You will never find a more complete book on what makes anime what it is. http://www.amazon.com/How-To-Be-Ani...1803/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335558793&sr=8-1 Do you look for subtitles while watching Scooby Doo? Is there a Pikachu in more than three rooms of your house? can you read left to right as easily as right to left? If so then you should get "How to be an Anime Character" By, Clayton Overstreet. This book collects all the cliches and even a few reasons for them from every facet of the anime universe. How do you tell you're an anime character? (Why are there pink flowers everywhere? Why are the kids all dressed in shorts and blue/pink sweaters? What are the seven anime sins? How do I survive highschool? If the school is so broke why does the library have information on ancient civilizations and why do they throw a festival every other week? What kind of anime are you in?) Fighting your enemies (good or evil) and defeating them. (Many can be beaten simply by giving them something shiny! How do you face off against an antihero? Answer: you don't!) Living your life in the anime universe. (Getting a job as a ninja is easier than getting hired at Wacdnald's! How do you feed an anime teenager? Where do you want to live an apartment, a shrine, or your own side dimension?) Having a relationship (How do I dump a girl who has a history of destroying planets? Why did my father fake his death? Should I date the attractive girl who likes me or the psychotic neighbor who isn't as pretty and keeps hitting me?) The science of anime (Why does metal burn in space? Why do anime characters have such big eyes? Why does everyone hate Earth yet somehow end up here? Why does gravity never seem to affect a girl's chest?) Also contains sections on why evil does a body good. Stalking: The most popular sport in anime. How to be a hero or a villain. Dating, raising children, and personality traits of various anime characters. Why Censoreship and Editing are horrible STDs that must be wiped out! Nothing is left out! All this and more can be found in Clayton Overstreet's "How to be an Anime Character" which is available from Amazon.com and Target.com If you enjoy anime/manga, write/drawn manga, cosplay, or just want to know what the heck your kids are talking about, you need this book! Cover doubles as a cosplay mask!
...Is this an advertisement? Still, looks like an awesome idea for a book, good going. Maybe if I get into anime more I'll pick up a copy, but right now... Wallet's a little empty.
For the record, the bad reviews on Amazon were all posted by the same guy, on the same day, and he didn't even read the *&^(*&^ book. Try reading the book Preview first. Just click on the "Click to see inside" thing and take a look. And I'd like to discuss the book. What you think of the idea and such. Any advertising is incidental just because I'm also selling it.
I tried. I collected all the cliches and things I could think of. I can guarantee if you watch any anime you can mix and match everything in it to something in this book. Thouigh keep in mind, it's mostly just for fun. Don't take it too seriously. However due to the fake negative reviews i may have to change the title and republish it. If you do get it please, do a good review and tell me what you think. I could use all the good press i can get.
