yet, voice acting? At the audition, the wily impressionist Seki Sakurada wows...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 KEEJean, Emiko
Summary: Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After. When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, shes overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JEATominaga, Yukiko
Summary: "A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law, as she wrestles with grief, loss, and-strangest of all, joy. Shortly after her husband Levi's untimely death, Kyoko decides to raise their young son, Alex, in San Francisco, rather than return to Japan. Her nosy yet loving Jewish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC TOMFumino, Yuki
Summary: "Because of a hearing disability, university student Kohei had made a habit of distancing himself from those around him. But after meeting the exceedingly cheerful Taichi, he gradually begins to embrace a more positive outlook on life. Kohei eventually begins to see Taichi as more than a friend, and after he finally confesses his love to Taichi, the feelings become mutual. In this new addition...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Peace Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 IOowara, Sumito
Summary: "Asakusa and Mizusaki's quest to create their 'greatest world' in anime (and Kanamori's quest to make it pay!) takes inspiration once again from the real mysteries that fill Shibahama's school and town, as their audio engineer Doumeki becomes obsessed with capturing the soundscapes of a ruined clock tower. Eizouken stages an exclusive screening with their rivals, the Anime Studies Club, whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KEEOwara, Sumito
Summary: "After the triumphant sale of their anime at Comet-A, the Eizouken crew head to the hills to enjoy their first vacation together over the winter school break. But they just can't give their creativity a rest, and roaming the mountain resort, Asakusa meets a pack of friendly but mysterious racoon dogs who inspire a plan for her grandest science fiction epic yet!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KEETakahashi, Rumiko
Summary: "Sessho-Maru's quest to gain a new blade from an evil swordsmith has backfires-the vengeful soul of Goshinki, another of Naraku's demonic "offspring," lives on in the blade. Can Inu-Yasha with his newly restored Tetsusaiga take on this new evil sword. Or will he have to learn how to better use the power of his father's great fang?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Comics 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INUTakahashi, Rumiko
Summary: Follows the adventures of high school student Kagome and the feral half-demon dog-boy Inu-Yasha as they join forces to reclaim the "Jewel of Four Souls" to prevent evil mortals and demons from using its terrifying powers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Communications 2004
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Summary: Ever since a strange encounter when she was a child, Sakura Mamiya has had the power to see ghosts. Now in high school, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! When her mysterious classmate Rinne Rokudo shows up, Sakura finds herself following him into the amazing world between life and death! While investigating a stray komainu shrine-dog spirit, Rinne and his friends run into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RINTakahashi, Rumiko
Summary: "Ride the wheel of reincarnation! After a mysterious encounter in her childhood, Sakura Mamiya gained the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! Then one day she meets Rinne Rokudo, a boy who is far more than what he seems. Unable to afford a school uniform, Rinne always wears the same tracksuit to school. One day, a school uniform miraculously...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2018