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Title: The Humdrum Guide to XXX Anime
Review: While this book provides detailed coverage of much of the dark side of anime, it is marred by very lackluster writing and a dearth of illustration. The writers shift back and forth from a dry academic philosophizing which sometimes borders on apologising for Japanese tastes to an equally dry reporting of film contents. This should be a fascinating subject. The Japanese have focused considerable writing, illustrative and musical talent on sexually oriented anime, and this strange little book seems to want to downplay all of that. Hopefully someone else will be inspired to create the book this should have been.
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