• Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST! Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or a longtime reader on the lookout for the next hot series, here’s a comprehensive guide to the wide, wonderful world of Japanese comics! • Incisive, full-length reviews of stories and artwork • Titles rated from zero to four stars–skip the clunkers, but don’t miss the hidden gems • Guidelines for age-appropriateness–from strictly mature to kid-friendly • Profiles of the biggest names in manga, including CLAMP, Osamu Tezuka, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others • The facts on the many kinds of manga–know your shôjo from your shônen • An overview of the manga industry and its history • A detailed bibliography and a glossary of manga terms LOOK NO FURTHER, YOU’VE FOUND YOUR IDEAL MANGA COMPANION!

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 2004 International Workshop on Intuitive Human Interfaces for Organizing and Accessing Intellectual Assets, held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany in March 2004. The 17 revised full papers presented together with an introductory overview have gone through two rounds of reviewing and revision. The papers are organized in topical sections on man-machine interface for intuitive knowledge access, intelligent pad and meme media, visualization and design of information access spaces, and semantics and narrative organization and access of knowledge.

His developers had also hidden all the shortcuts in human evolution into the game. In order to obtain the so-called "Life Code", a group of strong men were running amok, they were willing to do anything they could to get their hands on. National forces and large financial groups were all in place to engage in fierce battles, and the fate of the human race had changed because of this game. Ye Wei, a college student who had just graduated, would he be able to carve out a path of blood for himself?

This book has puppet theater and marionettes as its main subject. The author, herself a puppeteer, has divided her work into chapters dealing with the history of puppets, the different types found throughout the world and so on.

Adrian Hooper has superpowers. He's not the only one. He attends the Claremont Academy, a boarding school that caters to others like him. At Claremont, Adrian and his friends are supposed to be learning how to use their powers as a force for good. Adrian and his friends are entering their final year at the Claremont Academy. After three years of misadventures, the members of Next Gen fully expect that once again the year will bring unexpected challenges. And they are not mistaken. As they once again encounter chaos, the group is forced to ask: "What if everything that happened was connected?" Don't ask the question, if you are not ready for the answer...

The new Marionette Generation series begins with an intriguing love triangle involving a manga illustrator, his jealous young assistant, and an enticing rag doll come to life.