Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives makes available for the
first time to English readership a selection of viewpoints from media
practitioners, designers, educators, and scholars working in the East
Asian Pacific. This collection not only engages a multidisciplinary
approach in understanding the subject of Japanese animation but also
shows ways to research, teach, and more fully explore this
multidimensional world.
Presented in six sections, the translated essays cross-reference each
other. The collection adopts a wide range of critical, historical,
practical, and experimental approaches. This variety provides a creative
and fascinating edge for both specialist and nonspecialist readers.
Contributors' works share a common relevance, interest, and involvement
despite their regional considerations and the different modes of
analysis demonstrated. They form a composite of teaching and research
ideas on Japanese animation.