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Welcome to the WikiProject Anime and manga Book Reference Library. It is designed to help editors find book (offline) sources for relevant articles that fall under this WikiProject. Please also see the magazine and documentary libraries.

Instructions

For users

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If you wish to contribute to the project, please add your personal books to those below and follow the general table format. The archive is arranged alphabetically by book title. If the book you wish to list is already present then just add your name to the table. Otherwise create a new table in the archive with the title of the book. Remember to add your username (please keep them alphabetical) into the contact field for books you own. Please be thorough when checking books.

Titles

Titles are listed in alphabetical order.

General

Title	Author(s)	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
1992 Animage Pocket Data Notes	Editors of Animage	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1993 Animage Pocket Data Notes	Editors of Animage	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1994 Original Video Animation Release File	Editors of Anime V	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1995 Animage Pocket Data Notes	Editors of Animage	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1996 Animage Pocket Data Notes	Editors of Animage	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1996 Newtype Diary	Editors of Newtype	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1997 Animage Pocket Data Notes	Editors of Animage	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1998-1999 Ninki Anime Character Data File	Editors of Animedia	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
1999 Animage Pocket Data Notes	Editors of Animage	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988)	Andrea Baricordi, Massimiliano de Giovanni, Andrea Pietroni, Barbara Rossi, and Sabrina Tunesi	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Ä-ni-mé: The Berkeley Journal of Japanese Animation Issue I	Cal-Animage Alpha	—	English	Nihonjoe
Ä-ni-mé: The Berkeley Journal of Japanese Animation Issue II	Cal-Animage Alpha	—	English	Nihonjoe
Anime Reference Guide Volume 1 Issue 1	Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation	—	English	Nihonjoe
Anime Reference Guide Volume 1 Issue 2	Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation	—	English	Nihonjoe
Anime Reference Guide Volume 2 Number 1	Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation	—	English	Nihonjoe
Anime Reference Guide Volume 2 Number 2	Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation	—	English	Nihonjoe
Anime Reference Guide Volume 3 Number 1	Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
The Complete Anime Guide: Japanese Animation Video Directory & Resource Guide	Trish Ledoux and Doug Ranney	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe Allen4names
The Complete Anime Guide: Japanese Animation Film Directory & Resource Guide second edition	Trish Ledoux and Doug Ranney	Template:ISBN	English	Allen4names
Manga: The Complete Guide	Jason Thompson	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe SephyTheThird Jinnai Link20XX
Mangajin's Basic Japanese Through Comics	Mangajin	Template:ISBN	English / Japanese	Nihonjoe
Newtype's Animationary (1993 Edition)	Editors of Newtype	—	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Otaku Encyclopedia: An insider's guide to the subculture of Cool Japan	Patrick W. Galbraith	Template:ISBN	English	Jinnai SephyTheThird Cloud668 Knowledgekid87

Academic, essays, and similar

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide (2008)	Helen McCarthy		Template:ISBN	English	God-Emperor Dandy Sephy
500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide (2009)	Helen McCarthy		Template:ISBN	English	Shiroi Hane
500 Manga Heroes & Villains	Helen McCarthy	Details	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Anime! A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Animation	Helen McCarthy		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Anime: A History	Jonathan Clements		Template:ISBN	English	SephyTheThird Shiroi Hane
Anime: From Akira to Howl's Moving Castle	Susan J. Napier		Template:ISBN	English	Shiroi Hane Nihonjoe
Anime: From Akira to Princess Mononoke	Susan J. Napier		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe Animeronin deerstop
The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation	Gilles Poitras		Template:ISBN	English	Stone Bridge Press
Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, The (Revised and expanded)	Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy		Template:ISBN	English	SephyTheThird Shiroi Hane
Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know	Gilles Poitras		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica Anime & Manga Monthly (1992–1997)	Trish Ledoux (editor)	Details	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
The Citi Exhibition Manga マンガ	Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (editor), Matsuba Ryoko (editor)	Arranged into six thematic chapters, with essays by leading scholars. Showcases the work of Japan's most influential manga artists past and present, with printed manga extracts, original drawings, manga magazines, theatre, film, digital technologies and exclusive interviews with artists, editors and publishers. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the British Museum in 2019.	Template:ISBN	English	Amffy
Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga	Frederick L. Schodt		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Dico Manga	Nicolas Finet, Stéphane Ferrand, et al.		Template:ISBN	French	KrebMarkt
The History of Hentai Manga: An Expressionist Examination of Eromanga	Kimi Rito	An in-depth look at Japan's erotic comic scene and its place within Japanese pop culture. Includes interviews with hentai creators ISHiKEi, Hiroya Oku, Hiroyuki Utatane, Toshio Maeda, John K. Pe-ta, and Shindo L.	Template:ISBN	English	Amffy
Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.	Roland Kelts		Template:ISBN	English	deerstop
Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture	Edited by Timothy J. Craig		Template:ISBN	English	JadeFox
Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics	Paul Gravett		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics	Frederick L. Schodt		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe SephyTheThird
Mechademia Volume 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga	Frenchy Lunning (ed.)	Details	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Mechademia Volume 2: Networks of Desire	Frenchy Lunning (ed.)	Details	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Mechademia Volume 3: Limits of the Human	Frenchy Lunning (ed.)	Details	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
The Notenki Memoirs	Yasuhiro Takeda		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
The Otaku Encyclopedia	Patrick W. Galbraith		Template:ISBN	English	SephyTheThird Cloud668
Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan	Patrick W. Galbraith		Template:ISBN	English	Sandtalon
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime	Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Takayuki Tatsumi (editors)		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation	Antonia Levi		Template:ISBN	English	Thibbs
The Science of Anime: Mecha-noids and AI-super-bots	Lois H Gresh, Robert Weinberg		Template:ISBN	English	Shiroi Hane
Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii	Brian Ruh		Template:ISBN	English	deerstop
Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews	Fred Patten		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe SephyTheThird
The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures	Edited by Dolores Martinez		Template:ISBN	English	JadeFox

Studio Ghibli and related

Books specifically about Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, other animators at Studio Ghibli, and directly related works and people.

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
The Archives of Studio Ghibli Vol.1			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Archives of Studio Ghibli Vol.2			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Archives of Studio Ghibli Vol.3			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Archives of Studio Ghibli Vol.4			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Archives of Studio Ghibli Vol.5			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Laputa	Hayao Miyazaki		ISBN none	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of My Neighbors the Yamadas	Isao Takahata, Hisaichi Ishii		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Nausicaä	Hayao Miyazaki		ISBN none	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor Impressions	Hayao Miyazaki	Details	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe Shiroi Hane
The Art of Only Yesterday	Isao Takahata		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Porco Rosso	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of The Princess Mononoke	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher Nihonjoe
The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty: A Studio Ghibli Film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi			Template:ISBN	English	Shiroi Hane
The Art of Spirited Away	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
The Art of Totoro	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation	Helen McCarthy		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea: The Original Storyboards	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	Japanese	Nihonjoe
Starting Point: 1979-1996	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe SephyTheThird
Turning Point: 1997-2008	Hayao Miyazaki		Template:ISBN	English	SephyTheThird

Series specific

Digimon

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
Digimon Adventure 02 Gakken Mook Animedia Special			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Adventure 02 Kōshiki Daizukan III			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Adventure 02 Kōshiki Daizukan IV			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Adventure Character Kanzen File			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Adventure Gakken Mook Animedia Special			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Adventure Kōshiki Daizukan			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Adventure Kōshiki Daizukan II			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Movie Book			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Tamers Chōhyakka			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Tamers Daihyakka			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Tamers Kōshiki Daizukan V			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Tamers Kōshiki Daizukan VI			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Digimon Visual Dictionary			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane

Love Hina

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
Ani Hina Ver.1		Anime Guidebook covering the first half of the series	Template:ISBN	Japanese	SephyTheThird
Ani Hina Ver.2		Anime Guidebook covering the second half of the series	Template:ISBN	Japanese	SephyTheThird
Ani Hina Art Collection		Art collection featuring art used in magazine articles Newtype, Animage etc, as well as some promo art	Template:ISBN	Japanese	SephyTheThird
Love Hina 0		Manga reference book covering the first 7 volumes	Template:ISBN	Japanese	SephyTheThird
Love Hina ∞		Manga reference book covering all 14 volumes.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	SephyTheThird

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
E-Mono		Goods of Evangelion collection	Template:ISBN	Chinese	Mythsearcher
Evangelion Original I	Hideaki Anno and others	Original Anime Script		Japanese	Mythsearcher
Evangelion Original II	Hideaki Anno and others	Original Anime Script		Japanese	Mythsearcher
Evangelion Original III	Hideaki Anno and others	Original Anime Script		Japanese	Mythsearcher
Evangelion Original I	Hideaki Anno and others	Original Anime Script		Chinese	Mythsearcher
Evangelion Original II	Hideaki Anno and others	Original Anime Script		Chinese	Mythsearcher
Evangelion Original III	Hideaki Anno and others	Original Anime Script		Chinese	Mythsearcher
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Unofficial Guide	Kazuhisa Fujie, Martin Foster		Template:ISBN	English	Shiroi Hane

Gundam

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
Gundam Century Renewal Version		Secondary source for First Gundam by a discontinued monthly magazine OUT in the 80's. Republicated version.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Gundam Officials	Yuka Minakawa	Official guide book of Gundam Universal Century series focusing on First Gundam, 08th MS Team, 0080 and 0083.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Model Graphix Special Edition "Gundam Wars III" Gundam Sentinel The Battle of "Real Gundam"		Novel and modeling of Gundam Sentinel along with editorial and author interviews. Also contains history of the publication and glossary of both Gundam and Macross series.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
MS Encyclopedia (98)		Specs and descriptions of Mobile weapons of the Gundam series dated until 1998.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Gundam CG Works	Kimura Toy, Tatsuguchi Tomoki, Horiuchi Tomoyuki, HiMAT(Ise Hidehiko & Sasa Yukio)	3D Computer Graphics Modeling techniques of Gundam related units and short descriptions on drawn units and Gundam Evolve Omega.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Anaheim Journal		Official Creative works.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Newtype 100% Collection 41 Turn A Gundam Vol. 2		Turn A Gundam Guide book	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Otona no Gundam Perfect		Secondary source for History, Characters and Mecha complete from First Gundam to Gundam 00, along with interviews of directors and such.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher

Other

Title	Author(s)	Content	ISBN	Language	Who owns it
Ah! My Goddess Colours	Kosuke Fujishima	Official guide of said series	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher Nihonjoe
Cardcaptor Sakura Clow Card Fortune Book			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Emma Victorian Guide	Kaoru Mori & Rico Murakami	Guide and background of Emma (manga).	ISBN986174255-7	Chinese	Mythsearcher
Full Metal Panic! The Anime Mission		Official guidebook for the first anime series Episode guide, character bios, interviews etc	Template:ISBN	English	SephyTheThird
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Visual book			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Hello Kitty Everything! 25 Years of Fun	Marie Y. Moss		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Hello Kitty: The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon	Ken Belson, Brian Bremmer		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Honey and Clover: Official fan book vol.0	Chica Umino	Official fanbook for Honey and Clover	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Amaya Sakura
Kenshin KADEN	Editors of Jump	Official guide of Kenshin with second last comic strip	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Kiddy Grade Conclusion			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
The Labor Industry	Gakken	Secondary source academical research on the series Patlabor	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher
Lucky Star Official Guide Book: Ryo-oh Gakuen High School Entrance Guide			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Mahou Sensei Negima! no Himitsu!?			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Mamotte Syugogetten! Fan Book	Minene Sakurano	Official guide of said series	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Mythsearcher Nihonjoe
Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist	Andrew Osmond	Detailing the works and influence of Satoshi Kon	Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Speed Racer: The Official 30th Anniversary Guide	Elizabeth Moran		Template:ISBN	English	Nihonjoe
Suzumiya Haruhi no Koushiki			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
TV Animation Mahou Sensei Negima! Official Fanbook!			Template:ISBN	Japanese	Shiroi Hane
Sola Visual Fan Book		Official fanbook of the anime. Contains storyboards, visuals, episode guides, character profiles, and interviews.	Template:ISBN	Japanese	Cloud668