Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke Experiencing Contemporary Japa
With the popularity of Pokemon still far from waning, Japanese animation, known as anime to its fans, has a firm hold on American pop culture. However, anime is much more than children's cartoons. It runs the gamut from historical epics to sci-fi sexual t
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ANIME from Akira to Princess Mononoke
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Akira to Princess Mononoke from
Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation Susan J. Napier
for St. Martin’s Griffin
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ANIME
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Portions of chapter 4, “Controlling Bodies,” first appeared in “The Frenzy of Metamorphosis: The Body in Japanese Pornographic Animation,” by Susan J. Napier in Word and Image in Japanese Cinema, Dennis Washburn and Carole Cavanaugh, eds. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2000 by PALGRAVE 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global publishing imprint of St. Martin ‘s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 0-312-23862-2 hardback ISBN 0-312-23863-0 paperback Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Napier, Susan Jolliffe. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke : experiencing contemporary Japanese animation / Susan J. Napier. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-312-23862-2 — ISBN 0-312-23863-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Animated films—Japan. I. Title. NC1766.J3 N37 2001 791.43’3—dc21 00-051473 Design by planettheo.com First edition: May 2001 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Printed in the United States of America.
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Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii P A R T
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INTRODUCTION C H A P T E R
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Why Anime?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 C H A P T E R
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Anime and Local/Global Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 P A R T
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BODY, METAMORPHOSIS, IDENTITY C H A P T E R
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Akira and Ranma 1/2: The Monstrous Adolescent . . . . . . . . . . 39 C H A P T E R
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