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What's New?
Welcome
to the Anime Librarian! The AL is a resource for people interested in
Japanese animation who work in libraries. Hopefully, the site will be
helpful to a wide range of people. It is designed to help newcomers get
their bearings, as well as offering information and ideas to those with
previous exposure to anime.
For those new to the topic, About Anime provides an introduction to this rich and surprising medium. The Reviews offer our evaluations of a diversity of movies, television series, and Original Animation on Video (OAV).
Recommendations will include core and special collections lists to help start or develop an anime collection. Anime offers some fascinating program and activity possibilities for adults, as well as children, so check the Activities section for ideas. The View From the Stacks contains short essays about anime and related topics. Animespeak offers a glossary of commonly erncountered terms. Finally, anime articles, books, and web resources can be found in the Links and Bibliography section.
In the last decade, anime has seen a phenomenol growth in the United States, yet is still something of a mystery to most Americans. Sometimes mistaken as a genre, or thought to be a temporary craze like Pokemon, anime is actually a vibrant element of Japanese culture. The increasing popularity of Japanese animation overseas is due not to it's novelty, but rather its inherent worth as art and entertainment. We hope the Anime Librarian helps to provide a window into this thrilling, delightful, and amazing world. At the very least, it may serve to explain to friends, family, and colleagues why we have been utterly captivated by a bunch of cartoons.
George and Elizabeth
Contact us at: pearsong1954@yahoo.com