Anime explosion! : the what? why? & wow! of Japanese animation / Patrick Drazen.
Drazen, Patrick.
2003
NC1766.J3 D73 2003 (Mapit)
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Title Anime explosion! : the what? why? & wow! of Japanese animation / Patrick Drazen.
Author Drazen, Patrick.
ISBN 1880656728 (pbk.)
Imprint Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, c2003.
Language English
Description xvi, 369 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number NC1766.J3 D73 2003
Summary Where did Japanese animation come from, and what does it all mean? Written for fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this is a tour of the anime megaverse, from older arts and manga traditions to the works of modern directors like Miyazaki and Otomo. Read about anime standbys like giant robots, samurai, furry beasts, high school heroines, and gay/girl/fanboy love--even war and reincarnation, plus all of anime's major themes, styles, and conventions.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-362) and index.
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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.

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