Japanese Manga / Comics

Japanese Manga / Comics

TV ANIMATION Fullmetal Alchemist Original Illustration (Coloured)
ISBN 9784757530461
￡39.20

The World of JAPANESE COMICS
by　Frederik L Schodt
ISBN 9780870117527
￡16.99
Illustrated with the most representative examples of the genre, this book in English explores the world of Japanese comics.

TEKKON KINKREET BLACK & WHITE
by　TAIYO MATSUMOTO
ISBN 9781421518671
￡17.99
Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment? Surreal manga influenced by European comics. TEKKONKINKREET is a play on Japanese words meaning a concrete structure with an iron frame, and it suggests the opposing images of concrete cities against the strength of imagination.

The At of Ponyo on the Ciff by the Sea
by　Studio Ghibli
ISBN 9784198100124
￡41.20
Studio Ghibli produced gorgeous art book which was filled with sketches, backgrounds, storyboards and reproductions of the newest volum, Ponyo.

Manga Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
By Paul Gravett

£19.95

Basic Dessign of Manga: Girl's costume
By Noboru Hayashi

ISBN 9784798600000
£29.80

JAPANESE IN MANGALAND : Basic to Intermediate Level
By Marc Bernabe

ISBN 9784889961157
£24.99

With the overwhelming rise in the popularity of Japanese manga and animation there is a growing interest in reading comic in their original language and understanding more about Japan's popular culture. Japanese in MangaLand is the first book to translate this interest into a learning system designed to teach the beginning students basic conversational Japanese.

JAPANESE IN MANGALAND2 : Basic to Intermediate Level
By Marc Bernabe

ISBN 9784889961867
£11.50

Like the original Japanese in MangaLand, the second volume in the series combines the phenomenal popularity of manga with language instruction to make learning Japanese easier and a lot more fun than with traditional approaches. Japanese in MangaLand Vol. 2 helps even beginning students master the basics of conversational Japanese with fifteen lessons including drills, the patterns of Japanese grammar and more than 360 kanji characters to assist in the learning process. Eleven of these lessons cover such grammar topics as intransitive/transitive verbs, particles, honorific expressions, and even dialects and proverbs. The four conversational lessons will prove invaluable to readers traveling to Japan by teaching them phrases and expressions to use at airports, hotels, shops and restaurants. Another new feature in this second volume is the culture notes section, which provides insight into life in Japan today.

JAPANESE IN MANGALAND3 : Intermediate Level
By Marc Bernabe

ISBN 9784889961874
£11.50

Like the first two volumes in the JAPANESE IN MANGALAND series, this third volume combines the phenomenal popularity of manga with language instruction to make learning Japanese easier and a lot more fun than with traditional approaches. JAPANESE IN MANGALAND 3 picks up where volume 2 left off, with 15 lessons designed to help students consolidate and further expand their Japanese skills at the intermediate level. The book offers an intensive study of grammar and conversation combined with examples from manga that introduce "real life" spoken Japanese- not typical "textbook" language. The conversational lessons will help students communicate in various everyday situations in Japan, from ordering in a restaurant to speaking the Osaka dialect, from using the honorific language (keigo) to the casual, colloquial, idiomatic and vulgar expressions found in manga. JAPANESE IN MANGALAND 3 covers all the requirements of grammar, vocabulary and kanji of Level 3 (Intermediate) of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, as well as offering many exercises, grammar and vocabulary reference appendixes (especially designed for Proficiency Test candidates) and many other features.