Who wrote Manga: The Complete Guide?
Jason Thompson is the credited author of Manga: The Complete Guide, published by Del Rey in 2007. Twenty-four additional writers contributed some entries, which Thompson then read and corrected for accuracy.
Questions about Manga: The Complete Guide
Short answers, pulled from the story.
How many manga titles does Manga: The Complete Guide cover?
Manga: The Complete Guide covers more than 1,000 Japanese manga titles that had been translated and released in English in North America as of its 2007 publication.
Was Manga: The Complete Guide nominated for any awards?
Yes. Manga: The Complete Guide was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2008 in the category "Best Comics-Related Book." It lost to Douglas Wolk's Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean.
What information does each entry in Manga: The Complete Guide include?
Each entry includes at least a one-paragraph description, a demographic label (shojo, shonen, seinen, or josei), a star rating out of four, and an age advisory describing any objectionable content.
What is Jason Thompson's 365 Days of Manga project?
365 Days of Manga is an online project Thompson announced in September 2009, releasing manga reviews he had compiled after the first edition of Manga: The Complete Guide. As part of the project, he also ran a competition to give away his manga collection, distributing approximately 2,850 volumes by the 21st of September 2010.
How long did it take to compile Manga: The Complete Guide?
It took two years to compile Manga: The Complete Guide after Del Rey approached Jason Thompson about the project in 2005. Thompson resigned from Viz Media to complete the work, and the book was published in 2007.