Category: manga
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Manga Genres: Mecha
2023 Note: I will be updating this soon as a written article! When that happens, I will redirect. For now, I hope you find this helpful. Resources: Ollie Barder: Mecha Damashii Ollie Barder on Forbes Twitter Tom Aznable Gundam Podcast Mechinations Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/vaguelylibrary Help support my ability to…
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Manga Genres: Isekai
2023 Note: I will be updating this soon as a written article! When that happens, I will redirect. For now, I hope you find this helpful. Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/vaguelylibrary Help support my ability to take time to make these videos: https://ko-fi.com/mangalibrarian My site: https://mangalibrarian.com/
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Using Publisher Ratings to Make Manga Purchasing Decisions
2023 Note: Some of this information has changed since I made this video, so please take this with a grain of salt. I have a plan to redo this as a written article that is more easily amended, but until then, please feel free to reach out with any questions! There are tons of fluctuations…
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Manga Collection Development for Librarians: The Basics
2023 Note: I will be updating this soon as a written article! When that happens, I will redirect. For now, I hope you find this helpful. Resources mentioned: Shonen Jump But Why Tho Podcast Anime Feminist Anime News Network Yatta Tachi Manga Test Drive
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Talking Manga on What to Read This Weekend!
I talked with fellow New York City Librarians Marie Southwell and Rachel Chapman about manga this week on their weekly show, What to Read This Weekend.
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Anime That Students Will Like But Also Won’t Make Your Principal Faint If They Walk In: Top Picks from Current Popular Series
Before I jump in, let me be straight with you: you should watch any piece of media you’re going to show before you show it. Every school, every district, every region has varying levels of what’s acceptable to be shown to students. What flies in my Brooklyn high school library would probably not have been…
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Recommended Reading for the Femme School Librarian Who Just Doesn’t Get the Manga Hype
“Manga is sexist. The way it treats women is horrible!” “I just can’t get into it. It’s only for teenage boys.” “It all looks the same.” “It’s fine for the kids, but I can’t stand it!” Listen, listen. You’ve been reading the wrong stuff. Do you think I sit here, in my precious free time,…
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Series Review: Kitchen Princess
Title: Kitchen Princess キッチンのお姫さま Mangaka: Kobayashi Miyuki 小林深雪 and Andō Natsumi 安藤 なつみ US Publisher: Kodansha USA Status: Complete. Level: Secondary. May also work for some upper elementary students. How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: My school has a culinary program, and students have used the recipes in this manga for projects!…
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Japanese Food in Anime and Manga and Reaching Students
[F]ood and its portrayals in Japanese media can help students build a more positive relationship with the fuel we put in our body, deepen student enjoyment of these media, and even provide opportunities for personal enrichment and career opportunities.
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Series Review: Flying Witch
Title: Flying Witch (ふらいんぐうぃっち) Mangaka: Chihiro Ishizuka いしずかちひろ US Publisher: Kodansha USA Status: Ongoing. Level: Elementary and up. High school and up. Please see the update to this post. How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: Slice of Life, Humor, Magic, Fantasy. Anime: Crunchyroll. Content Warnings: None. Last night…
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