From Stone Bridge Press and author Gilles Poitras comes The Anime Companion 2, which contains hundreds of glossary-style entries to help one learn of anime’s distinctive content, images, and cultural motifs. For a better understanding of what the book covers, please view its press release by clicking “More”.
For Immediate Release:
August 2005 (Berkeley, CA) – Stone Bridge Press, publisher of books about Japan, rolls out the next volume to the well-loved Anime Companion!
The Anime Companion 2 boasts hundreds of all-new glossary-style entries to help you decipher anime’s distinctive content, images, and cultural motifs. Ranging from Adachi-ku (in Tokyo, seen in You’re Under Arrest) to Zomen (a mask, seen in Spirited Away), with Miso Ramen in between (a favorite noodle dish in GTO), Gilles Poitras covers the minutiae of anime in fascinating detail, including illustrations, anime images, film citations, and numerous references to the related art of manga.
More than a guide, Anime Companion 2 is a pop survey of Japanese art, kitsch, history, food, and daily life. Now with entries in kanji (Japanese characters) and English, plus maps of old provinces and current prefectures (and the 23 wards of Tokyo), The Anime Companion remains the best friend an otaku (anime fan) ever had, and a fun way for the non-otaku to learn about Japan.
Author Gilles Poitras is a librarian in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of The Anime Companion (Volume 1) and Anime Essentials, both published by Stone Bridge Press. He writes a monthly column for Newtype USA and appears in The Animatrix and Otaku Unite! documentaries. Dubbed “the most influential anime fan in America,” Poitras has introduced films at the Smithsonian Institute and taught a class on anime at Pixar Studios. He is a frequent guest at anime conventions.
The Anime Companion 2: More…What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation? retails for $18.95, in the United States. It is 160 pages, paperback, with 35 black-and-white photos and illustrations. The ISBN number for the book is 1-880656-96-5.
The Anime Companion 2 is published by Stone Bridge Press and distributed nationwide by Consortium Book Sales, 800-283-3572. The project is distributed in Japan by Yohan.
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For More Information:
Ms. Jaime Starling
Stone Bridge Press
www.stonebridge.com
starling@stonebridge.com
510-558-7826
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