Dreamland Japan

Writings on Modern Manga

BY

Frederik L. Schodt

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About This Book

Dreamland Japan was published in 1996 by Stone Bridge Press. Frederik L. Schodt wrote it as a type of sequel to his 1983 book, Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. With the boom in interest in Japanese comics, more and more people had asked him to do a revision of Manga! Manga!, but he had unfortunately been unable to interest the original publisher. Dreamland Japan is better than a revision, however, because it builds on what Manga! Manga! did, and Manga! Manga! still has considerable currency as an introductory work. He designed Dreamland Japan to be as complementary as possible, and hopefully readers new to the manga scene will read both volumes. Although the books can certainly be read separately, they are designed to function as a pair, with Manga! Manga! laying the historical groundwork and giving the introduction, and Dreamland Japan providing the overview of post 1983 developments, and also giving a more personalized view of the manga scene. The book was edited and laid-out by Peter Goodman. The cool cover on this book was designed by artist Raymond Larrett. The wonderfully explosive manga illustration in the center of the cover is by Ebisu Yoshikazu, who is described in detail in the book.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface 

Enter the Id 

  • What are Manga?

  • Why read Manga?

Modern Manga at the End of the Millenium
  • What's in a Word?
  • The Dojinshi World 
  • Otaku
  • Are Manga Dangerous?
  • Freedom of Speech vs. Regulation
  • Black and White Issues #1 
  • Black and White Issues #2 
  • Do Manga Have a Future? 


(COVERS OF MANGA MAGAZINES)

The Manga Magazine Scene 

  • CoroCoro Comic
  • Weekly Boy's Jump
  • Nakayoshi
  • Big Comics
  • Morning
  • Take Shobo and Mahjong Manga
  • Pachinko Manga Magazines
  • Combat Comic
  • June
  • Comic Amour
  • Yan Mama Comic
  • Garo 

Artists and Their Work

  • Hinako Sugiura
  • King Terry
  • Z-Chan (Shingo Iguchi)
  • Yoshikazu Ebisu
  • Kazuichi Hanawa
  • Murasaki Yamada
  • Suehiro Maruo
  • Silent Service (Kaiji Kawaguchi)
  • Akira Narita
  • Shungicu Uchida
  • Shigeru Mizuki
  • Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun
  • Criminal Defense Stories
  • Fancy Dance (Reiko Okano)
  • Tomoi (Wakuni Akisato)
  • Naniwa Financiers
  • Yoshiharu Tsuge
  • Banana Fish (Akimi Yoshida)
  • Milk Morizono
  • The Way of Manga [Fujiko Fujio (A)]
  • King of Editors (Seiki Tsuchida)
  • Declaration of Arrogant-ism
  • Cult Comics

Osamu Tezuka: A Tribute to the God of Comics 
  • The Human Dream Factory 
  • Might Atom and Astro Boy 
  • The Three Adolfs 
  • Princess Knight and Takarazuka
  • Black Jack
  • Phoenix
  • Jungle Emperor

Beyond Manga 

  • Nausicaa and the Manga-Anime Link
  • Manga Artist as Film Director
  • The Manga-Novel Nexus
  • Information Manga
  • Manga Artists and Computers

    Manga in the English-Speaking World
    English-Language Manga Publishers
    Manga Made in America
    Fan Power
    Networking
    Beyond Fandom


    Appendix: Manga in English
    References and Recommended Reading
    Index

Manga in the English-Speaking World

  • English-Language Manga Publishers
  • Manga Made in America
  • Fan Power
  • Networking
  • Beyond Fandom

Appendix: Manga in English
References and Recommended Reading
Index
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Criticism

"For the last dozen years, comics enthusiasts have referred to Schodt's Manga! Manga! as the 'Bible on Japanese comics.' Now they will have to refer to Manga! Manga! as 'the Old Testament,' because Dreamland Japan is now available as 'the New Testament,' bringing Schodt's comprehensive scholarship on Japanese cartoon literature up to the present."

                                   --Fred Patten, animation and comics historian


"Fred Schodt's "Dreamland Japan is the most encompassing and the best introduction to manga I have ever read. For anyone involved in graphic literature this book is necessary background reading."


                          --Will Eisner, graphic novelist, creator of The Spirit



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ORDERING INFORMATION:

Dreamland Japan can be ordered directly from the publisher, the intrepid Stone Bridge Press, through the toll-free number of 1-800-947-7271 (Local number in California is 1-510-524-8732). The Stone Bridge Press contact info is: 


Stone Bridge Press
P.O. Box 8208
Berkeley, CA 94707
EMAIL: sbp@stonebridge.com
NET: www.stonebridge.com

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