Anime: A Critical Introduction (film Genres)
by Rayna Denison /
2015 / English / Kindle, EPUB
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Anime: A Critical Introduction
Anime: A Critical Introduction maps the genres that have
thrived within Japanese animation culture, and shows how a wide
range of commentators have made sense of anime through
discussions of its generic landscape. From the battling robots
that define the
maps the genres that have
thrived within Japanese animation culture, and shows how a wide
range of commentators have made sense of anime through
discussions of its generic landscape. From the battling robots
that define themecha
mecha genre through to Studio Ghibli's
dominant genre-brand of plucky
genre through to Studio Ghibli's
dominant genre-brand of pluckyshojo
shojo (young girl)
characters, this book charts the rise of anime as a globally
significant category of animation. It further thinks through the
differences between anime's local and global genres: from the
less-considered niches like
(young girl)
characters, this book charts the rise of anime as a globally
significant category of animation. It further thinks through the
differences between anime's local and global genres: from the
less-considered niches likenichijo-kei
nichijo-kei (everyday style
anime) through to the global popularity of science fiction anime,
this book tackles the tensions between the markets and audiences
for anime texts.
(everyday style
anime) through to the global popularity of science fiction anime,
this book tackles the tensions between the markets and audiences
for anime texts.
Anime is consequently understood in this book as a complex
cultural phenomenon: not simply a “genre,” but as an always
shifting and changing set of texts. Its inherent changeability
makes anime an ideal contender for global dissemination, as it
can be easily re-edited, translated and then newly understood as
it moves through the world's animation markets. As such,
Anime is consequently understood in this book as a complex
cultural phenomenon: not simply a “genre,” but as an always
shifting and changing set of texts. Its inherent changeability
makes anime an ideal contender for global dissemination, as it
can be easily re-edited, translated and then newly understood as
it moves through the world's animation markets. As such,Anime:
Anime:A Critical Introduction
A Critical Introduction explores anime
through a range of debates that have emerged around its key film
texts, through discussions of animation and violence, through
debates about the cyborg and through the differences between
local and global understandings of anime products.
explores anime
through a range of debates that have emerged around its key film
texts, through discussions of animation and violence, through
debates about the cyborg and through the differences between
local and global understandings of anime products.Anime:
Anime:A Critical Introduction
A Critical Introduction uses these debates to frame a
different kind of understanding of anime, one rooted in contexts,
rather than just texts. In this way,
uses these debates to frame a
different kind of understanding of anime, one rooted in contexts,
rather than just texts. In this way,Anime:
Anime:A Critical
Introduction
A Critical
Introduction works to create a space in which we can rethink
the meanings of anime as it travels around the world.
works to create a space in which we can rethink
the meanings of anime as it travels around the world.