The soul of anime : collaborative creativity and Japan's media success story

Author(s)

• Condry, Ian

Bibliographic Information

The soul of anime : collaborative creativity and Japan's media success story

Ian Condry

（Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices）

Duke University Press, 2013

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-236) and index

Contents: Who makes anime? --Collaborative networks, personal futures -- Characters and worlds as creative platforms -- Early directions in postwar anime -- When anime robots became real -- Making a cutting edge anime studio : 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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Note on Translations and Names ix Introduction. Who Makes Anime? 1 1. Collaborative Networks, Personal Futures 35 2. Characters and Worlds as Creative Platforms 54 3. Early Directions in Postwar Anime 85 4. When Anime Robots Became Real 112 5. Making a Cutting-Edge Anime Studio: The Value of the Gutter 135 6. Dark Energy: What Overseas Fans Reveal about the Copyright Wars 161 7. Love Revolution: Otaku Fans in Japan 185 Conclusion. Future Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Cultural Action 204 Acknowledgments 218 Notes 221 References 227 Index 237

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Details

• NCID: BB12355795
• ISBN:
  • 9780822353805
  • 9780822353942
• LCCN: 2012033721
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Durham
• Pages/Volumes: x, 241 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NC1766.J3
  • DC23 : 791.43/340952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Animation (Cinematography) -- Social aspects -- Japan
  • LCSH : Popular culture -- Social aspects -- Japan
  • LCSH : Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Social aspects -- Japan
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA86500554