home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!igor.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
- From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga,news.answers,rec.answers,rec.arts.anime.info
- Subject: rec.arts.manga: Manga Resources
- Keywords: monthly informative posting
- Message-ID: <Mar.21.13.10.05.1994.23283@remus.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 21 Mar 94 18:10:05 GMT
- Followup-To: rec.arts.manga
- Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division
- Lines: 518
- Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu
- Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.arts.manga:6466 news.answers:16711 rec.answers:4561 rec.arts.anime.info:424
-
-
- Archive-name: manga/resources
-
- THE MANGA RESOURCES LIST
- ========================
-
- Edited by
- Steve Pearl
- December, 1993
-
- This FAQ, as well as many other FAQ's appearing on the net, is posted
- to news.answers. You can ftp FAQ's mentioned in this document from
- rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet. If you do not have ftp, send a message to
- "mail-server@rftm.mit.edu" with the word "help" in the body. The
- server will send you instructions on retrieving the files via email.
-
- This is a monthly list of sources of manga material available to the readers of
- this newsgroup. If you have any questions, additions or corrections, send them
- to:
-
- Internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu or Steve Pearl
- CI$: >internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu 359 Lloyd Rd
- GEnie: S.PEARL6 Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
-
-
- Changes to this posting since November, 1993
- - Corrected the LA Books Nippan info
-
- Things to do:
-
-
- DISCLAIMER 1: The editor is not associated with ANY of the companies or
- organizations mentioned below.
-
- DISCLAIMER 2: The opinions expressed on this post do not necessarily represent
- the opinions held either by the editor or any organization he's affiliated with.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Table of Contents
-
- o TRANSLATED MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
- o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
- o MANGA FTP SITES
- o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
- o OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- o TRANSLATED AND/OR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MANGA AVAILABLE IN THE USA
-
- Some manga (Japanese comics) have been translated into English for
- the American market. Those manga which have spun off into anime-related
- projects are indicated in parentheses. [Note: "American manga" based on
- Japanese characters are not included. That's why CAPTAIN HARLOCK, DIRTY
- PAIR and LENSMAN are not listed here. Also not listed here is NINJA HIGH
- SCHOOL, an "American manga" that is only *indirectly* based on Japanese
- characters (it is a satirical blend of elements taken from ORANGE ROAD,
- PROJECT A-KO, and URUSEI YATSURA). Manga produced by Japanese creators
- in English, however, like MAZINGER, ONI & SAMURAI: SoD are included.]
-
- Antarctic Press:
- MANGAZINE #17-19 (All three issues contain "The Age of Hydroplanes,"
- the serial by Hayao Miyazaki. This was the prototype for the movie,
- PORCO ROSSO.), STAR TREKKER
-
- Blast Books [New York]:
- MR. ARASHI'S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, PANORAMA OF HORROR
-
- Catalan Press:
- GOODBYE AND OTHER STORIES
-
- CHEVAL NOIR [Dark Horse Comics]:
- ANGEL FUSION by Keisuke Goto & Hiroyuki Kato in #1; IN DREAMS by
- Masashi Tanaka in #24-26
-
- Dark Horse Comics:
- GODZILLA (TV series and lots of man-in-a-rubber-suit movies)
-
- Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus:
- CARAVAN KIDD, ORION, OUTLANDERS (OAV) and VENUS WARS (movie)
-
- Eclipse Comics:
- SAMURAI: SON OF DEATH [not a translation but an all-new work in English
- by Hiroshi Hirata, whose work was well-liked by Yukio Mishima]
-
- Eclipse Comics International/Studio Proteus:
- APPLESEED (OAV), BLACK MAGIC (OAV), CYBER 7, DOMINION (4 OAVs),
- THE LOST CONTINENT
-
- Eclipse International/Viz Comics:
- AREA 88 [was continued by Viz Comics afterwards] (3 OAVs, TV series),
- (THE LEGEND OF) KAMUI [this is not the same Kamui as the Kamui in "The
- Dagger of Kamui"] (TV series), and MAI THE PSYCHIC GIRL
-
- Educomics: [see also entries under "New Society Publishers"]
- BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera) and I SAW IT
-
- Epic Comics:
- AKIRA (movie), FAREWELL TO WEAPONS, MEMORIES
-
- EPIC Magazine, ?/?/83:
- ONI ["Ogre;" not a translation, but an original story written & drawn
- by Go Nagai, of Devilman, Fandora, Shuten Doji & Violence Jack fame.]
-
- First Comics:
- LONE WOLF AND CUB (a live-action TV series & 6 live-action movies) and
- MAZINGER [not a translation but an all-new English-language work by
- series creator Go Nagai] (3 TV series & 6 movies; the first TV series
- was released in the USA under the name "Tranzor Z")
-
- Innovation Comics:
- SAZAN 3x3 EYES (4 OAVs)
-
- MANGA! MANGA! THE WORLD OF JAPANESE COMICS by Frederik L. Schodt [book]:
- PHOENIX [Tezuka!] (movie & a live-action film), THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
- (TV series & a French live-action movie), SENJO [BATTLEFIELD; by Leiji
- Matsumoto], and BAREFOOT GEN (OAV, 3 live-action films & an opera)
-
- New Society Publishers [PO Box 582, Santa Cruz, CA 95061]:
- BAREFOOT GEN: A CARTOON STORY OF HIROSHIMA (284 pages) copyright 1987,
- BAREFOOT GEN: THE DAY AFTER (177 pages) copyright 1988, and
- BAREFOOT GEN: LIFE AFTER THE BOMB (164 pages) copyright 1989
-
- Now Comics:
- SPEED RACER CLASSICS (TV series)
-
- Sun Comics:
- COSMOS: CHRONICLES OF PARADISE, HIGH SCHOOL AGENT, RAGNAROK GUY, RAIKA
-
- University of California Press:
- JAPAN, INC. by Shotaro Ishinomori [ISBN 0-520-06289-2]
-
- Viz Comics:
- BAOH (OAV), BATTLE ANGEL ALITA, COBRA (TV series and movie), CRYING
- FREEMAN (OAV series), FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (2 TV series, a movie & a
- live-action Hong Kong kung fu movie), GREY (OAV), GOKU: MIDNIGHT EYE
- (2 OAVs), GOLGO 13: THE PROFESSIONAL [also put out by two other
- publishers] (movie), HOROBI, HOTEL HARBOUR VIEW, JUSTY (OAV), LUM:
- URUSEI YATSURA (TV series, OAVs and movies), MACROSS II (OAV series),
- NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (movie), PINEAPPLE ARMY, RANMA 1/2
- (2 TV series, 2 OAVs & 2 movies), RUMIC WORLD: FIRE TRIPPER (OAV),
- RUMIC WORLD: LAUGHING TARGET (OAV), SABER TIGER, SANCTUARY, SHION:
- BLADE OF THE MINSTREL, SILENT MOBIUS (movie), STRIKER: ARMORED WARRIOR,
- and 2001 NIGHTS (OAV)
-
- -- Written by Steven Feldman
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- o WHERE TO FIND MANGA
- ===================
-
- Two Japanese bookstore chains in America offer original mangas and
- manga magazines. They are the Kinokuniya and Asahiya bookstores. You
- shall also be able to find some small bookstores that carry manga in
- any major city with a decent size of Japanese populations. For them
- check the various "shopping guide" availble at various FTP site.
- (There are shopping guide to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New
- York, Hawaii, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.)
-
- For the people in Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand, many
- translated bootlege pirate copys of manga exist at a cheaper price
- with a poorer quality. These usually find their way to Chinese
- bookstores abroad. If you don't understand Japanese anyway, then you
- may wish to check these manga out.
-
- People in Australia and Europe generally are stucked with the American
- translations, unless they can find some distributors which carry the
- original stuffs, or make oversea order to Japan or America. There are
- suppose some French translated manga (Maison Ikkoku and Saint Seiya),
- but apparently they are very hard to find.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kinokuniya Bookstores:
-
- Los Angeles (213) 687-4447
- New Jersey (201) 941-7580
- Yaohan Plaza 941-6087 (FAX)
- Kinokuniya Bookstore
- 595 River Road, Edgewater, NJ 07029
- Costa Mesa, CA in Yaohan Center (714) 434-9986,
- New York (212) 745-1461/1462
- Kinokuniya Bookstore 541-9335 (FAX)
- 10 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10020
- San Francisco (415) 567 7625
- Kinokuniya Bookstore
- 1581 Webster Street
- SF, CA 94115
- San Jose (408) 252 1300
- Kinokuniya Bookstore
- 675 Saratoga Ave
- San Jose, CA 95129
- Seattle (206) 587-2477.
- Torrance Store (213) 327 6577
- Weller Court Store (213) 687 4480
-
- Yes, Books Kinokunia does indeed special order books and mangas through
- mail. If you will go to one of their stores, or ask them by writing or
- phone, they will give you a yellow postcard that looks like this:
-
- (my best ASCII representation of the back of the postcard)
-
- ===============================================================================
- Books MAIL ORDER CARD DATE___________
- Kinokuniya
-
- Please supply me the following publications with bill-invoice
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER PRICE
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- If it's not currently in stock, please let us know if you obtained the book
- from Japan. YES __ NO __
-
-
- ORDER BY: SEA __ AIR __ (20% MORE from AIR CARGO)
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- MR.
- MISS MRS. _________________________________________PHONE NO.___________________
- please print
-
- STREET ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________
-
- CITY AND STATE _________________________________________ ZIP CODE _____________
-
- ===============================================================================
-
- (and the address on the front says)
-
-
- KINOKUNIYA BOOK STORES OF AMERICA CO., LTD.
-
- 1581 WEBSTER STREET - KINOKUNIYA BUILDING
-
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115-9948
-
-
- You may not even need this postcard (although the postage is paid for by Kino.)
- as long as you send in the necessary informations. If you can't write Kanjis
- then it may help if you would send in a copy of those slips of papers that
- always get in your way of reading the manga, but you never bothered to take
- out. Those papers have all the essential information (title, publisher,
- author, price, etc.). Sea cargo would take 2 - 2 1/2 months (so they claim,
- expect 3-4 months) but at no extra cost (compare to store retail, that is),
- while the air cargo would take 1 months (5-6 weeks) at 20% additional cost over
- retail. If you live in the middle of nowhere (no offense to those living in
- the "Good Morning" State (^.^)) ask Kino if they would also do UPS, since most
- special orders are picked up at the store. The store also carries some CD &
- Video tapes, so they may special order those for you as well.......
-
- (By davmou@ocf.berkeley.edu)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Other Japanese Bookstores:
-
- Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
- Yaohan Plaza
- 333 S. Alameda St. Suite 108
- Los Angeles, CA 90013
- (213) 626-5650
- (213) 626-1746 (fax)
-
- Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc
- Yaohan Plaza
- 100 E. Algonquin Rd.
- Arlington Heights, IL 60005
- (708) 956-6699
- Corner of Arlinton Heights Rd and Algonquin Rd.
-
- Books Nippan
- Nippon Shuppan Hanbai U.S.A., Inc.
- 605 West 7th Street
- Los Angeles, CA 90017
- (213) 891-9636
- (213) 891-9631 (fax)
-
- Iwase Bookstore
- Atlantam, GA
- (404) 814-0462
- (Will mail order)
-
- Nikaku Japanese Art
- 615 N. 6th
- San Jose, CA 95112
- (408) 971-2822
- Tues-Sat: 10-6PM
- Sun: 10-5PM
- Closed Mondays
- Send them a SASE for their catalog.
- (Best all around Anime/Manga store!)
-
- Sakura (Maryland)
- (301) 468-0605
-
- Tokyo Do SHoten
- 18924 Brookhurst
- Fountain Valley, Ca 92708
- (714) 968-9182
- Mon-Sat 10:30-6:30pm, Sunday 11-5
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- DIRECTLY FROM JAPAN
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- IN EUROPE:
-
- O.C.S. Bookshop B.V.
- Ferdinand Bolstraat 333
- NL-1072 LH Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
- Phone : +31-20-6799238
- Fax : +31-20-6766187
- Hours : 10:00-18:00 daily
-
- For the people who want to visit the bookshop, it's located in Hotel Okura.
- It's easy to get there by taking tramline 25. The manager of the shop is
- Mr. Masanori Iwanaga. The shop sells japanese books, magazines, manga and
- some other things. Note that everything is in japanese and not in English.
- The manager told me he is willing to take orders from all over Europe. If
- he doesn't have what you're looking for, he can always order it directly
- from Japan. He also provides subscriptions to magazines, just call and ask.
- --Leon Oninckx
-
- o MANGA FTP SITES
-
- These Internet sites contain anime related materials and are accessible
- by anonymous FTP. There may be other sites, but these are the major ones.
-
- Edited from the list by mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu (Matt Pyson)
- Last-Updated: 1993/07/13
- (Any corrections will be sent to me will be forwarded to him)
- Active Anime FTP Site Names and Addresses
- Anonymous FTP Site Name Internet Address Contents | Directory
- -------------------------- ----------------- --------------------------------
- atbmac1.larc.nasa.gov 128.155.18.23 Images,Scripts | pub/anime
- azathoth.sura.net 128.167.254.184 FanFiction | pub/anime/original
- bongo.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.186.13 Scripts,Images | anime
- brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 Miyazaki Scripts | listserv.1ac
- burgundy.nectar.cs.cmu.edu 128.2.209.13 README files | (see below)
- busop.cit.wayne.edu 141.217.75.40 Images | pub/anime
- cs.dal.ca 129.173.4.5 Archives,Lyrics | (see below)
- f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 Images | incoming/Pictures
- ftp.ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 Scripts | pub/anime
- ftp.tcp.com 128.111.72.60 much stuff | pub/anime
- ftp.white.toronto.edu 128.100.2.220 Scripts,Manga,Images | pub/anime
- garfield.catt.ncsu.edu 128.109.153.89 Images | pub/graphics/images
- gateway.control.com 140.186.1.34 Images | pub/graphics/anime
- isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp 130.54.20.1 UY Bitmaps | (see below)
- mageus.stanford.edu 36.161.0.237 Images,Scripts | Anime
- nic.stolaf.edu 130.71.128.8 Synopses,Images | (gopher dir)
- plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 FanFic,Images | pub/anime
- rahul.net 192.160.13.1 Images,Anims | pub/harlock
- remus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.3 Lyrics,Synopses | pub/anime
- romulus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.2 (mirror of remus.rutgers.edu)
- sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu 130.71.192.17 Synopses | (gopher dir)
- spies.wiretap.com 130.43.3.3 Guides | Library/Media/Anime
- sciences.sdsu.edu 130.191.224.2 Sounds | .1/anime
- toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.12.30 Bitmaps | /bitmaps/local/anime
- venice.mps.ohio-state.edu 128.146.37.77 much stuff | anime-manga
- wpi.wpi.edu 130.215.24.1 FanFic,Images | anime
- wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 Images | graphics/*
- -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-
-
- A crude guide to using FTP:
-
- Unix Command: ftp <site name>
- Login: anonymous
- Password: login@machine_name
-
- Let's say that geeker@pac.man.edu wants to get the latest and greatest
- Ranma-chan GIF (/manga/hentai/r-chan1.gif) from happosai.com.
- - At the Unix prompt, geeker types "ftp happosai.com".
- - At the "login:" prompt, he types "anonymous".
- - At the "Password:" prompt, he types "geeker@pac.man.edu". He's now logged
- at happosai.com.
- - geeker now uses cd(1) and ls(1) just like in Unix to find whatever he's after.
-
- If geeker want to get the Ranma-chan GIF, he must do the following:
- - He uses cd(1) to go to /manga/hentai. Once there, he uses ls(1) to make sure
- that r-chan1.gif is actually there.
- - GIF files are binary, so geeker sets the file transfer type to binary by
- typing "binary".
- - geeker types "get <filename>", where <filename> is the name of the file he
- wants to copy. In our case, he would type "get r-chan1.gif" to get the file.
- Note that no wildcards are allowed.
- - Several other ftp commands to know:
- "?" - lists the commands available
- "quit" - exits the program
- "ascii" - sets file transfer mode to ascii
- "mget" - allows multiple-file gets, and wildcards
-
- If you need help, or want to learn advanced techniques, DON'T post to
- rec.arts.anime for help. Instead, ask your local system administrator / CCON
- / Unix witch doctor for help. That's what they're paid for.
-
- Notes:
-
- - Synopses are available at most of the sites mentioned above.
-
- - Sound files: These are IFF "raw" sound files, which can be played on Amiga,
- MS-DOS, Macintosh and Sun computers. There is also a text file with
- instructions on how to play them.
-
- - urusei-yatsura archives: the collected messages of four years (1987-1991)
- of the Urusei Yatsura mailing list (see below). Warning: this file is
- HUGE! (about 300 pages long).
-
- - The Rutgers Anime files contain all the manga translations by Theresa
- Martin, and current copies of all the lists maintained by Steve Pearl
- (see OTHER ELECTRONIC MANGA RESOURCES, below).
-
- - Remember to set your file type to BINARY before reading any GIF files, sound
- files, or compressed text (.Z) files.
-
-
-
- o MANGA BITNET FILESERVERS
-
- listserv@brownvm.brown.edu -- Miyazaki mailing list archive. From the
- Internet, send a message with the text 'get nausicaa filelist' to
- the above address.
-
- BITFTP@PUCC -- FTP access for BITNET sites. For more info,
- type 'tell bitftp at pucc help' from a BITNET account.
-
- ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com -- Alternate e-mail FTP access. Send the message
- 'help' and it will send back instructions.
-
- o OTHER ELECTRONIC ANIME RESOURCES
-
- - Alt.manga mailing list: a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
- mailing list echo of the alt.manga newsgroup). To subscribe,
- send e-mail to alt-manga-request@darwin.sura.net. The mail should
- have the following text in the first line:
- subscribe alt-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
-
- - Anime/Manga APA Index: an article describing anime/manga APAs (Amateur
- Press Associations) and a list of known anime/manga APA's. Maintained
- by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
- UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
-
- - Anime Shopper's Guide to Chicago: a travelogue of the manga/anime stores
- in Chicago (submissions are welcome). Maintained by Enrique Conty at
- jester@ihlpl.att.com.
-
- - Anime Shopper's Guide to London: a travelogue of the manga/anime stores
- in London. Maintained by David Cotterill at 100014.3230@compuserve.com.
-
- - Anime Shopper's Guide to Los Angeles: a travelogue of the
- manga/anime stores in Los Angeles. Maintained by Jim Lick at
- jim@piggy.ucsb.edu.
-
- - Anime/Manga Shopper's Guide to New York City: a travelogue of the stores
- in NYC where one can purchase manga and anime. Maintained by Steve
- Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
- UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
-
- - Anime Shopper's Guide to San Francisco: a travelogue of the anime/manga
- stores in the Bay Area. Maintained by Steve Mah at
- smah@sdcc13.ucsd.edu.
-
- - Anime Shopper's Guide to Sydney: a travelogue of the anime & manga stores
- in Sydney.
- Maintained by Iain Sinclair at axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au.
-
- - Anime Shopper's Guide to Tokyo: a travelogue of the anime & manga stores
- in Tokyo.
- Maintained by Jeff Okamoto at okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com.
-
- - CD List: a list of anime & manga related Compact Discs.
- Maintained by Steve Pearl at pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
- UUCP address: ..!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!pearl
-
- - FTP Script List: a list of all the manga translations available through
- anonymous FTP, and then some. Maintained by Kenneth Arromdee at
- arromdee@cs.jhu.edu.
-
- - Manga FTP Site list: A list of currenly known ftp sites with
- manga/anime content. Maintained by Matt Pyson at mrp105@psuvm.psu.edu
-
- - Hayao Miyazaki mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the works of
- Hayao (Nausicaa, Shuna's Journey) Miyazaki. Discussion of
- alternative/progressive manga and anime is also welcome.
- To subscribe, send mail to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu. The mail
- should have the following text in the first line:
- subscribe nausicaa yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
-
- - National Anime BBS Watch: a list of U.S. BBSes with anime or manga content
- in them. Maintained by Chet Jasinski. Chet doesn't have an Internet
- address, but can be contacted through Steve Pearl at
- pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
-
- - Rec.arts.manga mailing list: a mailing list for manga fans (basically a
- mailing list echo of the rec.arts.manga newsgroup). To subscribe,
- send e-mail to rec-arts-manga-request@darwin.sura.net. The mail should
- have the following text in the first line:
- subscribe rec-arts-manga yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
-
- - Shampoo mailing list: a mailing list for fans of the character Shampoo from
- the Ranma 1/2 manga series by Rumiko Takahashi. To subscribe,
- send e-mail to shampoo-request@calvin.sfasu.edu. To post,
- send e-mail to shampoo-l@calvin.sfasu.edu.
-
- - Urusei Yatsura mailing list: a mailing list for fans of Urusei Yatsura
- and Maison Ikkoku and of the works of Rumiko Takahashi in general.
- To subscribe, send e-mail to urusei-yatsura-request@panda.panda.com.
- The mail should have the following text in the first line:
- subscribe urusei-yatsura yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
-
- <>
- --
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Edited by Steve Pearl- Moderator, rec.arts.anime.info
- Email submissions to anime-info@remus.rutgers.edu and questions about the
- newsgroup to anime-info-request@remus.rutgers.edu
-