Now you see them, now you don't. With over 300 color illustrations, this is a fun introduction to the lifestyles of the deadly and invisible. Modern-day Ninja experts let you in on their centuries-old techniques for meditation, stealth, and generally fighting dirty, as well as the homes, codes, and workouts of Japan's legendary spy elite. You'll even learn what they eat and how they unwind after a tough day of espionage. Peek inside a Ninja's toolbox and discover the ingenious tricks of the trade, like laying traps, hiding in plain sight, and of course, making a clean getaway.

Secrets of the Ninja: Their Training, Tools, and Techniques

Hiromitsu Kuroi

Cocoro Books

What is she wearing?!? All over Japan, hard-core fans of animation, video games, and manga comics are hitting the streets in their latest cosplay (short for costume play) outfits-- especially women! Devotees spend countless hours and hard-earned yen transforming themselves into their favorite characters and strutting their stuff at conventions, parks, and clubs. Inside, you'll find street-fighting tough chicks, emerald-haired princesses, spunky school girls, and faux-fur kittens. Cosplay Girls is a peek into Japan's wacky wanna-be subculture with all its glitter, glue, posing, and preening.

Cosplay Girls : Japan's Live Animation Heroines

Using a question-and-answer format, presents information about the manga and anime series featuring the young Ninja in training who must learn to control the powerful Fox Spirit who resides in his body.

The Naruto Saga: The Unofficial Guide (Mysteries And Secrets Revealed)

Fujie, Kazuhisa

Lane, Matthew

Wyman, Walter

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The seventeenth in the popular Mysteries and Secrets Revealed! anime sourcebook series Born in the village of Konohagakure, Naruto is a feisty young ninja with big ambitions and a lot to learn. Within his body resides the soul of the Nine Tailed Demon Fox, whose power the young ninja must learn to control. Along with his friends Sasuke and Sakura, Naruto battles one evil after another as he tries to live up to the ideals of being a ninja from the Land of Fire. Naruto Forever: The Saga Continues is packed with background info and revelations about this record-breaking manga and anime. This fanbook fills in the gaps left since the release of DHP's best-selling The Naruto Saga: The Unofficial Guide. In this must-have for all anime fans, our otaku researchers have dug deep to find the answers to a plethora of questions that this complex and endlessly fascinating story has raised, as well as uncovering the many secrets surrounding Naruto on his quest to become the number one ninja. Mysteries and Secrets Revealed! is a popular series of factbooks compiled in Tokyo by long-term fans of Japan's hottest anime. Other titles in the series include Inu-yasha, Death Note, One Piece and Fruits Basket.

Naruto Forever: The Saga Continues (Mysteries and Secrets Revealed)

Kazuhisa Fujie

Ivan Rorick

Children's Books

When Cosplay Girls: Japan's Live Animation Heroines was released in 2003, most of us thought anime equaled Pokemon, otaku was a type of noodle and cosplay was something that only happened in faraway Japan. How things have changed! Cosplay today is a global phenomenon, with established conventions, fan sites, clubs and even cosplay celebrities strutting their stuff the world over. The planet, it would seem, can't get enough of cosplay and the Japanese girls who started this craze. We Love Cosplay Girls, the third volume in the cocoro books cosplay photobook series, continues this onslaught of deliciousness with hundreds of full-color photos of street-fighting chicks, fantasy femmes fatales, staff-spinning ninja, spandex-clad dominatrix, pig-tailed schoolgirls, hammer-wielding psychopaths and faux-fur kittens. Why do they do it? How do they do it?! Buy this book and find out!! All-new girls!! All-new costumes!! All-new format!!

We Love Cosplay Girls: More Live Animation Heroines from Japan

Literature & Fiction

If you like your women sassy, sophisticated and synthetic, then get in line, 'cos anime figures are hot and getting hotter! The half-naked lumps of plastic that line the shelves of Japan's otaku stores ooze such sex appeal that demand and supply might as well live on different planets. That's all well and good if you're The Man, but with prices as high as a Tokyo tenth-grader's skirt, how's the "real fan" of My-Hime, ToHeart2, or even Night Shift Nurses, ever gonna get his hands on his significant other? The answer is Anime Figures-Tokyo's Hottest 50 Figurines. For much (much!) less than the price of one figure, 50 of the hottest girls to come out of Tokyo's sexiest anime productions are introduced in gorgeous, glossy full color. Some you already know--Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mizuho Kazami from Please Teacher!--and some you're gonna wish you knew--Mizuki Tasake from Comic Party, and "bodacious bovine babe" Sanae Aizawa. Totally authentic, totally hot, this sizzling collection of PVC pin-ups is a must for every red-blooded anime fan. *Contains PVC Nudity

Anime Figures: Tokyo's Hottest 50 Anime Figurines

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

The art trucks of Japan made their debut in the 1975 smash hit Truck Yaro!, roaring onto the big screen to wow Japanese moviegoers. Decorated with banks of flashing lights, lengths of aluminum piping, and sheets of shining steel, these vehicles were brash, colorful and unapologetic. A new word was quickly coined--"dekotora" (decorated trucks)--and soon colorfully decorated trucks could be seen on roads throughout Japan. The art truck had entered popular culture. Some 30 years later, Japan's art trucks have become highly stylized creations that attract a loyal following of hobbyists and professional drivers. This stunning collection of decotora photos reveals both the beauty of Japan's art trucks and the creative talents of their owners. Described as masterpieces of the highway, the art trucks of Japan are a must-see for all lovers of vehicle art and extravagant design.

The Art Trucks of Japan

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Tokyo Rock Catwalk is the first English book ever to fully introduce the made-in-Japan youth culture of Visual Kei, a pop music movement characterized by eccentric, flamboyant looks, striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes. Stunning full-color pinup photos of Visual Kei bands, plus interviews with artists and loyal fans.

Tokyo Rock Catwalk: Visual Kei Bands Big in Japan

Books, Cocoro

Fashion

" It all depends on your imagination" Satoshi Kurosaki, Apollo Architects &amp; Associates Tokyo's architects are in the process of drafting a small revolution in urban design. Micro homes, or kyosho jutaku, are reshaping the way the Japanese live and work, while at the same time shaking up staid urban neighborhoods with stunning designs that adhere to few rules. With creative use of wood, glass and concrete, these small houses defy the limited spaces they are built on, boasting open-plan living rooms, cozy dens, inner gardens, and raised patios. With stunning photography that reveals Japan as a powerhouse of architectural innovation, Small House Tokyo brings together some of the leading designs in the kyosho jutaku movement. Over 150 full-color photos of both interiors and exteriors provide not only an uncharacteristic view of today's urban Japan, but offer potential property buyers in the West a plethora of ideas on how to turn a small house into a beautiful home.

Small House Tokyo: How the Japanese Live Well in Small Spaces

Architecture

For centuries, mystery has surrounded the lives of Japan's legendary ninja, the ingenious and deadly spies that were feared and revered by all. More Secrets of the Ninja takes you inside the ninja world to reveal the many facets of their remarkable lives. Packed full of fighting techniques, weaponry, workouts, secret codes and health tips, this full-color factbook provides the would-be ninja with every skill necessary for a life of stealth, secrecy and survival.

More Secrets of the Ninja: Their Training, Tools and Techniques

Health, Fitness & Dieting

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