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This guide to anime offers an overview of the art form, looking at its development in Japan and its export to other cultures. It includes a history of Japanese animation from early examples to the relaunch of animation as a viable commercial entity and its enormous rise in popularity after WWII. The book explains the difference between manga and anime, offering a brief history of manga including its development from traditional art form (woodblock...

Three of the best loved parables, The talents, The rich man and Lazarus, and The two sons, are presented together to reinforce important principles.

Milo, Kida and their team gear up for more action when trouble surfaces above water, threatening the famous and mysterious underwater kingdom of Atlantis. They discover that mystifying powers are at work.

"Episode Five of Timeless Trivia by Sentimental Productions presents questions, answers and commentary about the fictional charactesr that leapt off the drawing boards of artists and animators to capture the public imagination."--Container.

It is set in Beach City on the American East Coast, where the four Crystal Gems live in an ancient beachside temple, protecting the world from evil. As immortal alien warriors, they project female humanoid forms from magical gems that are the core of their being. The Crystal Gems are Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven, a young half-human, a half-Gem boy who inherited the gem of his mother Rose Quartz, the former leader of the Crystal Gems. Steven...

From the over-exuberant parrot Mak to the snack-obsessed tapir Rosie, from the persnickety echidna Epi to the acrobatic pangolin Pango, from the ditzy goat Scrubby to the commonsensical kingfisher Kiki and the always-cool chameleon Carmello, things are larger-than-life on a tropical isle that is pure wild animal paradise. Then Robinson Crusoe, a marooned human, arrives in the midst of a furious storm, and their lives are forever changed by this bewildering...

Introducing Celebi, a green, winged Pokemon with the ability to travel through time. When Celebi is captured, the fate of the entire forest is threatened.

A look at the company that forever changed the film industry, "The Pixar Touch" is a story of technical innovation that revolutionized animation--and ended up a multibillion-dollar success.--From publisher description.

The beautiful Princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell (which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love) and held captive at an enchanted lake. There, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffn the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured animals can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell.