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A Plethora of Anime and Manga Titles
Otaku World Anime and Manga Theme Guide
- Otaku World's own definitive, searchable web-guide to hundreds of Anime and Manga titles with links to related websites around the world. If you're looking for a website about a specific anime or manga title, this is the place to start!
Anime And Manga Webzines and Media Links
- Animecca
- The promised URL of anime fans in the western world.
- EX
- The Online World of Anime & Manga. EX is sponsored by the Society for Promotion of Japanese Animation.
- J-Pop.com
- A magazine of Japanese popular culture. Great interviews and reviews.
- Psychommu Gaijin Anime E-zine
- The anime filled, blasphemous, beer-inspired e-zine for gaijin, by gaijin.
- Sci-Fi Channel: The Dominion
- The Sci-Fi Channel brings you Anime Saturday, a regular showing of anime titles once a week.
- Steve's favorite links
- Much Anime and even Godzilla information and movies.
- The Super Manga Page
- A nice general manga webzine with image galleries and good background reference material.
Japanese Cultural Information
- Hashi : HASHI / Chopsticks
- What EuroAmerican types call Chopsticks. Be amazed at how fancy they can get!
- Japanese Culture Page
- Know the legends and myths that form the basis of your favorite Anime and Manga.
- Japanese / English Dictionary
- Want to know how to paint the Japanese Kanji for `Otaku' or what `Kawaii' means? Here is the tool to use. Very useful.
- Life In A Japanese School
- By Maiko Covington. A brilliant and facinating look at what life in a Japanese school is actually like. Find out what living Ranma's life would really be like!
- Mangajin
- Reading comics can be educational! Mangajin teaches Japanese culture and conversational language skills by using examples from manga.
- Nihon Sumo Kyokai (The Japanese Sumo Association)
- The Japanese Sumo Association controls the sport of sumo in Japan. This site has everything you ever wanted to know about Sumo, including recent basho (tournaments).
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Reiko-chan's "Japanese for Anime Lovers" Title Page
- Fun, excellent and instructional site, teaches Japanese in a clever and enjoyable way! Recommended!
- Sumo FAQ
- Got a question about the sport of Sumo? Start here to get the low-down on terms, culture, and history of the sport.
- Using Japanese with a PC
- If you don't live in Japan, you might have trouble locating Japanese-language support software. Trouble no more! This page is a great source for freeware and shareware Japanese language dictionaries, word processors, fonts and more!
- WELCOME TO JAPAN ONLINE!!!!
- A cultural information reference.
Companies that Make, Distribute or Produce Anime and Manga Goods
- A.D. Vision
- Yuna, Cutey Honey, Nuku Nuku, Blue Seed, Suikoden, Evangelion, Sol Bianca, Maps, - I could go on for pages! They brought them all over here for you to see.
- Animeigo
- Bubblegum Crisis, Spirit of Wonder, I think you get the idea. Here they are.
- A.I.C.
- Anime International Company, Inc. publishes Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, Pretty Samy, and others. Site supports English and Japanese.
- Antarctic Press
- The publishers of many manga titles in America, such as Fantastic Panic amongst others!
- Fuji Creative
- Fuji produces a huge number of popular anime. Too many good titles to even begin to list here!
- GAINAX NETWORK SYSTEMS
- Does Gunbuster or Otaku No Video ring a bell? This is the company. This is the home of the real-life Otaking!
- GHIBLI HOME PAGE!!
- Laputa. Kikis Delivery Service. My Neighbor Totoro. Ghibli made them all, and more. The gods of anime!
- Hakusensha
- A popular Japanese manga publisher. Sorry, Japanese text only.
- Kodansha
- The biggest publisher in Japan has a site for you to visit. You name it, they probably publish it.
- MANGA ENTERTAINMENT
- Titles packaged and re-packaged for mainstream consumption, the newest anime distributor! They brought over Giant Robo and Ghost In The Shell, as well as re-releasing many otherwise unavailable works!
- Mixx Publications
- Soon to release Parasyte, Ice Blade, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Sailor Moon English-translated in their premiere anthology magazine Mixxzine!
- Nippon Animation
- The studio that produced Tonde Buurin, Chibi Maruko-chan, Future Boy Conan, and Romeo's Blue Sky! Japanese text only.
- Pioneer Entertainment Animation
- Pioneer Entertainment publishes a number of favorite Anime in the U.S., including Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, Kishin Corp, etc.
- THE RIGHT STUF INTERNATIONAL
- They have a 144 page catalog. That's how big.
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Sanrio
- Hello Kitty! Need we say more? Well, okay, here's more: Keroppi, Spotty Dotty, Pekkle, Pochacco, Winkie Pinkie, etc. You get the idea! If it's cute, it's Sanrio!
- Shogakukan
- Manga and anime publishers of Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Fushigi Yuugi, Pineapple Army, and hundreds more! English text available!
- Softcel Pictures
- The Hentai subset of A.D. Vision, they brought us The Elven Bride, Countdown, Magical Twilight, and many more wonderful, sweet, somewhat sweaty little anime jems.
- Software Sculptors
- Here Is Greenwood, Dancougar, The Slayers, and several anime screen-savers, these are the folks, folks.
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Starchild
- Japanese producers of Minky Momo and Sailor Moon. Japanese text only.
- Stone Bridge Press
- Stone Bridge Press is a small book publisher in Berkeley, CA, who specializes in books and software about Japan. Their focus includes all of Japan's rich culture.
- Streamline Pictures
- If Akira, Robotech, Dirty Pair, Robot Carnival sound familiar, Streamline is why.
- Studio Proteus
- They produce manga translations for Dark Horse, amongst other things!
- Tatsunoko Production
- The studio behind Speed Racer, Samurai Pizza Cats, and Science Ninja Team Gatchaman! English text available!
- Toei Animation
- Producers of Sailor Moon, Voltron, and Dragonball.
- Viz Communications
- Ranma, Maison Ikkoku, Please Save My Earth, and much more. As if you had never heard of them!
Places to Buy Anime and Manga
- AnimeNation
- AnimeNation has a huge selection of anime and manga at great prices. Many imported specialty items like model kits, wall scrolls, action figures, and CD soundtracks are also available.
- Dragon Ball Z Specialty Store
- Asian Mall has a great selection of Dragon Ball Z specialty items.
- Nikaku Animart!
- Quick service, posters, toys, videos, soundtracks, and manga. Jenniko-chan and Dov both order from Nikaku regularly.
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Sabre Home Entertainment
- A retail establishment with a good selection of domestic anime and manga in Niagara Falls, Canada. Good deal, eh?
General Anime And Manga Sites with Loads of Links and Information
- Anime Pitstop
- A decent keyword-based search engine for anime websites.
- AnimeLink
- Tom's AnimeLink is a good source for links and anime reviews.
- Anime Web Turnpike
- A terrific guide to the Japanese Animation and Manga (Japanese Comics) internet world. Extensive resources, titles, links and mailing lists.
- Big Fire Anime
- THE Hentai site on the internet. Don't get any skin abrasions now, my little monkeys!
- Canuss' Furry Hypertext Lynx
- Alright, so anthropomorphics are not anime, at least not exactly. But there is a relationship, and some overlap as well, and folks who enjoy one, generally enjoy the other.
- The Cute Page
- All Cute, all the time!
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Emily's Magical Girl Page!
- A kawaii and clever celebration of Magical Girls!
- Final Fantasy Home Page
- An intriguing use of HTML to explore the world of Final Fantasy, a living community on the Web.
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Fushigi Yuugi Image Archive
- The biggest and best image gallery for Fushigi Yuugi: essentially the entire series on-line!
- David Gaxiola's Anime Resources and Info
- An impressive site featuring much information relating to Anime and Manga.
- Index of Hitoshi's Pages
- Thousands of pages of Anime material.
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Iczer's Anime Sound Shrine
- A vast and extrememly valuable site for anime sound files. Highly recommended!
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Monkey Punch com!
- Monkey Punch, creator of the spectacular Lupin III series, has his own website!
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Tenchi's Vault of Anime MSTings
- Fan-written MST3K takes a stab at fan-written anime!
- On-Line Anime Midi Server
- This site allows you to listen to anime-based midi music through your browser (there are tips to show you how). There are some very beautiful pieces here, well worth the time.
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The Shoujo Manga Home Page
- Devoted to Shojo, this site provides a grand overview.
- Sam's AniMe page
- A good general list of anime links. A bit graphic-intensive but very pretty to look at!
- Tasuki no Miko's Fushigi Yuugi Page
- Basic information on the popular anime series!
- USA Anime Archives
- An excellent archive featuring fan-fiction, images, the Ranma 1/2 Universe page, and more. The original home of the Big KiSS Page!
Software Links Relating To Anime and Anime-Based Games
- falcom home page
- The producers of Japanese RPG's for the PC in Japan.
- Furcadia
- One of the most beautiful online role-playing games we have seen. This is a work-in-progress but the role-playing aspect is going strong!
- Game Fan Home
- Some information on games and anime, including anime-based games.
- Happy Puppy Software Games Onramp Home Page
- The most popular games site on earth, occasionally has titles that are anime-based or styled.
- HUDSON HOME PAGE!!
- The creators of Bomberman and other wonderful games! Site is in Japanese.
- Isoft - Home of Japanese software
- A project to translate many Japanese software into English.
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Katyfraise HomePage
- This Japanese scientist loves the little cat `Jiji'.and makes toys for you!
- The Lunar Outpost
- Devoted to Working Designs Lunar games, as well as other Import and Translated RPG's
- NightsHome
- OK. NiGHTS is a game for the Saturn, and not an anime, or a manga. However, one look at NiGHTS, and it becomes instantly obvious that NiGHTS might as well be. The site offers some software toy downloads, and pretty images.
- Square in Japan
- The RPG game company. Visit them at their home.
- Takarajimasha
- "Treasure Island" publishes a whole range of entertainment products in Japan, from books to CD-ROMs to games.
- Tokimeki Memorial Site
- Tokimeki Memorial is Konami's absolutely wonderful and heart thrilling game of anime high school dating! If ONLY it would be brought out in English! SIGH!!!!
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Sega-Saturn.com
- "The number one information source for Sega and PC Games". Not affiliated with SEGA Enterprises.
- Working Designs
- Finally, the Gift From God company that specializes in bringing out brilliantly translated Japanese anime-inspired RPG games, have an official website!
Search Engines - Find Your Own Stuff!
- SavvySearch SEARCH
- Jenniko-chan's personal favorite. Easy, quick, and intelligent searches.
- Excite Netsearch!
- Lycos
- Yahoo
- AltaVista
- WWW Yellow Pages
If you would like to suggest additional websites that should be listed here, we'd love to have your input. Contact Dov Sherman at dsherman@otakuworld.com.
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