Origins of the Japanese art of animating -- Continuity of art forms and their visualness -- Cultural thought, expressing the self, and image-building -- Development of Japanese animation up to the end of the Second World War -- Postwar Japanese animation development and Toei Animation Studio -- Miyazaki and Takahata Anime Cinema -- Anime in Asia: a case of cultural imperialism?
Summary
This text is an interdisciplinary study of the subject of anime, a popular form of Japanese animation. Using a variety of research methods and spanning a period of nine years, the volume provides an alternative account of the growth of the medium-genre
