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Description

1. xxviii, 410 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

1. "The first ever look at how major Hollywood movies were adapted from Japanese mangas and animes"--

Alternative title

1. Manga & anime go to Hollywood

Subject

1. Animated films
2. Television adaptations
3. Film adaptations
4. Animated films > United States > History and criticism
5. PERFORMING ARTS > Animation
6. Comic books, strips, etc > Japan > Adaptations
7. Motion pictures and comic books > United States
8. United States
9. Criticism, interpretation, etc
10. Television adaptations > United States > History and criticism
11. Japan
12. Comics (Graphic works)
13. Adaptations
14. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General
15. Motion pictures and comic books > Japan
16. Animated films > Japan > History and criticism
17. Film adaptations > United States > History and criticism

Genre/Form

1. Comics (Graphic works)
2. Adaptations.
3. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Introduction : wind from the East : the worldwide success of manga and anime and an overview of their impact on Hollywood -- Characteristics of manga and anime that make them attractive to Hollywood -- Divergent DNA : modern manga's ancestry leading up to the beginning of modernization of the form by Tezuka in the World War II era -- Modern manga is developed, with heavy Hollywood movie/animation influences (the examples of similar DNA) -- The manga industry today -- Anime is born and invades America (and American TV goes to Japan and influences manga/anime) -- Adaptations of manga and anime to American television and live-action movies (and what creators can learn from them and apply to their own works) -- Hollywood adaptation case study #1 : in defense of Speed Racer -- Hollywood adaptation case study #2 : Astro Boy -- The screenplay and television script's crucial role in adaptations, plus pitching and the green-light (studio approval for production) -- The future of this hybridity -- Afterword : manga in education : the practical benefits of creating manga; two manga production teaching examples.

Call number

1. MFL 16-1979

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-398) and index.

Author

1. Davis, Northrop.

Title

1. Manga and anime go to Hollywood / Northrop Davis.

Publisher

1. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Copyright date

1. ©2016

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-398) and index.

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1. Cover image

LCCN

1. 2015018667

ISBN

1. 9781623562489 (hardback)
2. 1623562481 (hardback)
3. 9781623561444 (paperback)
4. 1623561442 (paperback)
5. 9781623560386

Research call number

1. MFL 16-1979