Anime Explosion!: The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition

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Patrick Drazen

Anime Explosion!

The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition

Patrick Drazen

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Sports Publishing LLC
08 April 2014

Oriental art; Film theory & criticism; Animated movies & films; Film movie production: technical skills; Asian history

""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, and conventions, plus the familiar tropes of giant robots, samurai, furry beasts, high school heroines, and gay/girl/fanboy love. Concluding are fifteen essays on favorite anime, including Evangelion, Escaflowne, Sailor Moon, Patlabor, and Fullmetal Alchemist.

Patrick Drazen is an anime historian who lives in BloomingtonNormal, Illinois.

By: Patrick Drazen
Imprint: Sports Publishing LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Second Edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 552g
ISBN: 9781611720136
ISBN 10: 1611720133
Pages: 388
Publication Date: 08 April 2014
Recommended Age: From 16 to 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PREFACE INTRODUCTION TO THE 2ND EDITION (and why there probably won’t be a 3rd edition) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PART I 1. A Page Right Out of History 2. Conventions versus Clichés 3. The Social Web and the Lone Wolf 4. Mukashi Mukashi 5. The Naked Truth 6. Rated H 7. A Very Pure Thing 8. Bushido 9. Shojodo 10. Enter the Mamagon 11. Faith Based 12. Who Ya Gonna Call? 13. The Starmaker Machinery 14. It’s Not Easy Being Green 15. War and Anti-War 16. Birth, Death and Rebirth PART 2 1. Windaria 2. Wings of Honneamise 3. Revolutionary Girl Utena 4. Giant Robo 5. Flying with Ghibli 6. The Sailor Moon Phenomenon 7. Escaflowne 8. Evangelion 9. Please Save My Earth (add Tokyo Tower sidebar) 10. The Big Pokemon Scare 11. Plastic Little 12. Masamune Shirow 13. Satoshi Kon 14. CLAMP (including Moe sidebar) 15. Fullmetal Alchemist 16. Key the Metal Idol AFTERWORD

Patrick Drazen has presented at the 2004 Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits, at Yaoi-Con in 2002, at the 2006 Cherry Blossom Festival Anime Marathon at the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, and for several years at Anime Central in Chicago. He's been at anime conventions in Columbus, Indianapolis, and Peoria, and gave a talk on anime based on western literature at his alma mater Illinois Wesleyan University for Homecoming 2012. He also gave talks about anime at Mayor Daley's Book Club, an annual literacy festival for local authors. He's written articles on anime for Animation magazine and the British magazine SFX, on manga for Time Out New York, sits on the Editorial Board for Mechademia journal, and participated in a panel discussion in 2006 with Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino as part of the Chicago International Film Festival. Drazen has an extensive anime collection, from Betamax to DVD, and his presentations have touched on Japanese folklore in modern anime, same-sex relationships, and the fluid nature of heroes and villains in anime.

Reviews for Anime Explosion!: The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition

An excellent reference work on the subject. --Library Journal (starred review) A popular study of the Japanese genre of anime teaches a great deal about the art form and about Japanese culture in general--and how cultural themes reverberate through popular media. --Anthropology Review Database The perfect introduction for any new to the idea of anime... --The Midwest Book Review (D. Donovan, Editor & Senior Reviewer, California Bookwatch) An excellent reference work on the subject. --Library Journal (starred review) A popular study of the Japanese genre of anime teaches a great deal about the art form and about Japanese culture in general--and how cultural themes reverberate through popular media. --Anthropology Review Database The perfect introduction for any new to the idea of anime... --The Midwest Book Review (D. Donovan, Editor & Senior Reviewer, California Bookwatch) An excellent reference work on the subject. Library Journal (starred review) A popular study of the Japanese genre of anime teaches a great deal about the art form and about Japanese culture in generaland how cultural themes reverberate through popular media. Anthropology Review Database The perfect introduction for any new to the idea of anime... The Midwest Book Review (D. Donovan, Editor & Senior Reviewer, California Bookwatch) An excellent reference work on the subject. Library Journal (starred review) The perfect introduction for any new to the idea of anime... The Midwest Book Review (D. Donovan, Editor & Senior Reviewer, California Bookwatch)