Author: Insight Editions
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647229146
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Discover the major events and artists who have shaped the history of modern manga, with this deluxe expanded volume. Amid reconstruction after World War II, Japan saw the emergence of modern manga, which quickly became a favorite pastime of its citizens. Over the decades, the art form bore witness to the anxieties and dreams of several generations of Japanese citizens, reflecting both dark and joyful experiences. The history of manga is inextricably linked to the social, economic, political, and cultural evolution of Japan. Essential to the daily lives of its inhabitants and to its economy, manga is one of the drivers of the international development of one of the world’s largest economies. How did the manga market reach one billion copies annually in less than half a century? Who are the major players in this incredible expansion? Discover, over the pages and years, the major events and artists who have marked the history of modern manga in this new, updated and expanded edition. DEFINITIVE GUIDE: Beginning with the advent of modern manga in 1952, A History of Modern Manga covers the development and impact of the art form through to present day. THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE: Discover fascinating new details about essential entries in the manga canon, including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Death Note, Naruto, Berserk, and more. STUNNING VISUALS: Features original, full-color illustrations as well as artwork from the featured manga titles! PERFECT GIFT FOR MANGA FANS: A History of Modern Manga is a fantastic gift for manga enthusiasts, as well as fans of Japanese history. A MANGA HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Explores the unique ways in which historical events you may already be familiar with impacted and influenced manga as we know it today.
Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 3
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421544075
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Takashi is busy returning the names his grandmother trapped in her book and helping the local yokai with their problems. But he has to put his good deeds on hold when a black Nyanko Sensei look-alike snatches the Book of Friends! Takashi and the real Nyanko trail the bad cat to a secret yokai meeting. Will they be in time to stop the impostor's wicked plans?! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421544075
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Takashi is busy returning the names his grandmother trapped in her book and helping the local yokai with their problems. But he has to put his good deeds on hold when a black Nyanko Sensei look-alike snatches the Book of Friends! Takashi and the real Nyanko trail the bad cat to a secret yokai meeting. Will they be in time to stop the impostor's wicked plans?! -- VIZ Media
A History of Modern Manga
Author: Insight Editions
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647229146
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Discover the major events and artists who have shaped the history of modern manga, with this deluxe expanded volume. Amid reconstruction after World War II, Japan saw the emergence of modern manga, which quickly became a favorite pastime of its citizens. Over the decades, the art form bore witness to the anxieties and dreams of several generations of Japanese citizens, reflecting both dark and joyful experiences. The history of manga is inextricably linked to the social, economic, political, and cultural evolution of Japan. Essential to the daily lives of its inhabitants and to its economy, manga is one of the drivers of the international development of one of the world’s largest economies. How did the manga market reach one billion copies annually in less than half a century? Who are the major players in this incredible expansion? Discover, over the pages and years, the major events and artists who have marked the history of modern manga in this new, updated and expanded edition. DEFINITIVE GUIDE: Beginning with the advent of modern manga in 1952, A History of Modern Manga covers the development and impact of the art form through to present day. THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE: Discover fascinating new details about essential entries in the manga canon, including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Death Note, Naruto, Berserk, and more. STUNNING VISUALS: Features original, full-color illustrations as well as artwork from the featured manga titles! PERFECT GIFT FOR MANGA FANS: A History of Modern Manga is a fantastic gift for manga enthusiasts, as well as fans of Japanese history. A MANGA HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Explores the unique ways in which historical events you may already be familiar with impacted and influenced manga as we know it today.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647229146
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Discover the major events and artists who have shaped the history of modern manga, with this deluxe expanded volume. Amid reconstruction after World War II, Japan saw the emergence of modern manga, which quickly became a favorite pastime of its citizens. Over the decades, the art form bore witness to the anxieties and dreams of several generations of Japanese citizens, reflecting both dark and joyful experiences. The history of manga is inextricably linked to the social, economic, political, and cultural evolution of Japan. Essential to the daily lives of its inhabitants and to its economy, manga is one of the drivers of the international development of one of the world’s largest economies. How did the manga market reach one billion copies annually in less than half a century? Who are the major players in this incredible expansion? Discover, over the pages and years, the major events and artists who have marked the history of modern manga in this new, updated and expanded edition. DEFINITIVE GUIDE: Beginning with the advent of modern manga in 1952, A History of Modern Manga covers the development and impact of the art form through to present day. THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE: Discover fascinating new details about essential entries in the manga canon, including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Death Note, Naruto, Berserk, and more. STUNNING VISUALS: Features original, full-color illustrations as well as artwork from the featured manga titles! PERFECT GIFT FOR MANGA FANS: A History of Modern Manga is a fantastic gift for manga enthusiasts, as well as fans of Japanese history. A MANGA HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Explores the unique ways in which historical events you may already be familiar with impacted and influenced manga as we know it today.
Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 23
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974714055
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Natsume and his friends stumble into a ghostly treasure hunt when they hear about a haunted painting. His friends are eager to investigate, but Natsume suspects it might involve a dangerous yokai. To protect his friends, Natsume goes along with the quest, but the strain of keeping them in the dark is starting to show. Will Natsume ever be able to tell them the truth? -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974714055
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Natsume and his friends stumble into a ghostly treasure hunt when they hear about a haunted painting. His friends are eager to investigate, but Natsume suspects it might involve a dangerous yokai. To protect his friends, Natsume goes along with the quest, but the strain of keeping them in the dark is starting to show. Will Natsume ever be able to tell them the truth? -- VIZ Media
Polarized Light and Optical Systems
Author: Russell Chipman
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498700578
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1037
Book Description
Polarized Light and Optical Systems presents polarization optics for undergraduate and graduate students in a way which makes classroom teaching relevant to current issues in optical engineering. This curriculum has been developed and refined for a decade and a half at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences. Polarized Light and Optical Systems provides a reference for the optical engineer and optical designer in issues related to building polarimeters, designing displays, and polarization critical optical systems. The central theme of Polarized Light and Optical Systems is a unifying treatment of polarization elements as optical elements and optical elements as polarization elements. Key Features Comprehensive presentation of Jones calculus and Mueller calculus with tables and derivations of the Jones and Mueller matrices for polarization elements and polarization effects Classroom-appropriate presentations of polarization of birefringent materials, thin films, stress birefringence, crystal polarizers, liquid crystals, and gratings Discussion of the many forms of polarimeters, their trade-offs, data reduction methods, and polarization artifacts Exposition of the polarization ray tracing calculus to integrate polarization with ray tracing Explanation of the sources of polarization aberrations in optical systems and the functional forms of these polarization aberrations Problem sets to build students’ problem-solving capabilities.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498700578
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1037
Book Description
Polarized Light and Optical Systems presents polarization optics for undergraduate and graduate students in a way which makes classroom teaching relevant to current issues in optical engineering. This curriculum has been developed and refined for a decade and a half at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences. Polarized Light and Optical Systems provides a reference for the optical engineer and optical designer in issues related to building polarimeters, designing displays, and polarization critical optical systems. The central theme of Polarized Light and Optical Systems is a unifying treatment of polarization elements as optical elements and optical elements as polarization elements. Key Features Comprehensive presentation of Jones calculus and Mueller calculus with tables and derivations of the Jones and Mueller matrices for polarization elements and polarization effects Classroom-appropriate presentations of polarization of birefringent materials, thin films, stress birefringence, crystal polarizers, liquid crystals, and gratings Discussion of the many forms of polarimeters, their trade-offs, data reduction methods, and polarization artifacts Exposition of the polarization ray tracing calculus to integrate polarization with ray tracing Explanation of the sources of polarization aberrations in optical systems and the functional forms of these polarization aberrations Problem sets to build students’ problem-solving capabilities.
Cat and Cat Comics: The World According to Cats
Author: Susie Yi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781787419544
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781787419544
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 26
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974730786
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The mystery of the missing Nyanko Sensei intensifies as Natsume and the prominent exorcists Natori and Matoba encounter a powerful, malevolent ceramic puppet with an appetite for clay kitties. Natsume and the exorcists must work together to bring it down, but how can Natsume team up with someone he doesn’t trust? -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974730786
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The mystery of the missing Nyanko Sensei intensifies as Natsume and the prominent exorcists Natori and Matoba encounter a powerful, malevolent ceramic puppet with an appetite for clay kitties. Natsume and the exorcists must work together to bring it down, but how can Natsume team up with someone he doesn’t trust? -- VIZ Media
Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 20
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421596318
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Even though Natsume is getting better at dealing with yokai, he still tries to stay uninvolved. But when he runs into a yokai with his head stuck in a jar, Natsume can’t leave him to suffer. But the yokai’s idea of a gift of gratitude turns Natsume into a little kid with no memories of his current life! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421596318
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Even though Natsume is getting better at dealing with yokai, he still tries to stay uninvolved. But when he runs into a yokai with his head stuck in a jar, Natsume can’t leave him to suffer. But the yokai’s idea of a gift of gratitude turns Natsume into a little kid with no memories of his current life! -- VIZ Media
Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 13
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421557770
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Intrigues abound in the world of professional exorcism, and Natsume wants nothing to do with it. But he has no choice when Matoba, head of a prominent exorcist clan, blackmails him into coming to an exorcist meeting. Is Natsume’s fate sealed when one of his special talents is exposed in front of Matoba? -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421557770
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Intrigues abound in the world of professional exorcism, and Natsume wants nothing to do with it. But he has no choice when Matoba, head of a prominent exorcist clan, blackmails him into coming to an exorcist meeting. Is Natsume’s fate sealed when one of his special talents is exposed in front of Matoba? -- VIZ Media
Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 12
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421556820
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Natsume meets a kindhearted yokai who has found a ruined letter he desperately needs to read. There is another yokai who has power over paper who might be able to help him. But this yokai’s name is sealed in the Book of Friends... Will it be willing to help the grandson of the woman who bound it?! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421556820
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Natsume meets a kindhearted yokai who has found a ruined letter he desperately needs to read. There is another yokai who has power over paper who might be able to help him. But this yokai’s name is sealed in the Book of Friends... Will it be willing to help the grandson of the woman who bound it?! -- VIZ Media