Cruising the Anime City

Genre: Reference
Format: Soft Cover, 144 Pages, Partial Color
Author: Patrick Macias & Tomohiro Machiyama
Language: English Language
Release: Stone Bridge Press

Availability : Discontinued and Out of Print - Limited to Stock on Hand

What is the Anime City?

 It is Neo Tokyo, a modern metropolis whose soul has been rewired into a pulsing monster machine of pure pop culture. Where on every corner you may see a cosplay gal, a Bishojo gamer, a Gachapon collector, a Morning Musume idol worshipper, a dojinshi artist, or just an older otaku enslaved by that gooey Japanese sentiment known as moe. Confused? Intrigued? Learn to navigate Neo Tokyo right here, with this, the Anime City's first street-smart guide in English. Plus detailed finder maps of shops at Nakano Broadway (home of manga mecca Mandarake) and Akihabara's "Electric Town," with transportation tips and a survey of the colossal Comiket anime/manga/dojinshi convention.

Your cruise guides are Patrick Macias, a specialist in Asian film and Japanese pop culture and author of Tokyoscope, and Tomohiro Machiyama, a movie critic and journalist who helped popularize the word "otaku."