Moving Image Studies PhD Student Publishes Essay on Anime
Congratulations to Moving Image Studies PhD student Ian Peters! His article, “The Search for Vengeance” is set to appear in the forthcoming anthology Anime and Philosophy: Wide Eyed Wonder, edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin (Open Court Publishing, Winter 2010).
In honor of Ian’s article getting published, and in honor of Dragon*Con this weekend, we give you our “Top Five Library Books About Anime” (in no particular order):
The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
Thomas LaMarre, 2009
Watching Anime, Reading Manga : 25 Years of Essays and Reviews
Fred Patten, 2004
Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
Susan Jolliffe Napier, 2005
Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation
Steven T. Brown, 2006
Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
Colin Odell, 2009