Explores the influence that World War II has on Japanese popular culture, including animated films and television programs, video games, and comic books.
The themes of war and time are intertwined in unique ways in Japanese culture, freighted as that nation is with the multiple legacies of World War II: the country's militarization, its victories and defeats, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the uneasy pacifism imposed by the victors.…
The themes of war and time are intertwined in unique ways in Japanese culture, freighted as that nation is with the multiple legacies of World War II: the country's militarization, its victories and defeats, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the uneasy pacifism imposed by the victors.…
"The essays in this volume critically survey the landscape of television animation, from Bedrock to Springfield and beyond. The contributors explore a series of key issues and questions, including: How do we explain the animation explosion of the 1960s? Why did it take nearly tw…
"The essays in this volume critically survey the landscape of television animation, from Bedrock to Springfield and beyond. The contributors explore a series of key issues and questions, including: How do we explain the animation explosion of the 1960s? Why did it take nearly tw…
In September 1960 a television show emerged from the mists of prehistoric time to take its place as the mother of all animated sitcoms. <EM>The Flintstones</EM> spawned dozens of imitations, just as, two decades later, <EM>The Simpsons</EM> sparked a renaissance of primetime ani…