Essential Links


Chronological lists

Anime Daijiten http://member.nifty.ne.jp/teraji/ A large database of anime released in Japan since 1958 excepting TV specials. (Japanese language).

Chronological List of Television Anime Series in Japan http://espanol.geocities.com/gapc/animetv-jp/index_e.html A chronological List of TV Anime (series and specials) written by Gabriel Pinzón. This list is based on Curtis H. Hoffmann's "The 33-year History Of Television Anime 1962 -1995" ( no longer online) and updated from 1996 to today. (English and Spanish language).

Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/ . A comprehensive database on the Japanese movies. (Japanese language).

Richard's Animated Divots http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rllew/andivots.html. Premier Work on the web about the Chronology of animated figures around the world. Author Richard Llewellyn gives ample space to Japanese productions, especially TV series. (English language).

TV Anime Broadcast List http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/3064/ List of Television Anime Series. (Japanese language).


News from Japan and English release titles

Anihabara! http://east.sakura.ne.jp/aniba/ Airing dates on anime broadcasted in Kanto Region (English language).

Anime Caravan: http://scac.prohosting.com/anime-caravan/ (English language).

Animedaisuki http://www.animedaisuki.net/ English language news from Moon Phase .

Animeigo http://www.animeigo.com/ One of the main and oldest American anime releasers (English language).

AnimeNfo http://www.animenfo.com/ (English language).

AnimeMania http://animemania01.tripod.com/index.htm (English language).

Anime News Network http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ (English language).

Anime News Service http://www.animenewsservice.com/ (English language).

Anime News Tokyo http://www.kozakai.com/ (English language).

Anime On DVD http://www.animeondvd.com/(English language).

EX: The Online World of Anime & Manga http://www.spja.com/ex/ (English language).

Moon Phase http://cyan.maid.to/ (Japanese language).

Web Newtype.com http://www.web-newtype.com/ (Japanese language).


International release titles in not-english language

Anime in Poland: Complete Guide http://www.linuxpl.com/~promyk/anime/index.php One of the most accurate anime list I have ever seen on the web, with a lot of data for each entry. It covers all the anime movies and tv series that were officially distributed or broadcasted in Poland. (English and Polish language).

Anim'int http://www.animint.com/ (French language).

Anime no Tomodachi http://www.tomodachi.de/ (German language).

Cyber Namida http://namida.cyna.net/ (French language).

Mazochungo.com http://www.mazochungo.com/index.htm It contains a list of anime aired in Spain (English and Spanish language).

Patato's Manga DB http://www.mangadb.it/ Database of mangas published in italian version (Italian language).


Selected monothematic sites

Nausicaa Net http://nausicaa.net/ The most complete site about Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and the Studio Ghibli, with complete filmographies. (English language).

General Works http://www.generalworks.com/index.html. It encloses the "SF Movie Data Bank", a database on Science Fiction Movies. It covers a lot of Anime. (Japanese language with English traslations of several creative credits).

Sub Rosa, Rare & Literary Anime http://www.pelleas.net/wmt/ Japanese animated productions for T.V., theater or home (OVA) which were based on a work of Western literature. It is one of the most accurate site I have ever seen on the web, from the single anime pages to links page. It reports Japanese titles, romaji titles, release or airing date and many other informations. The Links page is a must-see. Written by Benjamin Ettinger (English language).


General

ANIDO Home Page http://www.anido.com/ (English and Japanese language).

Asifa.net http://asifa.net/ Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (English language).

Animated Movies http://www.animated-movies.net/ . A collection of useful links on animation (English language).

Animation Post http://www.animationpost.co.uk/ . Useful technical notes for animators (English language).

Anime Manga Web Essays Archive http://www.corneredangel.com/amwess/ . A collection of essays, research papers, academic and media articles, character and series analyses, and all other writings on anime, manga, and fandom that are not fanfics.(English language).

Animenation http://www.animenation.net/ Large database of links. (English language).

AnimeResearch.com http://www.animeresearch.com/index.html A site for academic research about anime, manga and other aspects of Japanese popular culture on the web. (English language).

Anime Web Turnpike http://www.anipike.com/ Large anime link list. (English language).

Comics Research Bilbiography http://www.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html A bibliography of comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics.(English language).

Gilles' Service to Fans Page http://www.koyagi.com (English language).

Gon's Animation Limbo http://homepage1.nifty.com/gon2/index1.html (in Japanese, but
also with some English texts).

Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database http://www.win.ne.jp/~toshi/seiyuu/seiyuu.html Seiyuu (voice actor) database (English language).

The Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/ (English language).

Moc's Animation Page http://www.quilts-club.com/animation/index.html (English and Japanese language).

Rei's Anime and Manga Page http://www.mit.edu/people/rei/Anime.html (English language).

Shoujo & General http://www.sandg-anime-reviews.net/ (English language).

The Anime LD Cyclopedia http://www.cs.mun.ca/~anime/afs/LD_list.html (English language).

Ultimate Manga Guide http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/4996/ (English language).

UVL Universal Videogame List http://www.uvlist.com/ The most complete videogames database on the Internet that I am aware of. By Andrea Doimo (English language).


Production studios

AIC (Anime International Company) (Japanese and English language).
Avex mode (Japanese language).
Gainax (Japanese language).
Gonzo Studios (Japanese language).
Group TAC (Japanese language).
J.C. Staff (Japanese language).
Mad House (Japanese language).
Mushi Productions (Japanese language).
Nippon Animation (Japanese language).
Nippon Animation (English language).
Production IG (Japanese language).
Studio Deen (Japanese language).
Studio Ghibli (Japanese language).
Studio Pierrot (Japanese and English language).
Sunrise (Japanese language).
Tatsunoko Productions (Japanese and English language).
Tezuka Production (Japanese and English language).
TMS (Tokyo Movie Shinsha) (Japanese language).
Toei Animation (Japanese language).
Yamamura Animation's page (Japanese and English language).




Useful sites on japanese language and culture

Japan-Guide.com http://www.japan-guide.com/ (English language).

Japan Reference Page http://www.jref.com/ (English language).

Japanorama http://www.japanorama.com/links.html (English language).

Jim Breen's Japanese Page http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html (English language).

One World - Nations online http://www.nationsonline.org/ (English language).

Web Sites for Japanese students http://www.gu.edu.au/school/lal/japanesemain/Japanese.student.bmark.html (English language).




Useful search engines

Google http://www.google.com/ My favourite search engine (All main languages).




Useful fan sites

Movieprop.com's Robotech Pages http://movieprop.com/anime/robotech/index.htm/ Featuring character profiles, chronology, pictures and links (English language).

Spazio Anime & Manga http://www.manga-japan.it/ Links to italian sites on anime and manga (Italian language).

The Anything-Goes Anime Lyrics Archive http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/5701/ (English language).




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