Manga: The Complete Guide

Manga: The Complete Guide
Author: Jason Thompson
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0345539443

• Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST! Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or a longtime reader on the lookout for the next hot series, here’s a comprehensive guide to the wide, wonderful world of Japanese comics! • Incisive, full-length reviews of stories and artwork • Titles rated from zero to four stars–skip the clunkers, but don’t miss the hidden gems • Guidelines for age-appropriateness–from strictly mature to kid-friendly • Profiles of the biggest names in manga, including CLAMP, Osamu Tezuka, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others • The facts on the many kinds of manga–know your shôjo from your shônen • An overview of the manga industry and its history • A detailed bibliography and a glossary of manga terms LOOK NO FURTHER, YOU’VE FOUND YOUR IDEAL MANGA COMPANION!

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 12

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 12
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421513256

It's the year 200X and everyone in Den Tech City is plugged into the Net. But living in cyberspace isn't always fun and games. High-tech crimes and pesky viruses are always a big problem for the authorities. Thank gookness for MegaMan and his NetOperator, Lan Hikari. Together, they do their best to keep their hometown safe from being permanently deleted. A new force has been unleashed from the darkest, wildest realms of the Net--a menace more dangerous than anything DenTech City has ever faced. What is it? MegaMan himself! Transformed by the mysterious "Beast" program, MegaMan has developed the unwelcome power to turn into a rampaging monster. While Lan's scientist dad searches for a solution, MegaMan and Lan try to deal with MegaMan's beastly new condition...while fighting the world's most powerful NetNavis!

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 3

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 3
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004-09-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781591164142

It's the year 200X and everyone in Den Tech City is plugged into the Net. But living in cyberspace isn't always fun and games. High-tech crimes and pesky viruses are always a big problem for the authorities. Thank gookness for MegaMan and his NetOperator, Lan Hikari. Together, they do their best to keep their hometown safe from being permanently deleted. Venturing deeper and deeper into the murky UnderNet, MegaMan and Lan Hikari come face to face with PharaohMan - a 20,000-year-old relic from a long-forgotten civilization. At his command, PharaohMan possesses the four holy warriors...each one as powerful as MegaMan himself! Quickly, the cobalt-colored NetNavi figures out the score. If he can defeat each of these warriors, he'll be able to wrestle their collective strength away from PharaohMan. With his pal GutsMan at his side, MegaMan is ready for a full-tilt fight. If he can defeat the fearsome foursome, he will be the strongest NetNavi in DenTech City!

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 6

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 6
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2005-03-08
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781591167556

It's the year 200X and everyone in Den Tech City is plugged into the Net. But living in cyberspace isn't always fun and games. High-tech crimes and pesky viruses are always a big problem for the authorities. Thank gookness for MegaMan and his NetOperator, Lan Hikari. Together, they do their best to keep their hometown safe from being permanently deleted. But now a strange and dark aura has surrounded all of DenTech City. The Dark Forces have arrived and they're making a bid to destroy the brick-and-mortar megalopolis. Just when things look their worst, MegaMan suddenly and unexplainably appears. What the heck is going on?! Everyone knows the Net Warrior can't exist in the real world. Has MegaMan's network transmission gone completely phooey?

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 8

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 8
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005-09-12
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781591169819

It's the year 200X and everyone in Den Tech City is plugged into the Net. But living in cyberspace isn't always fun and games. High-tech crimes and pesky viruses are always a big problem for the authorities. Thank gookness for MegaMan and his NetOperator, Lan Hikari. Together, they do their best to keep their hometown safe from being permanently deleted. Enter: SearchMan! When his entire battalion of warriors is wiped out by a MegaMan impostor, he comes to DenTech City looking for the real MegaMan. The surviving Net warrior is big and bad, and he won't rest until he's exacted his revenge. Unable to defend himself--or convince SearchMan of his innocence--MegaMan needs help, and he needs it fast. To his rescue come a couple of unlikely heroes--two brothers living in the junkyard, SpoutMan and BubbleMan!

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 2

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 2
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004-06-30
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781591164661

A new force has been unleashed from the darkest, wildest realms of the Net--a menace more dangerous than anything DenTech City has ever faced. What is it? MegaMan himself! Transformed by the mysterious "Beast" program, MegaMan has developed the unwelcome power to turn into a rampaging monster. While Lan's scientist dad searches for a solution, MegaMan and Lan try to deal with MegaMan's beastly new condition...while fighting the world's most powerful NetNavis!

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 11

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 11
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421511412

It's the year 200X and everyone in Den Tech City is plugged into the Net. But living in cyberspace isn't always fun and games. High-tech crimes and pesky viruses are always a big problem for the authorities. Thank gookness for MegaMan and his NetOperator, Lan Hikari. Together, they do their best to keep their hometown safe from being permanently deleted. Not long ago, MegaMan was the most infamous criminal in the Net, framed for cybercrimes he didn't commit. Now he and Lan are the Net's only hope! The treacherous Dr. Regal has unleashed the ultimate manifestation of Dark Power, an entity known as Nebula Grey. With the Netopian army down, MegaMan and a handful of allies have to stop Nebula Grey...or be deleted forever!

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 4

MegaMan NT Warrior, Vol. 4
Author: Ryo Takamisaki
Publisher: VIZ Media - Children's
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2004-11-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781591165019

It's the year 200X and everyone in Den Tech City is plugged into the Net. But living in cyberspace isn't always fun and games. High-tech crimes and pesky viruses are always a big problem for the authorities. Thank gookness for MegaMan and his NetOperator, Lan Hikari. Together, they do their best to keep their hometown safe from being permanently deleted. Welcome to the year 200X. With a Personal Terminal (PET) and a NetNavi (NetNavigator) at their disposal, citizens of DenTech City are plugged into the Internet in a big way. But living life in Cyberspace can be tricky. Computer hacking, virulent viruses and high-tech crimes run rampant in the future. To the rescue comes a hyperactive little kid named Lan Hikari. When he teams up with MegaMan (his specially programmed NetNavi), he's DenTech City's top boy hero. With each new NetBattle, Lan and MegaMan get stronger and stronger. But when the pair achieves PerfectSynchro, the pint-sized NetNavi flips out. Now the NetPolice must do the unthinkable; they must destroy MegaMan before he destroys the world!

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels
Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 1113
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.