Animated films and animation

Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a significant thread of British cultural history.

Celebrate movie history and the world of Disney, from the animations and live action movies to the magical Disney parks and attractions, with The Disney Book.

This work demonstrates that not everything that Disney touched turned to gold.

In this volume Don Peri expands his extraordinary work conducting in-depth interviews with Disney employees and animators.

This book is the first critical anthology to examine the controversial history of the zoo by focusing on its close relationship with screen media histories and technologies.

In the first in-depth examination of music written for Hollywood animated cartoons of the 1930s through the 1950s, Daniel Goldmark provides a brilliant account of the enormous creative effort that went into setting cartoons to music and shows how this effort shaped the characters and stories that have become embedded in American culture.

Today's animation is much more than kids' stuff.

Video Game Design is a visual introduction to integrating core design essentials, such as critical analysis, mechanics and aesthetics, prototyping, level design, into game design.

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The first computer-generated animated feature film, Toy Story (1995) sustains a dynamic vitality that proved instantly appealing to audiences of all ages.

This book is the first history of British animated cartoons, from the earliest period of cinema in the 1890s up to the late 1920s.

Hayao Miyazaki has gained worldwide recognition as a leading figure in the history of animation, alongside Walt Disney, Milt Kahl, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Yuri Norstein and John Lasseter.

Whether you're a novice making your first film or a more advanced animator looking to strengthen an existing concept, Animating Short Stories provides practical techniques to bring your story to life.

This study of 'independent' animation opens up a quietly subversive and vibrant dimension of contemporary Chinese culture which, hitherto, has not received as much attention as dissident art or political activism.

Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives makes available for the first time to English readership a selection of viewpoints from media practitioners, designers, educators, and scholars working in the East Asian Pacific.

This book provides the most comprehensive history and analysis of Australian animation published to date.

Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a significant thread of British cultural history.

Formed by a small group of university students in the early 1980s, Studio Gainax is now one of the most adventurous and widely esteemed anime companies on the scene.

Max Fleischer (1883-1972) was for years considered Walt Disney's only real rival in the world of cartoon animation.

This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present.

An abundantly illustrated biography of the British animation producer behind Yellow Submarine, The Snowman, and other classics.

This book includes interviews with Ken Anderson, Les Clark, Larry Clemmons, Jack Cutting, Don Duckwall, Marcellite Garner, Harper Goff, Floyd Gottfredson, Dick Huemer, Wilfred Jackson, Eric Larson, Clarence Nash, Ken O'Connor, Herb Ryman, and Ben Sharpsteen.

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.

Take an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water.

Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation provides a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date examination of the Disney studio's evolution through its animated films.

Hanna and Barbera: Conversations presents a lively portrait of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, the influential producers behind Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, the Smurfs, and hundreds of other cartoon characters who continue to entertain the world today.

This book delves into the fascinating and often overlooked history of Walt Disney's influence in Australia, tracing the cultural impact of iconic characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from their inception in 1928 to the end of the Vietnam War.

Gegenwärtig lassen sich für unser medialisiertes Leben unter anderem zwei besondere Phänomene beobachten: Eine Omnipräsenz animierter Bilder sowie eine Flut an Körperbildern.

Providing a detailed historical overview of animated film and television in the United States over more than a century, this book examines animation within the U.

Seth MacFarlane has made an immense mark on popular culture through both his live action and animated television series: Family Guy, American Dad!

On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama.

Stop-motion animation has long been perceived as a technical practice rather than a creative, demanding art.

Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television.

20 years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children.

This study addresses the relationship between Japanese aesthetics, a field steeped in philosophy and traditional knowledge, and anime, a prominent part of contemporary popular culture.

A highly visual, example-led introduction to the video game industry, its context and practitioners.

This comprehensive history of Japanese animation draws on Japanese primary sources and testimony from industry professionals to explore the production and reception of anime, from its origins in Japanese cartoons of the 1920s and 30s to the international successes of companies such as Studio Ghibli and Nintendo, films such as Spirited Away and video game characters such as Pok mon.

Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s.

After winning an Oscar for Spirited Away, the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated films were dubbed into many languages.

Take a deep dive into the history of cinematic animation in the United States with the "e;remarkably thorough and detailed"e; (Choice) book that Publishers Weekly says is "e;a lively chronicle of a perennially evolving medium.

A unique behind-the-scenes look at Japanese business and how the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki were introduced to the world.

Spirited Away, directed by the veteran anime film-maker Hayao Miyazaki, is Japan's most successful film, and one of the top-grossing 'foreign language' films ever released.

This book provides the most comprehensive history and analysis of Australian animation published to date.

The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies.

Race does not exist in animation-it must instead be constructed and ascribed.

Invisible Digital helps us makes sense of something we cannot see by presenting an innovative approach to digital images and digital culture.