Preliminary Concepts of Japanese Animation

Lecture series of formal presentations & course modules

cinema m e d i a a r t m u s i c

Dissolving & Reconstituting Narrative Cinema
Historical Markers of the Modern Soundtrack
Contemporary Traces of the Modern Soundtrack
20th Century Music within the Cinema
Folk Rock & Pop within the Cinema
An Unsavoury History of Exploitation

Preliminary Concepts of Japanese Animation

1 Japanese Animation 1 Film: Night On Galactic Railroad

Western perspectives Formal distinctions; cartoon & comic history; the Japanese context; from manga to anime

2 Japanese Animation 2 Excerpts: Gallforce + Legend of the Overfiend

Contemporary Manifestations American independents & east-west connections; the otaku phenomenon; apocalyptic scenarios

3 Japanese Animation 3 Shorts: Mermaid Forest + Silent Moebius

Gender Collisions Teen girl manga; sexual energies; doll culture

4 Japanese Animation 4 Film: Nausicaa

Profiles Osamu Tezuka; Hayao Miyazaki; Mamoru Oshii

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