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Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics
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4.05 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Anime: from Akira to Princess Mononoke, Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
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3.72 avg rating — 715 ratings
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Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga
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3.91 avg rating — 254 ratings
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Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation
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3.84 avg rating — 393 ratings
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The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation since 1917
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3.93 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
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3.75 avg rating — 154 ratings
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The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan
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3.86 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
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3.93 avg rating — 355 ratings
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The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga
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4.28 avg rating — 274 ratings
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A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony
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3.87 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
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Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews
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3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings
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God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga (Great Comics Artists Series)
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3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Art of Spirited Away
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4.55 avg rating — 4,331 ratings
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The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service
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4.64 avg rating — 750 ratings
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The Art of My Neighbor Totoro: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki
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4.58 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
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Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime
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3.69 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty
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4.47 avg rating — 456 ratings
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Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation
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3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings
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The Art of Princess Mononoke
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4.52 avg rating — 623 ratings
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Art of Howl's Moving Castle
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4.55 avg rating — 3,743 ratings
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Art of Ponyo
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4.67 avg rating — 465 ratings
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Art of Castle in the Sky
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4.48 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Anime and Philosophy: Wide Eyed Wonder (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 47)
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3.82 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Manga: The Complete Guide
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3.99 avg rating — 179 ratings
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The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More!
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3.97 avg rating — 584 ratings
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Mostly Manga: A Genre Guide to Popular Manga, Manhwa, Manhua, and Anime (Genreflecting Advisory Series)
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4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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All the World Is Anime
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
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3.84 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Anime Explosion!: The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition
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3.66 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Art of the Wind Rises
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4.59 avg rating — 242 ratings
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The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story
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3.73 avg rating — 150 ratings
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Starting Point 1979-1996
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4.13 avg rating — 1,620 ratings
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Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.
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3.53 avg rating — 374 ratings
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Turning Point: 1997-2008
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4.11 avg rating — 522 ratings
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種村有菜イラスト集 神風怪盗ジャンヌ [Tanemura Arina Illustration-shū: Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne]
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4.62 avg rating — 159 ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture
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3.74 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga
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3.72 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist
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3.90 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Beautiful Fighting Girl
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3.76 avg rating — 213 ratings
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The Art of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor Impressions
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4.48 avg rating — 372 ratings
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Art of Porco Rosso
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4.44 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
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3.77 avg rating — 629 ratings
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Princess Mononoke: The Art and Making of Japan's Most Popular Film of All Time
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4.15 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Japanese Comickers: Draw Anime and Manga Like Japan's Hottest Artists
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3.84 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Science of Anime: Mecha-Noids and AI-Super-Bots
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3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Shojo Beat Manga Artist Academy
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3.85 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki
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4.35 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture
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3.86 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Land of Rising Ghosts & Goblins: The Supernatural World in Japanese Myths, Folklores, Anime & Pop-Culture
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Otaku: persona = space = city
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form beyond Japan
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4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga
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4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Contents Tourism in Japan: Pilgrimages to "Sacred Sites" of Popular Culture
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3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire
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3.76 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human
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3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Mechademia 4: War/Time
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4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings
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~ The sky of the longing for memories ~ The Art of Makoto Shinkai
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4.63 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Mechademia 5: Fanthropologies
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4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution
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4.07 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Anime's Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Mechademia 6: User Enhanced
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4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Manga For Dummies
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3.79 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Anime: A Critical Introduction
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3.10 avg rating — 50 ratings
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1,000 Incredible Costume and Cosplay Ideas: A Showcase of Creative Characters from Anime, Manga, Video Games, Movies, Comics, and More (1000 Series)
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3.28 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Japanese Mythology in Film: A Semiotic Approach to Reading Japanese Film and Anime by Yoshiko Okuyama (2015-04-09)
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Tokyo Geek's Guide: Manga, Anime, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys, Idols & More - The Ultimate Guide to Japan's Otaku Culture
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3.49 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Anime Aesthetics: Japanese Animation and the 'Post-Cinematic' Imagination
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3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art
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3.93 avg rating — 1,733 ratings
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Manga for the Beginner: Chibis
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4.23 avg rating — 199 ratings
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From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Student's Manga Cookbook
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3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Cool Japan Guide: Fun in the Land of Manga, Lucky Cats and Ramen
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3.80 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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Anime: A History
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4.16 avg rating — 152 ratings
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The Rough Guide to Anime
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3.63 avg rating — 57 ratings
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500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide
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3.94 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Anime
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4.42 avg rating — 292 ratings
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The History of Hentai Manga
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3.70 avg rating — 90 ratings
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The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist
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4.57 avg rating — 3,564 ratings
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The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime
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4.14 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist 2
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4.65 avg rating — 694 ratings
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Anime’s Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan
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4.19 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
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3.92 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals
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3.78 avg rating — 605 ratings
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Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls to Pokemon
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3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki
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3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
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My Awesome Japan Adventure: A Diary about the Best 4 Months Ever!
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3.92 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Cool Japan: A Guide to Tokyo, Kyoto, Tohoku and Japanese Culture Past and Present
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3.34 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan
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3.94 avg rating — 801 ratings
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You Know You've Been in Japan too Long...
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3.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Kawaii!: Japan's Culture of Cute
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4.06 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool
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3.62 avg rating — 315 ratings
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Cowboy Bebop - Artbook
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4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Alice in the Country of Hearts Visual Fan Book
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4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Alice in the Country of Hearts Theatrical Edition - Wonderful Wonder World Visual Fan Book
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4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Full Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America
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3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo
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3.51 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla
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3.75 avg rating — 299 ratings
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Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar and Structure
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4.25 avg rating — 293 ratings
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga Fantasy Creatures Illustrated
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3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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