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Japanese anime plays a major role in modern popular visual culture and aesthetics. This study puts today's anime in historical context by tracking the visual links between Edo- and Meiji- period painters and the post-war period animation and manga series Gegegeno Kitaro by Mizuk…
Japanese anime plays a major role in modern popular visual culture and aesthetics. This study puts today's anime in historical context by tracking the visual links between Edo- and Meiji- period painters and the post-war period animation and manga series Gegegeno Kitaro by Mizuk…
"This book describes the thematic and structural traits of a recent and popular development within the realm of anime: series adapted from visual novels. Anime based on visual novels capitalize on the parent games' attributes, yielding thought-provoking yarns and complex persona…
"This book examines Eastern and Western approaches to magic in anime. It then explores the collusion of anime and magic with reference to specific topos. A close study of cardinal titles is complemented by allusions to ancillary productions in order to situate the medium's fasci…
Cartoons-both from the classic Hollywood era and from more contemporary feature films and television series-offer a rich field for detailed investigation and analysis. Contributors draw on theories and methodology from film, television, and media studies, art history and critici…
Discusses the distinctiveness of the cartoon form, as well as myriad other types of animation production, and examines animation's importance as a barometer of the social conditions in which it is made and which it reflects. [back cover].
The Magic Behind the Voices is a fascinating package of biographies, anecdotes, credit listings, and photographs of the actors who have created the unmistakable voices for some of the most popular and enduring animated characters of all time. Drawn from dozens of personal interv…
"Although some credit the environmental movement of the 1970s, with its profound impact on children's television programs and movies, for paving the way for later eco-films, the history of environmental expression in animated film reaches much further back in American history, a…
Understanding Animation offers a number of reasons why animation has been consigned to the margins of film history and criticism, and argues animation's case to be recognised as a significant art form.
Understanding Animation offers a number of reasons why animation has been consigned to the margins of film history and criticism, and argues animation's case to be recognised as a significant art form.
"Understanding Animation" is a comprehensive introduction to animated film, from cartoons to computer animation. Paul Wells' insightful account of a critically neglected but increasingly popular medium explains the defining characteristics of animation as a cinematic form; outli…
"Understanding Animation is a comprehensive introduction to animated film, from cartoons to computer animation. Paul Wells' insightful account of a critically neglected but increasingly popular medium explains the defining characteristics of animation as a cinematic form; outlin…