Forgotten roots of Japanimation: In praise of shadows

Jasper Sharp

doi:10.1386/fiin.4.3.30

ISSN: 1651-6826
E-ISSN: 2040-3801

Forgotten roots of Japanimation: In praise of shadows
By Jasper Sharp¹
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¹ United Kingdom
Source: Film International, Volume 4, Issue 3, Jul 2006, p. 30 - 39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/fiin.4.3.30
Language: English
- Published online: 01 Jul 2006

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There cannot be many by now who are not acquainted with the term anime. If so, it is certainly not for a lack of exposure to what can now be seen as Japan's top pop-cultural export.

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Keyword(s): Anime; history of animation; Japanese stop-motion animation; Japanimation; Kazugor Arai; manga eiga; Nobor fuji; silhouette animation/kage-e; Tadahito Mochinaga; war propaganda animation

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