THE MANGA RESOURCES LIST 1994
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THE MANGA RESOURCES LIST
========================
Edited by
Steve Pearl
July, 1994
This FAQ, as well as many other FAQ's appearing on the net, is posted
to news.answers. You can ftp FAQ's mentioned in this document from
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet. If you do not have ftp, send a message to
"mail-server@rftm.mit.edu" with the word "help" in the body. The
server will send you instructions on retrieving the files via email.
This is a monthly list of sources of manga material available to the readers of
this newsgroup. If you have any questions, additions or corrections, send them
to:
Internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu or Steve Pearl
CI$: >internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu 359 Lloyd Rd
GEnie: S.PEARL6 Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
Changes to this posting since November, 1993
- Corrected the LA Books Nippan info
Things to do:
DISCLAIMER 1: The editor is not associated with ANY of the companies or
organizations mentioned below.
DISCLAIMER 2: The opinions expressed on this post do not necessarily represent
the opinions held either by the editor or any organization he's affiliated with.
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Table of Contents
o TRANSLATED MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
o MANGA FTP SITES
o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
o OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES
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o TRANSLATED AND/OR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
Some manga (Japanese comics) have been translated into English for
the American market. Those manga which have spun off into anime-related
projects are indicated in parentheses. [Note: "American manga" based on
Japanese characters are not included. That's why CAPTAIN HARLOCK, DIRTY
PAIR and LENSMAN are not listed here. Also not listed here is NINJA HIGH
SCHOOL, an "American manga" that is only *indirectly* based on Japanese
characters (it is a satirical blend of elements taken from ORANGE ROAD,
PROJECT A-KO, and URUSEI YATSURA). Manga produced by Japanese creators
in English, however, like MAZINGER, ONI & SAMURAI: SoD are included.]
Antarctic Press:
MANGAZINE #17-19 (All three issues contain "The Age of Hydroplanes,"
the serial by Hayao Miyazaki. This was the prototype for the movie,
PORCO ROSSO.), STAR TREKKER
Blast Books [New York]:
MR. ARASHI'S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, PANORAMA OF HORROR
Catalan Press:
GOODBYE AND OTHER STORIES
CHEVAL NOIR [Dark Horse Comics]:
ANGEL FUSION by Keisuke Goto & Hiroyuki Kato in #1; IN DREAMS by
Masashi Tanaka in #24-26
Dark Horse Comics:
GODZILLA (TV series and lots of man-in-a-rubber-suit movies)
Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus:
CARAVAN KIDD, ORION, OUTLANDERS (OAV) and VENUS WARS (movie)
Eclipse Comics:
SAMURAI: SON OF DEATH [not a translation but an all-new work in English
by Hiroshi Hirata, whose work was well-liked by Yukio Mishima]
Eclipse Comics International/Studio Proteus:
APPLESEED (OAV), BLACK MAGIC (OAV), CYBER 7, DOMINION (4 OAVs),
THE LOST CONTINENT
Eclipse International/Viz Comics:
AREA 88 [was continued by Viz Comics afterwards] (3 OAVs, TV series),
(THE LEGEND OF) KAMUI [this is not the same Kamui as the Kamui in "The
Dagger of Kamui"] (TV series), and MAI THE PSYCHIC GIRL
Educomics: [see also entries under "New Society Publishers"]
BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera) and I SAW IT
Epic Comics:
AKIRA (movie), FAREWELL TO WEAPONS, MEMORIES
EPIC Magazine, ?/?/83:
ONI ["Ogre;" not a translation, but an original story written & drawn
by Go Nagai, of Devilman, Fandora, Shuten Doji & Violence Jack fame.]
First Comics:
LONE WOLF AND CUB (a live-action TV series & 6 live-action movies) and
MAZINGER [not a translation but an all-new English-language work by
series creator Go Nagai] (3 TV series & 6 movies; the first TV series
was released in the USA under the name "Tranzor Z")
Innovation Comics:
SAZAN 3x3 EYES (4 OAVs)
MANGA! MANGA! THE WORLD OF JAPANESE COMICS by Frederik L. Schodt [book]:
PHOENIX [Tezuka!] (movie & a live-action film), THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
(TV series & a French live-action movie), SENJO [BATTLEFIELD; by Leiji
Matsumoto], and BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera)
New Society Publishers [PO Box 582, Santa Cruz, CA 95061]:
BAREFOOT GEN: A CARTOON STORY OF HIROSHIMA (284 pages) copyright 1987,
BAREFOOT GEN: THE DAY AFTER (177 pages) copyright 1988, and
BAREFOOT GEN: LIFE AFTER THE BOMB (164 pages) copyright 1989
Now Comics:
SPEED RACER CLASSICS (TV series)
Sun Comics:
COSMOS: CHRONICLES OF PARADISE, HIGH SCHOOL AGENT, RAGNAROK GUY, RAIKA
University of California Press:
JAPAN, INC. by Shotaro Ishinomori [ISBN 0-520-06289-2]
Viz Comics:
BAOH (OAV), BATTLE ANGEL ALITA, COBRA (TV series and movie), CRYING
FREEMAN (OAV series), FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (2 TV series, a movie & a
live-action Hong Kong kung fu movie), GREY (OAV), GOKU: MIDNIGHT EYE
(2 OAVs), GOLGO 13: THE PROFESSIONAL [also put out by two other
publishers] (movie), HOROBI, HOTEL HARBOUR VIEW, JUSTY (OAV), LUM:
URUSEI YATSURA (TV series, OAVs and movies), MACROSS II (OAV series),
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (movie), PINEAPPLE ARMY, RANMA 1/2
(2 TV series, 2 OAVs & 2 movies), RUMIC WORLD: FIRE TRIPPER (OAV),
RUMIC WORLD: LAUGHING TARGET (OAV), SABER TIGER, SANCTUARY, SHION:
BLADE OF THE MINSTREL, SILENT MOBIUS (movie), STRIKER: ARMORED WARRIOR,
and 2001 NIGHTS (OAV)
-- Written by Steven Feldman
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o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
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Two Japanese bookstore chains in America offer original mangas and
manga magazines. They are the Kinokuniya and Asahiya bookstores. You
shall also be able to find some small bookstores that carry manga in
any major city with a decent size of Japanese populations. For them
check the various "shopping guide" availble at various FTP site.
(There are shopping guide to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New
York, Hawaii, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.)
For the people in Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand, many
translated bootlege pirate copys of manga exist at a cheaper price
with a poorer quality. These usually find their way to Chinese
bookstores abroad. If you don't understand Japanese anyway, then you
may wish to check these manga out.
People in Australia and Europe generally are stucked with the American
translations, unless they can find some distributors which carry the
original stuffs, or make oversea order to Japan or America. There are
suppose some French translated manga (Maison Ikkoku and Saint Seiya),
but apparently they are very hard to find.
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Kinokuniya Bookstores:
Los Angeles (213) 687-4447
New Jersey (201) 941-7580
Yaohan Plaza 941-6087 (FAX)
Kinokuniya Bookstore
595 River Road, Edgewater, NJ 07029
Costa Mesa, CA in Yaohan Center (714) 434-9986,
New York (212) 745-1461/1462
Kinokuniya Bookstore 541-9335 (FAX)
10 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10020
San Francisco (415) 567 7625
Kinokuniya Bookstore
1581 Webster Street
SF, CA 94115
San Jose (408) 252 1300
Kinokuniya Bookstore
675 Saratoga Ave
San Jose, CA 95129
Seattle (206) 587-2477.
Torrance Store (213) 327 6577
Weller Court Store (213) 687 4480
Yes, Books Kinokunia does indeed special order books and mangas through
mail. If you will go to one of their stores, or ask them by writing or
phone, they will give you a yellow postcard that looks like this:
(my best ASCII representation of the back of the postcard)
===============================================================================
Books MAIL ORDER CARD DATE___________
Kinokuniya
Please supply me the following publications with bill-invoice
_______________________________________________________________________________
AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER PRICE
_______________________________________________________________________________
If it's not currently in stock, please let us know if you obtained the book
from Japan. YES __ NO __
ORDER BY: SEA __ AIR __ (20% MORE from AIR CARGO)
_______________________________________________________________________________
MR.
MISS MRS. _________________________________________PHONE NO.___________________
please print
STREET ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________
CITY AND STATE _________________________________________ ZIP CODE _____________
===============================================================================
(and the address on the front says)
KINOKUNIYA BOOK STORES OF AMERICA CO., LTD.
1581 WEBSTER STREET - KINOKUNIYA BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115-9948
You may not even need this postcard (although the postage is paid for by Kino.)
as long as you send in the necessary informations. If you can't write Kanjis
then it may help if you would send in a copy of those slips of papers that
always get in your way of reading the manga, but you never bothered to take
out. Those papers have all the essential information (title, publisher,
author, price, etc.). Sea cargo would take 2 - 2 1/2 months (so they claim,
expect 3-4 months) but at no extra cost (compare to store retail, that is),
while the air cargo would take 1 months (5-6 weeks) at 20% additional cost over
retail. If you live in the middle of nowhere (no offense to those living in
the "Good Morning" State (^.^)) ask Kino if they would also do UPS, since most
special orders are picked up at the store. The store also carries some CD &
Video tapes, so they may special order those for you as well.......
(By davmou@ocf.berkeley.edu)
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Other Japanese Bookstores:
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
Yaohan Plaza
333 S. Alameda St. Suite 108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 626-5650
(213) 626-1746 (fax)
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
Yaohan Plaza
100 E. Algonquin Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
(708) 956-6699
Corner of Arlinton Heights Rd and Algonquin Rd.
Books Nippan
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai U.S.A., Inc.
605 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 891-9636
(213) 891-9631 (fax)
Iwase Bookstore
Atlantam, GA
(404) 814-0462
(Will mail order)
Nikaku Japanese Art
615 N. 6th
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 971-2822
Tues-Sat: 10-6PM
Sun: 10-5PM
Closed Mondays
Send them a SASE for their catalog.
(Best all around Anime/Manga store!)
Sakura (Maryland)
(301) 468-0605
Tokyo Do SHoten
18924 Brookhurst
Fountain Valley, Ca 92708
(714) 968-9182
Mon-Sat 10:30-6:30pm, Sunday 11-5
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DIRECTLY FROM JAPAN
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IN EUROPE:
O.C.S. Bookshop B.V.
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333
NL-1072 LH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone : +31-20-6799238
Fax : +31-20-6766187
Hours : 10:00-18:00 daily
For the people who want to visit the bookshop, it's located in Hotel Okura.
It's easy to get there by taking tramline 25. The manager of the shop is
Mr. Masanori Iwanaga. The shop sells japanese books, magazines, manga and
some other things. Note that everything is in japanese and not in English.
The manager told me he is willing to take orders from all over Europe. If
he doesn't have what you're looking for, he can always order it directly
from Japan. He also provides subscriptions to magazines, just call and ask.
--Leon Oninckx
o MANGA FTP SITES
These Internet sites contain anime related materials and are accessible
by anonymous FTP. There may be other sites, but these are the major ones.
Edited from the list by mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu (Matt Pyson)
Last-Updated: 1993/07/13
(Any corrections will be sent to me will be forwarded to him)
Active Anime FTP Site Names and Addresses
Anonymous FTP Site Name Internet Address Contents | Directory
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atbmac1.larc.nasa.gov 128.155.18.23 Images,Scripts | pub/anime
azathoth.sura.net 128.167.254.184 FanFiction | pub/anime/original
bongo.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.186.13 Scripts,Images | anime
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 Miyazaki Scripts | listserv.1ac
burgundy.nectar.cs.cmu.edu 128.2.209.13 README files | (see below)
busop.cit.wayne.edu 141.217.75.40 Images | pub/anime
cs.dal.ca 129.173.4.5 Archives,Lyrics | (see below)
f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 Images | incoming/Pictures
ftp.ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 Scripts | pub/anime
ftp.tcp.com 128.111.72.60 much stuff | pub/anime
ftp.white.toronto.edu 128.100.2.220 Scripts,Manga,Images | pub/anime
garfield.catt.ncsu.edu 128.109.153.89 Images | pub/graphics/images
gateway.control.com 140.186.1.34 Images | pub/graphics/anime
isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp 130.54.20.1 UY Bitmaps | (see below)
mageus.stanford.edu 36.161.0.237 Images,Scripts | Anime
nic.stolaf.edu 130.71.128.8 Synopses,Images | (gopher dir)
plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 FanFic,Images | pub/anime
rahul.net 192.160.13.1 Images,Anims | pub/harlock
remus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.3 Lyrics,Synopses | pub/anime
romulus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.2 (mirror of remus.rutgers.edu)
sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu 130.71.192.17 Synopses | (gopher dir)
spies.wiretap.com 130.43.3.3 Guides | Library/Media/Anime
sciences.sdsu.edu 130.191.224.2 Sounds | .1/anime
toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.12.30 Bitmaps | /bitmaps/local/anime
venice.mps.ohio-state.edu 128.146.37.77 much stuff | anime-manga
wpi.wpi.edu 130.215.24.1 FanFic,Images | anime
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 Images | graphics/*
-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-
A crude guide to using FTP:
Unix Command: ftp <site name>
Login: anonymous
Password: login@machine_name
Let's say that geeker@pac.man.edu wants to get the latest and greatest
Ranma-chan GIF (/manga/hentai/r-chan1.gif) from happosai.com.
- At the Unix prompt, geeker types "ftp happosai.com".
- At the "login:" prompt, he types "anonymous".
- At the "Password:" prompt, he types "geeker@pac.man.edu". He's now logged
at happosai.com.
- geeker now uses cd(1) and ls(1) just like in Unix to find whatever he's after.
If geeker want to get the Ranma-chan GIF, he must do the following:
- He uses cd(1) to go to /manga/hentai. Once there, he uses ls(1) to make sure
that r-chan1.gif is actually there.
- GIF files are binary, so geeker sets the file transfer type to binary by
typing "binary".
- geeker types "get <filename>", where <filename> is the name of the file he
wants to copy. In our case, he would type "get r-chan1.gif" to get the file.
Note that no wildcards are allowed.
- Several other ftp commands to know:
"?" - lists the commands available
"quit" - exits the program
"ascii" - sets file transfer mode to ascii
"mget" - allows multiple-file gets, and wildcards
If you need help, or want to learn advanced techniques, DON'T post to
rec.arts.anime for help. Instead, ask your local system administrator / CCON
/ Unix witch doctor for help. That's what they're paid for.
Notes:
- Synopses are available at most of the sites mentioned above.
- Sound files: These are IFF "raw" sound files, which can be played on Amiga,
MS-DOS, Macintosh and Sun computers. There is also a text file with
instructions on how to play them.
- urusei-yatsura archives: the collected messages of four years (1987-1991)
of the Urusei Yatsura mailing list (see below). Warning: this file is
HUGE! (about 300 pages long).
- The Rutgers Anime files contain all the manga translations by Theresa
Martin, and current copies of all the lists maintained by Steve Pearl
(see OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES, below).
- Remember to set your file type to BINARY before reading any GIF files, sound
files, or compressed text (.Z) files.
o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu -- Miyazaki mailing list archive. From the
Internet, send a message with the text 'get nausicaa filelist' to
the above address.
BITFTP@PUCC -- FTP access for BITNET sites. For more info,
type 'tell bitftp at pucc help' from a BITNET account.
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com -- Alternate e-mail FTP access. Send the message
'help' and it will send back instructions.
o OTHER ELECTRONIC ANIME RESOURCES
- Alt.manga mailing list: a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
mailing list echo of the alt.manga newsgroup). To subscribe,
send e-mail to alt-manga-request@darwin.sura.net. The mail should
have the following text in the first line:
subscribe alt-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
- Anime/Manga APA Index: an article describing anime/manga APAs (Amateur
Press Associations) and a list of known anime/manga APA's. Maintained
by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Chicago: a travelogue of the manga/anime stores
in Chicago (submissions are welcome). Maintained by Enrique Conty at
jester@ihlpm.att.com.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to London: a travelogue of the manga/anime stores
in London. Maintained by David Cotterill at 100014.3230@compuserve.com.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Los Angeles: a travelogue of the
manga/anime stores in Los Angeles. Maintained by Jim Lick at
jim@piggy.ucsb.edu.
- Anime/Manga Shopper's Guide to New York City: a travelogue of the stores
in NYC where one can purchase manga and anime. Maintained by Steve
Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- Anime Shopper's Guide to San Francisco: a travelogue of the anime/manga
stores in the Bay Area. Maintained by Steve Mah at
smah@sdcc13.ucsd.edu.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Sydney: a travelogue of the anime & manga stores
in Sydney.
Maintained by Iain Sinclair at axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Tokyo: a travelogue of the anime & manga stores
in Tokyo.
Maintained by Jeff Okamoto at okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com.
- CD List: a list of anime & manga related Compact Discs.
Maintained by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- Manga FTP Site list: A list of currenly known ftp sites with
manga/anime content. Maintained by Matt Pyson at mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu
- Hayao Miyazaki mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the works of
Hayao (Nausicaa, Shuna's Journey) Miyazaki. Discussion of
alternative/progressive manga and anime is also welcome.
To subscribe, send mail to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu. The mail
should have the following text in the first line:
subscribe nausicaa yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
- National Anime BBS Watch: a list of U.S. BBSes with anime or manga content
in them. Maintained by Chet Jasinski. Chet doesn't have an Internet
address, but can be contacted through Steve Pearl at
pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
- Rec.arts.manga mailing list: a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
mailing list echo of the rec.arts.manga newsgroup). To subscribe,
send e-mail to rec-arts-manga-request@darwin.sura.net. The mail should
have the following text in the first line:
subscribe rec-arts-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
- Shampoo mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the character Shampoo from
the Ranma 1/2 manga series by Rumiko Takahashi. To subscribe,
send e-mail to shampoo-request@calvin.sfasu.edu. To post,
send e-mail to shampoo-l@calvin.sfasu.edu.
- Urusei Yatsura mailing list: a mailing list for fans of Urusei Yatsura
and Maison Ikkoku and of the works of Rumiko Takahashi in general.
To subscribe, send e-mail to urusei-yatsura-request@panda.panda.com.
The mail should have the following text in the first line:
subscribe urusei-yatsura yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
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From: pearl@romulus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
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THE MANGA RESOURCES LIST
========================
Edited by
Steve Pearl
July, 1994
This FAQ, as well as many other FAQ's appearing on the net, is posted
to news.answers. You can ftp FAQ's mentioned in this document from
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet. If you do not have ftp, send a message to
"mail-server@rftm.mit.edu" with the word "help" in the body. The
server will send you instructions on retrieving the files via email.
This is a monthly list of sources of manga material available to the readers of
this newsgroup. If you have any questions, additions or corrections, send them
to:
Internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu or Steve Pearl
CI$: >internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu 359 Lloyd Rd
GEnie: S.PEARL6 Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
Changes to this posting since November, 1993
- Corrected the LA Books Nippan info
Things to do:
DISCLAIMER 1: The editor is not associated with ANY of the companies or
organizations mentioned below.
DISCLAIMER 2: The opinions expressed on this post do not necessarily represent
the opinions held either by the editor or any organization he's affiliated with.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table of Contents
o TRANSLATED MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
o MANGA FTP SITES
o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
o OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
o TRANSLATED AND/OR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
Some manga (Japanese comics) have been translated into English for
the American market. Those manga which have spun off into anime-related
projects are indicated in parentheses. [Note: "American manga" based on
Japanese characters are not included. That's why CAPTAIN HARLOCK, DIRTY
PAIR and LENSMAN are not listed here. Also not listed here is NINJA HIGH
SCHOOL, an "American manga" that is only *indirectly* based on Japanese
characters (it is a satirical blend of elements taken from ORANGE ROAD,
PROJECT A-KO, and URUSEI YATSURA). Manga produced by Japanese creators
in English, however, like MAZINGER, ONI & SAMURAI: SoD are included.]
Antarctic Press:
MANGAZINE #17-19 (All three issues contain "The Age of Hydroplanes,"
the serial by Hayao Miyazaki. This was the prototype for the movie,
PORCO ROSSO.), STAR TREKKER
Blast Books [New York]:
MR. ARASHI'S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, PANORAMA OF HORROR
Catalan Press:
GOODBYE AND OTHER STORIES
CHEVAL NOIR [Dark Horse Comics]:
ANGEL FUSION by Keisuke Goto & Hiroyuki Kato in #1; IN DREAMS by
Masashi Tanaka in #24-26
Dark Horse Comics:
GODZILLA (TV series and lots of man-in-a-rubber-suit movies)
Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus:
CARAVAN KIDD, ORION, OUTLANDERS (OAV) and VENUS WARS (movie)
Eclipse Comics:
SAMURAI: SON OF DEATH [not a translation but an all-new work in English
by Hiroshi Hirata, whose work was well-liked by Yukio Mishima]
Eclipse Comics International/Studio Proteus:
APPLESEED (OAV), BLACK MAGIC (OAV), CYBER 7, DOMINION (4 OAVs),
THE LOST CONTINENT
Eclipse International/Viz Comics:
AREA 88 [was continued by Viz Comics afterwards] (3 OAVs, TV series),
(THE LEGEND OF) KAMUI [this is not the same Kamui as the Kamui in "The
Dagger of Kamui"] (TV series), and MAI THE PSYCHIC GIRL
Educomics: [see also entries under "New Society Publishers"]
BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera) and I SAW IT
Epic Comics:
AKIRA (movie), FAREWELL TO WEAPONS, MEMORIES
EPIC Magazine, ?/?/83:
ONI ["Ogre;" not a translation, but an original story written & drawn
by Go Nagai, of Devilman, Fandora, Shuten Doji & Violence Jack fame.]
First Comics:
LONE WOLF AND CUB (a live-action TV series & 6 live-action movies) and
MAZINGER [not a translation but an all-new English-language work by
series creator Go Nagai] (3 TV series & 6 movies; the first TV series
was released in the USA under the name "Tranzor Z")
Innovation Comics:
SAZAN 3x3 EYES (4 OAVs)
MANGA! MANGA! THE WORLD OF JAPANESE COMICS by Frederik L. Schodt [book]:
PHOENIX [Tezuka!] (movie & a live-action film), THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
(TV series & a French live-action movie), SENJO [BATTLEFIELD; by Leiji
Matsumoto], and BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera)
New Society Publishers [PO Box 582, Santa Cruz, CA 95061]:
BAREFOOT GEN: A CARTOON STORY OF HIROSHIMA (284 pages) copyright 1987,
BAREFOOT GEN: THE DAY AFTER (177 pages) copyright 1988, and
BAREFOOT GEN: LIFE AFTER THE BOMB (164 pages) copyright 1989
Now Comics:
SPEED RACER CLASSICS (TV series)
Sun Comics:
COSMOS: CHRONICLES OF PARADISE, HIGH SCHOOL AGENT, RAGNAROK GUY, RAIKA
University of California Press:
JAPAN, INC. by Shotaro Ishinomori [ISBN 0-520-06289-2]
Viz Comics:
BAOH (OAV), BATTLE ANGEL ALITA, COBRA (TV series and movie), CRYING
FREEMAN (OAV series), FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (2 TV series, a movie & a
live-action Hong Kong kung fu movie), GREY (OAV), GOKU: MIDNIGHT EYE
(2 OAVs), GOLGO 13: THE PROFESSIONAL [also put out by two other
publishers] (movie), HOROBI, HOTEL HARBOUR VIEW, JUSTY (OAV), LUM:
URUSEI YATSURA (TV series, OAVs and movies), MACROSS II (OAV series),
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (movie), PINEAPPLE ARMY, RANMA 1/2
(2 TV series, 2 OAVs & 2 movies), RUMIC WORLD: FIRE TRIPPER (OAV),
RUMIC WORLD: LAUGHING TARGET (OAV), SABER TIGER, SANCTUARY, SHION:
BLADE OF THE MINSTREL, SILENT MOBIUS (movie), STRIKER: ARMORED WARRIOR,
and 2001 NIGHTS (OAV)
-- Written by Steven Feldman
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o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
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Two Japanese bookstore chains in America offer original mangas and
manga magazines. They are the Kinokuniya and Asahiya bookstores. You
shall also be able to find some small bookstores that carry manga in
any major city with a decent size of Japanese populations. For them
check the various "shopping guide" availble at various FTP site.
(There are shopping guide to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New
York, Hawaii, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.)
For the people in Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand, many
translated bootlege pirate copys of manga exist at a cheaper price
with a poorer quality. These usually find their way to Chinese
bookstores abroad. If you don't understand Japanese anyway, then you
may wish to check these manga out.
People in Australia and Europe generally are stucked with the American
translations, unless they can find some distributors which carry the
original stuffs, or make oversea order to Japan or America. There are
suppose some French translated manga (Maison Ikkoku and Saint Seiya),
but apparently they are very hard to find.
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Kinokuniya Bookstores:
Los Angeles (213) 687-4447
New Jersey (201) 941-7580
Yaohan Plaza 941-6087 (FAX)
Kinokuniya Bookstore
595 River Road, Edgewater, NJ 07029
Costa Mesa, CA in Yaohan Center (714) 434-9986,
New York (212) 745-1461/1462
Kinokuniya Bookstore 541-9335 (FAX)
10 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10020
San Francisco (415) 567 7625
Kinokuniya Bookstore
1581 Webster Street
SF, CA 94115
San Jose (408) 252 1300
Kinokuniya Bookstore
675 Saratoga Ave
San Jose, CA 95129
Seattle (206) 587-2477.
Torrance Store (213) 327 6577
Weller Court Store (213) 687 4480
Yes, Books Kinokunia does indeed special order books and mangas through
mail. If you will go to one of their stores, or ask them by writing or
phone, they will give you a yellow postcard that looks like this:
(my best ASCII representation of the back of the postcard)
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Books MAIL ORDER CARD DATE___________
Kinokuniya
Please supply me the following publications with bill-invoice
_______________________________________________________________________________
AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER PRICE
_______________________________________________________________________________
If it's not currently in stock, please let us know if you obtained the book
from Japan. YES __ NO __
ORDER BY: SEA __ AIR __ (20% MORE from AIR CARGO)
_______________________________________________________________________________
MR.
MISS MRS. _________________________________________PHONE NO.___________________
please print
STREET ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________
CITY AND STATE _________________________________________ ZIP CODE _____________
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(and the address on the front says)
KINOKUNIYA BOOK STORES OF AMERICA CO., LTD.
1581 WEBSTER STREET - KINOKUNIYA BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115-9948
You may not even need this postcard (although the postage is paid for by Kino.)
as long as you send in the necessary informations. If you can't write Kanjis
then it may help if you would send in a copy of those slips of papers that
always get in your way of reading the manga, but you never bothered to take
out. Those papers have all the essential information (title, publisher,
author, price, etc.). Sea cargo would take 2 - 2 1/2 months (so they claim,
expect 3-4 months) but at no extra cost (compare to store retail, that is),
while the air cargo would take 1 months (5-6 weeks) at 20% additional cost over
retail. If you live in the middle of nowhere (no offense to those living in
the "Good Morning" State (^.^)) ask Kino if they would also do UPS, since most
special orders are picked up at the store. The store also carries some CD &
Video tapes, so they may special order those for you as well.......
(By davmou@ocf.berkeley.edu)
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Other Japanese Bookstores:
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
Yaohan Plaza
333 S. Alameda St. Suite 108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 626-5650
(213) 626-1746 (fax)
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
Yaohan Plaza
100 E. Algonquin Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
(708) 956-6699
Corner of Arlinton Heights Rd and Algonquin Rd.
Books Nippan
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai U.S.A., Inc.
605 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 891-9636
(213) 891-9631 (fax)
Iwase Bookstore
Atlantam, GA
(404) 814-0462
(Will mail order)
Nikaku Japanese Art
615 N. 6th
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 971-2822
Tues-Sat: 10-6PM
Sun: 10-5PM
Closed Mondays
Send them a SASE for their catalog.
(Best all around Anime/Manga store!)
Sakura (Maryland)
(301) 468-0605
Tokyo Do SHoten
18924 Brookhurst
Fountain Valley, Ca 92708
(714) 968-9182
Mon-Sat 10:30-6:30pm, Sunday 11-5
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DIRECTLY FROM JAPAN
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IN EUROPE:
O.C.S. Bookshop B.V.
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333
NL-1072 LH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone : +31-20-6799238
Fax : +31-20-6766187
Hours : 10:00-18:00 daily
For the people who want to visit the bookshop, it's located in Hotel Okura.
It's easy to get there by taking tramline 25. The manager of the shop is
Mr. Masanori Iwanaga. The shop sells japanese books, magazines, manga and
some other things. Note that everything is in japanese and not in English.
The manager told me he is willing to take orders from all over Europe. If
he doesn't have what you're looking for, he can always order it directly
from Japan. He also provides subscriptions to magazines, just call and ask.
--Leon Oninckx
o MANGA FTP SITES
These Internet sites contain anime related materials and are accessible
by anonymous FTP. There may be other sites, but these are the major ones.
Edited from the list by mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu (Matt Pyson)
Last-Updated: 1993/07/13
(Any corrections will be sent to me will be forwarded to him)
Active Anime FTP Site Names and Addresses
Anonymous FTP Site Name Internet Address Contents | Directory
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atbmac1.larc.nasa.gov 128.155.18.23 Images,Scripts | pub/anime
azathoth.sura.net 128.167.254.184 FanFiction | pub/anime/original
bongo.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.186.13 Scripts,Images | anime
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 Miyazaki Scripts | listserv.1ac
burgundy.nectar.cs.cmu.edu 128.2.209.13 README files | (see below)
busop.cit.wayne.edu 141.217.75.40 Images | pub/anime
cs.dal.ca 129.173.4.5 Archives,Lyrics | (see below)
f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 Images | incoming/Pictures
ftp.ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 Scripts | pub/anime
ftp.tcp.com 128.111.72.60 much stuff | pub/anime
ftp.white.toronto.edu 128.100.2.220 Scripts,Manga,Images | pub/anime
garfield.catt.ncsu.edu 128.109.153.89 Images | pub/graphics/images
gateway.control.com 140.186.1.34 Images | pub/graphics/anime
isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp 130.54.20.1 UY Bitmaps | (see below)
mageus.stanford.edu 36.161.0.237 Images,Scripts | Anime
nic.stolaf.edu 130.71.128.8 Synopses,Images | (gopher dir)
plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 FanFic,Images | pub/anime
rahul.net 192.160.13.1 Images,Anims | pub/harlock
remus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.3 Lyrics,Synopses | pub/anime
romulus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.2 (mirror of remus.rutgers.edu)
sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu 130.71.192.17 Synopses | (gopher dir)
spies.wiretap.com 130.43.3.3 Guides | Library/Media/Anime
sciences.sdsu.edu 130.191.224.2 Sounds | .1/anime
toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.12.30 Bitmaps | /bitmaps/local/anime
venice.mps.ohio-state.edu 128.146.37.77 much stuff | anime-manga
wpi.wpi.edu 130.215.24.1 FanFic,Images | anime
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 Images | graphics/*
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A crude guide to using FTP:
Unix Command: ftp <site name>
Login: anonymous
Password: login@machine_name
Let's say that geeker@pac.man.edu wants to get the latest and greatest
Ranma-chan GIF (/manga/hentai/r-chan1.gif) from happosai.com.
- At the Unix prompt, geeker types "ftp happosai.com".
- At the "login:" prompt, he types "anonymous".
- At the "Password:" prompt, he types "geeker@pac.man.edu". He's now logged
at happosai.com.
- geeker now uses cd(1) and ls(1) just like in Unix to find whatever he's after.
If geeker want to get the Ranma-chan GIF, he must do the following:
- He uses cd(1) to go to /manga/hentai. Once there, he uses ls(1) to make sure
that r-chan1.gif is actually there.
- GIF files are binary, so geeker sets the file transfer type to binary by
typing "binary".
- geeker types "get <filename>", where <filename> is the name of the file he
wants to copy. In our case, he would type "get r-chan1.gif" to get the file.
Note that no wildcards are allowed.
- Several other ftp commands to know:
"?" - lists the commands available
"quit" - exits the program
"ascii" - sets file transfer mode to ascii
"mget" - allows multiple-file gets, and wildcards
If you need help, or want to learn advanced techniques, DON'T post to
rec.arts.anime for help. Instead, ask your local system administrator / CCON
/ Unix witch doctor for help. That's what they're paid for.
Notes:
- Synopses are available at most of the sites mentioned above.
- Sound files: These are IFF "raw" sound files, which can be played on Amiga,
MS-DOS, Macintosh and Sun computers. There is also a text file with
instructions on how to play them.
- urusei-yatsura archives: the collected messages of four years (1987-1991)
of the Urusei Yatsura mailing list (see below). Warning: this file is
HUGE! (about 300 pages long).
- The Rutgers Anime files contain all the manga translations by Theresa
Martin, and current copies of all the lists maintained by Steve Pearl
(see OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES, below).
- Remember to set your file type to BINARY before reading any GIF files, sound
files, or compressed text (.Z) files.
o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu -- Miyazaki mailing list archive. From the
Internet, send a message with the text 'get nausicaa filelist' to
the above address.
BITFTP@PUCC -- FTP access for BITNET sites. For more info,
type 'tell bitftp at pucc help' from a BITNET account.
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com -- Alternate e-mail FTP access. Send the message
'help' and it will send back instructions.
o OTHER ELECTRONIC ANIME RESOURCES
- Alt.manga mailing list: a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
mailing list echo of the alt.manga newsgroup). To subscribe,
send e-mail to alt-manga-request@darwin.sura.net. The mail should
have the following text in the first line:
subscribe alt-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
- Anime/Manga APA Index: an article describing anime/manga APAs (Amateur
Press Associations) and a list of known anime/manga APA's. Maintained
by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Chicago: a travelogue of the manga/anime stores
in Chicago (submissions are welcome). Maintained by Enrique Conty at
jester@ihlpm.att.com.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to London: a travelogue of the manga/anime stores
in London. Maintained by David Cotterill at 100014.3230@compuserve.com.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Los Angeles: a travelogue of the
manga/anime stores in Los Angeles. Maintained by Jim Lick at
jim@piggy.ucsb.edu.
- Anime/Manga Shopper's Guide to New York City: a travelogue of the stores
in NYC where one can purchase manga and anime. Maintained by Steve
Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- Anime Shopper's Guide to San Francisco: a travelogue of the anime/manga
stores in the Bay Area. Maintained by Steve Mah at
smah@sdcc13.ucsd.edu.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Sydney: a travelogue of the anime & manga stores
in Sydney.
Maintained by Iain Sinclair at axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au.
- Anime Shopper's Guide to Tokyo: a travelogue of the anime & manga stores
in Tokyo.
Maintained by Jeff Okamoto at okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com.
- CD List: a list of anime & manga related Compact Discs.
Maintained by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- Manga FTP Site list: A list of currenly known ftp sites with
manga/anime content. Maintained by Matt Pyson at mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu
- Hayao Miyazaki mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the works of
Hayao (Nausicaa, Shuna's Journey) Miyazaki. Discussion of
alternative/progressive manga and anime is also welcome.
To subscribe, send mail to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu. The mail
should have the following text in the first line:
subscribe nausicaa yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
- National Anime BBS Watch: a list of U.S. BBSes with anime or manga content
in them. Maintained by Chet Jasinski. Chet doesn't have an Internet
address, but can be contacted through Steve Pearl at
pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
- Rec.arts.manga mailing list: a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
mailing list echo of the rec.arts.manga newsgroup). To subscribe,
send e-mail to rec-arts-manga-request@darwin.sura.net. The mail should
have the following text in the first line:
subscribe rec-arts-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
- Shampoo mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the character Shampoo from
the Ranma 1/2 manga series by Rumiko Takahashi. To subscribe,
send e-mail to shampoo-request@calvin.sfasu.edu. To post,
send e-mail to shampoo-l@calvin.sfasu.edu.
- Urusei Yatsura mailing list: a mailing list for fans of Urusei Yatsura
and Maison Ikkoku and of the works of Rumiko Takahashi in general.
To subscribe, send e-mail to urusei-yatsura-request@panda.panda.com.
The mail should have the following text in the first line:
subscribe urusei-yatsura yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
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Email submissions to anime-info@remus.rutgers.edu and questions about the
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