The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation

by Thomas Lamarre

Book Overview

Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history, techniques, and complex visual language of animation, particularly Japanese animation, demands serious and sustained engagement, and in The Anime Machine he lays the foundation for a new critical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007CXSLFE
• ISBN13: 9780816651559
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 10.0"