Kana de Manga - A Fun, Easy Way to Learn the ABCs of Japanese

Learn how to read and write Japanese the fun and easy way—with Kanji de Manga!

Manga University's award-winning series uses original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs.

Volume 1 introduces 80 of the most common kanji, including those for numbers, days of the week, directions, relatives and sizes. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Have you ever wondered what a cat's meow sounds like in Japanese? How about the grumble of an empty stomach, the wail of a police car's siren or the crash of an ocean wave?

Japanese manga artists rely heavily upon onomatopoeia—sound-effect words—and this special entry in Manga University's award-winning Kana de Manga / Kanji de Manga language-learning series is jam-packed with illustrated examples of those sounds (and more!) in action.

Featuring more than 100 Japanese onomatopoeia and their English equivalents in categories such as "Animals," "Humans," "Machines" and "Nature."

From the art studios of Manga University, Japan's leading publisher of English-language educational manga, comes an all-new series of mini How to Draw Manga guides.

Here it is, the exciting second volume in Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series!

These books use original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs. Volume 2 introduces 80 kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

From the art studios of Manga University, Japan's leading publisher of English-language educational manga, comes an all-new series of mini How to Draw Manga guides.

Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series is the fun, easy way to learn Japanese! This special edition gives students their first look at yojijukugo—idioms that are written with just four kanji characters. Learn the Japanese equivalents of such familiar phrases as "Time is Money," "In Perfect Harmony," "High on the Hog" and dozens more. Each page features an original comic illustration, as well as a easy-to-follow breakdown of the four kanji, explaining how they work together to represent these timeless expressions.

From the art studios of Manga University, Japan's leading publisher of English-language educational manga, comes an all-new series of mini How to Draw Manga guides.

Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series continues with this fifth volume of original comic artwork designed to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs.

Like the previous volumes, this one is packed with 80 essential kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

From the kitchens of the Manga University Culinary Institute comes the critically acclaimed The Manga Cookbook, a fully illustrated step-by-step guide to making the same sorts of foods you see in your favorite manga and anime series—including popular bento (boxed lunch) recipes!

Food appears frequently in Japanese comics, but what exactly is it that the characters are eating? Featuring more than two dozen homestyle recipes, The Manga Cookbook shows you how make authentic onigiri (rice balls), yakitori (skewered chicken), oshinko (pickled vegetables), udon (Japanese noodles), okonomiyaki (Japanese-style pizza) and many others!

The Manga Cookbook also includes sections on how to assemble bento lunches and properly use chopsticks, and everything is cleverly illustrated by award-winning manga artist Chihiro Hattori.

An American Library Association/Young Adult Library Services Association "Top 10 Popular Paperbacks" selection for 2011.