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Film and Television
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The Future Dictionary of America
The Future Dictionary of America
by Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss and the staff of McSweeney's
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This book was conceived by Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, and Dave Eggers as a way to bring over a hundred authors together to promote progressive causes in the November 2004 election. The book is an imagining of what a dictionary might look like... (read more)

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Hayao Miyazaki : Master of Japanese Animation : Films, Themes, Artistry (99 Edition)
Hayao Miyazaki : Master of Japanese Animation : Films, Themes, Artistry (99 Edition)
by Helen Mccarthy
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Introducing the genius behind Japan's modern animation classics, the creator of Totoro, Kiki, and Princess Mononoke.... (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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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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Animation Book : a Complete Guide To Animated Filmmaking --  From Flip-books To Sound Cartoons To 3-D Animation (New Digital Edition) ((Rev)98 Edition)
Animation Book : a Complete Guide To Animated Filmmaking -- From Flip-books To Sound Cartoons To 3-D Animation (New Digital Edition) ((Rev)98 Edition)
by Kit Laybourne
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Revised and updated, this complete guide to the art and science of animation now includes extensive information on the latest computer-generated animation techniques. Illustrated throughout, including graphics from today's cutting-edge studios, THE... (read more)

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Fupete & Jack Lamotta: Animal Collective
Fupete & Jack Lamotta: Animal Collective
by Drago
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The trip into the world of independent creativity continues with the second section of the 36 Chambers book series, an original project by Drago. The tour guides are Fupete and Jack la Motta, two deluxe outsiders from the street scene, whose mythical... (read more)

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Timing for Animation (3RD 10 Edition)
Timing for Animation (3RD 10 Edition)
by Harold Whitaker
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A classic of animation education since it first published in 1981. Copies of Timing for Animation have been sitting dog-eared and spine-split on desks and workstations around the world, wherever animation is produced for more than 25 years. All you need... (read more)

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The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
by Thomas Lamarre
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Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history... (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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Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons
Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons
by Nichola Dobson
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The Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons is an introduction to all aspects of animation history, its development as a technology, and the industry beyond the familiar cartoons from the Disney and Warner Brothers Studios.... (read more)

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Tim Burton
Tim Burton
by Tim Burton
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Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic, the horrific and the comic, manipulating expressionism and... (read more)

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Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know
Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know
by Ellen Besen
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Make your animation say what you want it to say. Animation's potential as a powerful tool for communication is just beginning to be understood. This book reveals key principles, useful for both professionals and beginners, which will help you harness the... (read more)

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Experimental Animation Origins of Rev Edition
Experimental Animation Origins of Rev Edition
by Robert Russett
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From the early abstract animation films created at the start of this century to the latest in technologically oriented films, here is a comprehensive anthology of cinematic animation. It brings together over 50 interviews and first-person accounts that... (read more)

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The Fleischer Story
The Fleischer Story
by Leslie Cabarga
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The Fleischer brothers, Max and Dave, were animation pioneers. Creators of Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, and the Bouncing Ball, they also brought Popeye the Sailor Man to the screen and produced the first feature-length animated cartoon—on the theory... (read more)

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Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics
Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics
by Maureen Furniss
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Art in Motion is the first comprehensive examination of the aesthetics of animation in its many forms. It gives an overview of the relationship between animation studies and media studies, then focuses on specific aesthetic issues concerning flat and... (read more)

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The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917
The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917
by Jonathan Clements
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Here is the long-awaited, biggest guide ever, the absolute must-have for every fan, collector, library, and video-store browser. Included are over 2,000 Japanese animation films-from today's Pokmon, Tenchi Muyo, and Sailor Moonto the classic Tetsuwan... (read more)

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The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
by Thomas Lamarre
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Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history... (read more)

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The Colored Cartoon: Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954
The Colored Cartoon: Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954
by Christopher P. Lehman
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From the introduction of animated film in the early 1900s to the 1950s, ethnic humor was a staple of American-made cartoons. Yet as Christopher Lehman shows in this revealing study, the depiction of African Americans in particular became so inextricably... (read more)

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Animation
Animation
by Idn Magazine
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The edition of 'Flips 7' comes with a DVD, comprising many stunning moving images and motion graphics from our contributors.... (read more)

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Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy
Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy
by Chris Robinson
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Ever wonder why Estonian animation features so many carrots or why cows often perform pyramids? Well, neither question is answered in Chris Robinson's new book, Estonian Animation. Robinson's frank, humorous, and thoroughly researched book traces the... (read more)

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