Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Mango Monthly (1992-97) - Softcover

Ledoux, Trish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569312206 ISBN 13: 9781569312209

Publisher: Viz Communications,U.S., 1997

Synopsis

In this book, the first collection of its kind, you will hear insights directly from the mouths and minds of the anime and manga creators themselves, in interviews with are often the only ones on record in English. some of these creators are larger-than-life legends in their native Japan, some are up-and-coming young talents, but all have a lot to say on the subject of their work.

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For anyone who thinks "Japanimation" is just big eyes, and big guns, read on...

ANIME INTERVIEWS:

The First Five Years of ANIMERICA, ANIME & MANGA MONTHLY (1992-97)

Selected Interviews with the Masters of Japanese Animation and Comics

Edited by TRISH LEDOUX

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Contrary to what you may have heard, "Japanimation" (although we prefer the Japanese word, "anime") is not just about scantily clad babes or rampaging, many-tentacled monsters. It's an industry with a more than thirty-year history of surprisingly engrossing television animation, wry and sophisticated direct-to-home-video or "OAV" releases, and thought-provoking feature films. As an artform, the anime industry in Japan is as dense and varied as that of television and live-action films in America, and just as diverse. However, as yet, only a fraction of that thirty-year-plus history has seen wide release overseas.

In this book, the very first collection of its kind, you will hear insights directly fromthe mouths and minds of the anime and manga creators themselves, in interviews which are often the only ones on record in English. Some of these creators are larger-than-life legends in their native Japan, some are up-and-coming young talents, but all have a lot to say on the subject of their work.

If you're already familiar with Japanese animation and comics, or if you are new to the artform, the interviews in this book will give you a whole new appreciation for the history ofanime and manga, as well as for their meticulously created worlds.

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TRISH LEDOUX is author of THE COMPLETE ANIME GUIDE, and editor of ANIMERICA, ANIME & MANGA MONTHLY--America's leading magazine of Japanese animation and comics. Fluent in Japanese, she is also known for her work as a translator, screenwriter, consultant and voice-actor on enough anime videos to fill a rental store. END

Edition details

• Publisher: Viz Communications,U.S.
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569312206
• ISBN 13: 9781569312209
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392