Susan J. Napier

Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle (eBook, ePUB)

Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of the groundbreaking popular book from Susan J Napier, Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, is a must-have for both seasoned and new fans of anime.

Japanese animation is more popular than ever following the 2002 Academy Award given to Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. It confirmed that anime is more than just children's cartoons, often portraying important social and cultural themes. With new chapters on Spirited Away and other recent releases, including Howl's Moving Castle-- which broke records in Japan--this edition will be the authoritative source on anime for an exploding market of viewers who want to know more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250117724
• Artikelnr.: 44863424

Autorenporträt

Susan J. Napier

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Foreword to the Updated Edition
Why Anime?
Anime and Global/Local Identity
PART TWO: BODY, METAMORPHOSIS, IDENTITY
Akira and Ranma ¿ : The Monstrous Adolescent
Controlling Bodies: The Body in Pornographic Anime
Ghosts and Machines: The Technological Body
Doll Parts: Technology and the Body in Ghost in the Shell
Stray: Gender Panics, Masculine Crises, and Fantasy
PART THREE: MAGICAL GIRLS AND FANTASY WORLDS
The Enchantment of Estrangement: The Shojo in the World of Miyazaki Hayao
Now You See Her, Now You Don't: The Disappeaing Shojo
Carnival and Conservatism in Romantic Comedy
PART FOUR: REMAKING MASTER NARRATIVES: ANIME CONFRONTS HISTORY
No More Words: Barefoot Gen, Grave of Fireflies, and "Victim's History"
Princess Mononoke : Fantasy, the Feminine, and the Myth of "Progress"
Waiting for the End of the World: Apocalyptic Identity
Elegies