'Anime Through the Looking Glass - Treasures of Japanese Animation' Prestel 2023

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Item specifics

Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Signed
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Title
Anime Through the Looking Glass
Age Level
Adults
Subjects
Anime
ISBN
9783791380148
Book Title
Anime Through the Looking Glass : Treasures of Japanese Animation
Publisher
Prestel Gmbh & Co KG.
Item Length
11 in
Publication Year
2023
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1 in
Author
Nathalie Bittinger
Genre
Art, Performing Arts
Topic
Film / Genres / Animated, Television / History & Criticism, Asian / Japanese
Item Weight
45.8 Oz
Item Width
9.1 in
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Prestel Gmbh & Co KG.
ISBN-10
3791380141
ISBN-13
9783791380148
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15059033082

Product Key Features

Book Title
Anime Through the Looking Glass : Treasures of Japanese Animation
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Film / Genres / Animated, Television / History & Criticism, Asian / Japanese
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Performing Arts
Author
Nathalie Bittinger
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
45.8 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
9.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
791.43340952
Synopsis
With its uniquely powerful form of artistic expression, anime attracts millions of fans all over the world. This dynamic and wide-ranging book explores eighty key themes of the genre, from wars to natural disasters, childhood to magic, and dystopias to fables. Richly illustrated, this book is a deep dive into more than one hundred masterpieces, including Akira, Ghost in the Shell, One Piece, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, and Howl's Moving Castle. Covering an enormous range of talent-from Isao Takahata, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, and Makoto Shinkai to Studio Ghibli and Mamoru Oshii-it shows how anime consistently balances tradition with modernity and how its distinct style has influenced other forms of media such as video games, comic books, and live-action films., The magic and mastery of anime springs to life in this gorgeous celebration of the genre that features more than 150 full-color frames. ANIME GOES TO WAR: A powerful narrative engine, such as Kaneda's red motorcycle in Katsuhiro Ôtomo's Akira , war is the beating heart of anime, its shadow hovering over various genres. HUMAN, ALL TOO HUMAN?: Man versus machine. Exploring new dialectics of body and mind through films like Rintaro's Galaxy Express 999 and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: On the other side of the mirror, we discover wonderful worlds in dreamlike colors populated with protective spirits, fantastic creatures and humans that save the world like the messianic girl in Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä to the Space Pirate Captain Harlock LIFE NOW: Exhibiting the metamorphosis of society and lifestyles , with scenes from family life to the schoolyard to the company, anime also sketches the human tragic-comedy with great acuity like Makoto Shinkai's Your Name . This uniquely powerful form of artistic expression has embraced complex and provocative ideas since its inception in the mid twentieth century. This dynamic and wide-ranging book explores eighty key themes of the genre, from wars to natural disasters, nature to ecology, childhood to magic, dystopias to fables. It looks at more than one hundred masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Akira, Ghost in the Shell, One Piece, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies and Howl's Moving Castle, to show how practitioners consistently balance tradition with modernity and how anime's distinct style has influenced other forms of media such as video games, comic books and live-action films. Covering an enormous range of talent--from Isao Takahata, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, and Makoto Shinkai to Studio Ghibli and Mamoru Oshii--it demonstrates how anime makes room for limitless creativity. Unfettered by the physical constraints of nature's laws, these artists realize our deepest emotions and our wildest dreams.
LC Classification Number
NC1766

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