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Interpreting anime / Christopher Bolton.

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"Well-known through hit movies like Spirited Away, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell, anime has a long history spanning a wide range of directors, genres, and styles. Christopher Bolton's Interpreting Anime is a thoughtful, carefully organized introduction to Japanese animation for anyone eage...

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Main Author: Bolton, Christopher (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Animated films > Japan > Criticism and interpretation.
Animated films.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
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  • Contents
  • A Note on the Text
  • Introduction. Read or Die: Reading Anime
  • 1. From Origin to Oblivion: Akira as Anime and Manga
  • 2. The Mecha's Blind Spot: Cinematic and Electronic in Patlabor 2
  • 3. Puppet Voices, Cyborg Souls: Ghost in the Shell and Classical Japanese Theater
  • 4. The Forgetful Phallus and the Otaku's Third Eye: 3x3 Eyes and Anime's Audience
  • 5. Anime in Drag: Stage Performance and Staged Performance in Millennium Actress
  • 6. The Quick and the Undead: Blood: The Last Vampire and Television Anime
  • 7. It's Art, but Is It Anime? Howl's Moving Castle and the Novel
  • Conclusion: Summer Wars
  • Chronology
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Moving Image Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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