Herano
Brigade Leader
I really love to read about all facets of anime and I wondered if there are any recommendations you guys have?
My favorites are:
The anime encyclopedia - Jonathan Clements
I have an older version of this behemoth of a book and its just to fun to open it on a random page and learn about some obscure anime.
Megumi Hayashibara's The Characters Taught Me Everything
Megumi Hayashibara is one on my favorite voice actors and this book is an interesting introspective look into her work. She talks about how trying to be all these different characters taught her all kinds of life lessons and the hurdles and surprises she encountered along the way. It's a part biograpy, a part looking behind-the-scenes (I learned a lot about some of my favorite anime) and part a book of wisdom and I enjoyed it a lot.
The ghibliotheque anime movie guide - Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham
This is a '30 non-ghibli anime movies you have to see' book, with reviews of the movies in question and a lot of background information about the makers, how the movies where made and the impact they've had. I like that they start quite early in anime's history, with 'panda and the magic snake' and often learn about how these earlier titles inspired now famous directors and animators to get into the anime industry. I also now have the goal to collect all these anime on physical media
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I also have Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle - Susan J. Napier, which I think will be an interesting read, but its also written in a really academic style which I have to be in the mood for.
Have you guys read any of these and what did you think? And what do you think are books about anime that are must reads?
My favorites are:
The anime encyclopedia - Jonathan Clements
I have an older version of this behemoth of a book and its just to fun to open it on a random page and learn about some obscure anime.
Megumi Hayashibara's The Characters Taught Me Everything
Megumi Hayashibara is one on my favorite voice actors and this book is an interesting introspective look into her work. She talks about how trying to be all these different characters taught her all kinds of life lessons and the hurdles and surprises she encountered along the way. It's a part biograpy, a part looking behind-the-scenes (I learned a lot about some of my favorite anime) and part a book of wisdom and I enjoyed it a lot.
The ghibliotheque anime movie guide - Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham
This is a '30 non-ghibli anime movies you have to see' book, with reviews of the movies in question and a lot of background information about the makers, how the movies where made and the impact they've had. I like that they start quite early in anime's history, with 'panda and the magic snake' and often learn about how these earlier titles inspired now famous directors and animators to get into the anime industry. I also now have the goal to collect all these anime on physical media
.I also have Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle - Susan J. Napier, which I think will be an interesting read, but its also written in a really academic style which I have to be in the mood for.
Have you guys read any of these and what did you think? And what do you think are books about anime that are must reads?
