Anime Aesthetics [electronic resource] : Japanese Animation and the 'Post-Cinematic' Imagination /
Swale, Alistair D.author.
Japanese animation has been given fulsome academic commentary in recent years. However, there is arguably a need for a more philosophically consistent and theoretically integrated engagement. While this book covers the key thinkers of contemporary aesthetic theory, it aims to reground reflection on anime within the aesthetics of R.G. Collingwood.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- R.G. Collingwood and a "philosophical methodology" of aesthetics -- Anime as craft -- Anime as representation -- Anime as amusement -- Anime as magic -- Anime as art: digital cinema and the anime aesthetic -- Conclusion.
Japanese animation has been given fulsome academic commentary in recent years. However, there is arguably a need for a more philosophically consistent and theoretically integrated engagement. While this book covers the key thinkers of contemporary aesthetic theory, it aims to reground reflection on anime within the aesthetics of R.G. Collingwood.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Motion pictures—Asia.
Arts.
Children's literature.
Communication.
Aesthetics.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Asian Cinema and TV.
Arts.
Children's Literature.
Media Studies.
Aesthetics.