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Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary
Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary
by Thomas S Hischak
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This interesting biographical dictionary explores detailed histories of the lives and work of actors who have provided the voices for important characters throughout the history of Disney films and cartoons. Each entry discusses the work of the artist... (read more)

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Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation
Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation
by Antonia Levi
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Samurai from Outer Space is the first book-length discussion of the suddenly popular genre of Japanese animation. Japanese animation, also known as anime (pronounced AH-nee-may), is gaining devoted fans of all ages and nationalities. A few years ago... (read more)

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The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer: The Pendulum, the Pit, and Other Pecularities
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer: The Pendulum, the Pit, and Other Pecularities
by Jan (con) Svankmajer
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Jan Svankmajer (born 1934) is one of the most celebrated animation filmmakers in the world. Widely imitated and hugely influential for several generations of directors and animators, including Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam and the Brothers Quay, Svankmajer... (read more)

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Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
by Susan J Napier
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This new edition of the groundbreaking popular book is a must-have for both seasoned and new fans of anime. Japanese animation is more popular than ever following the 2002 Academy Award given to Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. It confirmed that anime is... (read more)

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Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga
Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga
by Frederik L. Schodt
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This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterword. Frederik L. Schodt looks at the classic publications and artists who created modern manga, including... (read more)

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Animators Unearthed: a Guide To the Best of Contemporary Animation (10 Edition)
Animators Unearthed: a Guide To the Best of Contemporary Animation (10 Edition)
by Amanda Robinson
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An introduction to some of the world's top animation filmmakers, whose faces and voices remain largely unseen and unappreciated outside of the animation community.... (read more)

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The Moose That Roared: Talking Moose
The Moose That Roared: Talking Moose
by Keith Scott
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The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show featured some of the wittiest, most inspired, and relentlessly hilarious animation ever created. The legendary Jay Ward and Bill Scott produced the gleeful wonder and cumulative joy that transcended the crude drawings and... (read more)

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Complete ANIME Guide: Japanese Animation Film Directory & Resource Guide
Complete ANIME Guide: Japanese Animation Film Directory & Resource Guide
by Trish Ledoux
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The one-stop reference to Japanese animation. Everything you ever wanted to know about anime in America: More than 1,200 home video titles (an alphabetical listing of ever domestic anime home video available during 1996, including video sleeve... (read more)

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Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike & Mike Festivals
Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike & Mike Festivals
by Jerry Beck
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An animation historian traces the evolution of annual Spike & Mike Festival of Animation, the leading venue for the underground animation movement. Lavishly illustrated with original artwork and behind-the-scenes photos, this irreverent volume features... (read more)

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The Animation Business Handbook
The Animation Business Handbook
by Karen Raugust
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Today, animation is more prevalent than ever in television, films, video games, and the Internet. Karen Raugust has created a much needed, comprehensive look at the entire business. She shows in detail how a successful animation studio or entrepreneur... (read more)

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Action Analysis for Animators
Action Analysis for Animators
by Chris Webster
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Action Analysis is one of the fundamental princples of animation that underpins all types of animation: 2d, 3d, computer animation, stop motion, etc. This is a fundamental skill that all animators need to create polished, believable animation. An example... (read more)

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The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash
The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash
by Maureen Furniss
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The Animation Bible is the first book any aspiring animator will want to own—and with increasingly affordable tools for digital animation and the vast forum of the Internet for free distribution, animation is becoming more popular than ever... (read more)

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Animation Unlimited: Innovative Short Films Since 1940
Animation Unlimited: Innovative Short Films Since 1940
by Liz Faber
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Featuring 50 seminal short films by key animators from around the world, this book discusses the work of early pioneers such as Oskar Fischinger and Jan Svankmajer as well as contemporary animators such as Larry Cuba, Tim Hope and Run Wrake. All of the... (read more)

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Working with Disney
Working with Disney
by Don Peri
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In this volume Don Peri expands his extraordinary work conducting in-depth interviews with Disney employees and animators. These recent interviews include conversations with actors and performers rather than solely animators. This book offers Peri's... (read more)

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The World According to the Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says about Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut
The World According to the Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says about Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut
by Steven Keslowitz
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Keslowitz fixes a serious eye on America's favorite dysfunctional cartoon crew. -Larry McShane, Associated Press An accomplished work with many insights to share. -Duncan Dobbelmann, PhD .,.His book of d'oh is a big hit. -New York Daily News When The... (read more)

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The Fairy Tale and Anime: Traditional Themes, Images and Symbols at Play on Screen
The Fairy Tale and Anime: Traditional Themes, Images and Symbols at Play on Screen
by Dani Cavallaro
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"This text focuses on the ways fundamental principles of the fairy tale tradition are deployed, and hence come to manifest themselves narratively and cinematographically, in anime. Topics covered include modes of storytelling, aesthetics, as well as... (read more)

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Anime From Akira To Princess Mononoke
Anime From Akira To Princess Mononoke
by Susan Jollif Napier
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With the popularity of Pokémon still far from waning, Japanese animation, known as anime to its fans, has a firm hold on American pop culture. However, anime is much more than children's cartoons. It runs the gamut from historical epics to sci-fi... (read more)

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Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi
Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi
by Jon M Gibson
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On par with auteurs like Walt Disney, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, and Art Spiegelman, Ralph Bakshi redefined animation and became a hero to countless generations of fans and filmmakers. If Disneys life and work evoke images of chaste princesses in gleaming... (read more)

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The Science of Anime: Mecha-Noids and AI-Super-Bots
The Science of Anime: Mecha-Noids and AI-Super-Bots
by Lois H Gresh
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Anime, the name given to Japanese superhero animation, has swept the United States. More than two dozen Japanese cartoon series already appear on U.S. television, with more on the way. And with the vast leaps being made in animation technology, the anime... (read more)

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Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls to Pokemon
Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls to Pokemon
by Brigette Koyama Richard
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A sweeping journey through the history of Japanese animation, tracing this cultural phenomenon from its origins in traditional art to the present day. A dominant force in its home country since the 1970s, Japanese animation has become a global phenomenon... (read more)

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