Hu Tze-Yue. Frames of Anime: Culture and Image-Building

Hong Kong University Press, 2010. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-962-209-097-2, ISBN: 978-962-209-098-9This book is an inter-disciplinary study of the subject of anime, a popular form of Japanese animation. Using a variety of research methods and spanning a period of nine years including intensive fieldwork conducted in Japan and other parts of Asia, the study aims to provide an alternative account of the growth of the medium-genre particularly from an Asian perspective.Origins of the Japanese Art of Animating
Continuity of Art Forms and Their Visualness
Cultural Thought, Expressing the Self, and Image-building
Development of Japanese Animation up to the End of the Second World War
Postwar Japanese Animation Development and Toei Animation Studio
Miyazaki and Takahata Anime Cinema
Anime in Asia: A Case of Cultural Imperialism?
Epilogue
NotesAnimated Works Cited