Dan K wrote:
Well, there are very few single volume references on Akagi. There is a second volume from AJ Press (Profile Morskie) just released. THere is also a 3D CG book from Futubasho that is very good but hard to find as its out of print.
Most references are Japanese and part of collections on IJN CVs as a whiole. The best currently available photo reference is the KMM (Kure Maritime Museum) on IJN CVs, published by DIamond-Sha. It is a great photographic reference. I would also reccomment the Kojinsha Mechanism book on IJN CVs (available in softcover) and, also out of print, the Gran Prix Shuppan volume on IJN CVs.
THere are also volumes by Fukui, Maru Special, and the Kojinsha series of histories.
A quick akagi search and sort of my reference library produced this:
- Series Issue Nr Title Format Publication Year ISBN
- AJ Press Encyclopedia of Ships 49 Akagi Volume 1 Magazine 2007 978-83-7237-183-6
- Futabasha 3D CG 4 1st Task Force Softcover 2002 4575474673
- Futabasha 3D CG 18 Aircraft Carrier Akagi Softcover 2004 4575476617
- Futabasha 3D CG 26 Aircraft Carrier Complete Guide Softcover 2005 4575477591
- Futabasha 3D CG 39 All About IJN Aircraft Carrier Softcover 2007 4575479669
- Gakken Pacific War Series 14 Carrier Strike Force Softcover 1997 4056014973
- Gakken Rekishi Gunzo Fleet Scale Model Photo Book Softcover 2008 4056050899
- Grand Fleet Master Modelers Pictorial Ship Models, IJN Warships Softcover 1997
- Kojinsha IJN Vessels Series 3 Aircraft Carriers Hardbound 1989 4-7698-0453-9 C0372
- Kojinsha IJN Vessels Series 16 Plan Collection Slip Case 1991 476980542X
- Kojinsha Miscellaneous IJN Photograph Collection Hardcover 2008
- Kojinsha Warships of IJN 5 Aircraft Carriers Softcover 1996 4-7698-0775-9
- Maru Graphics Quarterly 3 Japanese Aircraft Carrier Softcover 1971
- Maru Magazine Hardbound 12 Aircraft Carriers Hardbound 1971
- Maru Special Mechanics 3 Mechanisms of IJN 29 Aircraft Carriers Softcover 1981
- Maru Special Pictorials 2 Aircraft Carriers Akagi & Kaga Magazine 1975
- Maru Special Pictorials 56 Carriers (III) - Akagi and Kaga Magazine 1981
- Maru Special Pictorials 126 Japanese Carriers (I) Magazine 1987
- Model Art Modeling Magazine 589 MODEL Art Magazine 2003
- Model Art Ship Modeling Special 20 Battle of Midway Large Magazine 2006
- Model Art Specials 1/700 Admiral Nagumo's Fleet Softcover 1988
- Model Art Specials Pearl Harbor Japanese Attack Group Softcover 1991
- Model Art Specials Techniques for Building Military Ship Magazine 1985
- Model Graphix Navy Yard 2 Navy Yard Special Magazine 2004
- Osprey Series IJN Aircraft Carriers 1921-45 Paperback 2005 1841768537
- Unknown Series Aircraft Carriers Hardbound 2000 4253006582
Of course this is by no means complete, just what I have tagged in my reference. Some are dups of Dan's list. ISBN are supplied where available for your net search.