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Anime explosion! : the what? why? & wow! of Japanese animation  Cover Image Book Book

Anime explosion! : the what? why? & wow! of Japanese animation

Drazen, Patrick. (Author).

Summary: Japanese animation looked at from the inside by the author, from its roots in ancient Japanese culture to its major themes and motifs.

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  • ISBN: 9781880656723 :
  • ISBN: 1880656728 :
  • Physical Description: print
    367 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, c2004.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part 1. Interpreting anime. A page right out of history -- Conventions versus clichés -- The social web and the lone wolf -- Mukashi mukashi : from folktales to anime -- The naked truth -- Rated H : hardcore anime -- "A very pure thing" : gay and pseudo-gay themes in anime -- Bushido : the way of the warrior -- Shojodo : the way of the teenage girl -- Enter the mamagon : the Japanese mother -- Faith-based : Christianity, Shinto, and other religions in anime -- Who you gonna call? : the spirit world in anime -- The starmaker machinery : anime and idol -- It's not easy being green : nature in anime -- War is stupid : war and anti-war themes in anime -- Birth and death and rebirth : reincarnation in anime.
Subject: Animated films -- Japan -- History and criticism
Science fiction films -- Japan -- History and criticism
Animated films -- Japan -- Encyclopedias
Comic books, strips, etc -- Japan -- History and criticism
Animated television programs -- Japan -- History and criticism

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design NC1766 .J3 D73 2003 (Text) 30199614 Book Volume hold Available -

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