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Author : Noël Burch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520038776
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (387 download)
Download or read book To the Distant Observer written by Noël Burch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick W. Galbraith
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 147800701X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan written by Patrick W. Galbraith and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into its branding of “Cool Japan.” In Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith explores the conflicting meanings of “otaku” culture and its significance to Japanese popular culture, masculinity, and the nation. Tracing the history of “otaku” and “cute girl” characters from their origins in the 1970s to his recent fieldwork in Akihabara, Tokyo (“the Holy Land of Otaku”), Galbraith contends that the discourse surrounding “otaku” reveals tensions around contested notions of gender, sexuality, and ways of imagining the nation that extend far beyond Japan. At the same time, in their relationships with characters and one another, “otaku” are imagining and creating alternative social worlds.
Author : Chikao Shiratori
Publisher : Viz Media
ISBN 13 : 9781569313725
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Secret Comics Japan written by Chikao Shiratori and published by Viz Media. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the surreally beautiful to the graphically gruesome, the selections in this anthology represent the best of manga fiction. Chosen by the former editor of Garo, Japan's standard-bearer of underground comics, the artists in this collection are the latest generation of manga taboo-breakers from the '80s and '90s.
Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The New Magdalen written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Betz
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816640351
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Subtitle written by Mark Betz and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining European art films of the 1950s and 1960s, Mark Betz argues that it istime for film analysis to move beyond prevailing New Wave historiography, mired in outdated notions of nationalism and dragged down by decades of auteurist criticism. Focusing on the cinemas of France and Italy, Betz reveals how the flowering of European art films in the postwar era is inseparable from the complex historical and political frameworks of the time.
Author : Osamu Tezuka
Publisher : Vertical Inc
ISBN 13 : 1647290112
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (472 download)
Download or read book Dororo written by Osamu Tezuka and published by Vertical Inc. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in three installments, the entire run of comic master Osamu Tezuka's enduring classic is herewith available in one volume at a new affordable price. The lauded adventures of a young swordsman and his rogue sidekick that also inspired the cult video game Blood Will Tell have never been as accessible. A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics - lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan. Like an unforgettable road movie, Dororo reaches deeper than its swashbuckling surface and offers a thoughtful allegory of becoming what one is, for nobody is born whole.
Author : Toni Johnson-Woods
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826429386
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Manga written by Toni Johnson-Woods and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, providing a definitive, one-stop Manga resource.
Author : Hideyuki Kikuchi
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781593079345
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (793 download)
Download or read book A Wind Named Amnesia written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse didn't end with a BANG, but with a whimper. Silently, the 'amnesia wind' swept away all of mankind's knowledge. Thousands of years of human civilization vanished overnight as people forgot how to use the tools of modern civilization; who they were, how to speak - everything! Technology decayed as mankind was reduced to an extremely primitive level. Two years after the devastation, a young man explores a nation reduced to barbarism: America. Miraculously re-educated after the cataclysm, he is accompanied by a young woman - somehow spared the obliterating effects of the amnesia wind. Pursued by a relentless killing machine, they search for those responsible for stealing their memories.
Author : Ezra F. Vogel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442221968
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Japan's New Middle Class written by Ezra F. Vogel and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of the life of the salaryman and his family. In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburb, living among and interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Tracing the rapid postwar economic growth that led to hiring large numbers of workers who were provided lifelong employment, the authors show how this phenomenon led to a new social class—the salaried men and their families. It was a well-educated group that prepared their children rigorously for the same successful corporate or government jobs they held. Secure employment and a rising standard of living enabled this new middle class to set the dominant pattern of social life that influenced even those who could not share it, a pattern that remains fundamental to Japanese society today.
Author : Minoru Kawada
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131772691X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Origin Of Ethnography In Japan written by Minoru Kawada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yanagita Kunio (1872-1962) is widely known as the founder of folklore studies in Japan, and his achievement in presenting a systematic framework for the discipline is highly valued amongst academic writings. However, many of his ideas still need to be examined, and in recent years there has been a renewal of interest in his works, especially among scholars of intellectual history. This re-evaluation of his achievements is generally attributable to the current view that Yanagita retained an independent position as an intellectual struggling to solve the various problems that dominated Japan in the years of great change from Meiji and Taisho to Showa. First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Anime Encyclopedia written by Jonathan Clements and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.
Author : Keith Scott
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466867434
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Moose That Roared written by Keith Scott and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those of us who love The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, these names conjure up memories of some of the wittiest, most inspired, and relentlessly hilarious half-hours of animation ever produced. There was a kind of gleeful magic to the shows, a cumulative joy that transcended the crude animation and occasionally muddy sound, and it's this quality that was the essence of the legendary Jay Ward and Bill Scott. Jay Ward was the magnificent visionary, the outrageous showman who lobbied Washington for statehood for Moosylvania, and invited the press to a picnic on the floor of the Plaza Hotel's august Grand Ballroom. Bill Scott was the genial, brilliant head writer, coproducer, and all-purpose creative whirlwind, often described as the "soul" of the shows. In fact, Scott even provided the voices for most of the star characters, giving life to Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mr. Peabody, Dudley Do-Right, and George of the Jungle. From their tiny, oddball animation studio, Jay Ward Productions, they created some of the most memorable animation of all time, and gave birth to a family of characters whose undying popularity has cast them forever into the pop culture firmament. With their distinctively unorthodox, artist-friendly philosophy, Ward and Scott attracted some of the most talented writers and voice actors in the industry, and for a time, Jay Ward Productions was a kind of Camelot of cartoons. Now, through exclusive interviews with Bill Scott, Tiffany Ward, June Foray, and dozens of others intimately involved with the Ward epoch, as well as access to original scripts, artwork, story notes, letters, and memos, Keith Scott has created the definitive history of Jay Ward Productions, including episode guides and voice credits for all the Jay Ward cartoons. From the first "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat!" to the last "Watch out for that tree!", The Moose That Roared is not only the record of a legendary chapter in animation history, but also the story of a rare and magical relationship between two artists who were wildly, exuberantly ahead of their time, and the fascinating story of the struggle to bring their vision of bad puns and talking animals to unforgettable life.
Author : Megumi Hayashibara
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1975333683
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Megumi Hayashibara's The Characters Taught Me Everything written by Megumi Hayashibara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-02-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over three decades, renowned Japanese voice actress Megumi Hayashibara has breathed life into countless iconic characters -- including Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Lina Inverse (Slayers), Jessie (Pokémon), Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop), and Paprika (Paprika)! In this new autobiographical memoir, Megumi provides an in-depth look at her illustrious career, and how the very characters she has portrayed have impacted her life on both personal and professional levels.
Author : Ronald Morse
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131754921X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Yanagita Kunio and the Folklore Movement Pbdirect written by Ronald Morse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yanagita Kunio almost singlehandedly initiated the serious study of folklore in Japan. Even modern Japanese folklorists who may disagree with his approach or his methods must take his body of work as a point of departure for their own. This book, first published in 1990, puts Yanagita’s career within a historical framework and context, full of detail about Japanese political and literary trends which influenced or were influenced by the folklore scholarship of Yanagita.
Author : Hayao Miyazaki
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781591161707
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Castle in the Sky Film Comic, Vol. 1 written by Hayao Miyazaki and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2003-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away, a legend of the days of the first flying machines, where fantastic adventure takes to the air in search of the Castle In The Sky! Pirates greedy for treasure and secret agents hungry for power are both chasing Sheeta, a young girl who wears a mysterious blue stone around her neck. The stone's power makes Sheeta defy gravity?and float down into the life of Pazu, a tough young orphan boy inventor. What ancient secrets link Sheeta's stone to the incredible dangers and mysteries of the Castle In The Sky? Unlike other graphic novels, this series features full-color illustrated stills from the movie printed on quality paper and is published in the original right-to-left format. Together, these four volumes give readers the complete story of the animated feature, and are the perfect gift for fans of the movie and Japanese graphic novels. A legend of the days of the first flying machines, where fantastic adventure takes to the air! Pirates greedy for treasure and secret agents hungry for power are both chasing Sheeta, a young girl who wears a mysterious blue stone around her neck. The stone's power makes Sheeta defy gravity and float down into the life of Pazu, a tough young orphan boy inventor. Soon Pazu and Sheeta are caught up together--way up, into the clouds, where somewhere awaits Laputa, a floating city built by a lost race of people. What ancient secrets link Sheeta's stone to the incredible dangers and mysteries of the Castle In The Sky?
Author : Shouji Gatou
Publisher : J-Novel Club
ISBN 13 : 1718329105
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Amagi Brilliant Park: Volume 6 written by Shouji Gatou and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2019-07-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing three million people in a year is impossible for a tiny park... right? Well, Seiya thinks so, but he's about to get help. The leader of the world's most popular theme park has taken interest in Amagi, and he wants to see Seiya reach his goal, no matter what the cost! Unfortunately, for Seiya, the cost might prove too high... when Latifah loses her memory again, he'll have to make a grim decision about what really matters.
Author : Marilyn Ivy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226388344
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Discourses of the Vanishing written by Marilyn Ivy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan today is haunted by the ghosts its spectacular modernity has generated. Deep anxieties about the potential loss of national identity and continuity disturb many in Japan, despite widespread insistence that it has remained culturally intact. In this provocative conjoining of ethnography, history, and cultural criticism, Marilyn Ivy discloses these anxieties—and the attempts to contain them—as she tracks what she calls the vanishing: marginalized events, sites, and cultural practices suspended at moments of impending disappearance. Ivy shows how a fascination with cultural margins accompanied the emergence of Japan as a modern nation-state. This fascination culminated in the early twentieth-century establishment of Japanese folklore studies and its attempts to record the spectral, sometimes violent, narratives of those margins. She then traces the obsession with the vanishing through a range of contemporary reconfigurations: efforts by remote communities to promote themselves as nostalgic sites of authenticity, storytelling practices as signs of premodern presence, mass travel campaigns, recallings of the dead by blind mediums, and itinerant, kabuki-inspired populist theater.
