Lamarre first addresses the technology of anime: the cells on which the images are drawn, the animation stand at which the animator works, the layers of drawings in a frame, the techniques of drawing and blurring lines, how characters are made to move. The Anime Machine defines the visual characteristics of anime and the meanings generated by those specifically "animetic" effects-the multiplanar image, the distributive field of vision, exploded projection, modulation, and other techniques of character animation-through close analysis of major films and television series, studios, animators, and directors, as well as Japanese theories of animation. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history, techniques, and complex visual language of animation, particularly Japanese animation, demands serious and sustained engagement, and in The Anime Machine he lays the foundation for a new critical theory for reading Japanese animation, showing how anime fundamentally differs from other visual media. Thoughtful, thorough illustrations plus exhaustive research and an impressive scope make The Anime Ecology at once an essential reference book, a valuable resource for scholars, and a foundational textbook for students.Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. He offers remarkable close readings of individual anime while demonstrating how infrastructures and platforms have transformed anime into emergent media (such as social media and transmedia) and launched it worldwide. Lamarre takes advantage of the overlaps between television, anime, and new media-from console games and video to iOS games and streaming-to show how animation helps us think through television in the contemporary moment.
He now returns with The Anime Ecology, broadening his insights to give a complete account of anime\u2019s relationship to television while placing it within important historical and global frameworks. The Portable Interface Complex Conclusion: Signaletic Animism Notes Bibliography.Ī major work destined to change how scholars and students look at television and animation With the release of author Thomas Lamarre\u2019s field-defining study The Anime Machine, critics established Lamarre as a leading voice in the field of Japanese animation. A Little Social Media History of Television Contents Introduction: Television Animation and Infrastructure Ecology Part I.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-398) and index.
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