The next step for fans
of anime and manga . . .

It's "Drama" with an Oh!

The Dorama Encyclopedia

A GUIDE TO JAPANESE
TV DRAMA SINCE 1953

JONATHAN CLEMENTS
& MOTOKO TAMAMURO

with illustrations by Steve Kyte

480 pp, 7 X 9", paper, 100+ illustrations
ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5, $24.95


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"The indefatigable Jonathan Clements has done it again with The Dorama Encyclopedia, a volume that takes up where his invaluable Anime Encyclopedia left off, with more facts and informed commentary than all but the most obsessed otaku can absorb in a lifetime. Mr. Clements and Ms. Tamamuro deserve praise—and much-needed rest for their overworked, if ever observant, eyes."
Mark Schilling, author of The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture

"More and more people I know around the world are hooked on Japanese TV dramas, even if they don't speak Japanese. If you're not hooked, you will be soon. And you'll need this book. Kudos to Jonathan Clements and Motoko Tamamuro for creating an entertaining and immensely useful encyclopedia. I'm in awe."
Frederik L. Schodt, author of Manga! Manga! and Dreamland Japan

"The Dorama Encyclopedia is very complete, with accurate translations and synopses. Congratulations to the authors for taking the time to research such an enormous compilation of shows that we loved (or hated), and that touched our lives. Their observations are insightful, and very intelligently written."
Joanne Ninomiya, President, KIKU TV, Honolulu

  • over 1,000 series described and reviewed
  • a companion to the best-selling Anime Encyclopedia, with extensive cross-references
  • key creatives: directors, writers, actors, studios
  • theme songs, showtimes, and peak ratings for landmark shows
  • kitchen-sink dramas, workplace dramas, infidelity dramas, period dramas, home dramas, Trendy dramas, Super Sentai
  • battle team series, horror and thrillers, detective dramas
  • fully indexed and cross-referenced
  • 100+ photos and illustrations
  • appendices of foreign shows imported to Japan and Japanese shows retitled for Chinese speakers

    If you're a fan of anime or manga, take the next step with this comprehensive guide to Japanese TV dramas—or dorama. As dorama's popularity explodes all over the English-speaking world, this guide will help you navigate a half-century of serials on the small screen. With the same witty, informative style as its complementary volume, The Anime Encyclopedia, Clements and Tamamuro take you inside the world of dorama, examining every genre, from rubber-monster shows to the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, from samurai epics to the Geisha Detective, and even the everyday intrigues at home, the schoolyard, and the office. The authors also highlight the strong ties between TV and the worlds of Japanese comics and animation.

    JONATHAN CLEMENTS is a Contributing Editor of Newtype USA magazine. His publications include The Anime Encyclopedia, The Moon in the Pines, The Kid's Movie Guide, and Chinese Life. In 2000, he received a Japan Festival Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of Japanese culture.

    MOTOKO TAMAMURO was a regular contributor to Manga Max magazine, for which she wrote groundbreaking articles on modern Japanese icons, including GTO and The Young Kindaichi Files. She was a research assistant on The Anime Encyclopedia.

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