Interpreting Anime
Douban
Christopher Bolton
résumé
For students, fans, and scholars alike, this wide-ranging primer on anime employs a panoply of critical approaches
Interpreting Anime is a thoughtful introduction to Japanese animation for anyone eager to see why this genre has remained a vital, adaptable art form for decades. It reveals what makes anime unique as a medium: how it engages profound social and political realities while also drawing attention to the challenges of representing reality in animation’s imaginative and compelling visual forms.
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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