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Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool

KODA055   Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool
Backordered, will be printed again soon   Weight: 350 g.   Price: $16.95
Product type: Japanese Pop Cultural Book
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From manga and anime to movies, magazines, video games, advertising and music, Japanese schoolgirls are everywhere. For years, schoolgirls have shown up in internationally popular anime such as Sailor Moon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Blood: The Last Vampire. Films such as Battle Royale inspired Quentin Tarantino to include a fighting schoolgirl in Kill Bill; and recently, Rinko Kikuchi received an Oscar nomination for her role as a schoolgirl in the film Babel. There are schoolgirl characters in video games such as Street Fighter. And the "Japanese Schoolgirl Watch" column in Wired magazine has long kept an eye on the trends emerging among these stylish teens. In effect, the Japanese schoolgirl has all but replaced the "geisha-girl" as Japan's new female icon. Brian Ashcraft, the author of Arcade Mania!, and his sidekick, Shoko Ueda, take the reader beneath the surface to discover the secrets of this iconic figure. By talking to Japanese women, including former and current J-pop idols, well-known actresses, models, writers, and artists -- along with film directors, historians and marketers -- the authors reveal the true story behind Japan's obsession with schoolgirls and answer such burning questions as:
    Where did the sailor-style uniform come from?
    How did the Japanese schoolgirl develop into a brand that can be used to sell anything from kimchi to insurance?
    Why have Japanese schoolgirls become such a symbol of girl power?
    And, most importantly, why are they so very, very cool?

A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese

TUTTLE047   A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese
This item can be ordered.   Weight: 453 g.   Price: $19.50
Product type: Study Guide
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This handy reference book, is designed as an essential companion to the study of written Japanese, and will help you achieve fluency in reading and writing the language in its everyday style.

This book is divided into two sections: The first section presents the 1,006 Essential characters prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education to be taught during the six years of Japanese elementary school. These characters are given with their most frequent readings (both on and kun) and definitions, along with examples of their use in compounds to form everyday words. Each character is also accompanied by a stroke-order diagram demonstrating the proper way to write it. The second section presents the 1,945 General Use characters (including the 1,006) adopted by law to be used in publications for a general readership. These characters are listed with their readings and definitions, or with cross references to the first section the book if they already appear there.

A chart for the writing of the katakana and hiragana syllabaries is also included, as well as a complete index of readings of all the characters and compounds in the book. Mastering the Japanese characters presented in this book will enable students to read the vast majority of Japanese newspapers and magazines. Great for studying the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).

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Megami MAGAZINE Reserve Subscription Megami MAGAZINE Reserve Subscription

An anime magazine like no other, full of posters and more -- get it every month!

RESERVE51   Megami MAGAZINE Reserve Subscription
This magazine will be available every month   Weight: 550 g.  
Price: $12 + shipping/mo. revolving, or $245 annual

Product type: Monthly magazine subscription
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Some magazines exist to bring you information, others to present opinions. All are commercial enterprises, which presumably means they are trying to make money for their investors. Apparently, though, Megumi exists only to lose money by giving it all away in the form of fabulous gifts to its readership. Each issue of Megami Magazine ("the Anime & Bishoujo Game Character information magazine") features tons and tons of free stuff, including wonderful posters (there are *13* two-sided color posters in vol. 11, in front of me), telephone cards, punch out "character stands," stickers and more. The quality of printing and artwork in this wonderful magazine, which focuses on cute girls from anime and bishoujo games, cannot be overstated. You can expect to get your fill of such popular anime/game series as Clannad, Lucky Star, Haruhi Suzumiya, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, School Days, Evangelion, Sekirei, Kanokon, Ikki Tousen, Da Capo II, Gunslinger Girls, Girls Avenue, K-On, Strike Witches, Zero no Tsukaima, To Love-ru, and more -- you will not be let down by this amazing magazine at all. A fantastic magazine, which J-List is proud to bring you, begin your subscription now!

This magazine subscription can be purchased on a revolving basis (where we'll reserve and bill each issue as it comes in) or annually (for a flat fee w/ SAL shipping included).

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