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Referencias a esta obra en fuentes externas. Wikipedia en inglés (30)Where did Japanese animation come from, and what does it all mean? Written for fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this is a tour of the anime megaverse, from older arts and manga traditions to the works of modern directors like Miyazaki and Otomo. Read about anime standbys like giant robots, samurai, furry beasts, high school heroines, and gay/girl/fanboy love--even war and reincarnation, plus all of anime's major themes, styles, and conventions. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Drazen’s Anime Explosion! has a gosh wow! subtitle, but the actual text, while informal, doesn’t drop to the level of a uncritcal fan. Drazen states from the outset that his goal is to explore the best in anime, and try to help the reader understand where the subject matter came from in the sense of trying to elucidate the Japanese cultural waters. Gilles Poitras mined the same area with The Anime Companion in a dictionary format; Drazen ellaborates on those cultural differences, and while isn’t as comprehensive as Poitras, goes much further in detail by having chapters dedicated to different subject areas (e.g., folktale backgrounds, pornography influence, the Japanese mother).
This book is a nice companion volume to Frederick Schodt’s work on Japanese manga, Dreamland Japan. Given that manga and anime provide two segments of the Japanese entertainment ouroboros (along with video games and, now, trading card games), it proves useful in understanding the themes that tie all of these together: teamwork, the school system, passive religion, birth and rebirth, and war.
An added bonus here is Drazen’s summary of thirteen of both influential and (his) favorite films and directors, including Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Windaria, Escaflowne, and Evangelion. Like another book that I reviewed recently, all this discussion on these make you want to go out and view them, which is difficult as they aren’t the kind of thing you usually find at your local video rental store. (I’m lucky–the Hollywood video here in Tenleytown actually has a huge anime collection, and one of my co-workers is a true anime afficionado.
I picked this book up because of its connections to manga, which I comment often on in my “text and vision” class on comics, and because I’ve been contemplating writing my next novel using the animation industry as the backdrop. Unfortunately, Drazen doesn’t quite get into the behind the scenes of the industry here as much as Schodt does for manga, so I’m still on the lookout for a book that helps me understand how anime get made. ( )