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"An excellent reference work on the subject."—Library Journal (starred review)
For fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this expanded edition offers an engaging tour of the anime megaverse, from older artistic traditions to the works of modern creators like Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo, Satoshi Kon, and CLAMP. Examined are all of anime's major themes, styles, ...more
For fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this expanded edition offers an engaging tour of the anime megaverse, from older artistic traditions to the works of modern creators like Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo, Satoshi Kon, and CLAMP. Examined are all of anime's major themes, styles, ...more
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Paperback, 388 pages
Published
April 8th 2014
by Stone Bridge Press
(first published October 1st 2002)
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Well researched and written thesis on anime history and fandom. Highly recommend for the intellectual reader.
A great book on a great subject with too many Animes I need to watch.
It is comprehensive but over-long. It is actually a good history and cultural lenses if you can get past the author's biases and pointed ability to tell and not show.
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The growth of small presses that focus on specific subject matters like TwoMorrows Publishing for comics and Stone Bridge Press for anime is plenty cause for blogging. Large publishers want the maximum possible audience for every one of their books, which doesn't fit niche interests like comics and anime (which, although are gaining in popularity, still don't share the consumer figures of something like baseball or even that most unattended sport, hockey). A small press can be profitable by focu
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245-277pg Flying with Ghibli: The Animation of Hayao Miyazaki and Company
309-316pg The Big Pokemon Scare
354-359pg The Fullmetal Alchemist Phenomenon
Above are the only sections I read out of the book.
The Studio Ghibli section was pretty interesting, I learned some things about Hayao Miyazaki that I never knew before.
The Pokemon section was horrible. It should've had way more information than what it has in it. The description about the game is horrible as well.
The Fullmetal Alchemist section w ...more
309-316pg The Big Pokemon Scare
354-359pg The Fullmetal Alchemist Phenomenon
Above are the only sections I read out of the book.
The Studio Ghibli section was pretty interesting, I learned some things about Hayao Miyazaki that I never knew before.
The Pokemon section was horrible. It should've had way more information than what it has in it. The description about the game is horrible as well.
The Fullmetal Alchemist section w ...more
No matter what kind of anime you like, this book will go in depth on it. This is a very well researched book by a true fan of anime. The author keeps his opinion out of his writing and cites references instead. It's a great book to pick up and read a little here and there or straight through. Part 1 of this book is all about understanding the Japanese culture through the movements of many diverse anime. Part 2 of this book goes in depth on 13 different anime including Escaflowne, a personal favo
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Jul 20, 2013
Amy Chichi Hsiao
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review of another edition
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Read the first edition in Chinese a few years ago and thought it should be a good idea to read in original since there's a latest version available now. BTW since I'm glad I purchased Kobo ebook because there're so many hyperlinks that lead me right to online references.
Honestly I found the examples in this book a little old...it's essential for introduction to the history, industry and culture of Japanese animation, I see, but since there're new chapters and paragraphs added into this book, I w ...more
Honestly I found the examples in this book a little old...it's essential for introduction to the history, industry and culture of Japanese animation, I see, but since there're new chapters and paragraphs added into this book, I w ...more
Anime Explosion offers an in depth look at the world of animation. It examines themes and then specific studio's works. I particularly enjoyed parts about Gainax and Clamp, the latter of which I knew little about. With the ever-expanding libraries of anime and manga out there, it's impossible to cover all the bases but this book comes close. And while it covers current trends, it's biggest strength lies in its coverage of the history and growth of the industry.
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Not all that useful
Feb 19, 2010
Wysterria
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review of another edition
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for-school,
non-fiction
Read this for my anime/pop culture in Japan class and it was really interesting information. It explained a lot of different anime plots and pointed out specific cultural references througout.
anime in western eye
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