The Anime Encyclopedia

[Shibo]

I was pleasantly surprised when I found this in Barnes and Noble. I was wandering around with a Chobits manga in my hand waiting for my wife to be done shopping, and I happened upon this book in the animation section..the full title is The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. It's 550 pages of anime goodness, arranged alphabetically by title with a title and a name/studio index. What a great resource for the otaku in all of us. This thing has pretty much every series I've ever heard of and an absolute ton that I haven't. It retails for $30. I especially like the fact that it gives running times, tells how many episodes are in series, etc. It gives Japanese and American names of series whenever possible as well. It's made by our friends at Stone Bridge Press. I also have their Anime Companion and Hiyao Miyazaki books, I highly recommend those as well. =)