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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, 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 Bloomington–Normal, Illinois.

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"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)

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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

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      Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9781611720136, 978-1611720136
      ISBN10: 1611720133

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      Book Synopsis
      "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 Bloomington–Normal, Illinois.

      Trade Review
      "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)

      Table of Contents
      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

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