Anime : a critical introduction

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781847884794
ISBN: 9781847884800
ISBN: 1847884806
ISBN: 1847884792
ISBN: 9781472576767
ISBN: 9781472576811
Physical Description: print
vii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: London ; Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Approaching Anime: Genre and Subgenres -- Chapter 2: Sci Fi Anime: Cyberpunk to Steampunk -- Chapter 3: Anime's Bodies -- Chapter 4: Early Anime Histories: Japan and America -- Chapter 5: Anime, Video and the Shojo and Shonen Genres -- Chapter 6: Post-Video Anime: Digital Media and the Revelation of Anime's Hidden Genres -- Chapter 7: Ghibli Genre: Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli's Brand Identity -- Chapter 8: Experiencing Japan's Anime: Genres at the Tokyo International Anime Fair -- Chapter 9: Anime Horror and Genrification Index.