DIRECTORY OF WORLD CINEMA: JAPAN (John Berra)

BERRA, John (ed.), Directory of World Cinema: Japan, Chicago, Intellect, 2010.

PDF / 11 MB / Eng / 301 pag / 1841503355 / 978-1841503356

El tomo dedicado a Japón del Directorio de cine Mundial. Hay muy poco espacio para analizar la animación: la referencia obligada a las obras de Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, y Satoshi Kôn. ¿Pero acaso se puede comprender al animé como algo ajeno al mundo del cine? Es imposible saber algo de animación japonesa sin conocer lo fundamental del cine japonés. Este libro sirve a ese propósito. (by pelida77)

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THE ANIME ENCYCLOPEDIA (Helen Mccarthy y Jonathan Clements)

CLEMENTS, Jonathan y Helen Maccarthy, The anime encyclopedia: a guide to japanese animation since 1917, California, Stone Bridge Press, 2006.

PDF / 123 MB / Eng / 898 pag / 1880656647 / 978-1880656648

El mejor de todos los libros de esta colección. El monumental trabajo de Helen Mccarthy y Jonathan Clements que clasifica las obras de animación japonesa desde 1917 hasta la fecha. Director, productor, música, diseñadores, animadores principales y una pequeña reseña de cada una de las entradas (unas 3000). Aparte historia de los estudios japoneses, y de las personalidades del animé. (by pelida77)

From the first examples in 1917 to today's feature-length animated masterpieces like Princess Mononoke, Japanese animation (or anime) has drawn a devoted international fan base. For quite some time, these enthusiasts have needed an all-encompassing, detail-oriented reference work. Fortunately, Clements and McCarthy, who coedited The Erotic Anime Movie Guide and have an outstanding history in anime indexing, translation, and criticism, are just the folks to carry it off. Choosing the best examples from a field that was about twice the final number of entries, the authors review and detail more than 2000 anime films and TV series. Each entry includes a short synopsis, commentary, details about key creative personnel, and evaluation of the work's significance. Over 100 illustrations representing major releases are sprinkled throughout. Other notable features include a selective bibliography, a name/studio index, and a title index that makes it easy to go right to the vital information about a particular example. The end product is a huge, exhaustive, timely, and authoritative compendium of information that will be appreciated by anime experts and neophytes alike. Recommended for all libraries and essential for film and media collections. David M. Lisa, Wayne P.L., NJ

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THE CINEMA OF MAMORU OSHII (Dani Cavallaro)

CAVALLARO, Dani, The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology and Politics, North Carolina, McFarland, 2006.

PDF / 8.11 MB / Eng / 258 pag / 0786427647 / 978-0786427642

Otro libro sobre Oshii. El bueno de Dani analiza la obra de uno de los genios de la animación japonesa. Hay un repaso de todo lo que ha hecho Mamoru (o bien de aquellos proyectos en los que se involucró indirectamente): Ippatsu Kanta-Kun; Nil’s Misterious Journey; Urusei Yatsura: only you; Beautifull Dreamer; Dallos; Akai Megane; Patlabor Twilight Q2; Stray Dog; Ghost in the Shell y más. (by pelida77)

Today’s animation is much more than kids’ stuff. Increasingly complex subject matter has produced a corresponding increase in artistic interest, and forms once specific to certain cultures have crossed borders to enjoy international popularity. Japanese animation has been particularly successful in the United States, and among the most celebrated Japanese animation artists is director Mamoru Oshii.

This book is an analytical survey of Oshii’s cinematic works from the early years of his career through his 21st-century productions, including Beautiful Dreamer and the acclaimed Ghost in the Shell. The author examines these and other Oshii productions in relation to the Carnivalesque movement, technopolitics and the director’s post-robotic vision. Oshii’s films are particularly significant in their defiance of the premises of Western animation and their presentation of a highly personal commentary on both individual and collective identities in the 20th and 21st centuries. Special emphasis is placed on Oshii’s revolutionary film techniques, including the stylistically and thematically diverse features of productions ranging from animation to live action to Original Video Animation (OVA), a format Oshii invented. A complete filmography is included.

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GOD OF COMICS OSAMU TEZUKA (Natsu Onoda Power)

POWER, Natsu Onoda, God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of post World War II Manga, Missisippi, University of Missisippi Press, 2009.

PDF / 8.29 MB / Eng / 219 pag / 1604732210 / 978-1604732214

Este es un libro recién salidito del horno acerca de Tezuka. Por ende, no puedo ser muy objetiva con este librito. Si hay algo casi tan divertido como leer el manga de Tezuka es leer obras de análisis sobre Tezuka. (by pelida77)

Cartoonist Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) is the single most important figure in Japanese post-World War II comics. During his four-decade career, Tezuka published more than 150,000 pages of comics, produced animation films, wrote essays and short fiction, and earned a Ph.D. in medicine. Along with creating the character Astro Boy (Mighty Atom in Japan), he is best known for establishing story comics as the mainstream genre in the Japanese comic book industry, creating narratives with cinematic flow and complex characters. This style influenced all subsequent Japanese output. God of Comics chronicles Tezuka's life and works, placing his creations both in the cultural climate and in the history of Japanese comics. The book emphasizes Tezuka's use of intertextuality. His works are filled with quotations from other texts and cultural products, such as film, theater, opera, and literature. Often, these quoted texts and images bring with them a world of meanings, enriching the narrative. Tezuka also used stock characters and recurrent visual jokes as a way of creating a coherent world that encompasses all of his works.

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THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE (Yoshio Sugimoto)

SUGIMOTO, Yoshio, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

PDF / 3 MB / Eng / 417 pag / 0521706637 / 978-0521706636

Aquí se analiza la cultura Pop japonesa en general (y por supuesto Manga y Animé como parte de ella). Lenguaje, Familia, Educación, Tecnología, Literatura, Música, Comidas, Deportes, etc. Los autores se muestran muy interesados en señalar los profundos cambios que se están produciendo en la sociedad tradicional japonesa. A mi juicio un libro muy importante para aquel que busque comprender al Manga y al Animé como fenómenos culturales. (by pelida77)

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of the twentieth century, and paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity. With contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture is an authoritative introduction to this subject.

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UNDERSTANDING MANGA AND ANIME (Robert E. Brenner)

BRENNER, Robert E., Understanding Manga and Anime, Westport, Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

PDF / 6 MB / Eng / 357 pag / 1591583322 / 978-1591583325

Este es un libro muy interesante para todo aquel que quiera saber de qué va esto del Manga y del Animé. En primer lugar se explica la historia de la animación y los principios fundamentales de la estética japonesa. Y luego el autor hace un repaso por cada uno de los géneros señalando sus características fundamentales y las obras más importantes que ha producido el género en cuestión. Trata a su lector como si fuera un principiante pero ejecuta un análisis lo suficientemente serio como para no aburrir al experto. (by pelida77)

Brenner. . . has written a guide geared to librarians and others new to the manga and anime formats in order to foster understanding and appreciation. She also successfully gives the reader an understanding of the traditions of manga, and explains cultural differences between Japanese and American readers, clarifying our prejudices and misconceptions. Chapters cover various aspects from the history of manga and anime to the vocabulary, which includes visual cues and character design. . . . In addition to the novice manga and anime reader, this readable title will be extremely useful to any librarian interested in developing a collection for patrons.

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STRAY DOG OF ANIME: The films of Mamoru Oshii (Bryan Ruh)

RUH, Bryan, Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii, New York, Palgrave McMillan, 2004.

PDF / 1 MB / Eng / 241 pag / 1403963347 / 978-1403963345

Un libro sobre Mamoru, con un crítico de primera. Se hace un repaso a los puntos más sobresalientes de la carrera del “Stray dog of Anime”: Urusei Yatsura, Angel’s Egg, Mobile Police Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Jin Roh, Blood the last vampire, avalon, entre otras... Los yanquis idolatran a Mamoru y esto se nota en la cantidad de libros que se publican sobre su obra. (by pelida77)
Brian Ruh's Stray Dog of Anime is a wonderfully accessible introduction to Oshii Mamoru, one of the most brilliant and challenging anime directors working today. Stray Dog provides a fine overview of the spiritual, aesthetic and political issues that weave through Oshii's work. This book is an excellent resource on a major director, still too little studied in the States. Fans of Oshii and fans of anime in general will find it both stimulating and enlightening.

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ROBOT GHOSTS AND WIRED DREAMS (Cristopher Bolton)

BOLTON, Cristopher, Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, 2007.

PDF / 3.5 MB / Eng /292 pag / 0816649731 / 978-0816649730

Cristopher Bolton, el editor de esta obra, es uno de los críticos más reconocidos del mundo. Y tanto reconocimiento no es en vano, como bien demuestra Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams. Es un intento de análisis de la Ciencia ficción japonesa que parte desde la Literatura para culminar en el Animé. Se examinan las obras más importantes de la literatura de ciencia ficción japonesa (lo cual hace de éste un libro único, una joyita...) y se ve al Animé como la expresión moderna y última de aquellos eternos mitos japoneses. (by pelida77)

Since the end of the Second World War—and particularly over the last decade—Japanese science fiction has strongly influenced global popular culture. Unlike American and British science fiction, its most popular examples have been visual—from Gojira (Godzilla) and Astro Boy in the 1950s and 1960s to the anime masterpieces Akira and Ghost in the Shell of the 1980s and 1990s—while little attention has been paid to a vibrant tradition of prose science fiction in Japan.

Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams remedies this neglect with a rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime. Bringing together Western scholars and leading Japanese critics, this groundbreaking work traces the beginnings, evolution, and future direction of science fiction in Japan, its major schools and authors, cultural origins and relationship to its Western counterparts, the role of the genre in the formation of Japan’s national and political identity, and its unique fan culture.Covering a remarkable range of texts—from the 1930s fantastic detective fiction of Yumeno Kyûsaku to the cross-culturally produced and marketed film and video game franchise Final Fantasy—this book firmly establishes Japanese science fiction as a vital and exciting genre.

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FANNING THE FLAMES (William W. Kelly)

KELLY, William W. (ed.), Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan, New York, University of New York Press, 2004.

PDF / 1 MB / Eng / 213 pag / 0791460320 / 978-0791460320

Libro dedicado al análisis de la cultura de fan de consumo japonesa. Por supuesto, esta excede los límites del mundo del animé: Rap, Pop Japonés, Baseball, Sumo, Coleccionistas de vinilo y de juguetes... Pero también un capítulo dedicado enteramente a los fans del manga (y varios pasajes que indagan en el animé). (by pelida77)

Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all-night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons; passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional rakugo storytelling; a club of middle-aged female fans of a popular music star; youthful followers of Japan's longest-running rock band; vinyl record collectors; and a thriving community of girls and women who produce and devour amateur comics. Grounded in close, often extended fieldwork with the fans themselves, each case study is an effort to understand both the personal pleasures and political economies of fandoms. The contributors explore the many ways that fans in and of Japanese mass culture actively search for intimacy and identity amid the powerful corporate structures that produce the leisure and entertainment of today's Japan.

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CUTE AND FUZZY SEIZURE COCKFIGHTING MONSTERS (Dresber Thornber Emily)

DRESBER-THORNBER, Emily, Cute and Fuzzy Seizure Cockfighting Monsters, Ontario, Guardians Order, 2003.

PDF / 5 MB / Eng / 112 pag / 1894525167 / 978-1894525169

Libro que analiza el fenómeno del género de las mascotas-monstruos en el animé (al estilo Pokémon, Digimon, ). Sus orígenes, sus entrenadores, las características de cada mascota, los distintos formatos del género, y más... De todo para la gente a la que gusta este género. Pikachu. (by pelida77)

Many words describe them: Agile. Hostile. Brave. Dangerous, But most of all, they're small and fuzzy and extraordinarily cute! And naturally they want to fry, bash, and squish each other into oblivion. Welcome to the world of Cute & Fuzzy Cockfighting Seizure Monsters, the Big Eyes, Small Mouth supplement that shows you how to play a Pet Monster Trainer (or even the Pet Monster), just like on TV. Inside you will find an engaging satire of the "monster fighting" genre, but you can use this book to play effective in-genre characters as well. Discover what it means to be a kid growing up in a world where every boy and girl has their own personal monster gladiator!

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ANIME AND THE ART OF ADAPTATION (Dani Cavallaro)

CAVALLARO, Dani, Anime and The Art of Adaptation: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination, North Carolina, McFarland, 2010.

PDF / 1.5 MB / Eng / 221 pag / 0786458607 / 978-0786458608

Una de las tareas más difíciles dentro del mundo de la animación (y del cine) consiste en adaptar una historia (tomada de una novela) al formato visual. Históricamente el animé ha realizado numerosas adaptaciones de la literatura. Dani Cavallaro hace un repaso por algunos de los mejores ejemplos de adaptaciones en el animé: Belladonna of Sadness; Grave of the Fireflies; Like the Clouds, Like the Wind; Gankutsuou; The Snow Queen; Romeo x Juliet; Umineko No Naku Koro Ni; Genji Monogatari Sennenki y más (by pelida77)

Exploring a selection of anime adaptations of famous works of both Eastern and Western provenance, this book is concerned with appreciating their significance and appeal as independent texts. The author evaluates three aspects of anime adaptation--how anime adaptations develop their original sources in stylistic, aesthetic, and psychological terms; how specific features of the anime medium impact alchemically on the original sources to bring into being imaginative works of an autonomous nature; and which qualities render an adaptation in anime form a distinctly unique artistic creation.

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MILLENIAL MONSTERS (Anne Allison)

ALLISON, Anne, Millenial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination, California, University of California Press, 2006.

PDF / 2 MB / Eng / 355 pag / 0520245652 / 978-0520245655

Un libro que intenta explicar los motivos detrás del estilo y la temática de la animación japonesa. Este libro nos acerca a los géneros fantásticos del Manga y el Animé japoneses. Pero sobre todo a aquellas obras que yo clasificaría como “animes norteamericanos” de los japoneses; es decir: el fenómeno de Sailor Moon, Power Rangers, Pokémon y Tamagotchi. Desde el Japón de la postguerra hasta nuestros días una explicación de como se ha llegado a los Monstruos Milenarios. Los vínculos entre los monstruos gigantescos y la bomba de Hiroshima, el surgimiento del Mecha y del cyberpunk, sailor moon y la cultura pokémon... y más (by pelida77)

From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade. The globalization of Japanese "cool" is led by youth products: video games, manga (comic books), anime (animation), and cute characters that have fostered kid crazes from Hong Kong to Canada. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, Millennial Monsters explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods today while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Arguing that part of the appeal of such dream worlds is the polymorphous perversity with which they scramble identity and character, the author traces the postindustrial milieux from which such fantasies have arisen in postwar Japan and been popularly received in the United States.

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MECHADEMIA (Frenchy Lunning)

LUNNING, Frenchy [ed.], Mechademia Volume 2: Networks of Desire, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

PDF / 8 MB / Eng / 315 pag / 081665266X / 978-0816652662

Mechademia es una publicación anual de la Universidad de Minesotta. Creo que van por el volumen 4, pero solo pude conseguir el vol 2 en digital ...igual como son ensayos poco importa no haberse leído los otros volúmenes... :P. Los ensayos son variados El volumen Networks of Desire recoge ensayos y trabajos de estudiantes y críticos reconocidos sobre: The Rose of Versailles, Ranma, Blood: The Last Vampire, Malice@Doll, N.G. Evangelion, Haibane Renmei, Wings of Honneamise, Voices of a Distant Star, Porco Rosso, entre otros... (by pelida77)

Japan's pop culture, once believed unexportable, is now hitting the shores of other nations like a tsunami. In North America, young fans consume vast amounts of manga and anime, while academics increasingly study the entire J-pop phenomenon to understand it. One community has passion while the other has discipline, and what has been lacking is a bridge between the two. Mechademia is the bridge, and with a name like that, how can one go wrong? So why wait? Hop in your giant mobile suit and stomp down to the local real or virtual bookstore to purchase a copy right now!” —Frederik L. Schodt, author of Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics

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JAPANESE VISUAL CULTURE (Mark W. McWilliams)

MACWILLIAMS, Mark W. [ed.], Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime, New York, East Gate Books, 2008.

PDF / 10 MB / Eng / 365 pag / 0765616017 / 978-0765616012

Otro de los mejores libros que podrás encontrar aquí (aunque la portada es un asco). La crítica Kinko Ito testimonia cuán importante fue el manga en su formación moral y profesional; además realiza una estupenda historia del manga, comenzando por sus antecedentes en el Japón premoderno (según ella en el periodo Tokugawa), siguiendo por los padres fundadores del manga contemporáneo (por supuesto referencia obligada al trabajo de Tezuka), para finalmente analizar las décadas del ’60, ’70 y ’80. Su trabajo viene a completarse con el de Rajyashree Pandey, quien rastrea las genealogías medievales del manga; el de Eldad Nakar, con un agudo análisis del manga japonés en el período de posguerra; el de Susanne Phillips, quien analiza la excelsa obra de Tezuka Osamu; y finalmente, el de Mizuki Takahashi, que examina variantes y simbolismo del género Shôjo en el Manga. Pero el libro tiene además numerosos trabajos dedicados al animé. Gilles Poitras realiza una breve historia del animé, destacando aquellos elementos que lo hacen diferente de animaciones de otros países. Hay trabajos de análisis de obras de Rintaro, Miyazaki, y Kôn, entre otros... (by pelida77)

Just in terms of the expansive area with which MacWilliams covers the topic of Japanese Visual Culture is enough to warrant kudos. This book collects writers from across the globe to comment on Japanese visuals, aesthetics, and media from before the world knew of Hokusai's views of Mount Fuji all the way up to computer-generated animation in films like Ghost in the Shell 2.
However, this book does not merely cover the historicity of Japanese visual culture but how it has impacted gender relations, politics, international relations, and cultural identity. While this book does tend to get bogged down in certain areas through repetition in multiple articles (how much do we really need to hear about the changes Shojo manga brought to the industry or how Osamu Tezuka is the founder of modern manga and anime?) the book is a great foundational piece for anyone looking to further their own studies on the subject of Japanese visual culture.

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JAPANAMERICA (Roland Kelts)

KELTS, Roland, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has invaded the U.S., New York, Palgrave McMillan, 2006.

PDF / 1 MB / Eng / 253 pag / 1403974756 / 978-1403974754

Los americanos se encuentran un tanto sorprendidos por el fenómeno del animé. La animación japonesa se ha adueñado de una parte importante del mercado estadounidense y este libro intenta explicar como. Por ende se hace repaso a algunas piezas clásicas de los 70’s, Mercado Japonés, Mercado Yanqui, y a todo lo que rodea al mundo del Manga y el Animé (marketing, Cartas, OVAS, Cosplay, Juguetes, etc.). Este libro busca analizar este fenómeno en estados unidos (pero sus conclusiones pueden aplicarse perfectamente a otras partes del mundo). (by pelida77)

Contemporary Japanese pop culture such as anime and manga (Japanese animation and comic books) has taken America by storm. While Hollywood struggles to fill seats, Japanese anime releases are increasingly outpacing American movies in number and, more importantly, in the devotion they inspire in their fans. Japanamerica is the first book that directly addresses the American experience with the Japanese pop phenomenon, covering everything from Hayao Miyazaki's epics, the burgeoning world of hentai, or violent pornographic anime, and Puffy Amiyumi, whose exploits are broadcast daily on the Cartoon Network, to literary novelist Haruki Murakami, and more. With insights from the artists, critics, readers and fans from both nations, this book is as literate as it is hip, highlighting the shared conflicts as American and Japanese pop cultures dramatically collide in the here and now.

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ANIME From Akira To Howl’s Moving Castle (Susan Napier)

NAPIER, Susan J., Anime. From Akira To Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation [updated edition], New York, Palgrave Mcmillan, 2005.

PDF / 17 MB / Eng / 384 pag / 1403970521 / 978-1403970527

Este es a mi gusto uno de los mejores. Susan Napier es profesora de Literatura y Cultura Japonesa en la universidad de Austin (Texas). Es una de las críticas más reconocidas y respetadas del mundo. En el 2001 publica From Akira to Princess Mononoke, que actualizará en el 2004 tras la consagración definitiva en USA de Hayao Miyazaki. En este libro hace un repaso por los distintos géneros del animé con un análisis siempre incisivo de sus mejores ejemplos: Akira, Ranma, Urusei Yatsura, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Nausicaä, Urotsukidoji (clásico del hentai), Ghost in the Shell, y más... Una obra fundamental para todo aquel que busque comprender el mundo del animé (by pelida77)

This new edition of the groundbreaking popular book 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--Miyazaki's latest hit film, already breaking 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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CINEMA ANIME (Steven T. Brown)

BROWN, Steven T.[ed.], Cinema Anime, New York, Palgrave McMillan, 2006.

PDF / 1.5 MB / Eng / 256 pag / 1403970602 / 978-1403970602

Una muy interesante colección de ensayos de Susan Napier, Brian Ruh, Steven Brown entre otros, analizando: Serial Experiments Lain, la obra de Kôn Satoshi, el fenómeno de “americanización” del manga y el animé, Ciencia Ficción en animé, The Animatrix, FLCL... y más... El título del libro es un poco engañoso. Se suele diferenciar entre Cine y Animación (en desmedro de la segunda) este libro viene en cambio a afirmar que el Animé no es otra cosa que...cine. Es un libro interesante, pero bastante complicado: con todas esas tesis y frases de Giles Deleuze que a los universitarios les encanta postular, recordar y citar. Como aspecto muy positivo se tratan algunas piezas de culto realmente extraordinarias. Un anuncio de ello lo tenemos ya en la bella portada que es de Serial Experiments Lain. (by pelida77)

This collection charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production in the last twenty-five years. The essays offer bold and insightful engagement with anime's concerns with gender identity, anxieties about body mutation and technological monstrosity, and apocalyptic fantasies. The contributors dismantle the distinction between "high" and "low" culture and offer compelling arguments for the value and importance of the study of anime and popular culture as a key link in the translation from the local to the global.

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ANIME INTERSECTIONS (Dani Cavallaro)

CAVALLARO, Dani, Anime Intersections: Tradition and Innovation in Theme and Technique, North Carolina, McFarland, 2007.

PDF / 6 MB / ENG / 0786432349 / 978-0786432349

El tal Dani, aunque tiene un pésimo gusto para elegir sus portadas, es un buen crítico de animé, y un autor prolífico. En este libro intenta exponer los vínculos entre la tradición japonesa y el animé (como buen hombre formado por la escuela de estudios culturales). Un libro cortito pero muy efectivo. Para Dani la cosa no está en desvariar sobre el ser y la nada y en lo sombría que es la post-modernidad ponja, sino en hablar sobre animé. Así que cada capitulito lo dedica a un animé distinto; no hay nada muy extraño pero... siempre es bueno hablar de los clásicosHará un repaso entonces por piezas fundamentales de las últimas dos décadas del animé: Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue, N.G. Evangelion, Metropolis, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence, Appleseed, Steamboy, Howl’s Moving Castle, y más. (by pelida77)

This text examines the artistic development of anime, from its origins as a subset of the Japanese film industry to its modern-day status, as one of the most popular forms of animation worldwide. Chapter One provides a discussion of the history of anime and the separate phases of the artistic process involved in creating a traditional anime film. The main body of the text comprises nine chapters, each of which is devoted to a detailed analysis of a chosen production and explores the technical and thematic developments pioneered in works such as Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue, and Howl's Moving Castle. The final chapter examines the impact of the medium within Western contexts, focusing on changing perceptions of anime and on the medium's frequent appearances within Western pop culture and the fine arts. A complete bibliography and filmography are included.

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