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Visions of Precarity in Japanese Popular Culture and Literature

Author : Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2014-11-27
ISBN 10 : 9781317619109
Pages : 224 pages
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Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan

Author : Patrick W. Galbraith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-21
ISBN 10 : 9781472594983
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (594 downloads)

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Welcome To Nhk 1

Author : Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Publisher : Editorial Ivrea
Release Date : 2012-06-30
ISBN 10 : 9875626740
Pages : 192 pages
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Welcome to the Nhk

Author : Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Publisher :
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 8861238777
Pages : 232 pages
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Welcome To The N.H.K. 08

Author : Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Publisher :
Release Date : 2010
ISBN 10 : 355179068X
Pages : 192 pages
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Author : Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Publisher :
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 8861235476
Pages : pages
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Manga

Author : Toni Johnson-Woods
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-04-15
ISBN 10 : 9780826429384
Pages : 360 pages
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The Art of Studio Gainax

Author : Dani Cavallaro
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-27
ISBN 10 : 9781476600703
Pages : 240 pages
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Stop Making Sense

Author : Scott Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-17
ISBN 10 : 9780429919480
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (919 downloads)

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Mechademia 5

Author : Frenchy Lunning
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2013-11-30
ISBN 10 : 1452915652
Pages : 392 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (452 downloads)

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AUDINT-Unsound:Undead

Author : Steve Goodman
Publisher : MIT Press
Release Date : 2019-06-18
ISBN 10 : 9781916405219
Pages : 321 pages
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Mail

Author : Housui Yamazaki
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Release Date : 2014-12-17
ISBN 10 : 9781630084073
Pages : 302 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (84 downloads)

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Anime Explosion!

Author : Patrick Drazen
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
Release Date : 2014-04-01
ISBN 10 : 9781611720136
Pages : 388 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (72 downloads)

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Welcome to the N.H.K.

Author : Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
Release Date : 2015-06-30
ISBN 10 : 9781421584928
Pages : 195 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (584 downloads)

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Role-Playing Games of Japan

Author : Björn-Ole Kamm
Publisher : Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-08-28
ISBN 10 : 9783030509538
Pages : 300 pages
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The Mysterium

Author : Jo Tinsley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-10-19
ISBN 10 : 9781473663572
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (663 downloads)

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Welcome to the NHK

Author : Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Publisher : Edizioni BD
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 8861234364
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (861 downloads)

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