Next title on anime, again

The new book has the energetic title Kon Vs. Miyazaki. (The curious can see the cover over in my photos.)

This text is about two Japanese animation directors: Satoshi Kon and Hayao Miyazaki. It is made up of over a dozen pieces I wrote across nearly twenty years, including reviews, text-to-film comparisons, Four Point lectures given to university students, and others.

Some years back, I noticed I had written a significant amount of material on anime, but upon reflection I realized that all of it would not thematically fit into one book. The more general book became True SF Anime, dealing with rare gems in that vein, and this is the other book. Only four of the pieces have been previously published.

"Miyazaki Won an Oscar" (in NYRSF)
"Four Miyazaki Points"
"Kiki's Text into Film"
"Kiki's Italian Model"
"Notes on Princess Mononoke"
"Review of Howl's Moving Castle" (In IROSF)
"Kon Capsules"
"Four Kon Points"
"Millennium Actress Appendix"
"A Seraphim Odyssey"
"Kon Explores the Insanity of Japan" (In IROSF)
"Review of Paprika" (In IROSF)
"Kon vs. Miyazaki: Paprika"
"Miyazaki vs. Kon: The Wind Rises"