Research Catalog

Title

The soul of anime : collaborative creativity and Japan's media success story / Ian Condry.

Author

Condry, Ian

Publication

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2013.

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Description

x, 241 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

In The Soul of Anime, Ian Condry explores the emergence of anime, Japanese animated film and television, as a global cultural phenomenon. Drawing on ethnographic research including interviews with artists at some of Tokyo's leading animation studios - such as Madhouse, Gonzo, Aniplex, and Studio Ghibli - Condry discusses how anime's fictional characters and worlds become platforms for collaborative creativity. He argues that the global success of Japanese animation has grown out of a collective social energy that operates across industries - including those that produce film, television, manga (comic books), and toys and other licensed merchandise - and connects fans to the creators of anime. For Condry, this collective social energy is the soul of anime.

Series Statement

Experimental futures

Uniform Title

• Experimental futures
• Experimental futures.

Subject

• Honʼyaku iin shachū Japan
• Animation (Cinematography) > Social aspects > Japan
• Popular culture > Social aspects > Japan
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > Social aspects > Japan

Genre/Form

Graphic novels

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Collaborative networks, personal futures -- Characters and worlds as creative platforms -- Early directions in postwar anime -- When anime robots became real -- What makes a studio cutting edge : the value of the gutter -- Dark energy : what overseas fans reveal about the copyright wars -- Love revolution : Otaku fans in Japan -- Future anime: collaborative creativity and cultural action.

ISBN

• 9780822353805 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0822353806 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780822353942 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0822353946 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012033721

OCLC

• 798613321
• SCSB-10362755

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library