Fun collections, but watch out – they date FAST! If you aren’t an aficionado for this genre this will help you. It not only can be used for collection development, but also for a reader’s advisory approach. It provides all kinds of information on all major manga and anime formats. While it starts near the beginning of these genres (1990), it works to be as up to day as possible. Issues about those genres are discussed and commented upon – things like censorship of the genre, developmental maturity of the characters as well as readers, etc. Bottom line: This is helpful to those of us who don’t have a keen aficionado to this area. Recommended.