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The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world. A thirtienth-century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red-haired fish girl, and a furry woodland spirit — what do these have in common ? They all spring from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, one of the greatest living animators, known worldwide for films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and The Wind Rises. Japanese culture and animation scholar. Susan Napier explores the life and art of this extraordinary Japanese filmmaker to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre. Napier insightfully illuminates the multiple themes crisscrossing his work, from empowered women to environmental nightmares to utopian dreams, creating an unforgettable portrait of a man whose art challenged Hollywood dominance and ushered in a new chapter of global popular culture

Miyazaki, Hayao, --- Animated films --- History and criticism. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- J6848 --- Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- anime --- Miyazaki, Hayao

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Since the end of the Second World War--and particularly over the last decade--Japanese science fiction has strongly influenced global popular culture. Unlike American and British science fiction, its most popular examples have been visual--from Gojira' (Godzilla)' and Astro Boy' in the 1950s and 1960s to the anime masterpieces Akira' and Ghost in the Shell' of the 1980s and 1990s--while little attention has been paid to a vibrant tradition of prose science fiction in Japan. Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams' remedies this neglect with a rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime. Bringing together Western scholars and leading Japanese critics, this groundbreaking work traces the beginnings, evolution, and future direction of science fiction in Japan, its major schools and authors, cultural origins and relationship to its Western counterparts, the role of the genre in the formation of Japan's national and political identity, and its unique fan culture. Covering a remarkable range of texts--from the 1930s fantastic detective fiction of Yumeno Kyûsaku to the cross-culturally produced and marketed film and video game franchise Final Fantasy'--this book firmly establishes Japanese science fiction 'as a vital and exciting genre. Contributors: Hiroki Azuma; Hiroko Chiba, DePauw U; Naoki Chiba; William O. Gardner, Swarthmore College; Mari Kotani; Livia Monnet, U of Montreal; Miri Nakamura, Stanford U; Susan Napier, Tufts U; Sharalyn Orbaugh, U of British Columbia; Tamaki Saitô; Thomas Schnellbacher, Berlin Free U. Christopher Bolton is assistant professor of Japanese at Williams College. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. is professor of English at DePauw University. Takayuki Tatsumi is professor of English at Keio University.

Fiction --- Film --- Japan --- J6848 --- J5930 --- J5509 --- J6839 --- Science fiction, Japanese --- -Japanese science fiction --- Japanese fiction --- Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- anime --- Japan: Literature -- modern fiction and prose (1868- ) --- Japan: Literature -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- cinema --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- -Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- anime --- Japanese science fiction

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Film --- Japan --- South Korea --- J6839 --- K9795.10 --- Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- cinema --- Korea: Performing and media arts -- cinema -- recordings, plots and comments -- collections and anthologies

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Ozu, Yasujirō, --- Critique et interprétation --- film --- twintigste eeuw --- Ozu Yasujiro --- 791.471 OZU --- Japan --- J6839 --- Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- cinema --- Ozu, Yasujirô --- Critique et interprétation.

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A critical introduction to some of the most important Japanese horror films produced over the last 50 years, this study provides an insightful examination of the tradition's most significant trends and themes.

Film --- Japan --- Horror films --- Spookfests (Motion pictures) --- Motion pictures --- Haunted house films --- Monster films --- History and criticism --- J6839 --- Japan: Media arts and entertainment -- cinema