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Part 1. Interpreting anime. A page right out of history
Conventions versus clichés
The social web and the lone wolf
Mukashi mukashi : from folktales to anime
The naked truth
Rated H : hardcore anime
"A very pure thing" : gay and pseudo-gay themes in anime
Bushido : the way of the warrior
Shojodo : the way of the teenage girl
Enter the mamagon : the Japanese mother
Faith-based : Christianity, Shinto, and other religions in anime
Who you gonna call? : the spirit world in anime
The starmaker machinery : anime and idol
It's not easy being green : nature in anime
War is stupid : war and anti-war themes in anime
Birth and death and rebirth : reincarnation in anime.
Part 2. Films and directors. Windaria
Wings of Honneamise : Tora-san in space
Utena : Giri/ninjo and the triumph of conservatism in pop culture
Giant robo : anime as Wagnerian opera
Flying with Ghibli : the animation of Hayao Miyazaki and company
The Sailor Moon phenomenon : Love! Valor! Compassion! Middie Blouses!
Escaflowne
Evangelion
Please save my earth
The big Pokémon scare
Plastic little : not what you think
The old and new testaments of Masamune Shirow
Key the metal idol.
Conventions versus clichés
The social web and the lone wolf
Mukashi mukashi : from folktales to anime
The naked truth
Rated H : hardcore anime
"A very pure thing" : gay and pseudo-gay themes in anime
Bushido : the way of the warrior
Shojodo : the way of the teenage girl
Enter the mamagon : the Japanese mother
Faith-based : Christianity, Shinto, and other religions in anime
Who you gonna call? : the spirit world in anime
The starmaker machinery : anime and idol
It's not easy being green : nature in anime
War is stupid : war and anti-war themes in anime
Birth and death and rebirth : reincarnation in anime.
Part 2. Films and directors. Windaria
Wings of Honneamise : Tora-san in space
Utena : Giri/ninjo and the triumph of conservatism in pop culture
Giant robo : anime as Wagnerian opera
Flying with Ghibli : the animation of Hayao Miyazaki and company
The Sailor Moon phenomenon : Love! Valor! Compassion! Middie Blouses!
Escaflowne
Evangelion
Please save my earth
The big Pokémon scare
Plastic little : not what you think
The old and new testaments of Masamune Shirow
Key the metal idol.