The Art of Studio Gainax: Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime

by Dani Cavallaro

Formed by a small group of university students in the early 1980s, Studio Gainax is now one of the most adventurous and widely esteemed anime companies on the scene. And it is fascinating for its unique approach to animation. Formal experimentation, genre-straddling, self-reflexivity, unpredictable plot twists, a gourmet palate for stylishness, proverbially controversial endings, and a singularly iconoclastic worldview are some of the hallmarks.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433760
• ISBN13: 9780786433766
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher