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The many worlds of Takahata Isao / edited by Lindsay Coleman, Rayna Denison and David Desser.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Takahata, Isao--Criticism and interpretation.
- Takahata, Isao.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Japan.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Animated films--Japan--History and criticism.
- Animated films.
- Animation (Cinematography)--Japan.
- Animation (Cinematography).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages) : color illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Lindsay Coleman (Editor) Lindsay Coleman is an educator and academic who has edited numerous books on film, including Killers, Clients, and Kindred Spirits: The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura.Rayna Denison (Editor) Rayna Denison is professor of film and digital arts at the University of Bristol.
- "Takahata Isao (1935-2018), often referred to as the "Second Pillar" of the renowned Studio Ghibli, is one of the most esteemed animation directors in the history of the form. He is also the first, and thus far the only, anime director to have a solo exhibition at the prestigious National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and was recognized as a public intellectual for his advocacy of environmental and pacifist causes. Takahata's distinctive vision and range and diverse contributions in both television and film have left an enduring mark on the genre, earning him a place of high regard among anime enthusiasts and scholars alike. The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao is the first English-language book dedicated to exploring lesser-known works and aspects of Takahata's career and providing in-depth analyses of the films that garnered him international acclaim. Bringing together some of the foremost authorities on anime, it examines his pioneering television work on World Masterpiece Theater and its precursors (1974-1979) and later Chie the Brat (1981-1983), as well as his directorial feature film debut Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) and the documentary The Story of Yanagawa's Waterways (1987), which combines live-action and animation. The book delves into Takahata's best-known films, including Grave of the Fireflies (1988), the intensely moving story of children caught in the fire-bombing of Japan during World War II; the endearing, "Ozu-esque" Only Yesterday (1991); Pom Poko (1994), known not only for its humor and striking visual effects, but also for its sharp critique of ecological and cultural loss; the stylistically innovative My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999); and Takahata's final feature, The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013), celebrated by many as a masterpiece of animation and story-telling"-- ǂc Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introducing Takahata Isao, Lindsay Coleman, Rayna Denison, and David Desser
- 1. Doing the Time Warp: Magical Realism and Community Dynamics in the Early Films of a Twentieth-Century Japanese Socialist, Helen McCarthy
- 2. A Consecrated Biography: Takahata Isao, from Anonymity to "Respectable Filmmaker," Shiro Yoshioka
- 3. Heidi, a Girl of the Alps: Bildungsroman and World Masterpiece Theater, Darren-Jon Ashmore
- 4. Chie the Brat in Anime History, Jonathan Clements
- 5. Nature, Environmentalism, and Documentary Realism in The Story of Yanagawa's Canals, Rayna Denison
- 6. The Author's Prerogative: Arguments Against Grave of the Fireflies Functioning as an Anti-War Text, Lindsay Coleman
- 7. Only Yesterday, Nostalgia, and the Ozu-esque, David Desser
- 8. Animative Justice: Animism and the Problem of Indigeneity in Pom Poko, Thomas Lamarre
- 9. Breaking the Rules Through the Changing Thickness of the Line: My Neighbors the Yamadas, Laura Montero-Plata
- 10. An Auteur's Final Fantasy: Princess Kaguya and the Interrogation of the Real, Susan Napier
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8070-104-9
- OCLC:
- 1531323644
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