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Below is a partial list of news articles, academic papers, books, journal articles and web sources that deal with manga, and the manga fandoms.

• "Comic Catalog 1995". Fukuya, Y2800. Exhaustive catalog of all Japanese mangas in print, used as a reference by many bookstores. The main index is by author, with a secondary index by title. Each entry lists author, title, publisher, series name (ie. magazine of origin), number of volumes, price, and author (where applicable. An excellent reference that anyone with a serious interest in manga should own.
• Aihara, Kouji (art) and Takekuma, Kentarou (story). "Sarudemo kakeru manga kyoushitsu [Even monkeys can draw manga]" (aka "Saruman"). Shougakukan, 1988-93, 3 volumes @ Y1200. A wide-ranging story about about manga cliches and the modern manga industry, told in manga form. Indispensable for diehard manga fans. "The story of Saruman is told through a pair of manga wanna-be's, one a rookie artist of marginal talent, and another a seasoned veteran who knows the industry tricks inside out. The education began when the rookie tried to apply some common sense to solve manga problems, and the veteran refuting the common sense by providing examples that are totally counter-intuitive, yet strangly familiar in our manga reading experiences. This is the genius of Saruman; it exposes the madness without losing the humor. Aihara and Takekuma were able to bite the hand that feeds them, and then got permission to do more. Saruman gets wilder and more hilarious as it progresses, and not since Be Free have I seen a manga with so much energy spilling from beginning to end. Read it as a story, read it as a satire, or read it as a warning, Whatever a reader looks for, Saruman delivers. Read it, and rec.arts.manga will never look the same to you again." [DM]
• Hara, Takao. "Shigaisen". Tsukuru Shuppan, Y1200. ISBN4-924718-08-4 A rant about manga censorship by the chairman of Manga Japan, with a couple of pictures.
• Hirata, Hirotsugu ed. "Bishoujo Manga Daihyakka [Many objects of erotic manga study]". Tatsumi Shuppan, 1991. A fairly informative catalog of the erotic manga scene, with many reviews of manga, anime, and H software, all lavishly illustrated. Some illuminating interviews and "how to draw" tips are included.
• Ishiko, Jun. "Sengo manga shi noto". Tokyo, Kiinokuniya Shoten, 1980. A history of Japanese manga since World War II.
• McCloud, Scott. "Understanding Comics". A study of Western comics, in comic form, with a brief mention of manga. Mentioned here for completeness' sake - not recommended as a source of information about manga.
• Muko, Morio, ed. "Nihon manga sho jiten, manga jimbutsu jiten". Ruibesha, 1980. Dictionary of manga awards and biographical dictionary of Japanese manga artists.
• Ono, Kosei. "The Manga of Asian Countries". [publisher?], 1993. Unseen, but apparently quite good.
• Schodt, Frederik L. "Manga! Manga! The world of Japanese Comics." Kodansha, 1983. ISBN 0-87011-752-1 The seminal English-language reference on Japanese manga. Schodt, who has also contributed entries on Japanese artists to just about every major English-language comics encyclopedia, writes with authority. Although there has been a great deal of change in the manga industry since its first publication, it remains an authoritative and informative work.
• Soeda, Yoshiya. "Manga bunka". [publisher?], 1983. A study of manga culture.
• Yonezawa, Yoshihiro. "Sengo shojo manga shi". Shimposha, 1980. History of shoujo-manga in Japan. Yonezawa also wrote a companion volume on SF Manga.

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