Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation
by Antonia Levi
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Why are Westerners of all ages now so fascinated by Japanese animated films, movies made purely by Japanese animators for Japanese audiences? The U.S. audience for Japanese animation ranges from millions who don't even know that what they're watching is Japanese, to the growing anime cult, with anime fan clubs on almost every college campus, as well as anime fan magazines and social anime sections in video stores. In Samurai from Outer Space, Antonia Levi uncovers the hidden meaning of show more Japanese animation: the symbols and stories drawn from Shinto, Buddhism, and Japanese art - the things that Western viewers will overlook unless they are pointed out. With 20 color illustrations, Samurai from Outer Space is both an introduction for beginners and a goldmine of information for the already addicted. show lessTags
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Now more than slightly out of date in its examples, but still has good material on some of the cultural references and background in anime that may escape non-Japanese viewers. I found the discussions of the differences between the Japanese and Western attitutes toward "heroism" and death especially interesting.
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- Japan
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- DDC/MDS
- 791.433 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Types of presentation {class specific films in 791.437}
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- NC1766 .J3 .L48 — Fine Arts Drawing. Design. Illustration Drawing. Design. Illustration Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.
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