Searching for History and New Trends in Anime/Manga?

When did Anime/Manga start in Japan? What is the history of it and what is trending now in that field?

Just want a fun class about the history of Anime/Manga? This is it!

Definition of Anime/Manga from Merriam-Webster

Anime - a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes

Manga - Japanese comic books and graphic novels considered collectively as a genre,

The characters' faces beam the big-eyed, manically jolly winsomeness that in anime and manga signals contentment. — Peter Schjeldahl

Here are some places on the internet that you can gain some knowledge about Anime/Manga.

Databases

EBSCO – Academic Search Complete

In order to use this database you will need to pay to get access to the information. Check with your local library to see if they have subscribed to this service. The other way is if you are a student in college then you have access to this database. This is the best database to use to get accurate information and scholarly sources. In order to get what you want on this database you want to put in the search bar Anime and the one below the search bar that has AND beside the box Japanese.

This will narrow your results to sources that are about Japanese anime. Anime and Manga are usually mixed together so most of the sources will talk about both Anime and Manga. To narrow your topic down even more go to the left side of your screen and scroll down until you see your search results. On that side there are more items that can narrow down what you are looking for. Under Limit To, check off Full Text

and then scroll down more and there will be a section that says languages, for that check off English. These will give you all sources with English text and full text articles.

Videos

Youtube.com

If you put in Anime History or Manga History in the youtube search bar there are a lot of videos that come up.

So here are a two good sources for information:

There is a great 6 part series about anime history from 1907 to today.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO8d1JxCmIri4gFEjnHrJ3EnP2Y4d0Saw

The youtube user also has some good videos with new trends going on in the Anime world. Worth checking out if you would like some updated information.

A recorded talk someone gave at Anime Central 2016 about Manga History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMw4jFBvUv8

Google Advanced Searching

https://www.google.com/advanced_search

In order to get the exact search results that you want you will need to go to the advanced search.

How to use Advanced Search

All these words box put in Anime Manga History

Exact Word or Phrase “History”

Any of these words Manga Anime History

New updated Anime/Manga that is Trending 

Websites

CrunchyRoll.com

This is a subscription site where you can get new anime episodes and manga chapters right after they are released in Japan. Also gives you news about anything and everything new/trending in anime and manga. The site is $6.95 a month to get unlimited access to the forums, anime and manga. To access the news part of the site is free for everyone to use and get information from.

Animenewsnetwork.com

A great website to use to get news about trends, new and up coming anime and manga. Using the search bar at the top of the page, you are able to search for anything on the website.

Manga Publisher Websites 

These sites are great source for new and up coming Manga releases in the USA. Here are a few of the biggest publishers websites.

kodanshacomics.com/news/

http://yenpress.com

http://www.sevenseasentertainment.com

https://officialshojobeat.tumblr.com

(It maybe a tumblr page but they are great about replying to fans and giving new up coming releases and interviews with some Manga writers.)

Twitter

Manga/Anime Publishers love to post news and updates. It is a great place to get up to date news right away. Just put these in to the search bar on twitter and their twitter pages will come up.

@Vizmedia

@Shonenjump

@Shojobeat

@FUNimation

@KodanshaUSA

@Yenpress

@Gomanga  (Seven Seas)

@SentaiFlimworks

@AniplexUSA

Thank You!

Thank you to the Georgia Library for letting me come in and ask a whole bunch of questions! It was nice to get to know Bridget the head librarian. Hopefully the library can get new computers soon and a new system so hey can be updated with everything and make it easier on them! Going from Milton to the Georgia library was interesting to see the differences between them.
So Thank you again to Georgia Library for letting me come in! I'll be back to visit and get some books!

Pictures of Georgia Library!

Walking to the door

Entrance 

Circulation desk and off to the right is the community room, to the left is the little office

Children's area

Adult movies and TV shows

Magazine area

YA section

Georgia Historical items area, Maps, photos and more

More to the Historical area

Looking from the Historical area to the Childrens

Some tables in the middle of the adult books

This picture is of the computers from their website. There was people at the computers when I was there so I didn't want to take their photo. 

Technology Use Policies at Georgia Library

If anyone would like to read every word of the Policies you may go to this link and it is 1.12, and 1.13

Policies

Free Access to the Internet they are going by the Freedom to Read, Freedom to View and Library Bill of Rights.

Georgia Library does not monitor or have any control over the information accessed through their Internet service. So they are not responsible for its content. Along with they have no responsibility for the safety of other equipment. They must keep their equipment with them at all times.

Anyone under the age of 16 needs written permission from an adult before using the computers.

Everyone is expected to treat the technology with respect along with respecting others who are on the other computers

1 hour limit if there are people waiting to use the computers.

Cannot use CD’s, USB, or other software programs other then those provided by the library. Blank CD’s are able to be purchased for $0.25.

$0.25 per printed page.

The library reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to services.

Interview with Georgia Public Librarian Bridget

I went to the library at 9am, when they opened. I interviewed with Bridget the head librarian at Georgia. I was able to sit at her desk/circulation desk.

To start off with she said that state is going to be getting a new ILL system so everything will be changing soon.

So for right now what Georgia library is using is Library World ILS system. The state for right now is using Valsweb ILL system.

What the state of Vermont will be moving to is Shareit.

Bridget said Library World is not compatible with Shareit so they now have to upgrade to a new ILS system. She hopes they are able to move to Verso. The only problem is that moving to a new system is going to cost around $4,000 (more or less, this was just an estimate that she gave) and the Georgia Library doesn’t have enough money to move to the new system. Though the monthly payments after Verso is all installed will be the same as Library World. These are all web-based systems.

After we talked about the systems I asked her what kind of network they use for the library. I already kind of figured it out because almost everyone in Vermont uses this company. Bridget said they have a wireless network provided by Comcast.

Asked Bridget if she has any Web Scale Discovery Services or even know what they are. She had no clue what I was talking about. I explained it to her and she said they did no have them there.

Does this library have z39.50 and does she know what this is?

Bridget said it sounded like something she knew. I explained this to her as well. Then she remembered and said that they do not have this capability at all. This library has a Linx based system, and open source. Bridget said, much to her dismay, that they do not have the capability to get MARC records from anyplace. She showed me how many boxes of books that needed to be cataloged for the library. She has to do them all by hand, and their systems will not allow them to get the MARC information from the companies. Once they get the new system they will be able to do MARC records more easily.

Bridget mentioned this more then once during the interview that they are in real need of new computers and software. In total she said there are 6 computers, 3 for the public and 3 for the staff. One for the staff is a laptop that is not able to connect to the WIFI and a desktop that cannot either so in total there is only one that is connected.

Currently the people who come in to fix their computer problems are just volunteers from the town. They do not have enough money to have someone come in and fix their technology. The last person, who fixed their systems, switched them to Linux system because they liked that system. So there isn’t a set type of system that the library uses it just depends on whom it is who fixes their system and what they want to change it to. That is what Bridget told me.

I asked Bridget who plans, budgets, and does the technology services at the library. She said she does along with the library trustees of Georgia. Their technology budget is set and is about $1,800 and that includes their subscription service, Listen Up Vermont and Library World. Bridget mentioned that the library budget is mixed in with the town budget. So when everyone votes for the town budget they are also voting on the library budget as well.

Speaking of Listen Up Vermont, it is a service that most Vermont libraries have. It is online library that has audio and digital e-books for patrons to use with their library card. Download and then it will return after the time is up. Each library has different items depending on what the library buys for their collection on the site.

Who takes care of their Facebook page and website?

Bridget said that she takes care of both sites. She said that there is not enough staff to have instagram or twitter account so they only have a Facebook account for social media.

I asked about what their policies for technology use where and she told me that the information is on their web page. So I will post this in another post!

Last few questions I asked Bridget were:

Enough outlets for patrons to plug in their devices?

Are there any accommodations for people with disabilities?

Community spaces?

When I asked about the outlets, if there was enough of them in library, Bridget had a surprised look, and realized that they really do not have enough outlets in the library at all. She wrote it down as something to ask for from the capstone students to add to the building.

Bridget told me that the library was chosen as a project from University of Vermont students for a capstone project.  These students are engineering students and they are fixing up the building and making it handy-cap accessible for patrons. Bridget was very pleased that they chose her library for their project so they can get some building updates. So right now they do not have anything for people with disabilities or anything for handy cap people.

As for community spaces, I already knew the answer to this question. There is one huge room that almost everyone in the town uses for some event. When I was in Girl Scouts, we had used that room quite often, along with my brothers Boy Scout group that he used to be in. Bridget also listed off a lot of other groups and organizations that use this room as well.

At the end of the interview I told her thank you and she asked if I could keep in touch with the library and I told her I would. There was a couple of books I want to check out of the library so I will be back in to check them out.

So I thank Bridget for letting me interview her and ask her all these questions!

I will be posting pictures soon!

New Time!

Got a new interview time! Tomorrow at 9am! Glad to get one this week!

Ssssnnooooowww...

So I had an appointment all made and set for 4pm on the 14th to meet with the librarian. Now with the Snow coming it had to be canceled. Snow go away!
Hoping to get another time soon!