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Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation
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3.76 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The Japanophile's Handbook
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Otaku Spaces
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4.04 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals
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3.78 avg rating — 606 ratings
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Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
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3.72 avg rating — 716 ratings
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The Art of Princess Mononoke
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4.52 avg rating — 629 ratings
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Art of Howl's Moving Castle
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4.55 avg rating — 3,748 ratings
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The Art of Spirited Away
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4.55 avg rating — 4,337 ratings
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Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation
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3.84 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist
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3.90 avg rating — 77 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 — 2,652 ratings
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The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty
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4.47 avg rating — 457 ratings
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Beautiful Fighting Girl
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3.76 avg rating — 211 ratings
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Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
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3.76 avg rating — 155 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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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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The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story
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3.72 avg rating — 149 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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Mechademia 8: Tezuka’s Manga Life
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3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
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3.91 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Kansai cool: a journey into the cultural heartland of Japan
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3.52 avg rating — 104 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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The Art of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor Impressions
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4.49 avg rating — 371 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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Art of Porco Rosso
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4.44 avg rating — 239 ratings
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Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
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3.77 avg rating — 630 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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The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More!
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3.97 avg rating — 585 ratings
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The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service
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4.63 avg rating — 754 ratings
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Art of Ponyo
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4.67 avg rating — 469 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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The Art of My Neighbor Totoro: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki
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4.58 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
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Art of the Wind Rises
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4.59 avg rating — 244 ratings
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Anime: from Akira to Princess Mononoke, Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
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3.72 avg rating — 716 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 Magic Knight Rayearth, Vol. 1
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4.43 avg rating — 162 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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Heroic with Grace
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 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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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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Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture
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3.86 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals: Japan’s Database Animals
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3.78 avg rating — 606 ratings
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Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan
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3.67 avg rating — 66 ratings
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The Very Soil: An Unauthorized Critical Study of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
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4.25 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Revelations: An In-Depth Look at the Themes and Symbols of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
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4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
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4.18 avg rating — 3,257 ratings
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Wrong About Japan
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3.11 avg rating — 2,553 ratings
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The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki
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4.36 avg rating — 415 ratings
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Drawing on Tradition: Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan
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3.89 avg rating — 47 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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Dreams, Myths and Fairy Tales in Japan
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3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Mechademia 4: War/Time
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4.19 avg rating — 21 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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Anime’s Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan
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4.15 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Amaterasu: Return of the Sun: A Japanese Myth
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3.80 avg rating — 112 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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Mechademia 5: Fanthropologies
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4.19 avg rating — 27 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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Mechademia 6: User Enhanced
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4.14 avg rating — 21 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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Mechademia 7: Lines of Sight (Volume 7) (Mechademia: Annual Forum for Anime, Manga and Fan Arts)
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4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Starting Point 1979-1996
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4.13 avg rating — 1,622 ratings
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Turning Point: 1997-2008
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4.11 avg rating — 523 ratings
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Hikikomori: Adolescence without End
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3.64 avg rating — 279 ratings
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Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination
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3.74 avg rating — 153 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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Mechademia 9: Origins (Volume 9)
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4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Manga For Dummies
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3.79 avg rating — 96 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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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 — 71 ratings
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Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics
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4.05 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
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3.93 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Manga for the Beginner: Chibis
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4.22 avg rating — 200 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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Manga: The Complete Guide
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3.99 avg rating — 179 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 — 1,040 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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The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation
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3.93 avg rating — 260 ratings
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The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Anime
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4.42 avg rating — 294 ratings
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The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist
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4.57 avg rating — 3,567 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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The Art of Pokemon, The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back!
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4.33 avg rating — 120 ratings
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The Art of Pokemon: The Third Movie
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4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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How to behave in Japan: Essential Japanese Manners & Etiquette
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 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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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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Japan for Kids: The Ultimate Guide for Parents and Their Children
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4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Kawaii Bento Boxes: Cute and Convenient Japanese Meals on the Go
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3.98 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.
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3.53 avg rating — 373 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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Japanese Soul Cooking: Ramen, Tonkatsu, Tempura, and More from the Streets and Kitchens of Tokyo and Beyond [A Cookbook]
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4.29 avg rating — 969 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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Kawaii!: Japan's Culture of Cute
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4.06 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Arcade Mania: The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers
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3.66 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subculture
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3.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno: Tokyo Teen Fashion Subculture Handbook
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3.68 avg rating — 250 ratings
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Dreaming Pachinko (Billy Chaka, #3)
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3.90 avg rating — 320 ratings
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