This book offers a study of the immensely popular Japanese anime film, "Spirited Away". It explores the creative thought process behind the animations and language used, and how the issues raised relate to modern Japan."Spirited Away" is one of the most successful foreign-language films ever made. T[...]
Twenty years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children. Today, though, they encompass an astonishing range of films, styles and techniques. There is the powerful adult drama of Waltz with Bashir; the Gallic sophistication of Belleville Rendez-Vous; the eye-popping violenc[...]
"Satoshi Kon makes an art of Japanese anime."--"Rolling Stone"The head-spinning anime fantasy "Paprika" (2006) introduced new viewers to one of Japan's most visionary directors. Satoshi Kon crashed onto the world scene in 1997 with his smart slasher-thriller "Perfect Blue." His subsequent films rang[...]