The Anime Encyclopedia

The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917
Front cover of second edition with Astro Boy, an early example of modern anime style
Author
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAnime
GenreEncyclopedia
PublisherStone Bridge Press, Titan Books
Publication date
2001
Publication place
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
Media type
Pages
  • xviii + 545 pp (first edition)
  • xxiv + 867 pp (second edition)
  • xxiv + 1136 pp (third edition)
ISBN978-1-611720-18-1
OCLC897946457

The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 is a 2001 encyclopedia written by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy. It was published in 2001 by Stone Bridge Press in the United States, and a "revised and expanded" edition was released in 2006. In the United Kingdom, it was published by Titan Books. The third edition was released on 3 March 2015 with the subtitle of A Century of Japanese Animation. It gives an overview of most of the famous anime works since 1917.