Impress group will be exhibiting at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023 ( 18-22 October 2023 ) Japanese Publishers’ booth. We are displaying copies of the following 40 titles. We are open to discussing copyrights for other non-exhibited titles, too. Do approach our friendly copyright representatives at the booth for assistance.
Written by moco
Let's decorate a fascinating magic variety shop with colors!
Genre : Coloring
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 88 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784295015925
Welcome to Cat and Stoat's magic variety shop! Meet the different forest animals visiting the shop as you color the pictures, or step through the magic door to explore fascinating new countries! From magic ingredients and recipes to beautiful, glittering jewels and ornaments and delicious buns and pastries fresh from the oven, this coloring book is full of exciting illustrations. With every new page, enjoy a delightful new fairy-tale object or the start of a little adventure.
Written by Waka Nakauchi
Have a relaxing time coloring in some dreamy, fairy-tale-like pictures.
Genre : Coloring
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 88 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784295012269
The Cheerful Coloring Book series uses drawings from popular illustrators and picture book authors. In this book, illustrator Waka Nakauchi shares a fairy tale story of a pair of bear brothers and their lovely town. It is full of cute pictures, including exotic streets, cafes, desserts, objects, flowers, forests, trains, and animals. Color it in with nostalgic memories of the fairytale worlds that enchanted your childhood!
Written by cotolie
Open this illustrated guide to fantasy objects to step into the world of fairy tales!
Genre : Coloring
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 88 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784295015567
There are many mysterious illustrated guidebooks on Rabbit's secret bookshelf. When you turn their pages, you'll find the door to a fantasy world…Won't you come along with Rabbit on a search for some adorable fantasy objects? Fill them with the colors you see in your imagination!
Written by Sayuri Kobayashi
Make your dreams and fantasies come true with your own flair for color.
Genre : Coloring
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 88 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784295016519
The Cheerful Coloring Book series uses drawings from popular illustrators and picture book authors. In this book, illustrator Sayuri Kobayashi shares about a charming fairytale journey through a fantasy world where forest animals act as main characters from children's stories. Besides familiar stories like Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, you will encounter many of the author's original characters such as unique sweets, unicorns that fly, and a strange circus. It's full of pictures that will delight the little girl in you!
Written by Makiko Inatome
A coloring book with pictures of the forest and its animals that you can complete like a pro.
Genre : Coloring
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 88 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784295013020
The second book in the Cheerful Coloring Book series, which uses drawings from popular illustrators and picture book authors. In this book, illustrator Makiko Inatome draws the story of field mouse Yururi's travels. From picnics to summer solstice festivals, stargazing, sweet-making, Halloween, and Christmas parties, immerse yourself in the story as you fill it with color!
Written by mona
Spend four seasons in an old, charming town with some little squirrel siblings
Genre : Coloring
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 88 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784295017561
The sixth book in the Cheerful Coloring Book series, which uses drawings from popular illustrators and picture book authors. This book contains delicate, detailed illustrations of an antique fairytale world by illustrator mona. Delight in the lives of the main character Ezo squrrels and their fellow animals through four seasons in an old, charming town. From quaint variety shops and cafes, to rose gardens, a park with a view of the sea, and cobbled streets, the book is full of pictures straight out of an old fairy tale.
Written by Kokochi Kobo, Hiroko Miyata
Create amazing pictures by changing the way you color!
Genre : Coloring / Drawing
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,580 JPY
Pages : 112 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784295017776
Master color pencil coloring with this color-in textbook! Filled with simple, detailed instructions that will guide you to using your 36-color color pencil set in a way that brings out the unique soft color pencil look. Master your skills through pictures of fruits, flowers, food, everyday items, and cute animalls. Based on the unique methods of the author, who has run color pencil coloring classes for 15 years.
Written by corekiyo, Megu Sugita
Color beautifully with good taste. A guide to color pencil coloring.
Genre : Coloring / Drawing
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,480 JPY
Pages : 112 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784295010548
Coloring an apple is not just about coloring it red! Learn how to use color pencils to create amazing, tasteful coloring works through the bite-sized tips and techniques in this instruction guide. Find out about how to examine pictures, see "hidden" colors, choose the best colors to use, and decide on coloring techniques. You'll find yourself seeing color like never before.
Written by TakaBa
I've been reincarnated into this crappy game where I all my endings are the same: "Game Over". But I will survive!
Genre : Light Novel
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,000 JPY
Pages : 258 pages
Size : 128 x 188
ISBN: 9784295601296
Sayoko, a high school girl on the verge of death from an illness, is reborn as the villainess in a crappy game that has gone out of balance. It's an outrageous world where she only has one ending: "Game Over"
On top of that, she's embarassed herself at a tea organized by the Queen, the Prince keeps avoiding her, the young knights hate her, the Prime Minister's son scolds her, and her brother told her "You're better off dead." And that's only the start. Her dynamite marshmallow-bodied parents love her to death, but they are also nonchalant and can't back her up!
You can't have a crappier life than that, can you?
But our Villainess is determined to survive and live a good life this time around.
Written by Makiko Oda / Illustrated by Nobuko Noguchi
Making something "delicious" isn't about adding seasonings! In cooking guide for beginners, learn how you, too, can cook delicious meals just by changing the way you grill, fry, and cook.
Genre : Cookery / Manga
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,550 JPY
Pages : 144 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784295016588
In this book, you don't need many condiments, expensive equipment, or any cooking sense at all! Just follow the short, simple guides to grilling, frying, and cooking, and watch your everyday cooking change!
Laugh along with our main character, who's a terrible cook, and her landlord, a wonder cook, as they unravel familiar cooking questions and problems in this manga guide. Even self-professed bad cooks will have fun learning!
Written by Sideranch
A powerful book that will taking your coloring skills to professional level!
Genre : Illustration / Drawing
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,300 JPY
Pages : 232 pages
Size : B5
ISBN: 9784295016007
This book takes a detailed look at the creative process of 10 famous professional artists. Learn about their layer composition, the brushes they used, and color choices down to the RGB values.
Go into even finer detail through the bundled videos that show more complex coloring touches. A Q&A answers the questions you may have about illustration. This is a must-read for those who need more motivation!
Written by Masaya Oki
Chill and relax with these glimpses into the glamorous(?) everyday lives of cats.
Genre : Cat / Photo Book
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,200 JPY
Pages : 96 pages
Size : A5 deformation
ISBN: 9784295016151
In this photo book, photographer Masayuki Oki, a fervent photographer of stray cats, shares his handpicked images together with his feelings at the moment of the shot. Check out and have a chuckle at all the happy, weary, and sad moments!
Written by Yuta Moriyama
All in manga form so you'd understand in a heartbeat!
Genre : Technology / Manga
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,300 JPY
Pages : 288 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784295015246
Want to try creating your own game, or interested in what game creators do? This book makes a great introduction! Learn how to create games with Unity through manga.
You'll be creating your own horizontal scroll shooting game as you learn the basics of game creation, so it will be lots of fun.
Written by Kazuo Nakahara
Learn photography from the basics just like in a workshop.
Genre : Photograpy
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784295016243
This new edition of our highly acclaimed book first published in 2018 was updated for relevance to current camera and photography trends. With the help of ample illustrations and images,it provides easily understood yet detailed explanations of what changes a photo and how.
It covers the knowledge essential for starting photography, from basic camera and lens knowledge to shooting techniques such as light, color, and composition.
Written by Kyusaku Yumeno / Illustrated by Towoji Honojiro
Kyusaku Yumeno's work as illustrated by the artist behind "Touken Ranbu"!
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 64 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784845631377
The Maiden's Bookshelf is a gem of a series that features famous novels with artwork from popular illustrators. Each volume can be enjoyed both as a novel and an art book. All illustrations are specially drawn original pieces.
This beautiful, pleasant island is a complete hell.
Three letters wash up on the beach, detailing the lives of a brother-sister pair marooned on a deserted island.
Illustrator Towoji Honojiro, who is known for his character designs for the Touken Ranbu video game and is also involved in many other manga and illustrations, draws the world in Kyusaku Yumeno's literary work.
Written by Kyoka Izumi / Illustrated by Towoji Honojiro
Kyoka Izumi's work as illustrated by the artist behind "Touken Ranbu"!
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 64 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784845632961
In this book in the Maiden's Bookshelf series, the illustrator of video game Touken Ranbu draws the world of Kyoka Izumi. All illustrations are specially drawn original pieces, and the book can be enjoyed both as a novel and an artbook.
But…but you don't know me!
A lady is refusing anesthesia during an operation in the surgery room. Right in front of her is the surgeon Takamine....
The artwork in this volume is by Towoji Honojiro, who is known for his character designs for the Touken Ranbu video game. He is also involved in many other manga and illustrations, including the artwork for this series' adaptation of Kyusaku Yumeno's Hell in a Bottle.
Written by Atsushi Nakajima / Illustrated by Nekosuke
Atsushi Nakajima's work as illustrated by illustrator Nekosuke!
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 56 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784845634781
In this book in the Maiden's Bookshelf series, illustrator Nekosuke draws the world of Atsushi Nakajima. All illustrations are specially drawn original pieces, and the book can be enjoyed both as a novel and an artbook.
"That voice. Doesn't it belong to my friend Li Zheng?"
While travelling, Yuan Zhen is reunited with his old friend Li Zheng. However, while once a handsome young man, Li Zheng is now in a completely different form.
The refreshing artwork for this adaptation of Atsushi Nakajima's The Moon Over the Mountain was done by popular illustrator Nekosuke, who has drawn many beautiful pictures of both humans and beasts for book covers, games, and CD album jackets. Nekosuke is also the illustrator for this series' adaptation of Nankichi Niimi's Akatonbo.
Written by Osamu Dazai / Illustrated by Nekosuke
Osamu Dazai's work as illustrated by illustrator Nekosuke!
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 56 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784845636150
In this book in the Maiden's Bookshelf series, illustrator Nekosuke draws the world of Osamu Dazai. All illustrations are specially drawn original pieces, and the book can be enjoyed both as a novel and an artbook.
"What do you think is your purpose for living?"
Once upon a time, a girl named Suwa, daughter of a charcoal griller, lived with her father in a village at the foot of the mountain--a place so isolated, it was not on any map.
Popular illustrator Nekosuke, who has drawn many beautiful pictures of both humans and beasts for book covers, games, and CD album jackets, gives a refreshing take on Osamu Dazai's The Girl Who Became a Fish. Nekosuke is also the illustrator for this series' adaptation of Atsushi Nakajima's The Moon over the Mountain and Nankichi Niimi's Akanbo.
Written by Saki Murayama / Illustrated by Gemi
A delightful collaboration by the author-illustrator duo behind The Tale of Ofudo.
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,200 JPY
Pages : 96 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784845631926
A gorgeous book with 3 short stories including brand new work by popular author Saki Murayama, with artwork reflecting the world view of illustrator Gemi, known for her many book covers. In full color; with completely original, purpose-made illustrations. A throughly charming book!
Written by Saki Murayama / Illustrated by Gemi
4 stories that celebrate cats
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,500 JPY
Pages : 112 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784845635573
A gorgeous book with 4 original short stories about cats and humans by popular author Saki Murayama, with artwork reflecting the world view of illustrator Gemi, known for her many book covers. This is the 3rd collaboration between the duo after A Spring Traveler and Träumerei.
Written by Saki Murayama / Illustrated by Gemi
Charming, a little sad, yet beautiful.
A stunning merger of literature and artwork.
Genre : Illustration / Literature
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,200 JPY
Pages : 96 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784845633708
A gorgeous book with 3 short stories including brand new work by popular author Saki Murayama, with artwork reflecting the world view of illustrator Gemi, known for her many book covers. In full color; with completely original, purpose-made illustrations. This is the 2nd collaboration between the duo following A Spring Traveler.
Written by Mateusz Urbanowicz
A collection of works from a creator involved in the background artwork of animated film "Your Name" and the poster of "Weathering with You".
Genre : Illustration
Language : Japanese / English
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 176 pages
Size : A5 deformation
ISBN: 9784295203520
Japan's streets and landscapes as drawn by the artist behind hit collections "Tokyo Storefronts" and "Tokyo at Night". Contains mainly watercolor illustrations created since 2010. (Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations are already contracted.)
Written by Chiharu Yumenouchi
An illustrator's firsthand guide to drawing cute mini characters
Genre : Illustration / Drawing
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,200 JPY
Pages : 184 pages
Size : B5 deformation
ISBN: 9784295204442
Drawing from firsthand frontline experience, illustrator Chiharu Yumenouchi shares her tips and techniques for achieving cute drawings of mini characters. Starting from the basics, learn various techniques for drawing facial expressions, poses, clothing variations, and coloring. (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean language translations have been contracted.)
Written by ichinichi-isshu
Learn fantastic facts about living things through manga!
Genre : Nature / Manga
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,000 JPY
Pages : 176 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784635550208
The squirrel Brutality Detective and his hot-tempered but kindhearted bear assistant solve the brutal cases that keep occuring in the World of Nature.
Let's observe the frightening yet amazing and fascinating workings of living things through those cases!
Photo by Sunao Noto/ Yukihito Taguchi/ Joe Kobashi
An athlete's “ultimate costume” is his training outfit.
Behold the true form of Yuzuru Hanyu.
Genre : Figure Skating
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,700 JPY
Pages : 152 pages
Size : A4
ISBN: 9784635550222
This book is a collection of photographs of Yuzuru Hanyu, the world's top figure skater and consecutive winner of the men's single title at the Winter Olympics, in his various training outfits.
The book contains a selection of exclusive portraits and rare interviews, including some captured during training sessions at his home rink and off-the-ice shots during competitions, where his training outfits highlight his well-trained form, with every movement beautiful right down to his fingertips.
Written by Mitsuru Tanaka
Going against the odds to make an Olympic miracle happen.
Genre : Figure Skating
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,000 JPY
Pages : 400 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784635340458
Yuzuru Hanyu, the "Absolute King" of the figure skating rink who has bagged multiple Olympic Men's Single figure skating titles. This non-fiction work by Mitsuru Tanaka, a reporter who has interviewed Hanyu many times throughout his career, focuses on Hanyu's 10 years of battles from 2012 to 2022, as well as his daily life over 1 year as he worked to improve as a professional.
Written by Fumie Nakajima
Introduces 83 vegan recipes
Genre : Cookery / Recipe
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,700 JPY
Pages : 96 pages
Size : B5
ISBN: 9784635450676
Make your body and soul feel good with this collection of 83 vegan recipes for profoundly delicious vegetable dishes. From side dishes to soups and even handmade fermented condiments that improve taste, these dishes heal and strengthen your body from the inside, and are based on the author's own personal experience.
Written by Kazuhiro Nagao
Optimise your autonomic nervous system and intestinal health by walking!
Genre : Health
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,300 JPY
Pages : 224 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784635490610
Walking keeps COVID-19 away and also helps to prevent serious illnesses. It can also regulate your autonomic nervous system and digestive system, which are crucial for good health. COVID-19 and post-vaccination aftereffects are signs of autonomic nervous system issues. This new volume of "90% of Illnesses Can Be Cured by Walking" shares more about building a walking habit, which is increasingly important today.
Written by M・WOLVERINE
The 6th volume and conclusion to this manga that chronicles the battles of a kemonomimi girl and her battle tank!
Genre : Manga
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 212 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784802213455
The Desert Rabbit is a war-themed manga series that chronicles the battles of Fairyland Kingdom filled with girls and women in the Northern African frontier during World War II.
More than half of Fairyland Kingdom’s population is female, and there are also many demi-humans and aliens. This is reflected in its army, which is made up of mostly women and aliens.
To protect its overseas territories, the Kingdom has joined the Northern African battlefront on the side of the Allies and is now under attack by the Republic of Romagna (Italy). What kind of fate will the Fairyland Kingdom Army meet?
What will happen to main character Meia and Flower?
The Fairyland saga ends here!
Written by PUNIP cruises / Tatsumi Nakamura
What's inside a ship? Let's explore!
Genre : Illustration / Encyclopaedias
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784802213271
The second book in the popular Ship Cross Section series. Learn about what's inside the ships that move people and goods between Japan and other islands through cross-section diagrams and illustrations.
Contains cross-sections of 35 ships, ranging from rideable ships such as passenger ships,tankers, cargo ships, and pleasure boats, to ships that are harder to access such as working and research ships, and even old, long-gone ships that you can only reminisce about.
Written by Masami Sasaki / Takaori Ishikawa
An introduction to all of Hokkaido's light railroads with rare photos.
Genre : Trains and railways
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,700 JPY
Pages : 192 pages
Size : B5
ISBN: 9784802213066
Hokkaido's orbital railroads are small railway lines in northern and eastern Hokkaido that supported life and agriculture from the 1920s to the early 1970s. Before World War II, they were known as the Colonial Railways. This book shares an introduction and rare photos, as well as explores the existing structures of the East 4 and North 2 lines, where relatively more structures remain.
Written by Sho Tada
Learn about the Soviet aviation and air defense forces from the author, a physicist.
Genre : Military
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784802213233
Even now, Soviet fighter jets stand alongside those from the US as the world's two leading trendsetters of military aircraft. The author, a physicist, teaches about the Soviet Union's aviation and airdefence forces from a technical perspective, starting from fighter jets and attack aircraft.
Written by Toshiya Itaya, Saijiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Hashimoto
How KOSEN (Japan's colleges of technology) implement CAE simulation
Genre : Engineering
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,400 JPY
Pages : 178 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784764960596
This book was written for young engineers and students in the colleges of technology who are embarking on research for their graduation thesis. It explores the currents state of and issues surrounding CAE education in colleges of technology, and explains flaw detection testing methods that apply electromagnetism (eddy current flaw detection and leakage magnetic flux flaw detection), magneto-optical imaging, and efforts to advance the social implementation of future technologies.
Written by Hideaki Imai, Kota Matsui
Understand and practice Bayesian optimization from scratch in this fast-selling guide!
Genre : Computer science
Language : Japanese
Price : 3,800 JPY
Pages : 316 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784764906631
Planning experiments is essential in scientific research. However, in recent years have seen the adoption of "adaptive experiment design" methods, which use data to repeatedly generate and verify hypotheses. Bayesian optimization is one such method that has gained much attention.
This book provides a detailed explanation of the theory and algorithm of Bayesian optimization, from the basics to application. It also introduces how to implement the algorithn using the Optuna black box optimization software.
Written by Yoshio Komori
We explore issues in mechanics and electromagnetism and explain their numerical simulation methods!
Genre : Computer programming
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,900 JPY
Pages : 114 pages
Size : B5
ISBN: 9784764960664
This book deals with physical phenomena described by ordinary and partial differential equations. Ordinary differential equations focus on issues with mechanics, while partial differential equations focus on issues with electromagnetics. We then describe numerical simulation methods to handle these issues.
Written by Yuko Kobayashi
Making sweets like a journey. Photos and essays.
Genre : Cookery / food writing
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,700 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784635823975
Minori Gashi is a confectioner that has no fixed store. Tools in hand, they travel freely from place to place, freely creating desserts. The place where they makes desserts are their "travel destination", and each Minori dessert reflects the destination's landscape. Learn more about Minori Gashi in this book of photos and essays.
Written by Keinosuke Matsumoto
Learn how to appreciate the beauty of Japanese swords
Genre : Antiques
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,500 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : 127 x 188
ISBN: 9784635824521
In this book, learn about how to differentiate two crucial aspects of Japanese swords, "hamon" (blade pattern) and "jigane" (blade material) with the help of many detailed photographs of actual swords. You will gain a deep understanding not just of the different kinds of hamon, but even of in-blade variations such as subtle "utsuri" (reflections on the blade material), "nie" (small distinct crystalline particles), and "nioi" (indistinguishable crystalline particles).
Written by Masatoki Minami
A book of memories about the Trans-Europe Express from 40 years ago.
Genre : Trains and railways
Language : Japanese
Price : 2,100 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : A5
ISBN: 9784635825214
The Trans-Europe Express is an international railway service that served Western Europe from 1956 to 1991. In the 1970s to 80s, Masatoki Minami took rides to collect data, and captured photos documenting the scenes along the train's route. This book contains many of those precious photos.
Written by Tabitetsu Editorial Department
The trains that traverse the Evangelion world
Genre : Trains and railways
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,800 JPY
Pages : 160 pages
Size : A4 deformation
ISBN: 9784635823432
This book covers all railway scenes that appear throughout the Evangelion series. Find out more about the trains in the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series and Evangelion New Theatrical Version series through a vast collection of illustrations and photographs!
Also includes a special interview with Evangelion series director Hideaki Anno about his favorite railways.
Written by Mikepunch
Grand Prize Winner at the Next Publishing POD Awards 2023!
Genre : Manga
Language : Japanese
Price : 1,500 JPY
Pages : 159 pages
Size : 103 x 182
This is the story of a kind cat that makes onigiri. (rice balls)
She has a small onigiri stand in a park.
With kind eyes, she makes onigiri diligently every day.
Her customers buy the onigiri and relax on the park bench.
This a children's literature piece in the form of a manga.
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