Interpreting anime

Machine generated contents note:

Contents

A Note on the Text

Introduction. Read or Die: Reading Anime

1. From Origin to Oblivion: Akira as Anime and Manga

2. The Mecha's Blind Spot: Cinematic and Electronic in Patlabor 2

3. Puppet Voices, Cyborg Souls: Ghost in the Shell and Classical Japanese Theater

4. The Forgetful Phallus and the Otaku's Third Eye: 3x3 Eyes and Anime's Audience

5. Anime in Drag: Stage Performance and Staged Performance in Millennium Actress

6. The Quick and the Undead: Blood: The Last Vampire and Television Anime

7. It's Art, but Is It Anime? Howl's Moving Castle and the Novel

Conclusion: Summer Wars

Chronology

Acknowledgments

Notes

Moving Image Sources

Bibliography

Index.