Anime
Subtitle: a critical introduction
By: Rayna Denison
Series: Bloomsbury film genres series; Bloomsbury film genres series
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781847884794; 9781847884800
Subjects: Animated films; History and criticism
Description: "From mecha robots to shojo anime's hearts and flowers, Anime: A Critical Introduction investigates the wild, wonderful and often misunderstood worlds of Japan's animation genres"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Approaching Anime: Genre and Subgenres; title: Chapter 2: Sci Fi Anime: Cyberpunk to Steampunk; title: Chapter 3: Anime's Bodies; title: Chapter 4: Early Anime Histories: Japan and America; title: Chapter 5: Anime, Video and the Shōjo and Shōnen Genres; title: Chapter 6: Post-Video Anime: Digital Media and the Revelation of Anime's Hidden Genres; title: Chapter 7: Ghibli Genre: Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli's Brand Identity; title: Chapter 8: Experiencing Japan's Anime: Genres at the Tokyo International Anime Fair; title: Chapter 9: Anime Horror and Genrification; title: Index.