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The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao
No full textTakahata Isao (1935–2018), often referred to as the “Second Pillar” of the renowned Studio Ghibli, is one of the most esteemed animation directors in the history of the form. He is also the first, and thus far the only, anime director to have a solo exhibition at the prestigious National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and was widely recognized for his advocacy of environmental and pacifist causes. Takahata’s distinctive vision and range and diverse contributions in both television and film have left an enduring mark on the genre, earning him a place of high regard among anime enthusiasts and scholars alike.The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao is the first English-language book dedicated to exploring lesser-known works and aspects of Takahata’s career and providing in-depth analyses of the films that garnered him international acclaim. Bringing together some of the foremost authorities on anime, it examines his pioneering television work on World Masterpiece Theater and its precursors (1974–1979) and Chie the Brat (1981–1983), as well as his directorial feature film debut Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) and the documentary The Story of Yanagawa’s Waterways (1987), which combines live-action and animation. The book delves into Takahata’s best-known films, including Grave of the Fireflies (1988), the intensely moving story of children caught in the fire-bombing of Japan during World War II; the endearing, “Ozu-esque” Only Yesterday (1991); Pom Poko (1994), known not only for its humor and striking visual effects, but also for its sharp critique of ecological and cultural loss; the stylistically innovative My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999); and Takahata’s final feature, The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013), celebrated by many as a masterpiece of animation and storytelling
Cultural traffic in Japanese anime : the meanings of promotion, reception and exhibition circuits in Princess Mononoke
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Studio Ghibli:An Industrial History
No full textStudio Ghibli: An Industrial History takes us deep into the production world of the animation studio co-founded by Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. It investigates the production culture at Studio Ghibli and considers how the studio has become one of the world’s most famous animation houses. The book breaks with the usual methods for studying Miyazaki and Ghibli’s films, going beyond textual analysis to unpack the myths that have grown up around the studio during its long history. It looks back at over 35 years of filmmaking by Miyazaki and other Ghibli directors, reconsidering the studio’s reputation for egalitarianism and feminism, re-examining its relationship to the art of cel and CG animation, investigating Studio Ghibli’s work outside of feature filmmaking from advertising to videogames and tackling the studio’s difficulties in finding new generations of directors to follow in the footsteps of Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. By reconstructing the history of Studio Ghibli through its own records, promotional documents and staff interviews, Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History offers a new perspective not just on Ghibli, but on the industrial history of Japanese animation
Mutating Stitch:Shifting Approaches to Vocal Performance and Language in the Lilo & Stitch Franchise
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Anime Franchising in Japan:Animation and the Diversity of Media Mix Practice
Full text link“Media mix” is the term used to describe a multitude of franchising and transmedia practices in Japan; ones that align with wider franchising theory but which act in ways shaped by specific media practices within Japan. This article considers several contrasting examples of media mix, including the successful and longstanding franchise built around Gosho Aoyama’s manga Case Closed (Meitantei Konan), as well as more ad hoc and emergent franchises like those built around CLAMP’s xxxHolic and Yuasa Masaaki’s adaptations of The Tatami Galaxy (Yojōhan Shinwa Taikei) novels. In doing so, the aim is to unpack the media mix, reading its operations in Japan as bespoke and nuanced, rather than substantially standardized
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Gekijōban (Theatrical Version) Anime as Feature Films in Anime Franchising
No full textThis article analyses one of the most ubiquitous but overlooked categories of Japanese cinema: gekijōban. Straddling Japanese franchising from live action to animation, gekijōban films have appeared in Japanese cinemas for decades, becoming one of the most significant facets of Japanese serial media production. This article investigates how gekijōban films have sailed beneath theoretical radar both in Japan and beyond by first analysing existing theories on media mix, before outlining some of the trends in gekijōban production and then concluding with a media mix case study, Meitantei Konan (Case Closed), in order to understand why it is that these franchise films have become so common and yet have remained so obscure. I argue that by refocusing attention on these overlooked films, we can see media mix management in practice and process, and understand the roles these often extremely popular films play within Japanese media franchising
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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