Japanese Visual Culture : Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Japan's New Visual Culture -- A Note on Language -- Introduction -- 1. Manga in Japanese History -- 2. Contemporary Anime in Japanese Pop Culture -- 3. Characters, Themes, and Narrative Patterns in the Manga of Osamu Tezuka -- 4. From Metropolis to Metoroporisu: The Changing Role of the Robot in Japanese and Western Cinema -- 5. Opening the Closed World of Shōjo Manga -- 6. Situating the Shōjo in Shōjo Manga: Teenage Girls, Romance Comics, and Contemporary Japanese Culture -- 7. Intellectuals, Cartoons, and Nationalism During the Russo-Japanese War -- 8. Framing Manga: On Narratives of the Second World War in Japanese Manga, 1957-1977 -- 9. Aum Shinrikyō and a Panic About Manga and Anime -- 10. Medieval Genealogies of Manga and Anime Horror -- 11. The Utopian "Power to Live": The Significance of the Miyazaki Phenomenon -- 12. Heart of Japaneseness: History and Nostalgia in Hayao -- 13. National History as Otaku Fantasy: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress -- 14. Considering Manga Discourse: Location, Ambiguity, Historicity -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index.
Explores the historical, cultural, sociological, and religious dimensions of manga and anime, and examines specific sub-genres, artists, and stylistics. This book also addresses such topics as spirituality, the use of visual culture by Japanese religious movements, Japanese Goth and nostalgia.
9781317467007
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism. Animated films -- Japan -- History and criticism.