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Books that are like anime

Name: Anonymous 2006-03-12 14:16

Are there any books with plot, narrative, or pacing like anime?  You could say Michael Crichton has a "hollywood film adaptation" feel to his books, yet I haven't seen any sci-fi/fantasy books that are quite like the feel of anime. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-03-20 7:56

>>4 Smart man.

You should read Haruki Murakami.  He's brilliant.  I'd recommend "Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" as an entry point, especially because it's the most "anime-like" of his books.  Yoshitoshi Abe cited it as a big influence on Haibane Renmei, which becomes very obvious as you read it.

Some of his books do indeed feel "like anime", but I think that's more because they're all by Japanese artists and tap into Japanese aesthetics and psychological backgrounds and artistic traditions etc.

The other books are Cyberpunk like some anime but I don't think that's what you mean.  I'd recommend looking into some other Japanese authors as well after Murakami; Ryu Murakami (no relation) is particularly good.  Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen is worth reading, too.

Some classic authors include Kenzaburo Oe, Natsume Soseki and Yasunari Kawabata, but I don't find them particularly "anime-like" beyond their common Japanese heritage.

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