Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls to Pokemon

by Brigitte Koyama-Richard

A sweeping journey through the history of Japanese animation, tracing this cultural phenomenon from its origins in traditional art to the present day. A dominant force in its home country since the 1970s, Japanese animation has become a global phenomenon in recent years. But far from being a contemporary invention, anime draws on the same centuries-old artistic traditions that form the basis of manga. Widely disparaged when it first appeared in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2080301535
• ISBN13: 9782080301536
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 11.1"