Table of Contents

Introduction: An Extremely Brief History of Independent Japanese Animation 1. Shadows are Falling 2. Tokyo Now: Atsushi Wada, Kei Oyama, Naoyuki Tsuji, Mirai Mizue, Keita Kurosaka, Kunio Kato 3. Tokyo Godfathers: taku Furukawa, Osamu Tezuka, Tadanari Okamoto, Kihachiro Kawamoto, Yoji Kuri 4. Hiroshima: Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita 5. Kyoto: Maya Yonesho, Nobuhiro Aihara/Keiichi Tanammi, Kenzo masaoka, Noburo ofuji, yasuji Murata 6. Highlands: Koji Yamamura Select Filmography Acknowledgments Index

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An eccentric tour through the history of animation in Japan

About the Author

Chris Robinson is a Canadian writer, journalist, and biographer. He is author of Estonian Animation, Unsung Heroes of Animation, The Animation Pimp, Canadian Animation, and Ballad of a Thin Man.

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"[Japanese Animation] is an eminently readable, entertaining introduction to the world of indie Japanese animation, through the mind of one of the most honest and trustworthy champions of artistic animation in the world today." -www.pelleas.net