The late Isao Takahata explains his original works before joining Studio Ghibli, including The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968), and some TV series as represented by Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974). It should be noted that the content is slightly different from that of a book under the same title (Tokuma Shoten Publishing, 1991). (Kayama)

The Endless Eight Episode in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was analyzed and recapitulated from various perspectives. His attempt to discuss animations through analytic aesthetics is worthy of attention. (Kayama)

This compilation work is by an author who pioneered the study of “anime pilgrimage.” Since the work is based on a doctoral thesis submitted in 2012, information and techniques described here are partially outdated. Nonetheless, it is essential for anyone wanting to gain knowledge on this subject matter. (Kayama)

This book discusses various media representations during the wartime in Japan. Chapter 4 mentions propaganda animations.（Kayama）

This book analyzes representations of Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (1945), which is a culmination of wartime animations, based on materials in the same period. This is a must-read that has been cited whenever the above work is discussed.（Kayama）

This is a brief introduction of animation culture, useful as an introductory book.（Sugawa）

This article discusses personification as girls and representations of self-defense forces and war.（Sugawa）

This article discusses representations of girls regarding magical girls in animation.（Sugawa）

This article discusses costume play in Japanese anime and the construction of subjectivity in women in Singapore and Philippine.（Sugawa）

This book discusses relationships between platforms, such as the internet and delivery services, and content industries including primarily anime and manga, as well as the formation of ideologies.（Sugawa）

This is a reference book for anime terminology compiled by the Human Resources Development Committee of the Association of Japanese Animations, which lists various terms used in the process of animation production, by assembling rules and terms used uniquely for each work or production company.（Igarashi）

This book concerns production duties based on actual examples the author encountered as an animation producer. The book was selected because it is something you would think they would have . （Igarashi）

Among other drawing techniques in animation, this book explains special effects and is particularly valuable as an educational material.（Igarashi）

Japan Anima (tor)'s Exhibition, designed jointly by Khara, Inc., which is led by Hideaki Anno, and Dwango, is a short animation produced by top animators in Japan. The collection of scenes is valuable for people in this industry.（Igarashi）

This is a rare Japanese manual of TVPaint, which is becoming a standard textbook for digital drawing for people in this industry. This is sold on a rather peculiar platform. Nevertheless, the book was selected because it is not common to Japan.（Kobayashi）

This is a rare attempt to focus on Original Video Animation (OVA), a medium which has not been comprehensively understood until now.（Kobayashi）

This innovative book brings together not only interviews and conversations with artists but also guides to each work from the perspectives of both artists and critics. The editor has selected artists who have not been covered previously, which adds value to the book as a source of information.（Kobayashi）

This is a reprint of the masterpiece by Shichiro Kobayashi, who laid the foundations of background art in animation. In addition to its value as a how-to book of background drawing, this book is essential reading to deepen your understanding of background production.（Kobayashi）

This is a collection of interviews with animator Yoichi Kotabe and people around him. Along with clearly establishing Kotabe’s role within the history of Japanese anime, the interviews with his wife Reiko Okuyama and with Akemi Miyazaki, who worked at Toei Animation at the same time, provide particularly valuable testimonies.（Kobayashi）