For many, including librarians, parents, and club leaders, this is potentially a very useful at-a-glance feature". Icons indicating the presence of bad language, nudity, and violence follow each entry. Animefringe's Ridwan Khan commends the book for having "the entries summarize the plot, offer an opinion, and often discuss points of interest, including similar anime or historical roots. He commends the manga for being "designed for all readers laymen and experts (fans and academicians) alike". Animation World Network's Fred Patten comments on the book being "300 pages larger a 40% expansion" in its "Revised and Expanded" edition compared to the original volume. It gives an overview of most of the famous anime works since 1917.Īnime News Network's George Phillips commends the encyclopaedia for "In-depth analysis of several major series, and discussions on hundreds of anime series rarely (if ever) heard of in the West" but criticises it for titles that "aren't listed under the names you suspect can be quite confusing at first". The third edition was released on 3 March 2015 with the subtitle of A Century of Japanese Animation. In the United Kingdom, it was published by Titan Books. It was published in 2001 by Stone Bridge Press in the United States, and a "revised and expanded" edition was released in 2006. The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 is a 2001 encyclopedia written by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy. Print ( Paperback (first and second editions) and hardcover (third edition))
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