Schodt, Frederik L. Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge P, 1996. 360pp. ISBN 0-880656-23-X (paper).
Preface . . . 11
  1. Enter the Id . . . 19
    2. What Are Manga? . . . 21
    Why Read Manga? . . . 29
  2. Modern Manga at the End of the Millennium . . . 33
    3. What's in a Word? . . . 33
    The Dojinshi World . . . 36
    Otaku . . . 43
    Are Manga Dangerous? . . . 49
    Freedom of Speech vs. Regulation . . . 53
    Black and White Issues #1 . . . 59
    Black and White Issues #2 . . . 63
    Do Manga Have a Future? . . . 68
    Covers of Manga Magazines . . . 73
  3. The Manga Magazine Scene . . . 81
    4. Coro Coro Comic . . . 83
    Weekly Boys' Jump . . . 87
    Nakayoshi . . . 92
    Big Comics . . . 95
    Morning . . . 101
    Take Shobo and Mahjong Manga . . . 106
    Pachinko Manga Magazines . . . 110
    Combat Comic . . . 115
    June . . . 120
    Comic Amour . . . 124
    Yan Mama Comic . . . 127
    Garo . . . 131
  4. Artists and Their Work . . . 136
    5. Hinako Sugiura . . . 136
    King Terry . . . 140
    Z-Chan (Shingo Iguchi) . . . 144
    Yoshikazu Ebisu . . . 147
    Kaziuchi Hanawa . . . 150
    Murasaki Yamada . . . 155
    Suehiro Maruo . . . 159
    Silent Service (Kaiji Kawaguchi) . . . 164
    Akira Narita . . . 168
    Shungicu Uchida . . . 173
    Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun . . . 182
    Criminal Defense Stories . . . 186
    Fancy Dance (Reiko Okano) . . . 189
    Tomoi (Wakuni Akisato) . . . 193
    Naniwa Financiers (Yuji Aoki) . . . 196
    Yoshiharu Tsug3 . . . 200
    Banana Fish (Akimi Yoshida) . . . 203
    Milk Morizono . . . 207
    The Way of Manga (Fujiko Fujio A) . . . 212
    Doraemon (Fujiko F. Fujio) . . . 216
    King of Editors (Seiki Tsuchida) . . . 221
    A Declaration of Arrogant-ism . . . 224
    AUM Cult Comics . . . 228
  5. Osamu Tezuka: A Tribute to the God of Comics . . . 233
    6. The Human Dream Factory . . . 233
    Mighty Atom and Astro Boy . . . 244
    The Three Adolfs . . . 248
    Princess Knight and Takarazuka . . . 253
    Black Jack . . . 257
    Phoenix . . . 261
    Jungle Emperor . . . 268
  6. Beyond Manga . . . 275
    7. Nausicaä and the manga-Anime Link . . . 275
    Manga Artist as Film Director . . . 282
    The Manga-Novel Nexus . . . 287
    Information Manga . . . 295
    Manga Artists and Computers . . . 298
  7. Manga in the English-Speaking World . . . 305
    8. English-Language Manga Publishers . . . 308
    Manga Made in America . . . 326
    Fan Power . . . 328
    Networking . . . 332
    Beyond Fandom . . . 337
Appendix: Manga in English . . . 341
References and Recommended Readings . . . 348
Index . . . 357

 

 

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