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Anime Explosion!
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Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! Of
Japanese Animation is a book of essays about anime
written by Patrick Drazen. It was published on January 1,
Anime Explosion! The What? Why? &
Wow! Of Japanese Animation
2002 by Stone Bridge Press.[1] The first half of the book
defines "what anime is, what it is not, and more
important, how it differs from American cartoons in
general and TV-based American entertainment in
particular." The second half looks into "individual “films
and directors.”"[2] The book is used as a text in the
"History and Art of Animation" course at Clarkson
University,[3] in the "Japanese Animation: Still Pictures,
Moving Minds" course at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology[4] and in the "Animation: History and
Criticism" course at Emory University.[5]
Reviews
Anime News Network's Mikhail Koulikov commends the
book for being "packed with information" and having
"valid points, and intelligent opinions". However, he
criticises the book for its "little overall cohesiveness;
more a collection of articles in book form than a book".[2]
John F. Barber commends the book as a "timely and
fascinating guide to the world of anime".[6] Animefringe's
Ridwan Khan criticises the book for its "glaring
omission" of anime history as "70s and 80s [anime] are
either overlooked or mentioned in passing". Khan also
criticises the book's cover for looking "too busy, too
comic book, and too cheap pop". He commends Drazen
for creating "a concrete basis in Japanese culture with just
a dash of intellectual daring to explain anime in a fashion
that makes the book extremely interesting".[7]
Affiliation
Cover of Anime Explosion! The What? Why? &
Wow! Of Japanese Animation by Patrick Drazen.
Author
Patrick Drazen
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Language
English
Subject
anime
Genre
non-fiction
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press
Publication date January 1, 2002
Media type
Print (Paperback)
Pages
369 pp (first edition)
ISBN
978-1-880656-72-3
Drazen composed this book with editing assistance from
the members of the local anime club he attended, Japanese Anime People of Chicago
(http://japc.kisekinohana.net/). Many articles were scrutinized by members of the club, who advised Drazen
that some of the information was inaccurate, some of the edits were never accepted by Drazen and the book
was published without the edits. The club members were never credited for their work.
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References
1. "Anime Explosion! The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation (Paperback)"
(http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AWEWF0/). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
2. Koulikov, Mikhail (August 23, 2003). "Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! Of Japanese Animation
Patrick Drazen; Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press" (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/anime-explosion).
Anime News Network. Archived
(http://web.archive.org/web/20090513013041/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/anime-explosion)
from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
3. "LF 390: The History and Art of Animation Fall 2003" (http://people.clarkson.edu/~fbailey/lf390/index.html).
Clarkson University. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
4. "SP.270 Japanese Animation: Still Pictures, Moving Minds" (http://web.mit.edu/sp.270/www/sp.270-syb2004.pdf). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
5. "Film 373: Animation: History and Criticism" (http://www.filmstudies.emory.edu/ATLAS/spring06.html).
Emory University. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
6. Barber, John F. (November 1, 2004). "Anime Explosion: The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation"
(http://lea.mit.edu/reviews/nov2004/anime_barber.html) (in Leonardo Journal). Retrieved 2009-06-05.
7. Khan, Ridwan (December 2002). "Anime Explosion! The What, Why, and Wow of Japanese Animation"
(http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/02.12/reviews/11/index.php3). Animefringe. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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