Manga for Japanese Language Learners: Manga in UI Libraries
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To find Manga in the UI Collection, browse call number range PN6790.J3-PN6790.J34.
or
Use Subject Headings such as "Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan." or
"Graphic novels -- Japan." Try both Subject beginning with ... search and keyword in subject search.
Manga Locations
Check location information in InfoHawk carefully. Manga can be found at the following locations:
Main Japanese Collection: 2nd floor
Manga in Japanese.
Bilingual titles.
Main Library: 4th floor
English translations.
To Read Manga
アニメ・マンガの日本語 = Japanese in Manga & Anime: http://anime-manga.jp/
E-learning site for kanji and Japanese expressions used in anime and manga.
Weblo 辞書 http://www.weblio.jp/
Collection of dictionaries including 類語 (thesaurus), 英和・和英(English-Japanese/Japanese-English), 手話 (sign language), and many glossaries.
手書き漢字認識 http://kanji.sljfaq.org/drawj.html
Use your mouse like your pen and look up Chinese characters.
Japan Knowledge http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/japanknowledge
Online Manga
コミックエッセイ劇場: http://www.comic-essay.com/
Manga with ルビ
動物のお医者さん / 佐々木 倫子. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 S27 1995
花よりも花の如く / 成田美名子. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 N37 2003
日出処の天子 / 山岸凉子. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 Y36 1994
To find more manga with ruby, go to Advanced Search screen in InfoHawk. Combine Subject Words search using Comic + Japan and Keyword Anywere with a phrase "with furigana." Enclose your search phrase in double quotes!
Manga Recommendation Videos
This YouTube site provides manga recommendations which come with English and Japanese closed captions.
Bilingual Manga and Manga Titles Available Both in Japanese and English Translation
対訳OL進化論 = Survival in the office : the evolution of Japanese working women
Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 A471 1999
リボン の 騎士 Ribon no kishi
Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 T4938 2001
サザエさん = The wonderful world of Sazae-san
Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J3 H37 1997
夕凪の街 ; 桜の国 Yūnagi no machi ; Sakura no kuni
Japanese original: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 K66 2004
English translation: Main Library PN6790.J33 K68 2006
Japanese Language Textbooks with Manga
Living Japanese through comics : culture in Japan : a cognitive approach to spoken Japanese
Main Library PL524.8 .L578 2003
Living Japanese through comics : life in Japan : a cognitive approach to spoken Japanese
Main Library PL524.8 .L58 2003 Main Japanese Collection PL524.8 .L58 2003
マンガでわかる実用敬語 : 敬語が苦手な人のためのマンガで学べる敬語テキスト初級編 Manga de wakaru jitsuyō keigo : keigo ga nigate na hito no tame no manga de manaberu keigo tekisuto shokyūhen
マンガで学ぶ日本語表現と日本文化 : 多辺田家が行く!! Japanese expressions and culture, with the Tabeta family!
Manga about Japanese Language Learners and Intercultural Communication
日本人の知らない日本語 : なるほど x 爆笑!の日本語“再発見”コミックエッセイ Nihonjin no shiranai Nihongo
Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 U53 2009
3 v. Comic texts with good ruby annotations. ルビ付き.
My darling is a foreigner = Dārin wa gaikokujin / My darling is a foreigner = ダーリンは外国人
Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 O33813 2010
Bilingual edition.
Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 O338 2002
2 v. Japanese edition. 日本語版.
Reading Japanese Novels
獣の奏者 Kemono no sōja
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PL876.5.E337 K462 2009
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL876.5.E337 K46 2006
センセイの鞄 Sensei no kaban
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PL855.A84 S462 2009
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL855.A84 S46 2001
平成大家族 Heisei daikazoku
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PL873.5.A34 H4533 2008
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL873.5.A34 H45 2008
邂逅の森 Kaikō no mori
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 K654 2005
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL872.5.U53 K35 2004
あさきゆめみし : 源氏物語 Asaki yume mishi : Genji monogatari
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 Y366 2001
Main Japanese Collection PL788.4.G43 Y32 2000 (Bilingual edition)
Original Novel:
蟹工船 Kanikōsen
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 F84 2007
Main Japanese Collection PL832 .O3 K332 2007
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL832 .O3 1992 v.2
E-text: http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000156/card1465.html from 青空文庫.
破戒 Hakai
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PL816.H55 H332 2007
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL816 .H55 1966 v.2
E-text: http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000158/card1502.html from 青空文庫.
人間失格 Ningen shikkaku
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PL825.A8 N532 2007
Original Novel: Main Japanese Collection PL825.A8 A15 v.9
E-text: http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000035/card301.html from 青空文庫.
For more Japanese literature manga titles, search InfoHawk for the following series:
- Manga de dokuha
- Manga bungo shirizu
Manga and Movies
デスノート Death note
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 O23 2004
Movie: Main Media Collection Video record 24917 DVD Main Media Collection Video record 24918 DVD
夕凪の街 ; 桜の国 Yūnagi no machi ; Sakura no kuni
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 K66 2004
Movie: Main Media Collection Video record 28171 DVD
カムイ外伝 Kamui gaiden
Manga: Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 S5766 2006
Movie: Main Media Collection Video record 30814 DVD
Manga and Japanese Traditional Culture
競技カルタ・百人一首 (Subject Heading: Utagaruta (Game) -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
ちはやふる / 末次由紀. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 S838 2008
能 (Subject Heading: Nō -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
花よりも花の如く / 成田美名子. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 N37 2003
歌舞伎 (Subject Heading: Kabuki -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
かぶく者 / 原作デビッド宮原 ; 漫画たなか亜希夫. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 T365 2007
将棋 (Subject Heading: Shogi -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
3月のライオン = March comes in like a lion / 羽海野チカ ; 将棋監修・先崎学. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 U48 2008
書道 (Subject Heading: Calligraphy, Japanese -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
とめはねっ! : 鈴里高校書道部 / 河合克敏. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 K396 2007
風呂 (Subject Heading: Baths -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
テルマエ・ロマエ / ヤマザキマリ. Main Japanese Collection PN6790.J33 Y363 2009
茶道 (Subject Heading: Japanese tea masters -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. )
千利休 / 清原なつの. Main Japanese Collection GT2911.S4 K59 2004