Animated films and animation

A fascinating guide to themes and films in the expanding Japanese megaverse.

A tribute to Japan's "e;god of manga"e; by his longtime American friend and translator.

'An impressively deep dive.

Robin Robin is a stunning picture book adaptation of the animation from Aardman and Netflix, perfect for Christmas and beyond!

'Raggedy Ann and the Paper Dragon' is written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle.

In Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination, Eric Herhuth draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine how animated films address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and sociocultural change.

Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-08) and its sequel The Legend of Korra (2012-14) are among the most acclaimed and influential U.

Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-08) and its sequel The Legend of Korra (2012-14) are among the most acclaimed and influential U.

Animation is one of the fastest growing mediums in the film and television world - whether it's Frozen or Paw Patrol, Family Guy or Rick and Morty.

Animation is one of the fastest growing mediums in the film and television world - whether it's Frozen or Paw Patrol, Family Guy or Rick and Morty.

Genndy Tartakovsky is widely regarded as a pioneer in contemporary Western animation of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Genndy Tartakovsky is widely regarded as a pioneer in contemporary Western animation of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution is the first book to provide an historical insight into the animated documentary.

The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution is the first book to provide an historical insight into the animated documentary.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.

Mark McCray wasn't the only boy who loved Saturday morning cartoons, but he may have been the only one to call the networks and tell them what he liked and disliked about them.

Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude.

This book explores anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki's films through the lens of the monomyth of the Heroic Quest Cycle.

Given the limitless freedom of animation, why would anyone use it to make a sitcom about a struggling family-owned burger place?

With careers spanning eight decades, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were two of the most prolific animation producers in American history.

In this reference work 222 musicals developed specifically for television are fully detailed, including musical episodes from nonmusical shows, animated specials that appealed to adults as well as children, and operas and related works commissioned for the small screen.

In 2010, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered on television.

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

First aired in 1989, The Simpsons has become America's most beloved animated show.

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Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn--eccentric sidekick to the Joker--has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics.

For three years during the 1920s, in an attic in Potsdam, a young woman crafted what is today the oldest surviving animated feature film.

Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more.

The history of animated cartoons has for decades been dominated by the accomplishments of Walt Disney, giving the impression that he invented the medium.

Elaborate cinematic universes and sophisticated marketing tie-ins are commonplace in entertainment today.

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.

Widely regarded as Japan's greatest animated director, Hayao Miyazaki creates films lauded for vibrant characters and meaningful narrative themes.

Since his early days at Disney, Tim Burton has shown a unique talent and vision.

Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discourse.

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.

Once a favorite of mainly art house audiences, Hayao Miyazaki's films have enjoyed increasing exposure in the West since his Spirited Away won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003.

Theodor Seuss Geisel--known worldwide as the beloved children's author Dr.

Walt Disney, best known as a filmmaker, had perhaps a greater skill as a reader.

With an output of more than 250,000 minutes annually, and with roughly 5,000 producers and production units, the Chinese are leading the field of animated films.

Animation has been part of television since the start of the medium but it has rarely received unbiased recognition from media scholars.

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

This work covers ninety years of animation from James Stuart Blackton's 1906 short Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, in which astonished viewers saw a hand draw faces that moved and changed, to Anastasia, Don Bluth's 1997 feature-length challenge to the Walt Disney animation empire.

Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude.

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

The essays in this collection acknowledge the rich Gothic tradition in Asian narratives that deal with themes of the fantastic, the macabre, and the spectral.

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