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This guide to anime offers an overview of the art form, looking at its development in Japan and its export to other cultures. It includes a history of Japanese animation from early examples to the relaunch of animation as a viable commercial entity and its enormous rise in popularity after WWII. The book explains the difference between manga and anime, offering a brief history of manga including its development from traditional art form (woodblock...

Milo, Kida and their team gear up for more action when trouble surfaces above water, threatening the famous and mysterious underwater kingdom of Atlantis. They discover that mystifying powers are at work.

Follow the travails of Surly, a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nut store heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure.

With boy and dog in hot pursuit, a frog discovers the joys of motorboating, plays a trick on a magician and shows up as an uninvited picnic guest, alarming adults and amusing children along the way. Non-verbal.

"In 1911, the famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted an animated version of his popular newspaper strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland. Loosely inspired by Sigmund Freud's research on dreams, the film was one of the very first of its kind. McCay is largely forgotten today, but his work helped unleash the creative energy of animators like Otto Messmer, Max Fleischer, Walt Disney, and Chuck Jones. Their origin stories, rivalries, and sheer genius, as Reid...

The Three Pigs roll into town looking to build some new houses. Each pig has very particular ideas about what they want, but will their choices be good ones when the rains come tumblin' down? Find out in this pig's tale that shows kids that when we follow God's blueprints, we can make the right choices! PLUS: Before Humpty cracked he was the mayor of a quiet little town. He is literally driven up the wall with the town's problems! Will all the citizens...

A threat forces Ariel and Eric to hide their daughter Melody's true mermaid heritage. But the young princess, curious about her roots, ultimately ventures into the sea where she meets new friends and becomes a pawn in Morgana's plot to gain control of the seven seas.

When Max is sent to bed without supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Alligators dance and sing through the alphabet. Counting forwards and backwards has never been so much fun. Pierre doesn't care about anything until he meets a hungry lion. Chicken soup with rice can be enjoyed all year long while learning the months.

Join Alice as she chases the White Rabbit and journeys into a topsy-turvy world that gets "curiouser and curiouser" as her fantastical adventures unfold. Meet the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Tweedledee & Tweedledum, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and more unforgettable characters, all set against a backdrop of awe-inspiring splendor.

From director Steven Spielberg comes an animated epic action-adventure based on Hergé’s comic book series. Intrepid young reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell) and his loyal dog Snowy are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, he teams up with Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) to search for the treasure of the Unicorn, while facing dangerous pursuit by Ivan...