Chinese animation and socialism : : from animators' perspectives / / edited by Daisy Yan Du.

• Superior document: China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 43
• TeilnehmendeR: Du, Daisy Yan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 43.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume on Chinese animation and socialism is the first in English that introduces the insider viewpoints of socialist animators at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in China. Although a few monographs have been published in English on Chinese animation, they are from the perspective of scholars rather than of the animators who personally worked on the films, as discussed in this volume. Featuring hidden histories and names behind the scenes, precious photos, and commentary on rarely seen animated films, this book is a timely and useful reference book for researchers, students, animators, and fans interested in Chinese and even world animation. This book originated from the Animators' Roundtable Forum (April 2017 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), organized by the Association for Chinese Animation Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- List o Contributors -- Introduction -- Chinese Animation and Socialism -- Daisy Yan Du -- PART 1 -- The Splendor of Socialist Animation -- 1 Mochinaga Tadahito in Early Socialist China -- Mochinaga Noriko, translated by Nick Stember and Yan Chen -- 2 Walking Our Own Path and Innovating -- Duan Xiaoxuan, translated by Nick Stember -- 3 An Authentic Animator -- Yan Dingxian, translated by Nick Stember -- 4 Dribs and Drabs -- Lin Wenxiao, translated by Nick Stember -- 5 National Style and Characterization -- Pu Jiaxiang, translated by Isabel Galwey -- 6 On the Art of Papercutting Animation -- Pu Yong, translated by Isabel Galwey and Eva Chang -- PART 2 -- The Transition to Postsocialist Animated Filmmaking -- 7 From Layman to Animator -- Yan Shanchun, translated by Isabel Galwey and Eva Chang -- 8 In Love with Science Fiction Animation -- Dai Tielang, interviewed by Daisy Yan Du, organized by Song Han, translated by Yixing Li -- 9 Tradition and Innovation -- Chang Guangxi, translated by Sean Macdonald -- 10 Yilimei and the Shanghai Animation Film Studio -- Zhou Keqin, translated by Yixing Li -- PART 3 -- The Soundscape of (Post)Socialist Animation -- 11 Synesthesia of Music and Image -- Jin Fuzai, translated by Sean Macdonald -- 12 My Career as an Animation Voice Actress -- Ding Jianhua, interviewed by Daisy Yan Du, organized by Song Han, translated by Yixing Li -- PART 4 -- The Literary Landscape of (Post)Socialist Animation -- 13 My Career as a Screenwriter -- Ling Shu, translated by Yixing Li -- PART 5 -- In Memory of Socialist Animators -- 14 Those Who Should Not Be Forgotten -- Yin Xiyong, translated by Eva Chang -- 15 In Memory of My Father Wang Shuchen -- Wang Yiqian, translated by Yixing Li -- PART 6 -- More than a Fairy Tale: Politics and Chinese Animation -- 16 A Tradition of Political Propaganda -- Fung Yuk Song, translated by Isabel Galwey and Shaopeng Chen -- PART 7 -- Chinese Animation Goes Abroad -- 17 Chinese Animation in Japan, 1940s-80s -- Ono Kōsei, translated by Isabel Galwey, Eva Chang, and Yan Chen -- Epilogue -- Socialist Legacy in the Digital Age -- Daisy Yan Du -- Bibliography -- Index.