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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction to the 2nd Edition
Acknowledgments
Part One: Interpreting Anime
1. A Page Right Out of History
2. Conventions versus Clichés
3. The Social Web and the Lone Wolf
4. Mukashi Mukashi: From Folktales to Anime
5. The Naked Truth
6. Rated H: Hardcore Anime
7. “A Very Pure Thing”: Gay and Pseudo-Gay Themes in Anime
8. Bushido: The Way of the Warrior
9. Shojodo: The Way of the Teenage Girl
10. Enter the Mamagon: The Japanese Mother
11. Faith-Based: Christianity, Shinto, and Other Religions in Anime
12. Who Ya Gonna Call?: The Spirit World in Anime
13. The Starmaker Machinery: Anime and Idol
14. It’s Not Easy Being Green: Nature in Anime
15. War Is Stupid: War and Anti-War Themes in Anime
16. Birth and Death and Rebirth: Reincarnation in Anime
Part Two: Films and Directors
1. Windaria
2. The Wings of Honnêamise: Tora-san in Space
3. Utena: Giri/Ninjo and the Triumph of Conservatism in Pop Culture
4. Giant Robo: Anime as Wagnerian Opera
5. Flying with Ghibli: The Animation of Hayao Miyazaki and Company
6. The Sailor Moon Phenomenon: Love! Valor! Compassion! Middie Blouses!
7. The Vision of Escaflowne
8. Neon Genesis Evangelion
9. Please Save My Earth
10. The Big Pokémon Scare
11. Plastic Little: Not What You Think
12. The Old and New Testaments of Masamune Shirow
13. The Man in the Mirror: Satoshi Kon
14. CLAMP: Women Unexpected
15. The Fullmetal Alchemist Phenomenon
16. Key the Metal Idol
Afterword: The Future of Anime 2.0
Websites of Anime Mentioned in This Book
Bibliography
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