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Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation

By Susan J. Napier

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2001
ISBN
0312238630, 9780312238636
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3499976 bytes)
Pages
311\320
Time added
2013-11-25 09:15:53

Description

With the popularity of Pokémon still far from waning, Japanese animation, known as anime to its fans, has a firm hold on American pop culture. However, anime is much more than children's cartoons. It runs the gamut from historical epics to sci-fi sexual thrillers. Often dismissed as fanciful entertainment, anime is actually quite adept at portraying important social and cultural issues such as alienation, gender inequality, and teenage angst. This book investigates the ways that anime presents these issues in an in-depth and sophisticated manner, uncovering the identity conflicts, fears over rapid technological advancement, and other key themes present in much of Japanese animation.

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