The year is 2044. The people of Earth are finally free from their alien occupiers and prepare to search for Admiral Hunter's missing fleet. But a deadly new adversary threatens to test the limits of the Expeditionary Force's use of Shadow Technology... Included here is everything fans are looking for - series history, plot, character, and mecha guides, plus page after page of detailed film art and drawings - assembled by the film's director and other production insiders.

Sumi presents Inoue's magnificent pen and brush work in black and white. It also includes a behind the scenes look at Vagabond with rough sketches and photos of Inoue's studio. This artbook captures the very best of Inoue's work, with images hand-selected by Inoue himself.

Water features Inoue's masterful work in color. It also highlights artwork created specifically for this volume. This artbook captures the very best of Inoue's work, with images hand-selected by Inoue himself.

Graphic artist and game designer Yasushi Suzuki has meticulously compiled a stunning cache of his own work history. The Art of Yasushi Suzuki showcases nearly 100 images, some of which were designed specifically for this event, including art from the video games Ikaruga and Sin & Punishment, plus cover art from the Japanese language version of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

Patrick Galloway, who last looked at samurai movies in Stray Dogs and Lone Wolves, now takes on Asian masters of suspense, exploitation, the supernatural, and bone-chilling, blood-curdling fear and evil. The films featured here are pan-Asian, including Korea and Thailand, and represent a mix of classics and the contemporary cutting edge. Included are overviews of genres, cultures, and viewing tips.

The pioneering genius of Japan's "god of manga," Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989), is examined through his life's masterwork: Tetsuwan Atomu. Also known as Mighty Atom or Astro Boy, Tetsuwan Atom was a comic series featuring a cute little android who yearns to be more human. The history of Tetsuwan Atomu and Tezuka's role in it is a road map to understanding the development of new media in Japan and the United States.

In 1963 a Japanese animated television series called "Tetsuan Atom" was acquired by NBC. Fred Ladd adapted the show for American television, rechristened Astro Boy, and it was an overnight sensation. Astro Boy's popularity sparked a new industry, and Ladd went on to adapt numerous Japanese animated imports for American release. He here provides an insider's view of the creation of what has blossomed into an ongoing cultural and media phenomenon.

Who wants to hang out with The Bad Guy, The Liar, and The Thief? Aranzi Aranzo does! Take the notorious cuteness of Japanese crafts to the next level with The Bad Book, full of mischief and fun (but mostly mischief). The Bad Book is full of comics vignettes that give life to The Bad Guy and his best friend The Liar, who will teach you it's not always a bad thing to be the bad guy. You'll see.

In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside photographs of the world's most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys.

In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside photographs of the world's most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys.

For over a century after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire enjoyed an almost unbroken series of victories n Eastern Europe and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. It couldn't last. In The Battle of Lepanto, Nanami Shiono vividly depicts the fierce sea battle that delivered the Ottoman juggernaut its first major defeat.