Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation

Princess Mononoke (1997) is one of anime’s most important films. Hayao Miyazaki’s epic fantasy broke domestic box office records when it came out in Japan, keeping pace with the su...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop...

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Step...

Take a deep dive into the history of cinematic animation in the United States with the "remarkably thorough and detailed" (Choice) book thatPublishers Weeklysays is "a lively chron...

It is not an exaggeration that Matsutoya Yumi—better known by her stage name Yuming—is one of the most influential figures in Japanese popular music history. A singer-songwriter re...

What can ecocriticism do when engaging with Japanese literature and culture? This edited volume Ecocriticism in Japan attempts to answer this question. The contributors place thems...