Traditional monster imagery in manga, anime and Japanese cinema / Zilia Papp.

• Author: Papp, Zilia.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Traditional Monster Imagery in Manga, Anime and Japanese Cinema builds on the earlier volume Anime and its Roots in Early Japanese Monster Art , that aimed to position contemporary Japanese animation within a wider art historical context by tracing the development of monster representations in Edo- and Meiji-period art works and post-war visual media. While the previous volume concentrated on modern media representations, this work focuses on how Western art historical concepts and methodology might be adapted when considering non-Western works, introducing traditional monster art in more detail, while also maintaining its links to post-war animation, sequential art and Japanese cinema. The book aims at a general readership interested in Japanese art and media as well as graduate students who might be searching for a research model within the fields of Animation Studies, Media Studies or Visual Communication Design.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Context and Contemporary Scene -- Geisha and Robot -- New Vienna School Approach -- Yōkai Art from Prehistory to Modernity -- Multitude of Monsters in Multimedia -- Yōkai in Cinema, 1968 – 2008 -- Monster Landscapes -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Terms -- Glossary of Persons -- Index.