Dani Cavallaro
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-5860-8
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-6203-2
filmography, bibliography, index
220pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00
About the Book
Exploring a selection of anime adaptations of famous works of both Eastern and Western provenance, this book is concerned with appreciating their significance and appeal as independent texts. The author evaluates three aspects of anime adaptation--how anime adaptations develop their original sources in stylistic, aesthetic, and psychological terms; how specific features of the anime medium impact alchemically on the original sources to bring into being imaginative works of an autonomous nature; and which qualities render an adaptation in anime form a distinctly unique artistic creation.
Table of Contents
Preface 1
1. The Frame of Reference 5
2. The Nightmare of History
Belladonna of Sadness, Grave of the Fireflies and Like the Clouds, Like the Wind 19
3. Epic Adventure with a Sci-Fi Twist
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 38
4. The Fairy Tale Reimagined
The Snow Queen 64
5. Romance Meets Revolution
Romeo x Juliet 99
6. A Magical Murder Enigma
Umineko no Naku Koro ni 128
7. A Tapestry of Courtly Life
The Tale of Genji 146
Filmography 197
Bibliography 201
Index 207
About the Author
Dani Cavallaro has written widely about literature, cultural theory, and anime. She lives in London.
Dani Cavallaro
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-5946-9
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8536-9
filmography, bibliography, index
216pp. softcover 2011
Price: $35.00
About the Book
Over the last few decades, anime has consistently come into fruitful contact with themes, images and symbols associated with the fairy tale tradition. This critical text focuses on the ways in which fundamental principles of the fairy tale tradition are deployed, and hence come to manifest themselves narratively and cinematographically, in anime. Topics covered include modes of storytelling, aesthetics, as well as dramatic, ethical, psychological and social considerations. Of particular interest is the way in which allegorical commentaries on cultural and historical issues are illustrated in anime.
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1. Theoretical Foundations 5
Chapter 2. Alterity 23
Chapter 3. Voyages 68
Chapter 4. Creativity 106
Chapter 5. Dystopias 153
Filmography 193
Bibliography 199
Index 205
About the Author
Dani Cavallaro has written widely about literature, cultural theory, and anime. She lives in London.
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